Just days away from Illinois’ firearm deer season opening on Friday, Illinois bowhunters continue to harvest deer at a rate ahead of last season.
Here is the weekly update from the Illinois DNR:
Here’s an update on the Illinois Archery Deer Season from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources.
A reminder that the Illinois Firearm Deer Season begins this weekend – Nov. 22-24 – then concludes Dec. 5-8.
ARCHERY DEER SEASON
Through Sunday, November 17, 2019, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 53,064 deer, compared to 47,647 for the same period in 2018. (Note: Part of this increase is because there was one more weekend of archery deer hunting prior to firearm season this year.)
Harvest to date has consisted of 45% does and 55% males (23787:29277). The proportion of males in the harvest remained high this past week because of rutting activity; during the past seven days males comprised 68% of the harvest.
The top five counties for archery harvest through November 17, 2019 were Pike (1,660), Fulton (1,441), Jefferson (1,319), Adams (1,205), and Macoupin (1,008).
County results are included in [the table below].
County 2018 2019
Adams 1134 1205
Alexander 150 159
Bond 330 342
Boone 111 129
Brown 771 715
Bureau 556 591
Calhoun 569 650
Carroll 489 544
Cass 518 552
Champaign 269 284
Christian 421 446
Clark 697 671
Clay 441 518
Clinton 387 454
Coles 539 615
Cook 80 81
Crawford 710 697
Cumberland 396 454
DeKalb 127 144
DeWitt 394 395
Douglas 144 146
Dupage 15 24
Edgar 361 387
Edwards 169 208
Effingham 385 496
Fayette 736 868
Ford 41 43
Franklin 779 907
Fulton 1258 1441
Gallatin 187 222
Greene 647 731
Grundy 255 262
Hamilton 526 605
Hancock 711 749
Hardin 357 344
Henderson 206 244
Henry 403 435
Iroquois 292 337
Jackson 849 907
Jasper 522 580
Jefferson 1109 1319
Jersey 434 520
JoDaviess 958 997
Johnson 541 552
Kane 220 222
Kankakee 245 239
Kendall 122 153
Knox 748 857
Lake 213 204
LaSalle 605 600
Lawrence 340 429
Lee 347 378
Livingston 186 204
Logan 246 360
Macon 313 371
Macoupin 829 1008
Madison 683 744
Marion 740 905
Marshall 273 327
Mason 293 383
Massac 223 261
McDonough 476 474
McHenry 420 488
McLean 416 441
Menard 302 352
Mercer 436 471
Monroe 324 392
Montgomery 581 686
Morgan 471 564
Moultrie 266 328
Ogle 520 562
Peoria 666 803
Perry 618 731
Piatt 132 199
Pike 1669 1660
Pope 744 671
Pulaski 153 205
Putnam 194 241
Randolph 869 968
Richland 329 393
Rock Island 565 570
Saline 407 464
Sangamon 665 700
Schuyler 848 898
Scott 185 239
Shelby 671 829
St. Clair 513 570
Stark 106 124
Stephenson 402 470
Tazewell 494 545
Union 633 693
Vermilion 670 725
Wabash 137 176
Warren 230 234
Washington 415 494
Wayne 604 787
White 319 395
Whiteside 385 422
Will 563 535
Williamson 837 989
Winnebago 390 410
Woodford 422 551
Total 47647 53064
