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Hunters in Illinois Harvest Preliminary Total of 80,896 Deer During
Firearm Season
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[December 10, 2018]
A preliminary total of 80,896 deer were taken
by hunters during the seven-day Illinois Firearm Deer Season that
concluded on Sunday, Dec. 2.
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 The 2018 preliminary harvest total compares to the final total
of 80,117 deer harvested during the firearm season in 2017.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm
season on Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 was 22,060, compared with
28,656 during the second season in 2017. The preliminary harvest
for the first segment of firearm season on Nov. 16-18 was 58,836
deer.
Remaining 2018-19 deer season hunting opportunities in Illinois
in the weeks ahead include:
• The Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season this weekend (Dec. 7-9);
• The Late-Winter Antlerless-Only Deer Season and CWD Deer
Season (in designated counties only) will be on two upcoming
weekends - Dec. 27-30, 2018 and Jan. 18-20, 2019;
• The Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 20, 2019.
Details on the Late-Winter and CWD seasons are available on the
IDNR website at:
https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/
hunting/deer/Documents/2018-2019%20LateWinterSHAHuntingPermit
Information.pdf
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A map showing the counties open to the Late-Winter
and CWD seasons can be found at:
https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/
hunting/Documents/2018-2019%20Illinois%20Late%20Winter%20Counties%20map.pdf
For more deer hunting information, visit:
https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/ hunting/ Pages/DeerHunting.aspx
A table of preliminary Firearm Deer Season harvest totals for 2018
by county, and comparable totals for 2017, is below.
[Illinois Department of Natural
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