Preliminary Illinois firearms deer harvest totals crack 80,000 mark

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 80,021 deer during the seven-day Illinois firearms deer season that concluded Sunday, Dec. 3.
The 2017 preliminary harvest total compares to the final total of 79,559 deer harvested during the firearms season in 2016.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearms season, Nov. 30 through Dec. 3, was 28,656, compared with 24,977 during the second season in 2016. The preliminary harvest for the first segment of the firearms season, Nov. 17-19, was 51,365 deer.
Deer hunting opportunities still remain in Illinois:
- The Illinois muzzleloader-only season is this weekend, Dec. 8-10.
- The late-winter antlerless-only season and CWD deer season first segments (in designated counties only) will be Dec. 28-31.
- The second segments of the late-winter antlerless-only and CWD deer seasons (in designated counties only) will be Jan. 12-14, 2018.
- Archery deer season continues through Jan. 14, 2018.
Following is a table of preliminary firearms deer season harvest totals for 2017 by county, and comparable totals for 2016:
County |
2017 1st Season |
2017 2nd Season |
2017 Total |
2016 Total |
ADAMS |
1408 |
771 |
2179 |
2362 |
ALEXANDER |
291 |
197 |
488 |
424 |
BOND |
441 |
217 |
658 |
579 |
BOONE |
82 |
47 |
129 |
121 |
BROWN |
663 |
355 |
1018 |
967 |
BUREAU |
632 |
373 |
1005 |
1001 |
CALHOUN |
505 |
308 |
813 |
793 |
CARROLL |
425 |
260 |
685 |
750 |
CASS |
429 |
223 |
652 |
684 |
CHAMPAIGN |
133 |
66 |
199 |
227 |
CHRISTIAN |
360 |
191 |
551 |
608 |
CLARK |
775 |
370 |
1145 |
998 |
CLAY |
760 |
352 |
1112 |
1091 |
CLINTON |
495 |
199 |
694 |
627 |
COLES |
382 |
210 |
592 |
550 |
CRAWFORD |
673 |
343 |
1016 |
949 |
CUMBERLAND |
478 |
297 |
775 |
708 |
DEKALB |
67 |
40 |
107 |
139 |
DEWITT |
180 |
136 |
316 |
356 |
DOUGLAS |
96 |
36 |
132 |
138 |
EDGAR |
365 |
197 |
562 |
566 |
EDWARDS |
273 |
142 |
415 |
412 |
EFFINGHAM |
580 |
292 |
872 |
807 |
FAYETTE |
1008 |
536 |
1544 |
1501 |
FORD |
64 |
48 |
112 |
124 |
FRANKLIN |
854 |
496 |
1350 |
1297 |
FULTON |
1270 |
727 |
1997 |
2013 |
GALLATIN |
282 |
166 |
448 |
470 |
GREENE |
641 |
418 |
1059 |
1055 |
GRUNDY |
157 |
124 |
281 |
296 |
HAMILTON |
779 |
396 |
1175 |
1167 |
HANCOCK |
1082 |
737 |
1819 |
1639 |
HARDIN |
646 |
317 |
963 |
890 |
HENDERSON |
319 |
175 |
494 |
522 |
HENRY |
356 |
178 |
534 |
592 |
IROQUOIS |
297 |
220 |
517 |
518 |
JACKSON |
1487 |
816 |
2303 |
2247 |
JASPER |
663 |
321 |
984 |
973 |
JEFFERSON |
1328 |
755 |
2083 |
1878 |
JERSEY |
410 |
231 |
641 |
674 |
JODAVIESS |
1155 |
704 |
1859 |
1859 |
JOHNSON |
1091 |
496 |
1587 |
1640 |
KANE |
19 |
10 |
29 |
29 |
KANKAKEE |
118 |
75 |
193 |
186 |
KENDALL |
52 |
30 |
82 |
98 |
KNOX |
697 |
448 |
1145 |
1200 |
LAKE |
3 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
LASALLE |
431 |
260 |
691 |
745 |
LAWRENCE |
394 |
219 |
613 |
584 |
LEE |
328 |
212 |
540 |
510 |
LIVINGSTON |
246 |
133 |
379 |
400 |
LOGAN |
206 |
119 |
325 |
357 |
MACON |
150 |
89 |
239 |
251 |
MACOUPIN |
945 |
541 |
1486 |
1404 |
MADISON |
493 |
240 |
733 |
621 |
MARION |
1081 |
489 |
1570 |
1452 |
MARSHALL |
424 |
177 |
601 |
553 |
MASON |
231 |
148 |
379 |
439 |
MASSAC |
282 |
242 |
524 |
587 |
MCDONOUGH |
525 |
305 |
830 |
849 |
MCHENRY |
151 |
149 |
300 |
266 |
MCLEAN |
324 |
167 |
491 |
516 |
MENARD |
226 |
141 |
367 |
368 |
MERCER |
518 |
315 |
833 |
866 |
MONROE |
661 |
280 |
941 |
923 |
MONTGOMERY |
509 |
281 |
790 |
775 |
MORGAN |
452 |
262 |
714 |
774 |
MOULTRIE |
138 |
65 |
203 |
201 |
OGLE |
443 |
367 |
810 |
793 |
PEORIA |
524 |
339 |
863 |
971 |
PERRY |
815 |
458 |
1273 |
1210 |
PIATT |
69 |
32 |
101 |
111 |
PIKE |
1187 |
803 |
1990 |
2131 |
POPE |
1092 |
410 |
1502 |
1432 |
PULASKI |
221 |
119 |
340 |
414 |
PUTNAM |
232 |
110 |
342 |
335 |
RANDOLPH |
1603 |
802 |
2405 |
2290 |
RICHLAND |
481 |
251 |
732 |
725 |
ROCKISLAND |
455 |
264 |
719 |
784 |
SALINE |
618 |
355 |
973 |
904 |
SANGAMON |
391 |
237 |
628 |
589 |
SCHUYLER |
871 |
441 |
1312 |
1293 |
SCOTT |
196 |
119 |
315 |
385 |
SHELBY |
733 |
336 |
1069 |
1087 |
STARK |
135 |
64 |
199 |
194 |
STCLAIR |
477 |
211 |
688 |
662 |
STEPHENSON |
417 |
295 |
712 |
843 |
TAZEWELL |
333 |
179 |
512 |
519 |
UNION |
977 |
553 |
1530 |
1573 |
VERMILION |
330 |
214 |
544 |
582 |
WABASH |
123 |
82 |
205 |
209 |
WARREN |
328 |
220 |
548 |
562 |
WASHINGTON |
695 |
325 |
1020 |
949 |
WAYNE |
977 |
567 |
1544 |
1576 |
WHITE |
497 |
247 |
744 |
831 |
WHITESIDE |
393 |
221 |
614 |
576 |
WILL |
153 |
85 |
238 |
233 |
WILLIAMSON |
1048 |
727 |
1775 |
1684 |
WINNEBAGO |
161 |
143 |
304 |
346 |
WOODFORD |
404 |
200 |
604 |
596 |
TOTAL |
51365 |
28656 |
80021 |
79559 |
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