The first weekend of the state's most popular hunting season runs Friday morning through Sunday evening. Illinois Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Stacey Solano says hunters need to remember to report their harvest by 10:00pm on the day they take the deer. "You can either do that through the DNR website, or by phoning in at 1-866-IL-CHECK. For hunters in Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Jo Daviess, Kane, La Salle, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago Counties, they need to bring their deer to mandatory check stations by 8:00pm on the day they harvest", said Solano. Solano says conservation police will use airplane details as well as their regular patrols to check for an illegal hunting activity. Poachers were recently caught in Northern Illinois illegally taking trophy deer.
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