ORIGINAL: salukipv1
well now knowing that, there is no reason to apply for both seasons....since you can use a ML in place of your slug during the full firearm season.....1st and 2nd, I thought the ML season essentially meant you could only hunt 2nd season and that late antlerless only season.....not that it was a special dedicated tag....
If you just get a firearm tag...then you can hunt both 1st and 2nd season with a ML so they're saying....and if that tag goes unfilled you can hunt that late antlerless only season.....also at least us residents can get a either sex and a doe only tag....so thats 2 tags essentially and 3 seasons to hunt....
I do all of my hunting during archery though.
Illinois has too many firearm options in my opinion, they should just have all firearm seasons for "all firearms". I get a full season for Pope, a second season onlyfor Pope, and this is the first year I've ever applied for a MZ tag. I bought my first MZ about 1.5 years ago and now own two. Pope does not offer a bonus antlerless tag. I'd like to see them someday include centerfire rifles. I usually harvest two deer, if not one the first season, then I can harvest two the second season using both my full season and second season only tag. And we're still limited two two antlered deer. I have three slug guns and two muzzleloaders now. It's kinda a crap shoot what I take with me now...
. I broughtout aold Mossberg 500 last year with a rifled cantilever barrel and Nikon scope and one of my muzzleloaders and took bothdeer with the muzzleloader.