Hunters harvest 52,354 deer in first weekend of gun hunting
Illinois (WHBF) — Illinois hunters provisionally harvested a total of 52,354 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season, November 18-20, according to a news release.
By comparison, hunters caught 48,964 deer in the first firearms weekend of 2021.
Illinois’ seven-day firearm deer season ends December 1-4. Opportunities to hunt deer in the coming weeks include:
• Muzzleloader only deer season December 9-11
• Late Winter Hornless and Chronic Wasting Deer Season (select counties only) December 29-January. 1 and January 13-15
• Archery deer season continues through January 15th.
For more information on deer hunting, open counties, and more, visit here.
Below is a table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer yields by county for the first weekend of the 2022 season, as well as comparable totals for 2020 and 2021.
| county | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Adams | 1305 | 1311 | 1437 | ||
| alexander | 257 | 264 | 239 | ||
| hook up | 427 | 478 | 537 | ||
| Boone | 79 | 73 | 71 | ||
| brown | 559 | 572 | 655 | ||
| bureau | 639 | 612 | 609 | ||
| calhoun | 360 | 427 | 465 | ||
| carol | 355 | 373 | 331 | ||
| Cass | 384 | 386 | 423 | ||
| Champagne | 163 | 143 | 137 | ||
| Christian | 422 | 376 | 403 | ||
| Clerk | 630 | 692 | 721 | ||
| clay | 735 | 765 | 889 | ||
| Clinton | 474 | 493 | 606 | ||
| Coles | 451 | 466 | 487 | ||
| crawford | 561 | 635 | 673 | ||
| Cumberland | 544 | 531 | 542 | ||
| decarb | 78 | 87 | 73 | ||
| DeWitt | 223 | 195 | 220 | ||
| Douglas | 115 | 115 | 120 | ||
| Edgar | 332 | 370 | 424 | ||
| Edwards | 227 | 273 | 317 | ||
| Effingham | 614 | 637 | 653 | ||
| Fayette | 986 | 1106 | 1184 | ||
| ford | 80 | 81 | 86 | ||
| franklin | 749 | 848 | 956 | ||
| Fulton | 1202 | 1154 | 1249 | ||
| Gallatin | 235 | 253 | 305 | ||
| green | 638 | 612 | 634 | ||
| Grundy | 151 | 154 | 172 | ||
| Hamilton | 661 | 729 | 741 | ||
| hancock | 1056 | 1001 | 1128 | ||
| Hardin | 420 | 515 | 548 | ||
| Henderson | 308 | 262 | 283 | ||
| Henry | 291 | 268 | 275 | ||
| Iroquois | 322 | 282 | 257 | ||
| jackson | 1230 | 1290 | 1484 | ||
| jasper | 693 | 715 | 794 | ||
| Jefferson | 1087 | 1228 | 1249 | ||
| jersey | 350 | 416 | 425 | ||
| Joe Davis | 1029 | 830 | 843 | ||
| Johnson | 858 | 866 | 874 | ||
| Cain | 18 | 27 | 18 | ||
| Kankake | 124 | 140 | 114 | ||
| Kendall | 57 | 47 | 43 | ||
| Knox | 686 | 720 | 737 | ||
| lake | 0 | Five | Five | ||
| Lasalle | 473 | 409 | 427 | ||
| Lawrence | 334 | 366 | 399 | ||
| Lee | 337 | 316 | 314 | ||
| Livingstone | 279 | 312 | 268 | ||
| Logan | 200 | 217 | 193 | ||
| Macon | 157 | 148 | 155 | ||
| McCoupin | 997 | 1003 | 1120 | ||
| Madison | 384 | 460 | 509 | ||
| Marion | 917 | 998 | 1186 | ||
| Marshall | 408 | 393 | 412 | ||
| masonry | 256 | 258 | 249 | ||
| Massac | 220 | 238 | 268 | ||
| McDonald’s | 455 | 488 | 495 | ||
| Mcchenley | 172 | 181 | 129 | ||
| McLean | 412 | 398 | 349 | ||
| Menard | 213 | 214 | 215 | ||
| Mercer | 533 | 538 | 509 | ||
| Monroe | 670 | 710 | 856 | ||
| montgomery | 523 | 541 | 619 | ||
| Morgan | 378 | 364 | 442 | ||
| Moultrie | 143 | 146 | 158 | ||
| color | 442 | 394 | 356 | ||
| Peoria | 545 | 567 | 576 | ||
| Perry | 719 | 783 | 969 | ||
| piatto | 90 | 83 | 89 | ||
| pike | 1033 | 987 | 1129 | ||
| pope | 888 | 934 | 1068 | ||
| Plaski | 178 | 190 | 222 | ||
| Putnam | 209 | 236 | 228 | ||
| Randolph | 1341 | 1457 | 1518 | ||
| Richland | 405 | 475 | 487 | ||
| rock island | 462 | 404 | 408 | ||
| saline | 535 | 533 | 628 | ||
| Sangamon | 330 | 354 | 327 | ||
| skyler | 763 | 833 | 904 | ||
| scott | 176 | 209 | 190 | ||
| shelby | 825 | 864 | 883 | ||
| st.claire | 477 | 529 | 576 | ||
| Stark | 126 | 113 | 118 | ||
| Stevenson | 408 | 370 | 342 | ||
| Taswell | 314 | 339 | 352 | ||
| Union | 773 | 795 | 812 | ||
| vermilion | 333 | 400 | 369 | ||
| wabash | 102 | 118 | 122 | ||
| Warren | 294 | 288 | 290 | ||
| Washington | 600 | 672 | 771 | ||
| Wayne | 864 | 935 | 1015 | ||
| white | 467 | 437 | 553 | ||
| white side | 424 | 348 | 335 | ||
| intention | 150 | one two three | 134 | ||
| Williamson | 950 | 1109 | 1287 | ||
| Winnebago | 194 | 167 | 154 | ||
| woodford | 373 | 397 | 434 | ||
| total | 47416 | 48964 | 52354 | ||
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