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Some recent IDNR issues:
1, Pritzker signs “Deer Rifle Hunting” Bill. Bill Number HB4386. Allows the use of a single shot centerfire rifle to harvest deer during the firearm open season set by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Adds that it is unlawful to possess or be in proximity to non-centerfire or non-single shot rifles while deer hunting. Effective January 01, 2023. [Read more...]
By Rich Gurka
I recently applied for my 2022 Illinois deer permits the old fashioned way, by obtaining a paper application, filling it out and mailing a personal check. I discovered that now the IDNR is again ‘mining’ more personal information from an applicant.
A box on the application states “APPLICANT’S EMAIL ADDRESS (Required)”.
Enough is enough. [Read more...]
Young hunters between the ages of 10 and 17 can apply now for the Pere Marquette Youth Wingshooting Clinic and Pheasant Hunt scheduled for Saturday, March 5 at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County. The Pere Marquette youth clinic and hunt have been popular late winter/early spring additions to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ wingshooting and youth pheasant hunting programs. [Read more...]
I wrote about this situation a few months ago.
Ryan Koenigs, of Appleton, Wisconsin, who “used to be” the chief sturgeon biologist with the Wisconsin DNR, resigned from the DNR, effective July 22, 2021. [Read more...]
James T. Mayes, a former captain with the IDNR’s Conservation Police, was recently charged with three counts of ‘Official Misconduct’ in Franklin County, Illinois. [Read more...]
1. The Biden administration seems to be in favor of letting transgender athletes who were born as boys but now claim that they are girls to compete in female sporting activities. That simply isn’t right. [Read more...]
Following successful education and enforcement actions during the three-day 2020 Fourth of July holiday, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Conservation Police Officers (CPOs) have been named top mid-sized agency in the Operation Dry Water program by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. [Read more...]
Dumpster full of deer mounts. Photo provided.
If you have ever been to the Springfield or Du Quoin State Fairs, you may have stopped by an Illinois Department of Natural Resources display booth manned by IDNR staff.
One of the main attractions of these booths was the display of numerous trophy whitetail deer mounts, most of which had been seized from poachers. [Read more...]