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Illinois deer harvest report released, crossbow kill freezes for first time

Now that the deer report has been made public in Illinois, what we have learned is that the total harvest during the 2023-24 season was 160,313 deer, a slight increase from the 2022-23 harvest of 157,854. (USFWS photo)

We now know Illinois bowhunters took 71,226 deer last season – a few clicks short of the state record 75,106 taken in 2020-21 but a tick above the 68,625 harvested in 2022-23.
Of greater interest is the fact that two-thirds of antlered deer taken during the 2023-24 archery season had between 7 and 10 points, while 1.3% had 14 points or more. And the hunters? For the first time since 2017 legislation removed restrictions on crossbows, the proportion of Illinois deer harvested with crossbows (53.4%) versus those harvested with compound bows (45.5%) leveled off.

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