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First
Weekend of Firearm Season in Illinois Sees Harvest of 51,365 Deer
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[December 01, 2017]
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Hunters in Illinois
harvested a preliminary total of 51,365 deer during the first
weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 17-19. Hunters
took 54,452 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2016.
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Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Nov. 30
through Dec. 3.
Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:
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Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 8-10;
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Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer
Seasons (first segment) in select counties only on Dec.
28-31, 2017;
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Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer
Seasons (second segment) in select counties only on Jan.
12-14, 2018;
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For details on deer hunting, open counties, and other
information, check the IDNR website at
https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/ Pages/DeerHunting.aspx
A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by
county for the first weekend of the 2017 season, and comparable
totals for 2016, is below.
[Illinois Department of Natural
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