Useful Deer Hunting Links

• Deer hunting and management in Illinois
• Seasons and regulations
• Deer hunting lottery applications and deadlines
• Deer hunting trends
• Public lands to hunt
• Private lands to hunt
• Hunter safety certification classes
• Shooting range locations
• Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger
• Youtube hunting and cooking videos
• Bowhunting

Helpful Documents

• Deer Hunting Checklist
• Terrestrial Game Hunter Harvest Log

Recommended readings

• IDNR Wildlife Management 
• Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting. Author: J. Posewitz
• A Sand County Almanac. Author: A. Leopold
• The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game Vols. 1 and 2. Author: S. Rinella
• Gut it, cut it, cook it book: The Deer Hunter’s Guide to Processing & Preparing Venison. Authors: E. Fromm and A. Cambronne
• Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Deer, Elk, and other Antlered Things. Author: H. Shaw
• Wildlife Management and Conservation. Editors: P. Krausman and J. Cain III

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