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
