Special season Jan. 12-14 helps control deer density in five northern Illinois counties SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is expanding the Special chronic wasting disease (CWD) Antlerless-only Deer Season to allow hunting in all of DeKalb County when the special season is conducted in five Read more
New cases found in Northern Illinois SPRINGFIELD, IL. – Sixteen additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in northern Illinois through sampling of hunter-harvested deer during the state’s 2005-06 deer seasons. The new cases include two deer taken by hunters in Ogle County, the first time CWD Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resource (IDNR) will continue surveillance for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild deer by testing tissue samples taken from adult deer provided by archery hunters who voluntarily participate in the effort in select northern Illinois counties. Tests will be conducted on samples Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Deer hunters are gearing up for Illinois’ most popular hunting season – the seven-day firearm deer hunting season scheduled for Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-5. “Interest in deer hunting in Illinois appears to be at an all-time high and we appreciate the support of hunters participating in Read more
Area archery hunters have a chance to be part of a voluntary survey of Chronic Wasting Disease in white-tailed deer conducted by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in Lake, Kane and McHenry counties. Hunters are being asked to submit the head of a deer and have it tested for Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The 2004 deer hunting seasons in Illinois will feature more opportunity and convenience for hunters, including allowing hunters to apply for both firearm and muzzleloader season permits during lottery drawing periods; opening a portion of Kane County to firearm hunting; easing archery hunting restrictions in five east-central Read more
Samples of deer in conservation areas are likely to be taken through March. BELVIDERE — Sharpshooters were to begin culling the Boone County Conservation District’s deer herd as early as this week after another deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The most recent confirmed case of the fatal disease Read more
ROCKFORD — Two deer killed by sharpshooters in the Winnebago County forest preserves have tested positive for chronic wasting disease, state wildlife officials announced Wednesday night. They were among the first 20 tested for the fatal deer disease. One-hundred deer have been killed during four nights of shooting in the Read more
Nine more cases of a fatal deer disease have been confirmed in northern Illinois, wildlife officials announced Tuesday. Eight of the deer were taken by hunters during last month’s second firearm season. The ninth was killed by a state Department of Natural Resources sharpshooter in Winnebago County as part of Read more
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Nine additional cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in northern Illinois – including one in DeKalb County – as a result of testing conducted on samples collected from hunter-harvested deer during the first firearm season this fall, Department of Natural Resources Director Joel Brunsvold Read more