Hunting safety courses may be of more interest online during pandemic
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An instructor works with a youngster during an in-person hunting safety course provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resouces prior to COVID-19.Courtesy of IDNRShow MoreShow Less
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An instructor works with a youngster during an in-person hunting safety course provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resouces prior to COVID-19.Courtesy of IDNRShow MoreShow Less
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An instructor works with a youngster during an in-person hunting safety course provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resouces prior to COVID-19.Courtesy of IDNRShow MoreShow Less
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(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has announced a preliminary total of 76,579 deer were taken by hunters during the seven day 2020 Illinois Firearm Deer Season that concluded this past weekend. It’s only a 1.5 percent increase from the total 75,417 deer that were harvested during the season a year ago in 2019. While the state’s first three days of the season had a 6 percent drop in harvest numbers from last year, the second segment of the season saw a 14 percent increase from the four days in 2019. In our fourteen (14) downstate regional counties, there were only 553 more deer harvested during the seven day season this year compared to last, only four-tenths of a percentage point higher than a year ago. And twelve (12) of the counties, including Jasper, had higher harvest numbers than last year, while the remaining two (2) counties, Richland and Lawrence, had lower tota
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Illinois Firearm Deer Season 2020 Preliminary Harvest Totals 76,579
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced a preliminary total of 76,579 deer were taken by hunters during the seven-day 2020 Illinois Firearm Deer Season that concluded Sunday, Dec. 6. A final total of 75,417 deer were harvested during the firearm season in 2019.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm season (Dec. 3-6) was 29,432, compared with 25,176 during the second season in 2019. The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s firearm season (Nov. 20-22) was 47,147 deer.
Remaining 2020-21 deer season hunting opportunities in Illinois in the weeks ahead include: