Press Release - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
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Hunters Harvested 50,173 Deer During Opening Weekend of Illinois Firearm Season
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 50,173 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 22-24. Hunters took 58,836 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2018.
Illinois' seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Dec. 5-8.
Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:
• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 13-15;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (in select counties only) on Dec. 26-29, 2019 and Jan. 17-19, 2020;
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 19, 2020 (archery deer hunting is closed Dec. 5-8 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 2019 season, and comparable totals for 2018, is below.
County | 2018 | 2019 |
ADAMS | 1647 | 1437 |
ALEXANDER | 353 | 311 |
BOND | 583 | 500 |
BOONE | 110 | 71 |
BROWN | 757 | 604 |
BUREAU | 749 | 622 |
CALHOUN | 618 | 494 |
CARROLL | 511 | 432 |
CASS | 489 | 380 |
CHAMPAIGN | 152 | 133 |
CHRISTIAN | 475 | 372 |
CLARK | 873 | 694 |
CLAY | 932 | 774 |
CLINTON | 591 | 453 |
COLES | 492 | 417 |
CRAWFORD | 834 | 562 |
CUMBERLAND | 563 | 511 |
DEKALB | 87 | 80 |
DEWITT | 244 | 206 |
DOUGLAS | 115 | 88 |
EDGAR | 413 | 346 |
EDWARDS | 290 | 219 |
EFFINGHAM | 773 | 597 |
FAYETTE | 1193 | 1004 |
FORD | 75 | 73 |
FRANKLIN | 961 | 853 |
FULTON | 1329 | 1243 |
GALLATIN | 286 | 249 |
GREENE | 700 | 632 |
GRUNDY | 187 | 194 |
HAMILTON | 836 | 717 |
HANCOCK | 1132 | 1032 |
HARDIN | 690 | 602 |
HENDERSON | 315 | 264 |
HENRY | 346 | 254 |
IROQUOIS | 342 | 339 |
JACKSON | 1717 | 1422 |
JASPER | 778 | 667 |
JEFFERSON | 1334 | 1251 |
JERSEY | 474 | 401 |
JODAVIESS | 1312 | 1005 |
JOHNSON | 1205 | 1026 |
KANE | 19 | 18 |
KANKAKEE | 144 | 132 |
KENDALL | 60 | 53 |
KNOX | 862 | 704 |
LAKE | 0 | 5 |
LASALLE | 555 | 469 |
LAWRENCE | 468 | 348 |
LEE | 380 | 311 |
LIVINGSTON | 325 | 275 |
LOGAN | 281 | 251 |
MACON | 152 | 149 |
MACOUPIN | 1300 | 1025 |
MADISON | 618 | 442 |
MARION | 1234 | 995 |
MARSHALL | 460 | 402 |
MASON | 309 | 235 |
MASSAC | 286 | 261 |
MCDONOUGH | 607 | 461 |
MCHENRY | 199 | 170 |
MCLEAN | 405 | 347 |
MENARD | 269 | 236 |
MERCER | 618 | 521 |
MONROE | 828 | 699 |
MONTGOMERY | 613 | 540 |
MORGAN | 518 | 401 |
MOULTRIE | 179 | 156 |
OGLE | 569 | 436 |
PEORIA | 589 | 571 |
PERRY | 1000 | 882 |
PIATT | 85 | 83 |
PIKE | 1361 | 1174 |
POPE | 1176 | 1064 |
PULASKI | 207 | 209 |
PUTNAM | 254 | 250 |
RANDOLPH | 1637 | 1553 |
RICHLAND | 525 | 431 |
ROCK ISLAND | 560 | 415 |
SALINE | 666 | 602 |
SANGAMON | 419 | 329 |
SCHUYLER | 1005 | 800 |
SCOTT | 214 | 197 |
SHELBY | 837 | 757 |
STARK | 132 | 94 |
ST. CLAIR | 552 | 478 |
STEPHENSON | 459 | 365 |
TAZEWELL | 352 | 339 |
UNION | 981 | 913 |
VERMILION | 335 | 323 |
WABASH | 149 | 105 |
WARREN | 347 | 303 |
WASHINGTON | 737 | 640 |
WAYNE | 1022 | 943 |
WHITE | 527 | 456 |
WHITESIDE | 466 | 373 |
WILL | 209 | 160 |
WILLIAMSON | 1256 | 1220 |
WINNEBAGO | 267 | 173 |
WOODFORD | 389 | 398 |
Total | 58836 | 50173 |
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