Illinois ML nets 3300 Deer

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Illinois Muzzleloader Hunt Nets Nearly 3,300 Deer

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</st1:City>SPRINGFIELD, <st1:State w:st="on">Ill.</st1:State> (AP) — Preliminary totals show that <ST1<st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State> hunters took nearly 3,300 deer during this season's muzzleloader-only hunt in December.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday that the figure from the December hunt is less than the just more than 4,700 deer that <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1Illinois</st1:State> hunters took in 2009. The muzzleloader season's record year was 2006 when hunters killed nearly 6,000 deer.

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Department statistics show that <ST1<st1laceType w:st="on">Pike</st1laceType> <st1laceType w:st="on">County</st1laceType> had the highest number of deer killed statewide at 116. It is followed by 84 deer in <st1laceName w:st="on">Fulton</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">County</st1laceType>, 82 in Jo Daviess County, 77 in <st1laceName w:st="on">LaSalle</st1laceName> <st1laceType w:st="on">County</st1laceType> and 74 in both Bureau and Jefferson counties.





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