May be a little harder to fill a tag this year.First season reports show the deer harvest is way down over last year.I wonder if the drought last year has effected the deer population more than thought.
"The preliminary harvest total of 55,708 for the first three days of the 2013 firearm season compares with the first weekend harvest of 72,111 deer during the 2012 deer season. For the entire seven-day firearm season in 2012, hunters harvested 99,546 deer in Illinois."
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/news/Pages/HuntersHarvest55,708DeerDuringIllinoisFirearmFirstSeason.aspx
"The preliminary harvest total of 55,708 for the first three days of the 2013 firearm season compares with the first weekend harvest of 72,111 deer during the 2012 deer season. For the entire seven-day firearm season in 2012, hunters harvested 99,546 deer in Illinois."
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/news/Pages/HuntersHarvest55,708DeerDuringIllinoisFirearmFirstSeason.aspx