Unfilled Youth Permits Can Be Used During First Regular Firearm Season

Participants in Illinois' Youth Firearm Deer Season this weekend will be able to use unfilled permits from the youth season during the first weekend of the regular Firearm Deer Season in November.

The three-day Youth Firearm Deer Season, conducted during the Columbus Day holiday weekend Saturday through Monday this fall is open to youth hunters who have not reached their 16th birthday prior to the hunt. Youth who purchase the $10.50 permit for the youth season and are unsuccessful in taking a deer during the youth hunt will be able to hunt with that permit during the first segment of the regular Firearm Deer Season, which this fall is November 20-22.

Find out more at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources website at www.dnr.illinois.gov