ORIGINAL: jadepe
Just a question I also hunt in Illinois both bow and gun, I am100% sure it says that hunting hours end at sunset for gun, and on Saturday that meant sunset here in Northern Illinois was at 4:33PM. Where abouts in illinois were you gun hunting that you can shoot at 5:00 PM
You're 100% sure?
Check the DNR web page. It says legal hunting hours are from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. Also, sunrise and sunset vary by a few minutes from one side of the state to the other. If you're in North Eastern Illinois, sunrise/sunset will occur a few minutes before sunrise/sunset in North Western Illinois. Also, days are longer as you travel further south. Example, today in Chicago, sunrise/sunset is 6:46 a.m/4:26 p.m. In St. Louis, it's 6:49 a.m./4:44 p.m.
I live/hunt in Texas, and there's a 12 minute difference in sunrise/sunset between where I live (Houston) and where I hunt (N. of San Antonio)
Today in Houston, it's 6:50 a.m./5:25 p.m. In San Antonio, it's 7:02 a.m./5:37 p.m.