Not sure what this means or if it is significant, but bowhunting harvest so far in Illinois is about the same as last year while harvest during the youth season was down.
Here is the breakdown from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
Here are harvest updates on the 2020-21 Illinois Archery Deer Season (through October 14, 2020) and the 2020 Illinois Youth Firearm Deer Season (October 10-12, 2020) from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources:
ARCHERY DEER SEASON
Through Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 10,137 deer, compared to 10,167 for the same period in 2019. Harvest to date has consisted of 68% does and 32% males (6893:3244). The top five counties for archery harvest as of October 14 were Jefferson (310), Pike (301), Fulton (237), Williamson (226), and Franklin (210).
YOUTH DEER SEASON
Youth deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 2,321 deer during the three-day Youth Deer Season (October 10-12, 2020), compared to 3,775 in 2019. Harvest sex ratios were 50% male to 50% female (1154:1167). The top five harvest counties were Pike (115), Randolph (112), Adams (70), Jefferson (63), and Jackson (61).
County harvest totals can be found [below].
Preliminary Illinois archery deer harvest through October 14
County 2018 2019 2020
Adams 152 217 194
Alexander 12 29 31
Bond 50 68 63
Boone 22 16 24
Brown 115 121 96
Bureau 104 128 110
Calhoun 78 115 129
Carroll 122 126 113
Cass 90 91 109
Champaign 14 25 24
Christian 68 97 94
Clark 81 108 97
Clay 48 106 87
Clinton 59 110 111
Coles 97 123 116
Cook 13 14 27
Crawford 103 137 138
Cumberland 53 96 72
DeKalb 33 35 30
DeWitt 107 114 135
Douglas 4 11 13
Dupage 2 7 8
Edgar 50 69 81
Edwards 11 26 27
Effingham 60 89 99
Fayette 108 147 148
Ford 12 9 12
Franklin 128 197 210
Fulton 216 280 237
Gallatin 11 24 34
Greene 101 133 137
Grundy 53 68 56
Hamilton 45 90 86
Hancock 94 124 119
Hardin 27 35 48
Henderson 33 37 47
Henry 62 95 90
Iroquois 49 69 78
Jackson 101 168 187
Jasper 84 137 106
Jefferson 184 290 310
Jersey 60 109 87
JoDaviess 165 184 190
Johnson 47 93 128
Kane 44 38 50
Kankakee 43 43 53
Kendall 22 25 52
Knox 129 195 132
Lake 43 31 34
LaSalle 113 121 144
Lawrence 34 86 75
Lee 66 84 78
Livingston 53 52 52
Logan 49 81 66
Macon 11 32 17
Macoupin 146 224 177
Madison 123 159 201
Marion 114 165 176
Marshall 52 66 62
Mason 46 66 66
Massac 18 37 31
McDonough 75 84 93
McHenry 74 86 92
McLean 90 99 99
Menard 54 74 72
Mercer 86 90 76
Monroe 36 83 62
Montgomery 95 144 151
Morgan 79 104 89
Moultrie 18 35 15
Ogle 91 128 126
Peoria 147 197 164
Perry 88 163 158
Piatt 6 10 19
Pike 244 264 301
Pope 48 89 106
Pulaski 15 38 47
Putnam 34 46 42
Randolph 99 169 185
Richland 36 48 69
Rock Island 116 113 100
Saline 44 67 100
Sangamon 118 153 144
Schuyler 103 145 117
Scott 34 39 39
Shelby 131 196 168
St. Clair 84 129 123
Stark 26 20 17
Stephenson 77 102 75
Tazewell 95 134 137
Union 76 134 126
Vermilion 109 155 190
Wabash 13 28 26
Warren 35 32 26
Washington 60 82 97
Wayne 79 143 154
White 18 70 75
Whiteside 87 81 84
Will 126 112 133
Williamson 99 205 226
Winnebago 83 70 77
Woodford 87 134 133
Grand Total 7349 10167 10137
