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Hunters in Illinois Harvest Preliminary Total of 79,429 Deer
During Seven-Day Firearm Season
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[December 13, 2016]
SPRINGFIELD, - Hunters harvested a preliminary total of
79,429 deer during the seven-day Illinois Firearm Deer Season that
closed on Sunday, Dec. 4. That figure compares to the final total of
86,847 deer harvested during the seven days of the firearm season in
2015.
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 The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm
season on Dec. 1-4 totaled 24,977, compared with 28,977 during
the second season in 2015. The preliminary harvest total for the
first segment of firearm season on Nov. 18-20 was 54,452 deer,
compared with the 57,870 deer taken by hunters during the first
season in 2015.
Deer hunting opportunities remain available in Illinois this
late fall/early winter:
- The Illinois Muzzleloader-only Season is this weekend,
Dec. 9-11.
- The Late-Winter Antlerless-Only Season and CWD Deer
Season first segments (in designated counties only) will be
Dec. 29, 2016 through Jan. 1, 2017.
- The second segments of the Late-Winter Antlerless-Only
and CWD Deer Seasons (in designated counties only) will be
Jan. 13-15, 2017.
- Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 15, 2017.
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Details on the Late-Winter and CWD seasons are available on the IDNR
website at:
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Documents/
Late- WinterSHAHuntingPermitInformation.pdf
For more deer hunting information, visit:
https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/
DeerHunting.aspx
A table of preliminary Firearm Deer Season harvest numbers for 2016,
broken down by county and compared with 2015, is below.
[Illinois Department of Natural
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