Hunters in Illinois Harvested a Preliminary Total of 144,150 Deer During 2016-17 Seasons

Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 144,150 deer during all 2016-17 seasons, which concluded Jan. 15. The total preliminary deer harvest for all seasons compares with a total harvest for all seasons of 155,229 in 2015-16.

During this year’s deer seasons, hunters took 44 percent does and 56 percent males.

A breakdown of Illinois deer hunting seasons is as follows:

Archery: Archery deer hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 53,479 deer during the season which began on Oct. 1, 2016 and concluded on Jan. 15, 2017. That compares with the harvest of 56,767 during the 2015-16 archery season.

Youth: Young deer hunters harvested 3,259 deer during the 2016 Illinois Youth Deer Season conducted on Oct. 8-10, 2016, compared with 2,850 deer harvested during the 2015 youth hunt.

Traditional Firearm Season: Hunters took a preliminary total of 79,429 deer during the 2016 Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 18-20 and Dec. 1-4, 2016, compared with 86,847 deer taken during the 2015 firearm season.

Muzzleloader: Hunters using muzzleloading rifles harvested 3,297 deer during the 2016 Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 9-11, 2016, compared with 2,403 in 2015.

Late-Winter Seasons: The 2016-17 Late-Winter Antlerless Only and Special CWD deer seasons concluded on Jan. 15, with a combined preliminary harvest total for both seasons of 4,686 deer, compared with a harvest of 6,362 deer taken during those seasons in 2015-16. Season dates for the Late-Winter and CWD seasons were Dec. 29, 2016-Jan. 1, 2017 and Jan. 13-15, 2017.

There were 14 northern Illinois counties open to the Special CWD Season in 2016-17, the same counties that were open for the 2015-16 seasons. The Special CWD season is used to assist in slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease in the Illinois deer herd.
There were 24 counties open for the Late-Winter Antlerless Season in 2016-17. Four counties open previously for the late-winter season were closed for 2016-17 because they had reached deer population goals, while one county was added to the late-winter hunt. Counties that are at or below their individual goal for two consecutive years may be removed from the late-winter season.

The tables below provide a county-by-county summary of preliminary deer harvest results for 2016-17 and harvest results for 2015-16.

