Deer hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 99,419 deer during the seven-day firearm deer hunting season on Nov. 20-22 and Dec. 3-6. The preliminary harvest total compares with 105,595 deer taken by hunters during the 2008 firearm season. The preliminary second-season (Dec. 3-6) harvest total was 33,293, compared with the 33,701 deer taken [...]

Late Winter Deer Hunt: Permits for the 2009-2010 Illinois Late-Winter Antlerless Deer Hunting Season will be available from DNR Direct license and permit agents beginning Dec. 15. The Late-Winter season has been expanded to a seven-day season for 2009-2010, with the season dates Dec. 31-Jan. 3 and Jan. 15-17. For more information, check the IDNR [...]

Here are some early photos of a great deer taken during the youth hunt this year. Grant County produces some great bucks every year. This buck green scores 203 Typical, NET, not gross. If so, this would place this buck in the top three typicals all time in Wisconsin, and that includes the great Jordan [...]

Youth interested in a goose hunting experience during the holiday break are encouraged to register for the 10th annual Central Illinois Youth Goose Hunt sponsored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on Dec. 27-28. The youth goose hunt will be held at private waterfowl hunting clubs in Peoria, Fulton and Knox counties.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) reports that hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 66,126 deer during the opening weekend of the 2009 Illinois Firearm Deer season, Nov. 20-22. The second portion of the firearm season will be Dec. 3-6. The preliminary total for the first three days of the 2009 firearm [...]