Press Release - Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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Hunters in Illinois Harvested 58,836 Deer During First Weekend of Firearm Season
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 | 58836 |
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