Illinois hunting: Youth turkey results

The harvests are up more than 15 percent this spring from last spring for the youth seasons for hunting spring turkey in Illinois.

Such as the one John Kalady, 15, (above left) shot with the help of Dave Kincaid in Winnebago County.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources communication director Chris Young emailed:

Illinois Youth Turkey Hunters harvested 901 wild turkeys this spring compared with 787 in 2014. Youth season dates were March 28-29 in the South Zone, and April 4-5 in the North Zone. Overall, 57 counties recorded increased harvest. Thirty counties were down and 13 remained the same. Attached is an Excel spreadsheet with Youth Turkey Season results from both zones.

North Zone Prelim Youth Turkey

County	2014	2015
Adams	21	22
Boone	3	7
Brown	9	12
Bureau	7	8
Calhoun	13	14
Carroll	8	6
Cass	17	23
Champaign	1	3
Christian	2	5
Clark	9	14
Coles	3	0
Cumberland	2	2
DeKalb	0	2
DeWitt	4	7
Douglas	0	0
Edgar	7	3
Ford	2	1
Fulton	21	30
Greene	9	15
Grundy	4	2
Hancock	10	10
Henderson	5	14
Henry	2	6
Iroquois	2	5
Jersey	7	15
JoDaviess	17	22
Kane	0	0
Kankakee	2	3
Kendall	0	1
Knox	12	13
Lake	0	0
LaSalle	6	3
Lee	2	3
Livingston	1	1
Logan	0	4
Macon	0	1
Macoupin	19	29
Marshall	3	2
Mason	6	11
McDonough	5	11
McHenry	6	3
McLean	7	6
Menard	4	10
Mercer	14	19
Montgomery	19	14
Morgan	6	15
Moultrie	1	2
Ogle	15	15
Peoria	7	6
Piatt	0	0
Pike	20	30
Putnam	1	2
Rock Island	2	3
Sangamon	2	11
Schuyler	10	16
Scott	3	2
Shelby	4	6
Stark	0	0
Stephenson	10	11
Tazewell	7	4
Vermilion	3	6
Warren	4	3
Whiteside	10	11
Will	1	1
Winnebago	7	10
Woodford	8	11
Total	412	547

South Zone Prelim Youth Turkey

County	2014	2015
Alexander	4	6
Bond	7	8
Clay	10	14
Clinton	9	4
Crawford	3	3
Edwards	9	8
Effingham	8	6
Fayette	10	17
Franklin	16	11
Gallatin	1	12
Hamilton	20	20
Hardin	5	7
Jackson	20	11
Jasper	5	6
Jefferson	31	20
Johnson	9	13
Lawrence	7	2
Madison	17	3
Marion	27	19
Massac	4	2
Monroe	6	15
Perry	11	13
Pope	6	7
Pulaski	9	4
Randolph	27	21
Richland	1	7
Saline	11	9
St. Clair	3	6
Union	16	25
Wabash	3	3
Washington	11	6
Wayne	15	9
White	13	10
Williamson	21	27
Total	375	354

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