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Muzzleloader deer season
Dec. 10-12
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[DEC.
9, 2004]
SPRINGFIELD -- Deer hunters across Illinois have another
opportunity to harvest a deer during the state's muzzleloader season, set
for Dec. 10-12. Hunters are reminded that only muzzleloader permits are
valid for this upcoming season, and only legal muzzleloaders may be used.
Unfilled firearm season permits are not valid for the muzzleloader season.
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"We want to remind archery hunters that
deer may also be harvested with bow and arrow during the
muzzleloader season," said Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Director Joel Brunsvold. "Archery hunters also need to be aware that
they are required to wear their blaze orange clothing while hunting
with archery equipment in counties open to muzzleloader hunting and
youth hunting." Last year
14,498 either-sex permits and 1,689 antlerless-only permits were
issued, and 3,037 deer were harvested, for a success rate of 19
percent.
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For more information on state deer
hunting regulations, check the 2004-2005 Digest of Hunting and
Trapping Regulations or
http://dnr.state.il.us/admin/systems/Digest/index.htm.
For more information about chronic
wasting disease, check
http://dnr.state.il.us/cwd/index.htm.
[Illinois
Department of Natural Resources news release]
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