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Deer Lottery Application Status

  • Go to ExploreMoreIL™ and select the Log In To My Account button.
  • Navigate to your Customer Homepage.  Scroll down the page and select the Purchase History button.    
  • If you were awarded a 2025 Lottery 3 Deer Firearm or Muzzleloader permit, under the Purchase History screen, you will see one (or more) of the following Priv Codes:  

1504-25  Resident/Nonresident Deer Either-Sex Firearm 2025 Permit - Lottery 3

1505-25  Resident/Nonresident Deer Antlerless-Only Firearm 2025 Permit - Lottery 3

1532-25  Resident/Nonresident Deer Either-Sex Muzzleloader 2025 Permit - Lottery 3

1533-25  Resident/Nonresident Deer Antlerless-Only Muzzleloader 2025 Permit - Lottery 3

IDNR will mail successful applicants their permit(s) prior to the start of the hunting season.  Unsuccessful Lottery 3 applicants will receive a refund check from the Illinois Comptroller's Office.

Remaining Lottery Permit Quotas - 2025

   Muzzleloader

M - County Permits After 2025 Lottery 1
M - County Permits After 2025 Lottery 2
M - County Permits After 2025 Lottery 3
M - SHA Permits After 2025 Lottery 1
M - SHA Permits After 2025 Lottery 2

   Firearm

F - County Permits After 2025 Lottery 1
F - County Permits After 2025 Lottery 2
F - County Permits After 2025 Lottery 3
F - SHA Permits After 2025 Lottery 1
F - SHA Permits After 2025 Lottery 2

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Permit Sales - 2025

The remaining county-specific firearm and muzzleloader permit quotas after Lottery 3 are the starting quotas for over-the-counter (OTC) permit sales. 

OTC permit sales begin October 21, 2025, at Department-designated agents.  Permits are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.  Permits will be sold until quotas are exhausted, or until the close of the respective deer season, whichever occurs first. Persons may purchase one or more permits during this period, subject to availability.  

OTC permits are sold in person only; no online or phone sales available.   

Special Hunt Area permits were only available during the lottery application period and are not sold over the counter.