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I'd like to try deer hunting too.

Like you, I know next to nothing about it.

Unfortunately in Illinois, it is difficult to get a hold of deer tags (lottery). Even if you do, there are only two parks in the entire state that allow hunting with shotguns: most are bow only. Either way, all of the public parks are overrun with hunters and few deer. To have any shot of scoring you need to lease some hunting land ($$$$$).