Youth hunting license illinois

• Hunters may only purchase one Youth Either-Sex Deer Permit (available for purchase over the counter at License Vendors August 5, 2025 - October 13, 2025).
  

• The Youth Deer Season is only open to hunters who have not reached their 18th birthday prior to the opening date of the season.

• The Youth Either-Sex Deer Permit is available to eligible resident and nonresident youths.

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The statewide-issued permit is valid on private land, with landowner permission, or on public land sites open to the Youth Deer Season.


• A hunter with an unfilled, valid Youth Deer Hunt Permit may also hunt during the first firearm deer season November 21 - 23, 2025, subject to restrictions outlined in Administrative Rule 17-685.

  
  

In addition to a 2025 Youth Deer Hunt Permit, all eligible youth hunters must have a current, valid Apprentice or Youth Hunting License, or they must have completed a State-approved Hunter Education course and have a hunting license, unless exempt.

Hunting licenses can be purchased online or over the counter at a License Vendor.