I'm hunting on a lease in Illinois, so I'm doing my own work find stands, setting up and the like. We have 7 members, but there is only 4 gun hunting and I am the only 1 muzzleloader hunting.

In IL, you can hunt with pretty much any muzzleloader, scoped, not scoped, sabots, in-lines, traditionals, whatever .45 cal or larger. The projectile must be .44 cal or larger shot from single or double barrel rifle w/ 16" barrel or larger.

There are three gun seasons: a 3 day shotgun first (you must have a firearmspermit for this one, but you could still shoot muzzleloader in it), a 4 day shotgun or muzzleloader 2nd ( you can have a firearms or muzzleloader permit for this one), and a 3 day muzzleloader only (you must have muzzleloader permit). A full season in IL is 7 days. I opted for the last two seasons (Dec 4-7 and Dec 11-13).