According to our state game laws, I understand that I could shoot as many deer as I want, if I buy tags for them.
BUT...
My life is pretty hectic, and I just don't have time to set up and monitor trail cams, knock on farmers' doors seeking permission to hunt their land, and learning the whitetails' own backyard in public land at least an hour away well enough to kill them in it. I have to rely on a bit of dumb luck, and that has translated to mean lots of TIME in the woods, which, again, I haven't got. So that means that I don't need all those tags! I've hunted here since 2004, shot a small deer in 2005, and that's it.
I am from the west (Alaska, Washington), and I miss being able to climb hills, glass for game, and try to chase them down. Even though I was never a hunter-extraordinairre in the west, I would never trade western hunting for the kind of deer hunting I've encountered in Illinois. Some guys surely have more time and better access to land than I do, but for the casual hunter like me, the west is much more enjoyable.