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Article: HUNTERS IN ILLINOIS HARVEST 71,894 DEER DURING FIRST WEEKEND OF FIREARM DEER SEASON
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 26, 2008
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 71,894 deer during the opening weekend of the 2008 Illinois Firearm Deer season, Nov. 21-23, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Sam Flood announced today. The second portion of the firearm season will be Dec. 4-7.
The preliminary total for the first three days of the 2008 firearm season compares with the first weekend harvest of 85,490 deer during the 2007 deer season. The top county harvest total was in Pike with 2,194 deer, followed by Adams (1,900), Fulton (1,878), Randolph (1,770), and Jefferson (1,650). The preliminary first-season ...