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 |
