More than 76,000 deer harvested during Illinois firearm deer season

[December 12, 2023]     Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 76,232 deer during the seven-day 2023 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 3. Comparatively, hunters harvested 76,854 deer during the 2022 firearm season.

The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the 2023 firearm season Nov. 30-Dec. 3 was 22,884, compared with 24,500 deer harvested during the second part of the 2022 season.

The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s firearm season Nov. 17-19 was 53,348 deer.

Remaining 2023-2024 deer hunting opportunities in Illinois include:

Late-winter antlerless-only and chronic wasting disease (CWD) season, in designated counties only, Dec. 28-31 and Jan. 12-14. A map showing the counties open to late-winter and CWD seasons can be found online.

Archery deer season continues through Jan. 14.

Go online for more deer hunting information.

[Illinois Office of Communication and Information]

A table of preliminary 2023 firearm deer season totals by county and comparable totals for 2022 follows.

	County	First 2023	Second 2023	Total 2023	Total 2022
	ADAMS	1423	711	2134	2151
	ALEXANDER	199	95	294	375
	BOND	562	197	759	747
	BOONE	74	34	108	106
	BROWN	591	279	870	989
	BUREAU	695	288	983	904
	CALHOUN	476	273	749	724
	CARROLL	389	142	531	497
	CASS	448	188	636	679
	CHAMPAIGN	144	51	195	215
	CHRISTIAN	417	165	582	558
	CLARK	721	282	1003	1075
	CLAY	1007	345	1352	1229
	CLINTON	588	211	799	803
	COLES	415	174	589	682
	CRAWFORD	729	291	1020	936
	CUMBERLAND	511	220	731	817
	DEKALB	83	43	126	114
	DEWITT	220	109	329	336
	DOUGLAS	121	45	166	173
	EDGAR	413	157	570	587
	EDWARDS	283	146	429	458
	EFFINGHAM	696	250	946	956
	FAYETTE	1166	516	1682	1713
	FORD	85	32	117	126
	FRANKLIN	888	429	1317	1414
	FULTON	1296	529	1825	1839
	GALLATIN	306	122	428	441
	GREENE	624	386	1010	1019
	GRUNDY	217	75	292	272
	HAMILTON	750	320	1070	1078
	HANCOCK	992	524	1516	1710
	HARDIN	467	156	623	736
	HENDERSON	320	131	451	429
	HENRY	321	138	459	447
	IROQUOIS	344	133	477	401
	JACKSON	1371	629	2000	2192
	JASPER	784	296	1080	1148
	JEFFERSON	1286	620	1906	1821
	JERSEY	435	209	644	646
	JO DAVIESS	967	424	1391	1273
	JOHNSON	749	328	1077	1207
	KANE	27	10	37	29
	KANKAKEE	138	55	193	169
	KENDALL	49	14	63	65
	KNOX	821	357	1178	1077
	LAKE	4	0	4	5
	LASALLE	499	222	721	654
	LAWRENCE	426	188	614	575
	LEE	385	156	541	491
	LIVINGSTON	310	92	402	368
	LOGAN	215	102	317	307
	MACON	135	75	210	230
	MACOUPIN	1077	444	1521	1576
	MADISON	484	171	655	692
	MARION	1202	464	1666	1653
	MARSHALL	429	166	595	578
	MASON	280	112	392	379
	MASSAC	247	139	386	387
	MCDONOUGH	528	226	754	755
	MCHENRY	204	69	273	211
	MCLEAN	432	165	597	517
	MENARD	262	114	376	348
	MERCER	600	227	827	775
	MONROE	821	275	1096	1138
	MONTGOMERY	592	282	874	873
	MORGAN	432	235	667	674
	MOULTRIE	156	79	235	224
	OGLE	503	164	667	538
	PEORIA	581	267	848	875
	PERRY	941	383	1324	1368
	PIATT	84	37	121	134
	PIKE	1189	624	1813	1840
	POPE	994	318	1312	1433
	PULASKI	208	87	295	328
	PUTNAM	244	90	334	327
	RANDOLPH	1506	668	2174	2203
	RICHLAND	480	221	701	703
	ROCK ISLAND	526	187	713	612
	ST. CLAIR	560	331	891	775
	SALINE	611	175	786	871
	SANGAMON	357	257	614	515
	SCHUYLER	875	134	1009	1341
	SCOTT	254	426	680	337
	SHELBY	895	123	1018	1224
	STARK	150	45	195	170
	STEPHENSON	375	156	531	524
	TAZEWELL	377	128	505	529
	UNION	813	355	1168	1195
	VERMILION	419	184	603	572
	WABASH	126	49	175	176
	WARREN	337	153	490	460
	WASHINGTON	747	290	1037	1063
	WAYNE	938	469	1407	1513
	WHITE	542	280	822	867
	WHITESIDE	402	189	591	573
	WILL	167	71	238	210
	WILLIAMSON	1163	570	1733	1948
	WINNEBAGO	181	85	266	226
	WOODFORD	475	236	711	631
	Total	53,348	22,884	76,232	76,854