Press Release - Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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Hunters in Illinois harvested 50,300 deer during first weekend of 2021 Illinois firearm season
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 50,300 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season between Nov. 19-21.
Comparatively, hunters took 47,147 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2020.
Illinois' seven-day firearm deer season will conclude Dec. 2-5. Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:
• Muzzleloader-only deer season Dec. 10-12;
• Late-winter antlerless-only and Chronic Wasting Disease deer seasons (in select counties only) Dec. 30-Jan. 2 and Jan.14-16; and
• Archery deer season continues through Jan. 16. (Note: archery deer hunting is closed Dec. 2-5 in counties open for firearm deer season.)
For more details about deer hunting, open counties, and other information, check the Illinois Department of Natural Resources website at https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx
A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2021 season, and comparable totals for 2020, can be found below.
County | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
ADAMS | 1352 | 1301 | 1437 |
ALEXANDER | 267 | 257 | 311 |
BOND | 488 | 426 | 500 |
BOONE | 74 | 79 | 71 |
BROWN | 581 | 557 | 604 |
BUREAU | 619 | 635 | 622 |
CALHOUN | 447 | 360 | 494 |
CARROLL | 374 | 351 | 432 |
CASS | 391 | 384 | 380 |
CHAMPAIGN | 149 | 162 | 133 |
CHRISTIAN | 386 | 419 | 372 |
CLARK | 714 | 622 | 694 |
CLAY | 782 | 728 | 774 |
CLINTON | 498 | 474 | 453 |
COLES | 481 | 443 | 417 |
CRAWFORD | 651 | 554 | 562 |
CUMBERLAND | 542 | 542 | 511 |
DEKALB | 86 | 77 | 80 |
DEWITT | 197 | 220 | 206 |
DOUGLAS | 115 | 115 | 88 |
EDGAR | 378 | 329 | 346 |
EDWARDS | 280 | 227 | 219 |
EFFINGHAM | 658 | 611 | 597 |
FAYETTE | 1154 | 980 | 1004 |
FORD | 82 | 79 | 73 |
FRANKLIN | 864 | 743 | 853 |
FULTON | 1176 | 1193 | 1243 |
GALLATIN | 255 | 232 | 249 |
GREENE | 635 | 632 | 632 |
GRUNDY | 150 | 148 | 194 |
HAMILTON | 756 | 657 | 717 |
HANCOCK | 1013 | 1052 | 1032 |
HARDIN | 520 | 419 | 602 |
HENDERSON | 269 | 307 | 264 |
HENRY | 280 | 290 | 254 |
IROQUOIS | 287 | 321 | 339 |
JACKSON | 1325 | 1227 | 1422 |
JASPER | 731 | 691 | 667 |
JEFFERSON | 1293 | 1080 | 1251 |
JERSEY | 423 | 350 | 401 |
JO DAVIESS | 858 | 1027 | 1005 |
JOHNSON | 900 | 857 | 1026 |
KANE | 26 | 17 | 18 |
KANKAKEE | 140 | 123 | 132 |
KENDALL | 47 | 57 | 53 |
KNOX | 738 | 682 | 704 |
LAKE | 5 | 0 | 5 |
LASALLE | 409 | 465 | 469 |
LAWRENCE | 375 | 334 | 348 |
LEE | 323 | 334 | 311 |
LIVINGSTON | 311 | 279 | 275 |
LOGAN | 233 | 198 | 251 |
MACON | 152 | 158 | 149 |
MACOUPIN | 1038 | 987 | 1025 |
MADISON | 470 | 379 | 442 |
MARION | 1022 | 910 | 995 |
MARSHALL | 400 | 407 | 402 |
MASON | 270 | 256 | 235 |
MASSAC | 249 | 219 | 261 |
MCDONOUGH | 497 | 452 | 461 |
MCHENRY | 180 | 170 | 170 |
MCLEAN | 406 | 409 | 347 |
MENARD | 223 | 211 | 236 |
MERCER | 548 | 532 | 521 |
MONROE | 724 | 667 | 699 |
MONTGOMERY | 579 | 520 | 540 |
MORGAN | 381 | 375 | 401 |
MOULTRIE | 151 | 142 | 156 |
OGLE | 391 | 437 | 436 |
PEORIA | 585 | 539 | 571 |
PERRY | 808 | 716 | 882 |
PIATT | 88 | 89 | 83 |
PIKE | 1016 | 1029 | 1174 |
POPE | 950 | 884 | 1064 |
PULASKI | 192 | 177 | 209 |
PUTNAM | 243 | 207 | 250 |
RANDOLPH | 1503 | 1340 | 1553 |
RICHLAND | 493 | 397 | 431 |
ROCK ISLAND | 417 | 461 | 415 |
SALINE | 541 | 534 | 602 |
SANGAMON | 396 | 326 | 329 |
SCHUYLER | 854 | 757 | 800 |
SCOTT | 217 | 176 | 197 |
SHELBY | 883 | 824 | 757 |
STARK | 117 | 125 | 94 |
ST. CLAIR | 547 | 474 | 478 |
STEPHENSON | 372 | 405 | 365 |
TAZEWELL | 344 | 314 | 339 |
UNION | 824 | 772 | 913 |
VERMILION | 408 | 329 | 323 |
WABASH | 122 | 101 | 105 |
WARREN | 295 | 292 | 303 |
WASHINGTON | 697 | 599 | 640 |
WAYNE | 971 | 861 | 943 |
WHITE | 447 | 465 | 456 |
WHITESIDE | 353 | 420 | 373 |
WILL | 122 | 148 | 160 |
WILLIAMSON | 1148 | 943 | 1220 |
WINNEBAGO | 172 | 193 | 173 |
WOODFORD | 406 | 372 | 398 |
TOTAL | 50300 | 47147 | 50173 |
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