OTTAWA – The first weekend of firearm season for deer is coming, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources would like to remind hunters to be on the lookout for diseased animals.
The split season begins this Friday and goes through Sunday and concludes on Thursday, November 30th through Sunday December 3rd one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
In an effort to monitor Chronic Wasting Disease, all deer taken in the counties below need to be brought to a check station between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Area stations are listed by county:
DeKalb: Shabbona Lake State Park, 4201 Shabbona Grove Rd., Shabbona
Grundy: Gebhard Woods State Park, 401 Ottawa Street, Morris
LaSalle: Buffalo Rock State Park, 3 mi. west of Ottawa on Dee Bennett Road
Livingston: Pontiac Sportsman’s Club, northwest of Livingston Co. Fairgrounds at 18663 4-H Park Road, Pontiac (just west of I-55)
Ogle: Castle Rock State Park, Rt. 2, 3 mi. south of Oregon, IL
Hunters who provide samples from deer that test positive are notified by the IDNR. For more information visit https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=15063 (Photo DNR.Illinois.gov)
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