SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 50,173 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 22-24. Hunters took 58,836 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2018.

Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Dec. 5-8.

Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:

• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 13-15;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (in select counties only) on Dec. 26-29, 2019 and Jan. 17-19, 2020;
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 19, 2020 (archery deer hunting is closed Dec. 5-8 in counties open for Firearm Deer Season)

For more details on deer hunting, open counties, and other information, check the IDNR website at https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx.

A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2019 season, and comparable totals for 2018, is below.

County
2018
2019

ADAMS
1647
1437

ALEXANDER
353
311

BOND
583
500

BOONE
110
71

BROWN
757
604

BUREAU
749
622

CALHOUN
618
494

CARROLL
511
432

CASS
489
380

CHAMPAIGN
152
133

CHRISTIAN
475
372

CLARK
873
694

CLAY
932
774

CLINTON
591
453

COLES
492
417

CRAWFORD
834
562

CUMBERLAND
563
511

DEKALB
87
80

DEWITT
244
206

DOUGLAS
115
88

EDGAR
413
346

EDWARDS
290
219

EFFINGHAM
773
597

FAYETTE
1193
1004

FORD
75
73

FRANKLIN
961
853

FULTON
1329
1243

GALLATIN
286
249

GREENE
700
632

GRUNDY
187
194

HAMILTON
836
717

HANCOCK
1132
1032

HARDIN
690
602

HENDERSON
315
264

HENRY
346
254

IROQUOIS
342
339

JACKSON
1717
1422

JASPER
778
667

JEFFERSON
1334
1251

JERSEY
474
401

JODAVIESS
1312
1005

JOHNSON
1205
1026

KANE
19
18

KANKAKEE
144
132

KENDALL
60
53

KNOX
862
704

LAKE
0
5

LASALLE
555
469

LAWRENCE

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