Illinois shotgun deer season 2014

This years total is still above the 2014 harvest 74,575 and the 20 harvest 74,318. The threeday illinois muzzleloaderonly deer season is this. Charles, the missouri conservation commission set dates for the 2014 firearms turkey and deer hunting. View up to date information on how illinois is handling the coronavirus disease 2019. About 670,000 deer in 2015, 650,000 in 2014, and 645,000 in 20. The illinois muzzleloaderonly season is this weekend, dec. The deadline to apply for the first lottery for the 2014 firearm deer season is april 30. I decided to head to the spot where i had taken my only sunday shotgun season deer. Opening day fo illinois gun season heartland lodge. The deer hunting season that gives you the best opportunity at harvesting a trophy whitetail deer, the first illinois gun season. Firearm deer season preliminary harvest totals 74191 illinois. Several of nachusas units, including orland, tellabs, bennett, brandt, didier, meiners wetlands, clear creek knolls, clear creek knolls south, thelma carpenter, and senger williams, are closed during shotgun hunting season for deer, which runs the friday through sunday before thanksgiving 1st season and the weekend following thanksgiving weekend 2nd season. While we could hunt the entire deer hunting season, we choose to focus on just one.

The illinois department of natural resources idnr is reminding hunters to make safety a priority as they head to the field for the start of the illinois firearm deer season this week. Permits will be sold until quotas are exhausted or until the close of the firearm deer season, whichever occurs first. All gunshops and archery places in illinois hand them out. Deer firearm and muzzleloader hunting information illinois.

And as fastetti said, the muzzleloader season is a seperate drawtag. If you as a deer hunter in illinois have to go out and shoot the last buck or doe off of your property so you can say i got a deer in 20 you may not be in the boat as i am in. Heartland outdoors the back 40 illinois deer hunting. During the 20182019 illinois deer hunting seasons, hunters harvested. Illinois second shotgun season has success and increase. Archery illinois whitetail deer hunting guide service. There are so many rules and regulations in deer hunting that it made me think. Illinois archery deer hunters harvested 53,434 deer.

Nov 28, 2017 51,000 deer hunted on opening weekend across illinois, il illinois saw a few thousand less deer killed this year than last year on the opening weekend of hunting season this year. Arkansas, colorado, illinois, iowa, kansas, maryland, michigan, minnesota, mississippi. If youre a deer hunter in illinois, you know hunting is more than a hobbyits a way of life, and a great way to display your deer hunting pride is by collecting and displaying illinois deer pins. Illinois firearm deer season this weekend illinois outdoors. Aug 01, 2019 total deer harvest in illinois has remained relatively steady since the 20 2014 hunting season, fluctuating between 144,000 and 156,000 deer.

Deer hunting opportunities remain in illinois this fall and early winter. The muzzleloader only gun season, which also lasts for 4 days and takes place around the 10th of december. Springfield, il firearm deer hunters in illinois took a preliminary total of 74,191. Combo hunts november 17th20th monthurs 4 day archery and november 21st23rd frisun 3 day first firearms season. Number of resident hunting licenses purchased in illinois, 19392014.

Nov 16, 2010 hunters in illinois harvested a preliminary total of 99,493 deer during the sevenday firearm deer hunting season in 2009. Illinois deer hunter opinions by type firearm, archery, or both. Click here for the 2020 firearm deer season hunting regulations information sheet for cwdtesting counties. Total deer harvest in illinois has remained relatively steady since the 202014 hunting season, fluctuating between 144,000 and 156,000 deer.

As firearms hunters prepare for the 2014 shotgun deer season, it may be worth a reminder that in 20 the first two days of the shotgun deer season produced the lions share of the harvest. We add days for gun season and some like it while others absolutely hate it. If you want to hunt deer in illinois on your piece of property in the future i would figure out what you have left and see if you should be harvesting any this year at all. According to dnr figures, 29 percent of the firearms harvest last.

Illinois deer hunting seasons underway enquirer democrat. Springfield illinois department of natural resources director marc miller announced changes to the 20142015 deer hunting seasons today, including the removal of 20 additional counties from the latewinter season and a reduction in the number of. This years muzzleloader season was a bounceback, pulling numbers closer to the 2014 harvest of 3,475 and the 20 harvest of 3,536. Mchenry mchenry county is is an exception to the trend in illinois when it comes to deer hunting as it is one of the few to register an increase in kills during the 201415 season the deer. Deer season big deal in southern illinois local news. As in years past, the major harvest tends to take place in counties found along rivers and in areas with large numbers of publichunting acres. According to dnr figures, 29 percent of the firearms harvest last year took place on the opening friday.

Southern illinois deer hunting outfitters whitetail deer. The deer reduction zone season is now continuous and runs from sept. Illinois hunting seasons, 20192020 during illinois hunting seasons, youll find a variety of standard game animals, including deer, turkey, rabbit and other small game. We extend the season and same storysome love it and some hate it. Twenty counties were removed from the latewinter antlerless deer season 35 remained open.

