Hunters in Illinois Harvested 58,836 Deer During First Weekend of Firearm Season

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[November 25, 2018]    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/Deer Hunting.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.

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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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