I have a hard time following all the deer hunting laws and regulations in Illinois. Since he has the minimal requirement of 40 acres, he qualifies for free landowner permits, but i don't know how many he can get. I think that with his problem, it is a matter of needing to kill a dozen or more deer instead of taking 3 or 4. He actually deer hunts, but can only devote so much time and freezer space to killing, cleaning and storing deer meat during the season. Would be better if he could kill the deer that are making a nuisance of themselves on his land this time of the year.

If i was in his shoes, i would put 3 or 4 stands on the place and let lots of people come in and take as many deer as is legal. Then it would certainly be much less of a problem. However, when you have 40 acres surrounded by hundreds of acres of land where outfitters are only havesting a pretty small number of bucks, the issue is if you can really reduce the population.