Article: ILLINOIS HAS SUCCESS WITH DEER HUNTING, REPORTING

For the first time in Illinois, hunters went high-tech to report their whitetail deer kill to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

During the first firearm hunting season of the year, which ended Nov. 20, hunters registered their harvest by logging on to the agency's Web site, or calling a special hot line.

About 33,000 deer were reported on the first day of the season, with a peak use of the system early last Friday evening when more than 4,000 deer per hour were registered. Until this year, hunters had to drive to a deer check station to record their deer kill.

Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 77,051 deer during the opening season, about a 4 percent increase ...

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