Capitol Outdoors - Illinois' Hunting and Fishing Resource

Hunters, Anglers, Outdoor Enthusiasts - I write to you today regarding a piece of legislation filed this year.  My experiences with NRAB and...

Any tournament angler knows that when you hit the water it is not you against the other anglers, its more like you against the fish.  From a...

Mistaken Identity of Mushrooms can be Dangerous The extent of my knowledge when it comes to mushrooms is ordering a mushroom swiss burger ...

Family Adventure in February  Call it global warming, call it whatever you would like.  If you weren't outside this past weekend, let...

Raising an Outdoor Child in an Indoor World On average a child today only spends about 30 minutes outside and about 7 hours indoors ...

25 Years in the Making The thing that I love about fishing is that you'll never know what you'll catch.  This past weekend was t...

Ice Fishing at Jim Edgar Panther Creek There's nothing quite like going fishing on a crisp winter morning. We took to one of our favo...

Eagle Day Festivities  For outdoor enthusiasts any opportunity to get out and enjoy nature, we take it.  Regardless if it's fi...

Bow Hunting on Private Property during Shotgun Season for Deer in Illinois That's right.  A new bill was introduced by Brandon Phel...

Illinois Upland Game Hunting Clock Dwindling Down It's the night before the big opener, doesn't matter if its deer, duck or in thi...

National Hunting and Fishing Day - Enjoy Hunting and Fishing in Illinois  Illinoisans can celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day ...

Illinois Conservation Police Could See Staffing Levels Increase by 2020 O n September 2, 2015 as hundreds of dove and early season goose h...

5 Tips for Dove Hunting.  We still remember the first permit that was issued to us by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to do...

Illinois Conservation World Promises Good Times W alking up to the gates of Conservation World the crowd was growing and waiting to e...

Our 2015 Illinois Duck Blind Drawing Passing hundreds of cars and people to drawing site For duck and goose hunters across the Sta...

The Impact of Technology on Today's Youth:  Get your Kid's Outdoors Dodge-ball, hide-n-seek, water fights, climbing trees, al...

Illinois Retriever Hunt Test This weekend Linc has a hunt test.  Excited, nervous and anxious are just some of the words that come to ...

May is Invasive Species Month While you're taking a few minutes to surf Facebook, Twitter, and who knows what else, remember that May ...

Becoming a Professional Hunter or Fisherman or Woman Growing up I can remember entering  fishing tournaments at Heidecke Lake outside of...

As you know Capitol Outdoors focuses on Legislation, Conservation, and Education regarding the outdoors throughout the state of Illinois. ...