Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, nonprofit hunting organizations that also work to preserve wildlife habitat, have launched the "Illinois Build a Wildlife Area" campaign.
Waterfowl hunters are encouraged to mark their calendars for upcoming waterfowl hunting blind-site drawings to take place at several public hunting areas in Illinois this summer.
It's up to the Melrose Village Board if it wants to allow deer hunting with a bow and arrow in the village limits to help thin out the exploding herd population.
A teenager is dead following a hunting accident near St. Albans, police said. Emergency responders are on the scene on a remote hillside, where the 16-year-old was apparently turkey hunting.
