Deer hunting seasons conclude with hunters in Illinois taking preliminary total of 147,004 deer

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[March 08, 2022]     Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 147,004 deer during all 2021-2022 archery and firearm seasons that concluded Jan. 16. The total preliminary deer harvest for all seasons compares with a total harvest for all seasons of 162,752 deer in 2020-2021.

During the 2021-2022 deer seasons, hunters took 43.75% does and 56.25% males.

Archery: Archery deer hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 67,637 deer during the season that began Oct. 1 and concluded Jan. 16. The total archery harvest during the 2020-2021 season was 75,106 deer.

Youth: Youth deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 1,829 deer during the three-day Illinois Youth Deer Season Oct. 9-11, compared to 2,322 in 2020.

Traditional Firearm Season: Hunters took a preliminary total of 69,990 deer during the Illinois Firearm Deer Season Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-5, compared with 77,160 deer taken during the 2020 firearm season.

Muzzleloader: Hunters using muzzleloading rifles harvested a preliminary total of 3,043 deer during the Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season Dec. 10-12, compared with a harvest of 3,451 deer in the 2020 muzzleloader season.

Late-Winter Seasons: The 2021-2022 Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and Special CWD (chronic wasting disease) deer seasons concluded Jan. 16 with a combined preliminary harvest total for both seasons of 4,505 deer. Season dates for the seven-day Late-Winter and CWD seasons were Dec. 30-Jan. 2 and Jan. 14-16. During those seasons in 2020-2021, a harvest of 4,713 deer were taken.[to top of second column]

Sixteen northern Illinois counties were open to the Special CWD season, which is used to assist in slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease in the Illinois deer herd.

A total of 21 counties were open for the Late-Winter Antlerless Season in 2021-2022. Counties that are at or below their individual deer population goal for two consecutive years may be removed from the Late-Winter season.

For more information on the Illinois deer harvest prior to 2020-2021, check the IDNR website at https://www2.illinois.
gov/dnr/hunting/deer/Pages/Annual
DeerHarvestReports.aspx.

[Illinois Office of Communication and Information] 

The following table provides a county-by-county summary of preliminary deer harvest results for 2021-2022 and final 2020-2021 harvest results for comparison.

County

Youth

Muzzleloader

CWD/LW

Firearm

Archery

Total

Adams

49

104

0

1980

1455

3588

Alexander

2

25

0

359

192

578

Bond

14

20

0

646

441

1121

Boone

0

4

27

104

178

313

Brown

37

55

209

806

883

1990

Bureau

10

49

0

888

722

1669

Calhoun

21

52

0

645

808

1526

Carroll

5

19

81

439

517

1061

Cass

9

26

0

584

679

1298

Champaign

13

14

0

197

373

597

Christian

18

27

0

551

538

1134

Clark

27

50

0

1014

827

1918

Clay

29

32

134

1099

694

1988

Clinton

18

15

0

663

575

1271

Coles

13

19

45

650

733

1460

Cook

0

0

0

0

134

134

Crawford

21

21

100

884

933

1959

Cumberland

31

25

0

756

559

1371

DeKalb

2

3

39

106

218

368

DeWitt

6

22

0

315

573

916

Douglas

4

6

0

148

214

372

DuPage

0

0

0

0

37

37

Edgar

9

23

0

515

529

1076

Edwards

5

18

0

388

287

698

Effingham

54

29

112

910

710

1815

Fayette

27

52

0

1564

1104

2747

Ford

3

2

0

109

51

165

Franklin

11

40

0

1229

1137

2417

Fulton

42

74

353

1654

1608

3731

Gallatin

6

11

0

369

293

679

Greene

31

69

0

947

860

1907

Grundy

5

6

88

232

325

656

Hamilton

35

20

151

993

825

2024

Hancock

35

73

0

1561

1031

2700

Hardin

5

29

0

669

419

1122

Henderson

3

12

73

382

395

865

Henry

12

21

0

414

518

965

Iroquois

11

30

0

415

441

897

Jackson

43

57

0

1848

1121

3069

Jasper

35

39

0

1022

871

1967

Jefferson

64

78

0

1810

1854

3806

Jersey

11

21

0

583

619

1234

JoDaviess

28

51

292

1234

991

2596

Johnson

14

49

0

1154

806

2023

Kane

0

2

10

30

341

383

Kankakee

3

9

51

186

281

530

Kendall

0

6

26

71

199

302

Knox

13

45

138

1057

990

2243

Lake

0

0

0

3

257

260

LaSalle

12

19

163

563

719

1476

Lawrence

7

26

0

536

498

1067

Lee

13

22

114

440

475

1064

Livingston

10

7

51

381

234

683

Logan

11

19

0

312

375

717

Macon

12

24

0

213

494

743

Macoupin

37

48

214

1417

1221

2937

Madison

21

20

48

630

1070

1789

Marion

50

47

250

1393

1221

2961

Marshall

16

22

0

545

375

958

Mason

11

15

0

351

505

882

Massac

10

21

0

380

376

787

McDonough

19

54

89

719

654

1535

McHenry

1

9

66

241

649

966

McLean

17

18

0

520

533

1088

Menard

6

26

0

327

406

765

Mercer

6

33

108

740

504

1391

Monroe

24

25

115

934

482

1580

Montgomery

30

19

0

795

900

1744

Morgan

15

30

0

578

672

1295

Moultrie

11

10

0

209

428

658

Ogle

18

17

195

544

548

1322

Peoria

17

36

0

806

1050

1909

Perry

34

56

281

1104

891

2366

Piatt

2

8

0

111

242

363

Pike

82

122

0

1623

2279

4106

Pope

18

28

0

1212

891

2149

Pulaski

7

13

0

274

273

567

Putnam

4

10

43

310

288

655

Randolph

100

99

0

2102

1271

3572

Richland

8

26

0

671

523

1228

RockIsland

13

28

75

583

616

1315

Saline

30

23

166

752

607

1578

Sangamon

25

31

0

521

874

1451

Schuyler

38

80

191

1262

1141

2712

Scott

5

14

0

326

344

689

Shelby

35

38

134

1170

1072

2449

St.Clair

19

18

0

699

818

1554

Stark

3

6

0

151

138

298

Stephenson

9

13

121

479

410

1032

Tazewell

9

21

0

476

715

1221

Union

23

51

0

1143

850

2067

Vermilion

14

45

0

594

1078

1731

Wabash

1

8

0

162

228

399

Warren

1

22

0

430

287

740

Washington

20

45

0

921

638

1624

Wayne

40

42

0

1363

1119

2564

White

17

46

0

711

644

1418

Whiteside

9

21

0

503

532

1065

Will

4

7

73

161

737

982

Williamson

21

54

0

1601

1366

3042

Winnebago

3

14

79

247

471

814

Woodford

27

33

0

571

759

1390

Total

1829

3043

4505

69990

67637

147004

 

 

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