SPRINGFIELD, IL — Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 58,836 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 16-18. Hunters took 51,450 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2017.
Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Nov. 29 through Dec. 2.
Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:
• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 7-9;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (in select counties only) on Dec. 27-30, 2018 and Jan. 18-20, 2019;
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 20, 2019 (archery deer hunting is closed Nov. 29-Dec. 2 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 2018 season, and comparable totals for 2017, is below.
County
2017
2018
ADAMS 1413
1647
ALEXANDER 291
353
BOND 444
583
BOONE 85
110
BROWN 664
757
BUREAU 634
749
CALHOUN 505
618
CARROLL 427
511
CASS 430
489
CHAMPAIGN 132
152
CHRISTIAN 360
475
CLARK 775
873
CLAY 763
932
CLINTON 496
591
COLES 382
492
CRAWFORD 676
834
CUMBERLAND 480
563
DEKALB 67
87
DEWITT 180
244
DOUGLAS 96
115
EDGAR 365
413
EDWARDS 273
290
EFFINGHAM 580
773
FAYETTE 1014
1193
FORD 64
75
FRANKLIN 856
961
FULTON 1269
1329
GALLATIN 284
286
GREENE 641
700
GRUNDY 156
187
HAMILTON 783
836
HANCOCK 1083
1132
HARDIN 648
690
HENDERSON 319
315
HENRY 356
346
IROQUOIS 301
342
JACKSON 1489
1717
JASPER 664
778
JEFFERSON 1329
1334
JERSEY 411
474
JODAVIESS 1145
1312
JOHNSON 1097
1205
KANE 20
19
KANKAKEE 114
144
KENDALL 50
60
KNOX 701
862
LAKE 1
0
LASALLE 422
555
LAWRENCE 395
468
LEE 329
380
LIVINGSTON 240
325
LOGAN 206
281
MACON 151
152
MACOUPIN 948
1300
MADISON 493
618
MARION 1085
1234
MARSHALL 424
460
MASON 232
309
MASSAC 283
286
MCDONOUGH 526
607
MCHENRY 146
199
MCLEAN 327
405
MENARD 226
269
MERCER 518
618
MONROE 662
828
MONTGOMERY 509
613
MORGAN 452
518
MOULTRIE 138
179
OGLE 441
569
PEORIA 527
589
PERRY 816
1000
PIATT 70
85
PIKE 1189
1361
POPE 1092
1176
PULASKI 222
207
PUTNAM 232
254
RANDOLPH 1606
1637
RICHLAND 481
525
ROCKISLAND 456
560
SALINE 623
666
SANGAMON 391
419
SCHUYLER 873
1005
SCOTT 196
214
SHELBY 734
837
STARK 135
132
STCLAIR 477
552
STEPHENSON 416
459
TAZEWELL 332
352
UNION 977
981
VERMILION 329
335
WABASH 123
149
WARREN 329
347
WASHINGTON 695
737
WAYNE 980
1022
WHITE 499
527
WHITESIDE 398
466
WILL 145
209
WILLIAMSON 1052
1256
WINNEBAGO 185
267
WOODFORD 404
389
Total 51450
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Hunters in Illinois Harvested 58,836 Deer During First Weekend of Firearm Season
Mattoon, IL, USA / MyRadioLink.com
Nov 21, 2018 | 10:02 PM