2016-2017 Preliminary Deer Harvest
County	Archery	Youth	Firearm	Muzzleloader	LW/CWD	Total
Adams	1202	89	2358	105	–	3754
Alexander	166	12	421	28	–	627
Bond	328	28	571	14	–	941
Boone	117	1	121	2	37	278
Brown	821	59	967	57	231	2135
Bureau	634	29	998	64	–	1725
Calhoun	634	53	792	46	–	1525
Carroll	541	26	747	26	103	1443
Cass	530	21	683	27	–	1261
Champaign	295	15	228	15	–	553
Christian	425	42	608	26	–	1101
Clark	756	43	998	51	156	2004
Clay	518	37	1089	31	79	1754
Clinton	315	15	626	7	–	963
Coles	527	17	549	19	–	1112
Cook	108	–	–	–	–	108
Crawford	779	30	950	27	96	1882
Cumberland	363	32	708	24	–	1127
DeKalb	177	6	139	2	29	353
DeWitt	429	17	335	15	–	796
Douglas	133	6	138	7	–	284
Dupage	35	–	–	–	–	35
Edgar	370	27	566	19	86	1068
Edwards	209	18	412	17	–	656
Effingham	422	39	806	26	–	1293
Fayette	654	63	1501	43	–	2261
Ford	43	5	124	4	–	176
Franklin	966	51	1265	60	–	2342
Fulton	1492	86	2010	92	334	4014
Gallatin	254	19	468	22	–	763
Greene	652	51	1055	40	–	1798
Grundy	295	6	300	13	72	686
Hamilton	632	37	1166	39	145	2019
Hancock	720	50	1638	76	–	2484
Hardin	397	16	889	44	–	1346
Henderson	254	11	521	25	72	883
Henry	431	17	592	20	–	1060
Iroquois	351	11	516	32	–	910
Jackson	998	98	2243	68	–	3407
Jasper	483	48	969	29	–	1529
Jefferson	1231	93	1875	84	–	3283
Jersey	460	34	669	16	–	1179
JoDaviess	972	74	1862	84	500	3492
Johnson	631	39	1639	45	–	2354
Kane	264	–	30	1	7	302
Kankakee	282	10	204	13	54	563
Kendall	163	6	101	5	25	300
Knox	857	37	1196	52	162	2304
Lake	273	–	5	–	–	278
LaSalle	689	25	753	34	149	1650
Lawrence	476	11	583	37	–	1107
Lee	410	20	510	33	71	1044
Livingston	191	14	423	16	36	680
Logan	247	25	357	19	–	648
Macon	411	17	251	25	–	704
Macoupin	853	68	1400	49	–	2370
Madison	729	26	622	33	46	1456
Marion	869	67	1452	51	138	2577
Marshall	333	27	552	26	–	938
Mason	312	19	438	15	–	784
Massac	338	12	587	23	–	960
McDonough	501	28	848	37	99	1513
McHenry	528	7	294	10	99	938
McLean	460	20	516	25	69	1090
Menard	319	12	368	31	–	730
Mercer	415	33	866	31	145	1490
Monroe	345	31	921	22	99	1418
Montgomery	574	47	769	19	–	1409
Morgan	512	29	774	22	–	1337
Moultrie	253	23	201	9	–	486
Ogle	690	29	791	41	240	1791
Peoria	805	39	961	37	–	1842
Perry	807	48	1210	40	261	2366
Piatt	129	7	111	6	–	253
Pike	2063	129	2109	158	–	4459
Pope	828	34	1429	48	–	2339
Pulaski	219	20	414	18	–	671
Putnam	236	14	335	19	48	652
Randolph	1006	130	2287	88	–	3511
Richland	384	32	723	29	–	1168
Rock Island	653	27	782	39	100	1601
Saline	457	41	898	37	–	1433
Sangamon	675	28	586	40	–	1329
Schuyler	850	79	1293	50	213	2485
Scott	201	16	384	12	–	613
Shelby	648	34	1085	36	93	1896
Stark	110	4	194	9	–	317
St. Clair	530	32	661	13	–	1236
Stephenson	474	14	853	17	160	1518
Tazewell	478	25	515	14	–	1032
Union	750	61	1557	63	–	2431
Vermilion	745	25	581	46	97	1494
Wabash	206	21	209	19	–	455
Warren	247	12	558	29	–	846
Washington	463	40	948	35	–	1486
Wayne	835	67	1574	46	–	2522
White	508	42	831	37	169	1587
Whiteside	481	18	574	31	–	1104
Will	728	5	244	31	60	1068
Williamson	985	59	1681	45	–	2770
Winnebago	459	10	324	13	106	912
Woodford	475	32	594	22	–	1123
Total	53479	3259	79429	3297	4686	144150

