Hunters bag fewer deer in opening round of Deer Season | TheTelegraph
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SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois are bagging far fewer deer compared to last year, data released this week indicates.
Ariel Foster, 17, of Bethalto, bagged a 10-point buck weighing 236 pounds on her third year of deer hunting with her father, Jim Foster, last Saturday in Macoupin County. The deer harvest is generally down around the state
Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 71,894 deer during the opening weekend of the 2008 Illinois Firearm Deer season, Nov. 21 to 23, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Sam Flood said.
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 figures reported for each county include those deer taken on special hunt areas within that county as well as on private land. Click link below for full story!
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