Hunters harvest 99,324 deer during Illinois firearm season
Firearm deer hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 99,324 deer during the seven-day 2012 firearm deer season, which was Nov. 16-18 and Nov. 29 through Dec. 2, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, reported.
This year’s preliminary firearm season harvest total compares with the 97,820 deer taken during the 2011 firearm season.
The preliminary second-season (Nov. 29 through Dec. 2) harvest total was 27,213, compared with the 31,259 deer taken by hunters during the second segment of the 2011 season.