2015-2016 Preliminary Deer Harvest
County	Archery	Youth	Firearm	Muzzleloader	LW/CWD	Total
Adams	1207	90	2398	67	–	3762
Alexander	224	11	554	12	–	801
Bond	349	15	677	12	–	1053
Boone	147	3	127	2	36	315
Brown	756	51	1089	47	317	2260
Bureau	627	22	1129	46	–	1824
Calhoun	740	43	956	44	–	1783
Carroll	564	18	782	31	136	1531
Cass	605	23	759	20	–	1407
Champaign	306	12	217	11	–	546
Christian	465	19	612	16	–	1112
Clark	704	31	1070	47	174	2026
Clay	491	40	1096	26	130	1783
Clinton	340	22	616	10	–	988
Coles	533	15	564	21	–	1133
Cook	131	–	–	–	–	131
Crawford	796	34	964	22	165	1981
Cumberland	391	17	724	17	–	1149
DeKalb	149	2	127	4	34	316
DeWitt	487	17	389	17	–	910
Douglas	158	4	151	3	–	316
DuPage	37	–	–	–	–	37
Edgar	406	23	637	13	75	1154
Edwards	234	13	462	13	63	785
Effingham	411	29	872	15	–	1327
Fayette	641	52	1661	35	–	2389
Ford	49	3	136	4	–	192
Franklin	1050	58	1350	35	–	2493
Fulton	1622	70	2166	61	459	4378
Gallatin	347	29	518	15	–	909
Greene	661	32	1187	26	–	1906
Grundy	343	4	360	8	96	811
Hamilton	591	46	1181	28	186	2032
Hancock	692	49	1816	79	–	2636
Hardin	438	26	1000	33	–	1497
Henderson	282	10	560	11	115	978
Henry	464	18	748	18	–	1248
Iroquois	383	15	557	23	–	978
Jackson	1083	76	2368	48	–	3575
Jasper	496	44	944	37	–	1521
Jefferson	1264	91	2114	56	–	3525
Jersey	488	27	663	13	–	1191
JoDaviess	1083	48	2133	46	522	3832
Johnson	670	61	1736	42	–	2509
Kane	324	–	30	–	24	378
Kankakee	275	5	195	9	62	546
Kendall	194	4	85	4	31	318
Knox	948	34	1332	31	190	2535
Lake	461	–	4	–	–	465
LaSalle	722	19	844	12	189	1786
Lawrence	486	14	655	16	–	1171
Lee	449	16	623	17	79	1184
Livingston	244	13	427	12	54	750
Logan	272	29	427	15	–	743
Macon	469	14	262	16	–	761
Macoupin	917	55	1545	45	–	2562
Madison	857	34	736	8	82	1717
Marion	897	70	1552	32	185	2736
Marshall	338	19	611	6	64	1038
Mason	344	19	491	12	–	866
Massac	369	14	671	24	–	1078
McDonough	448	24	836	28	149	1485
McHenry	599	2	321	11	106	1039
McLean	462	17	607	21	62	1169
Menard	334	7	398	13	–	752
Mercer	519	24	900	25	137	1605
Monroe	312	22	958	11	70	1373
Montgomery	602	52	924	20	–	1598
Morgan	508	34	792	17	–	1351
Moultrie	312	13	218	8	–	551
Ogle	740	28	937	19	237	1961
Peoria	875	28	1106	30	–	2039
Perry	804	48	1345	50	–	2247
Piatt	124	4	98	5	–	231
Pike	2144	130	2213	117	473	5077
Pope	829	38	1626	43	–	2536
Pulaski	218	16	534	25	–	793
Putnam	266	5	399	5	73	748
Randolph	972	106	2339	53	–	3470
Richland	384	23	750	13	–	1170
Rock Island	715	19	818	23	143	1718
Saline	527	24	953	20	183	1707
Sangamon	726	25	726	33	–	1510
Schuyler	857	49	1416	48	344	2714
Scott	212	8	448	11	–	679
Shelby	675	34	1161	26	113	2009
Stark	110	5	226	9	–	350
St. Clair	605	29	755	17	–	1406
Stephenson	490	8	826	11	218	1553
Tazewell	561	18	555	11	–	1145
Union	793	56	1952	62	–	2863
Vermilion	821	32	649	23	120	1645
Wabash	211	11	250	7	–	479
Warren	279	8	604	18	–	909
Washington	479	27	1001	19	–	1526
Wayne	888	62	1608	46	–	2604
White	588	28	852	29	250	1747
Whiteside	477	13	729	14	–	1233
Will	754	9	321	16	81	1181
Williamson	1095	50	1955	27	–	3127
Winnebago	485	9	382	10	135	1021
Woodford	496	33	699	16	–	1244
Total	56767	2850	86847	2403	6362	155229