... 2010 HUNTING DATES ARE.....!!!!!!!!

[SGT. D]

IDNR has posted all the deer hunting dates on their web site...Here goes!

Bow season................1 Oct to Jan 16, 2011
Firearm season ..........19, 20 and 21 Nov. ....1st season
Firearm season...........2, 3, 4, and 5 Dec......2nd season
Muzzleloader only season.........DEC. 10, 11 and 12th.

Late winter season.....30 Dec to 2 Jan..........1st season
Late winter season.....14 Jan to 16 Jan..........2nd season.

Crossbows can be used if your over 62 yrs of age during bow season

Check out the wed site to verify these dates.

[backwoodsman]

Thanks Sarge. They may be switching some dates etc. Alot of complaints of lower deer numbers. CWD, Blue Tongue no one seems to know why but even tracks/sign with the snow isnt there. Finding alot of dead deer south of us is the rumor. Rumors already flying about DNR inflating the kill numbers. At $25 a tag next year Im sure they dont want people to lower their tag purchases. I think somethings up for certain. Guys around here that kill 5, 7 ,10+ deer a year killed 1 or 2 and the DNR still claims the kill was steady or even rose a little? Lockers all seen a drop of 25%-40% in the number of deer processed. I dont think a bunch of hunters changed their ways in one season and started processing their own. I ate 12 or 13 tags without checking/counting. Some ate more. I know alot of guys that had 5 or 6 and didnt even fill a tag. Ive spoke with enough guys over this past doe weekend and with themselves and hunters that are with them it covers over 30 guys that hunted and 1 doe was taken. In this nice weather? Only a few even seen a deer. I hope we're all wrong but the sign it looks bad. Cold hard winter and a dry spring with some deer virus?