Bo hunter, I dont know whaer in ILL your from but in my area the 4 deer limit will be a welcomed thing. Ever since the unlimited doe with a bow tag system was put into place I have seen a decline in the number of deer. Once where you could take a 5 mile drive thru some good deer country this time of year and see maybe 50 to 80 deer, you would be lucky to see 20 now. I know some areas of ILL have alot of deer but mine does not. The best way to manage the herd would be by zones or better by county but the DNR apposes doing it like that. They are trying somewhat by the 5 county area by me where you cant shoot a doe the month of October but the state needs to be managed on a county by county basis. That would please the most people. In my area no way anyone needs to shoot more than 4 deer, PERIOD !!!!!