Here are opening day harvest numbers from nearby public sites in Illinois and a few Downstate ones. (If I receive more numbers, I will update.)
The numbers, with a few exceptions, reflect poor or fair field conditions virtually statewide.
There are some surprises, including Chain O’Lakes SP with the best I remember in a couple decades of doing this and Kankakee River SP with its worst.
Site: Hunters, doves harvested, doves per hunter
Iroquois County SWA: 44, 243, 5.5
Jim Edgar Panther Creek SFWA: 139, 721, 5.2
Silver Springs SFWA 92, 292, 3.2
Chain O’Lakes SP: 21, 54, 2.6
Des Plaines SFWA: 53, 122, 2.3
Shabbona Lake SRA: 33, 67, 2.0
Matthiessen SP: 83, 104, 1.3
Green River SWA: 124, 129, 1.0
Kankakee River SP: 22, 2, 0.1
