The first weekend of firearm deer hunting is this weekend in Illinois. Tim Schweizer with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has a few reminders about tree stand safety.

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Schweizer reminds hunters to be safe out there.

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Hunters can go out this Friday through Sunday and again the weekend of November 29th through December 2nd. Last year, 97-thousand 820 deer were harvested during the two weekends.