Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 50,173 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 22-24. Hunters took 58,836 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2018.
Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Dec. 5-8.
Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:
• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 13-15;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (in select counties only) on Dec. 26-29, 2019 and Jan. 17-19, 2020;
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 19, 2020 (archery deer hunting is closed Dec. 5-8 in counties open for Firearm Deer Season)
For more details on deer hunting, open counties, and other information, check the IDNR website at https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx
A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2019 season, and comparable totals for 2018, is below.
|
County |
2018 |
2019 |
| ADAMS |
1647 |
1437 |
| ALEXANDER |
353 |
311 |
| BOND |
583 |
500 |
| BOONE |
110 |
71 |
| BROWN |
757 |
604 |
| BUREAU |
749 |
622 |
| CALHOUN |
618 |
494 |
| CARROLL |
511 |
432 |
| CASS |
489 |
380 |
| CHAMPAIGN |
152 |
133 |
| CHRISTIAN |
475 |
372 |
| CLARK |
873 |
694 |
| CLAY |
932 |
774 |
| CLINTON |
591 |
453 |
| COLES |
492 |
417 |
| CRAWFORD |
834 |
562 |
| CUMBERLAND |
563 |
511 |
| DEKALB |
87 |
80 |
| DEWITT |
244 |
206 |
| DOUGLAS |
115 |
88 |
| EDGAR |
413 |
346 |
| EDWARDS |
290 |
219 |
| EFFINGHAM |
773 |
597 |
| FAYETTE |
1193 |
1004 |
| FORD |
75 |
73 |
| FRANKLIN |
961 |
853 |
| FULTON |
1329 |
1243 |
| GALLATIN |
286 |
249 |
| GREENE |
700 |
632 |
| GRUNDY |
187 |
194 |
| HAMILTON |
836 |
717 |
| HANCOCK |
1132 |
1032 |
| HARDIN |
690 |
602 |
| HENDERSON |
315 |
264 |
| HENRY |
346 |
254 |
| IROQUOIS |
342 |
339 |
| JACKSON |
1717 |
1422 |
| JASPER |
778 |
667 |
| JEFFERSON |
1334 |
1251 |
| JERSEY |
474 |
401 |
| JODAVIESS |
1312 |
1005 |
| JOHNSON |
1205 |
1026 |
| KANE |
19 |
18 |
| KANKAKEE |
144 |
132 |
| KENDALL |
60 |
53 |
| KNOX |
862 |
704 |
| LAKE |
0 |
5 |
| LASALLE |
555 |
469 |
| LAWRENCE |
468 |
348 |
| LEE |
380 |
311 |
| LIVINGSTON |
325 |
275 |
| LOGAN |
281 |
251 |
| MACON |
152 |
149 |
| MACOUPIN |
1300 |
1025 |
| MADISON |
618 |
442 |
| MARION |
1234 |
995 |
| MARSHALL |
460 |
402 |
| MASON |
309 |
235 |
| MASSAC |
286 |
261 |
| MCDONOUGH |
607 |
461 |
| MCHENRY |
199 |
170 |
| MCLEAN |
405 |
347 |
| MENARD |
269 |
236 |
| MERCER |
618 |
521 |
| MONROE |
828 |
699 |
| MONTGOMERY |
613 |
540 |
| MORGAN |
518 |
401 |
| MOULTRIE |
179 |
156 |
| OGLE |
569 |
436 |
| PEORIA |
589 |
571 |
| PERRY |
1000 |
882 |
| PIATT |
85 |
83 |
| PIKE |
1361 |
1174 |
| POPE |
1176 |
1064 |
| PULASKI |
207 |
209 |
| PUTNAM |
254 |
250 |
| RANDOLPH |
1637 |
1553 |
| RICHLAND |
525 |
431 |
| ROCK ISLAND |
560 |
415 |
| SALINE |
666 |
602 |
| SANGAMON |
419 |
329 |
| SCHUYLER |
1005 |
800 |
| SCOTT |
214 |
197 |
| SHELBY |
837 |
757 |
| STARK |
132 |
94 |
| ST. CLAIR |
552 |
478 |
| STEPHENSON |
459 |
365 |
| TAZEWELL |
352 |
339 |
| UNION |
981 |
913 |
| VERMILION |
335 |
323 |
| WABASH |
149 |
105 |
| WARREN |
347 |
303 |
| WASHINGTON |
737 |
640 |
| WAYNE |
1022 |
943 |
| WHITE |
527 |
456 |
| WHITESIDE |
466 |
373 |
| WILL |
209 |
160 |
| WILLIAMSON |
1256 |
1220 |
| WINNEBAGO |
267 |
173 |
| WOODFORD |
389 |
398 |
| Total |
58836 |
50173 |
