Byron Forest Preserve District issued the following announcement on July 17.
On August 1 at 10 AM at the Jarrett Prairie Center, the Byron Forest Preserve District is holding the Byron Forest Preserve Archery Deer Hunting Lottery at two preserves this summer for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 archery seasons. Here's how it will work....
-A lottery drawing will be held to randomly select six hunters for archery season
-The two preserves include Howard Colman Hall Creek Preserve and the Barrick Oaks Homestead Preserve
-Entrants must be taxpayers to or residents within the Byron Forest Preserve District
-Must be 18 years of age by October 1, 2020
-3 hunters will be allowed at each site...
For an application to have your name in the random lottery drawing, please stop by the Jarrett Prairie Center (7993 N. River Road). You must have your application turned in by 4:30 PM on Friday, July 31 at the front desk. Only one application per entrant. No substitution for a winning applicant allowed, the name of the application will be the only allowed hunter....
Each hunter will be assigned to one of the two preserves. Each preserve will have three hunters for a two-year term. After two years, the district will hold another lottery drawing. For more information, please call the Byron Forest Preserve District at 815-234-8535. #bfpdoutside
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