Launched in 2007, PrairieStateOutdoors.com quickly caught fire and became Illinois' premiere outdoors website.
Whether your passion was in bagging deer, hooking fish or enjoying the passive beauty of nature, PSO was there to give you the latest news and commentary. MORE
Nick Williams sent us this shot of a bow kill on Nov. 17, 2011.
Entertaining backyard birds from Chris Young on Vimeo.
Antics and behaviors of backyard birds captured with a Midland XTC-300 HD camera mounted on feeders for close observation.
County: Brown
Date and Season: 11-05-2010; Bow
Notable: 5 1/2-year-old grossed 140 inches
County: Fulton
Date and Season: Nov. 12, 2006; Bow
Notable: Net non-typical score of 217 3/8 inches.
County: Greene
Size: 4lbs Spring scale 20 inches long
Date: 5-12-2011
Notable: 4 pounds on spring scale and 20 inches long
Illinois archers keeping busyWhile the Illinois archery harvest is no longer clipping along at a record pace, Prairie State bowhunters are keeping very busy in the woods as this collection of pictures and stories proves.
STORY & COMMENTS
Don Ward faces a felony charge of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and three misdemeanors in the shooting of the buck nicknamed "Nightmare" for its size and elusiveness.
STORY & COMMENTS
Permits are available for many upcoming hunting seasons. Click inside for a list of available permits and how to get them.
STORY & COMMENTS
Delisting bald eagles, sandhill cranes and Henslow's sparrows from the Illinois endangered species list is good news -- not a reason to wring hands in worry.
STORY & COMMENTS
New business plan may be key to the future for Wildlife Prairie State Park.
STORY & COMMENTS
Illinois fishing report 4-2-09Last spring was a tough one for anglers in much of Illinois. This spring is shaping up to be a very good one, at least for crappie anglers who are reporting excellent action all over Illinois as Bill Peak shows above. Big bass are also biting well.
STORY & COMMENTS
| April 2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | |||||
RSS
AtomFishing NewsHunting NewsBirding NewsEventsAll users must register as a member of Prairie State Outdoors.com in order to post comments on stories on this Web site. If you have already registered, you do not need to re-register. Thanks.
Click here 
for phone numbers and addresses
of Illinois General Assembly members.
