Are you bowhunting or gun hunting?

If your gun hunting non-residents cannot apply for the 1st draw for permits. Im not sure what county your hunting but you may have a problem depending on how many people apply there.

Archery permits can be bought through a phone in system. The IL Dnr site will have the information on when they go on sale. There is a cap for NR and they sell as first come first serve. The cap was at 12,800 or so and I beleive they are raising that to 15,000. If you plan on Archery hunting you can get a tag if you call when they go on sale. Last year they sold out in a couple days. They are talking about having discounted archery doe only tags that you will be able to get over the counter. Im not sure if that was passed yet or the price (i think it was like 25 or 50 dollars).

Good luck

Don