Testing of deer for chronic wasting disease by idnr personnel will occur so long as funding is available during the firearm deer season dates nov. After a very discouraging afternoon the night before, i was down to my last hunt before having to make the 6 hour drive back home. Young deer hunters harvested 2,768 deer during the 2014 illinois youth deer season oct. How to choose a shotgun for deer season nomad outdoor.

The firearms season starts the first saturday after veterans day and runs for 16 days. Hunters heading to the field for illinois firearm deer season. Success rates of illinois firearm deer hunters have again increased, with. Illinois offers online hunting permit registration and purchase, and permits are available for state residents and nonresidents. Hunters in illinois harvested a preliminary total of 99,493 deer during the sevenday firearm deer hunting season in 2009. Last fall s deer harvest numbers in illinois were down more than 20 percent during the traditional firearm seasons, possibly due to a combination of backtoback outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic ehd disease in 2012 and 20. Last years harvest was more than 2 percent 3,385 deer higher than the kill total of the 20162017 season, but 27 percent lower than the largest illinois deer season kill total just 12 years ago in 2005. I personally shoot a browning abolt 12ga and would never go back to using a pump gun for deer but it costs significantly more than the savage. More than 370,000 permits have been issued for this years firearm deer. Most of the afternoon yesterday, hunters were sighting in their guns and preparing for this morning as deer talk was the conversation of the night. The preliminary harvest total for the first segment of firearm season on nov. This deer hunt starts on thursday and ends on sunday. Overtheounter sales any remaining permits will be available over the counter from license vendors. Illinois hunting seasons, 20182019 hunting season hq.

State of illinois illinois department of natural resources. Springfield illinois department of natural resources director marc miller announced changes to the 2014 2015 deer hunting seasons today, including the removal of 20 additional counties from the latewinter season and a reduction in the number of firearm permits available in some counties. This is a summary of hunting laws, intended solely for informational use. This means most hunters will be best served by a 12gauge. If a similar shift in archery and traditional firearm harvest occurs in the 2021. If you only care about deer, then the bolt action savage 220 is a good choice. Deer permit applicationssales information illinois. Hunters took a preliminary total of 76,729 deer during the 2014 illinois firearm deer season nov. Illinois offers online hunting permit registration and purchase, and permits are available for. Illinois deer hunting january 9, 2018 illinois, chicago suntimes through monday, january 8, illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 56,648 deer, compared to 52,263 for the same period in 2016. Harvest shifts come during archery and traditional. November portion of firearms deer season opens nov. Illinois deer hunting had a significant shift in harvest in the archery.

Special cwd deer season one deer per valid deer permitg latewinter antlerless deer handgun, dec. Illinois deer hunters harvest 20142015 season the shoppers. Illinois has remained relatively steady since the 202014 hunting season. My central illinois deer hunting report heartland outdoors. The state reports that 511,511 permits were issued for all hunting seasons which was a decrease of 7 percent from the year before. Illinois shotgun deer hunters hoping for fast start outdoornews. Many gun hunters take advantage of the extra day and gun hunt whitetail during this time. The 20172018 illinois deer season continued the stable, if not slightly upward, trend on total deer harvest. The youth deer season was extended to include the monday of the columbus day holiday weekend. Special cwd deer season one gdeer per valid deer permit latewinter antlerless deer dec. Deer permit applicationssales chart firearm and muzzleloader deer season information including season dates and how to apply. We had the first 2 shotgun season, then the muzzeloader only season, then the first of the 2 late winter seasons, and now the 2nd of the late winter seasons. Success rates of illinois firearm deer hunters have again increased, with the most recent success rates now meeting or exceeding their pre2012 levels.

You can use the slug gun in wisconsins firearm season. Deer hunting numbers strong in mchenry county despite. Illinois dnr regulations have a minimum of 100 yards from a dwelling. Application periods lotteries 2019 deer firearm muzzleloader application periods. Throughout the state during all seasons illinois hunters took 151,709 deer a number pretty much on par to recent seasons.

I have a mossberg 500 that i hunt geese and duck with but have been thinking about buying a rifled barrel for it to hunt deer this season. Illinois second gun season and late muzzleloaderonly season falls during this period. Illinois second gun season normally is the first weekend in december and lasts 4 days. The first half of the shotgun season begins today and continues through sunday. Oct 10, 2016 jason langenhorsts 20 gauge illinois buck deer of a lifetime.

Illinois hunting photos illinois trophy buck photos. Harvest totaled 3,546 deer during the 20 illinois muzzleloaderonly deer season dec. You can use a shotgunmuzzeleoader for all 4 of the 5 gun seaons we had this year. Hello all i was wondering who all out there hunts deer with a rifled barrel shotgun. Hunters in illinois took a preliminary total of 74,355 deer during the 20 illinois firearm deer season nov. Resident antlerlessonly latewinter season permits were made available without limit overthecounter in all open counties. Finding illinois deer pins to complete your collection.