ORIGINAL: jadepe

I sent the following email to the Illinois DNR, Accompanied is their reply to me

"I was shocked to find that this year deer harvest pins are not being mailed out. I find it odd that in order to get one we have to drive somewhere to get one. Is there any way that this will be changed or that we will be able to get pins somewhere else such as local hunting stores?
Just a question from a concerned hunter. I know on some of the hunting web forums out there this is really being talked up a lot and there are a lot of unhappy hunters across the state of Illinois.

Thanks"

Here is the reply I recieved today from the IL DNR

"Thank you for your concerns and please spread the word that we are doing the following.
For the harvest pins, the locations listed on our website are currently the only locations with pins. We are in the process of distributing the pins to the DNR Direct vendors that choose to be a distribution center.
It will be a few weeks before they are available and we will post the vendors to our website http://dnr.state.il.us/deer_pins . Please be patient.
Thanks
Deb"

Thought you all would appreciate this update. Hopefully things get turned around. If enough voices are heard things can get changed