Coming up this weekend on Episode 140:

- We’ll welcome Jay Schilawski, of Decatur, who was a participant in the Illinois Deer Donation Program last season! Jay shares his experience utilizing his love of hunting to help the community!

- Our CIO Fishing Report comes from Trent Trudeau at Flip’N Jigz Guide Service! Trent shares his tips for the fall crappie bite on Clinton Lake & Lake Shelbyville!

- Our Archers Alley “Catch of the Week” comes from Blaine Schnitker, of Springfield! He’ll share the story of the 48-pound Sangchris Flathead he pulled in last weekend!

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Episode 139 Archive - 9/23 & 9/24/23

Caitlin Mellendorf - Illinois Deer Donation Program

CIO Fishing Report w/ Austin Griggs - River Valley Charter Service

Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" - Donnie Henson, of Decatur

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Coming up this weekend on Episode 139:

- We’ll welcome Caitlin Mellendorf, Nutrition and Wellness Educator at the U of I Extension, and one of the coordinators of the Illinois Deer Donation Program! It’s year two for the program in central Illinois that aims to team up hunters with processors and pantries to feed those in need! Caitlin shares the details of the program, which opens with the October 1st archery season!

- Our CIO Fishing Report comes from Austin Griggs at River Valley Charter Service LLC! Austin shares an update on fishing conditions on the Illinois River, shares some tips, and looks ahead to the fall bite!

- Our Archers Alley “Catch of the Week” comes to us from Donnie Henson, of Decatur! Donnie has been finding some good river flatheads on the Sangamon! He’ll share some tips, and talk about his #huntinghogshenson YouTube channel!

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Episode 138 Archive - 9/16 & 9/17/23

David Butler - Butler Outdoors

CIO Fishing Report w/ Matt England - England Expeditions Inc.

Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" - Colton Creason, of Decatur

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Coming up this weekend on Episode 138:

- We’ll welcome back David Butler at Butler Outdoors!! David’s been gearing up for the archery season, so we’ll talk about land management, mock scrape building, & much more!

- Our CIO Fishing Report comes from Matt England at England Expeditions Inc.! The cooler temperatures have started some fall transitioning for Lake Shelbyville crappie. Matt shares his tips for finding those transitioning slabs!

- Our Archers Alley “Catch of the Week” comes from Colton Creason, of Decatur! Colton shares his experiences with micro-fishing in central Illinois!

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Episode 137 Archive - 9/9 & 9/10/23

Chase Burns - Land Specialist @ The Land Guys

CIO Fishing Report w/ Reagan Smith @ Reag's Guide Service

Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" - Shaun Long & Family, of Lincoln

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Coming up this weekend on Episode 137:

- We’ll visit with Chase Burns, a Land Specialist with LandGuys, LLC! Chase gives an update on the current land markets; talks leasing; & more!

- Our CIO Fishing Report comes from Reagan Smith at Reag’s Guide Service! We’ll find out how he’s been catching white bass on Lale Springfield!

- Our Archers Alley “Catch of the Week” comes from Shaun Long & family, of Lincoln! Shaun returns to share the story of an epic Labor Day weekend on both Clinton Lake & Powerton!

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Episode 136 Archive - 9/2 & 9/3/23

Captain John Williamson - IL Conservation Police

CIO Fishing Report w/ Jim Garrett - G&G Outdoors

Archers Alley "Catch of the Week" - Aiden Fosdick, of Waynesville

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana

Coming up this weekend on Episode 136:

- We’ll welcome back Captain John Williamson of the Illinois Conservation Police! The Labor Day weekend marks the traditional end of summer, so we’ll look ahead to fall hunting season! We’ll talk squirrel, dove, archery deer season reminders, & more!

- Our CIO Fishing Report comes from Jim Garrett at G&G Outdoors! Jim shares how he’s been finding big crappie on both Lake Shelbyville and Lake Decatur! Plus, some live sonar tips!

- Our Archers Alley “Catch of the Week” comes to us from Aiden Fosbick, of Waynesville! Aiden shares the story of a nice local creek Smallmouth, and talks creek fishing!

Central Illinois Outdoors airs every:

- Saturday 9:30am & Sunday 7a - 870AM WTIM Taylorville & 107.5FM Shelbyville

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 1520AM/92.3FM WHOW-Clinton

- Saturday 9:30a & Sunday 8a - 106.5FM - Bloomington

- Podcast Monday at CentralIllinoisOutdoors.com!

Brought to you by:

Bob Ridings in Pana

Clinton Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Archers Alley in Decatur

Locked & Loaded Ltd. in Pana