Families throughout the region should be able to carry on their hunting traditions,” state Rep. Charlie Meier said.

File photo of ducks harvested during a legal hunt. A waterfowl hunting club was ordered by a federal judge to close down for two years and pay fines after its owner admitted to illegally baiting ducks ...

A couple decades ago, drivers approaching Olive Branch or Miller City in Alexander County were greeted by signs proclaiming, “Horseshoe Lake, Goose Hunting Capital of the World.” Public hunting was ...

Numerous Illinois state parks, state fish and wildlife areas and other public lands will be open to youth waterfowl hunting during the 2025 youth waterfowl hunts. Federal sites that fall under the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Illinois officials are pushing a plan to divide the state into four duck zones, instead of three, to reduce tension among hunters and provide more chances to hunt ducks in southern ...

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Illinois officials say several sites will be open this month and next to youth waterfowl hunting. Officials with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources say hunters age 15 or ...

NASON, Ill. (AP) -- Southern Illinois' duck-hunting season doesn't start until Thursday, but hunter Jason Dees isn't taking any chances someone will beat him to his favorite spot on the Big Muddy ...