SPRINGFIELD, IL — Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 51,365 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 17-19. Hunters took 54,452 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2016.
Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Nov. 30 through Dec. 3.
Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:
- Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 8-10;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (first segment) in select counties only on Dec. 28-31, 2017;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (second segment) in select counties only on Jan. 12-14, 2018;
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 14, 2018 (archery is closed Nov. 30-Dec. 3 in counties open for Firearm Deer Season)
For 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 2017 season, and comparable totals for 2016, is below.
County | 2016 | 2017 |
ADAMS | 1642 | 1408 |
ALEXANDER | 283 | 291 |
BOND | 390 | 441 |
BOONE | 87 | 82 |
BROWN | 645 | 663 |
BUREAU | 704 | 632 |
CALHOUN | 482 | 505 |
CARROLL | 529 | 425 |
CASS | 475 | 429 |
CHAMPAIGN | 165 | 133 |
CHRISTIAN | 420 | 360 |
CLARK | 715 | 775 |
CLAY | 784 | 760 |
CLINTON | 457 | 495 |
COLES | 388 | 382 |
CRAWFORD | 656 | 673 |
CUMBERLAND | 494 | 478 |
DEKALB | 79 | 67 |
DEWITT | 192 | 180 |
DOUGLAS | 105 | 96 |
EDGAR | 387 | 365 |
EDWARDS | 282 | 273 |
EFFINGHAM | 589 | 580 |
FAYETTE | 1050 | 1008 |
FORD | 72 | 64 |
FRANKLIN | 807 | 854 |
FULTON | 1344 | 1270 |
GALLATIN | 296 | 282 |
GREENE | 660 | 641 |
GRUNDY | 214 | 157 |
HAMILTON | 786 | 779 |
HANCOCK | 1079 | 1082 |
HARDIN | 605 | 646 |
HENDERSON | 372 | 319 |
HENRY | 404 | 356 |
IROQUOIS | 326 | 297 |
JACKSON | 1562 | 1487 |
JASPER | 675 | 663 |
JEFFERSON | 1276 | 1328 |
JERSEY | 444 | 410 |
JODAVIESS | 1306 | 1155 |
JOHNSON | 1166 | 1091 |
KANE | 18 | 19 |
KANKAKEE | 125 | 118 |
KENDALL | 67 | 52 |
KNOX | 820 | 697 |
LAKE | 5 | 3 |
LASALLE | 537 | 431 |
LAWRENCE | 375 | 394 |
LEE | 359 | 328 |
LIVINGSTON | 293 | 246 |
LOGAN | 256 | 206 |
MACON | 170 | 150 |
MACOUPIN | 967 | 945 |
MADISON | 444 | 493 |
MARION | 1051 | 1081 |
MARSHALL | 382 | 424 |
MASON | 305 | 231 |
MASSAC | 367 | 282 |
MCDONOUGH | 597 | 525 |
MCHENRY | 168 | 151 |
MCLEAN | 363 | 324 |
MENARD | 238 | 226 |
MERCER | 605 | 518 |
MONROE | 704 | 661 |
MONTGOMERY | 551 | 509 |
MORGAN | 508 | 452 |
MOULTRIE | 134 | 138 |
OGLE | 538 | 443 |
PEORIA | 639 | 524 |
PERRY | 814 | 815 |
PIATT | 75 | 69 |
PIKE | 1346 | 1187 |
POPE | 1096 | 1092 |
PULASKI | 281 | 221 |
PUTNAM | 213 | 232 |
RANDOLPH | 1582 | 1603 |
RICHLAND | 528 | 481 |
ROCKISLAND | 552 | 455 |
SALINE | 618 | 618 |
SANGAMON | 385 | 391 |
SCHUYLER | 901 | 871 |
SCOTT | 264 | 196 |
SHELBY | 782 | 733 |
STARK | 136 | 135 |
STCLAIR | 480 | 477 |
STEPHENSON | 597 | 417 |
TAZEWELL | 351 | 333 |
UNION | 1060 | 977 |
VERMILION | 392 | 330 |
WABASH | 131 | 123 |
WARREN | 382 | 328 |
WASHINGTON | 672 | 695 |
WAYNE | 1035 | 977 |
WHITE | 547 | 497 |
WHITESIDE | 390 | 393 |
WILL | 168 | 153 |
WILLIAMSON | 1060 | 1048 |
WINNEBAGO | 217 | 161 |
WOODFORD | 417 | 404 |
TOTAL | 54452 | 51365 |