Turkey hunting update: Illinois hunting

Illinois turkey hunters continue on a pace for a very good season.

Here is the latest harvest update from forest wildlife manager Paul Shelton, as forwarded by Illinois Department of Natural Resources communications director Chris Young:

Everyone, Here is an update on the spring turkey hunting season from Paul Shelton. South Zone: Through four seasons, South Zone turkey hunters have harvested 5,006 turkeys, compared to 4,732 during the same period in 2014. Twenty-two counties experienced increased harvest. Ten decreased and two remained the same. The top five counties are Jefferson (318), Pope (306), Marion (255), Union (240), and Randolph (225). North Zone: Through three seasons, North Zone turkey hunters have harvested 5,933 turkeys, compared to 4,952 during the same period in 2014. Forty-seven counties increased, 12 decreased, and seven remained the same. The top five counties are JoDaviess (449), Adams (284), Fulton (275), Pike (254), and Brown (240). Most significant harvest increases occurred in west-central Illinois. An Excel spreadsheet is attached. Paul Shelton, Manager Forest Wildlife Program IDNR

Here is the spreadsheet, if I can get it to fit the space with all the seasons:

North Zone preliminary harvest through 3 seasons



	2015 Season
County	1	2	3	2015 Total	2014 Total
Adams	108	111	65	284	221
Boone	12	18	9	39	36
Brown	116	73	51	240	141
Bureau	40	43	22	105	82
Calhoun	66	55	42	163	155
Carroll	57	52	28	137	163
Cass	73	67	48	188	126
Champaign	5	8	4	17	7
Christian	15	15	6	36	31
Clark	44	34	31	109	81
Coles	12	3	4	19	22
Cumberland	17	14	12	43	28
DeKalb	3	3	4	10	10
DeWitt	13	13	10	36	25
Douglas	2	1	0	3	3
Edgar	22	20	13	55	50
Ford	1	3	2	6	8
Fulton	115	100	60	275	232
Greene	42	54	32	128	112
Grundy	14	14	8	36	19
Hancock	70	73	49	192	177
Henderson	40	40	23	103	95
Henry	16	28	16	60	52
Iroquois	11	16	7	34	24
Jersey	60	55	28	143	101
JoDaviess	187	151	111	449	442
Kane	0	0	0	0	0
Kankakee	11	4	5	20	21
Kendall	2	8	4	14	15
Knox	72	47	38	157	117
Lake	1	1	1	3	0
LaSalle	33	16	22	71	73
Lee	27	21	18	66	41
Livingston	4	3	4	11	9
Logan	6	11	8	25	20
Macon	7	6	4	17	12
Macoupin	97	79	49	225	195
Marshall	18	14	9	41	31
Mason	50	32	25	107	93
McDonough	35	34	27	96	60
McHenry	15	7	15	37	36
McLean	10	12	6	28	28
Menard	33	24	18	75	41
Mercer	46	35	25	106	116
Montgomery	41	34	34	109	110
Morgan	72	49	44	165	104
Moultrie	6	6	1	13	13
Ogle	33	40	31	104	81
Peoria	35	43	32	110	82
Piatt	0	2	3	5	5
Pike	92	100	62	254	219
Putnam	14	10	8	32	27
Rock Island	42	43	36	121	114
Sangamon	23	23	18	64	51
Schuyler	87	90	52	229	139
Scott	18	33	10	61	49
Shelby	27	20	13	60	47
Stark	0	1	1	2	2
Stephenson	60	53	47	160	119
Tazewell	15	17	15	47	44
Vermilion	34	19	23	76	83
Warren	15	16	10	41	47
Whiteside	37	33	21	91	109
Will	12	13	10	35	22
Winnebago	37	41	27	105	88
Woodford	15	14	11	40	46
Total	2343	2118	1472	5933	4952

South Zone preliminary harvest through 4 seasons



	2015 SEASON
County	1	2	3	4	2015 Total	2014 Total
Alexander	41	26	36	23	126	115
Bond	30	38	34	27	129	107
Clay	32	45	26	23	126	155
Clinton	26	21	15	17	79	63
Crawford	32	29	30	19	110	103
Edwards	25	21	21	15	82	83
Effingham	26	20	12	22	80	59
Fayette	54	49	45	25	173	152
Franklin	37	40	32	31	140	116
Gallatin	32	26	16	23	97	97
Hamilton	43	38	33	39	153	161
Hardin	44	36	27	31	138	115
Jackson	72	51	52	44	219	258
Jasper	32	31	24	21	108	62
Jefferson	92	82	72	72	318	289
Johnson	63	64	26	50	203	190
Lawrence	32	25	23	19	99	90
Madison	60	60	57	26	203	178
Marion	90	70	45	50	255	214
Massac	21	29	23	14	87	64
Monroe	47	31	23	25	126	128
Perry	48	54	37	35	174	166
Pope	107	70	68	61	306	295
Pulaski	22	15	17	16	70	94
Randolph	63	64	47	51	225	227
Richland	25	24	16	18	83	83
Saline	27	31	20	28	106	86
St. Clair	35	22	18	18	93	77
Union	78	58	51	53	240	232
Wabash	7	7	7	19	40	37
Washington	32	28	19	28	107	110
Wayne	63	53	49	57	222	220
White	25	21	24	18	88	96
Williamson	63	54	40	44	201	210
Total	1526	1333	1085	1062	5006	4732

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