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  1. MKleisch

    MKleisch Weekend Warrior

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    Quick question. In Illinois, does anyone know if it Is legal for me to possess/buy 2 archery either sex tags and a shotgun either sex even though I can only fill 2 buck tags?


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    rsf31tmp Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I have both for shutgun, both for bow and a doe muzzleload tag. Either sex muzzle coming
     
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    Yes you can buy over the counter archery either sex tags. I would only use 2 of the 3 though. :)
     
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    Of course I plan on following the laws. I would prefer to tag out in October and keep my toes warm during November...

    Maybe it was user error but the lady at Walmart said she wasn't able to sell me 2 archery combo tags...


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    might have to buy in separate transactions. I've never bought both in one transaction
     
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    You can buy all at once, I do it every year
     
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    She was wrong. I just had a lady at Basspro tell me the same, I told her to try it and it went through.
     
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    I just bought a combo and turkey 5 min ago. asked the associate about it. he said the way the states system is set up with the paper that the tags print on you would have to make 2 transactions. but Feb might have proved that wrong too
     
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    You cannot buy TWO archery combo tags for yourself... because that would give you TWO archery buck tags. You can buy ONE archery combo tag and then buy as many anterless tags as you want...
     
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    I bought 2 combo's last year. We can shoot 2 bucks a season in IL.
     
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    Well there you go. New Hunt Trap Digest 2016-17 are online. PG 16


    Resident Permits and Limits
    Resident antlerless-only and combination
    archery deer permits can be purchased
    without limit from your local hunting license
    vendor. Resident hunters may apply for only
    one of the single either-sex permits on paper
    applications printed from Aug. 1-Sept. 1 (www.
    dnr. illinois.gov) with an application deadline
    of September 1. (see Deer Bag Limit,
    page 14)

    Deer Bag Limit pg 14.
    No hunter, regardless of the quantity or
    type of permits in his/her possession, may
    harvest more than two antlered deer
    during a year, including the youth, archery,
    muzzleloading and firearm seasons.
     
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    Negative Greggo, I have 2 sitting on my desk as well as a gun tag. You're allowed 2 bucks, so if you kill 2 bucks with the bow, you cannot shoot one during any other season. I'm talking about residents also, BTW
     
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    Ah, yes... you IL guys can. Sorry. I was thinking from my perspective only as a non-resident. :D
     
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    You stay on your side of the border there chief
     

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