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2021 SEASON DATES
First Firearm Deer Season: November 19, 20 & 21, 2021
Second Firearm Deer Season: December 2, 3, 4 & 5, 2021
Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season: December 10, 11 & 12, 2021 – Hunters may also use a muzzleloader permit with a muzzleloading rifle during Second Firearm Season December 2 – 5, 2021
2021 FIREARM/MUZZLELOADER DEER SEASON INFORMATION SHEET
Click here for the 2021 Firearm and Muzzleloader Deer Season Hunting Regulations & Harvest Reporting Information Sheet.
2021 FIREARM/MUZZLELOADER DEER SEASON INFORMATION SHEET FOR CWD-TESTING COUNTIES
Click here for the 2021 Firearm Deer Season Hunting Regulations Information Sheet for CWD-Testing Counties. Testing of deer for Chronic Wasting Disease by IDNR personnel will occur (so long as funding is available) during the Firearm Deer Season dates Nov. 19 – 21, 2021 and Dec. 2 – 5, 2021.
LOTTERY APPLICATION PERIODS
*Landowner permit applicants, please refer to note at bottom of page if you also plan to apply in the Lottery Drawings
1st Lottery: March 9, 2021 – April 30, 2021
Illinois Residents Only
Firearm – Limit 1 application (online or paper application)
Muzzleloader – Limit 1 application (online or paper application)
Click here to submit an online application (available March 09, 2021)
Click here to print and mail a paper application (available March 09, 2021)
Group Hunt applications are accepted in the 1st Lottery
Drawing results will be available approximately June 1, 2021
2nd Lottery: May 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021
Illinois residents who did not apply/were not successful in the 1st Lottery Drawing
Nonresidents
Firearm – Limit 1 application (online or paper application)
Muzzleloader – Limit 1 application (online or paper application)
Click here to submit an online application (nonresident application available May 1, 2021)
Click here to print and mail a paper application (nonresident application available May 1, 2021)
Group Hunt applications are accepted in the 2nd Lottery
Drawing results will be available approximately August 1, 2021
3rd Lottery: July 1, 2021 – August 20, 2021
Illinois residents and nonresidents
No application limit for Firearm or Muzzleloader
Click here to submit an online application
Click here to print and mail a paper application
Group Hunt applications are NOT accepted in the 3rd Lottery
Drawing results will be available approximately mid-September
County-specific Firearm and Muzzleloader permits remaining after the 3rd Lottery Drawing will be available for sale only over the counter at License Vendors beginning October 19, 2021, on a first-come, first-served basis
* Individuals who have received a Landowner permit, or who have submitted application for a Landowner permit that is still pending, may not apply for additional permits in the First or Second Lottery Firearm Deer Drawing, but may apply in the Third Lottery Firearm Drawing. Landowners who receive permits in the First or Second Lottery Firearm Deer Drawing are not eligible for Landowner Firearm Deer permits. These individuals, however, are eligible to apply for additional permits in the First or Second Lottery Muzzleloader Deer Drawing.
