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12-03-2012, 02:05 PM

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whitetailcrazy

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Location: Lansing, Illinois

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Those numbers are skewed! They don't want to loose non-resident revenue..

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Originally Posted by ChicagoTRS

Did not notice any decline in the IL southern counties...I saw more deer in 1st season than I have ever seen in the past.

The opening weekend numbers were ~+10% for the entire state:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/bowman/201...irst_fi_1.html

I have spoke with guys who hunt just outside of Pittsfield Illinois in Pike county, and they said the same thing...
"They have noticed a significant decline in numbers this year..." So, I don't want people to think this is my opinion...

Check local contests in your county, those numbers don't lie.. I wouldn't trust anything that comes from the state of Illinois and I am a resident of the god awful state!

EHD was to have hit the center of the state the hardest, and that was put out by the IDNR.. You can go to their web site and look at their EHD Report.

Last edited by whitetailcrazy; 12-03-2012 at 02:07 PM.

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