Despite wicked weather across some of the state over the weekend, bowhunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of deer through Sunday up slightly from last year.
I would note that the percentage of does and bucks hasn’t started to dramatically shift yet.
Here is the word from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
ARCHERY DEER SEASON ThroughSunday, October 15, 2017, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of7,793deer, compared to7,738for the same period in 2016. Harvestto date hasconsisted of69% does and31% males (5340:2453). Top five counties were Jefferson (219), Fulton (201), Pike (201), Franklin (169), and Jackson (156).
Below is the county-by-county breakdown:
| County | 2016 | 2017 |
| Adams | 181 | 124 |
| Alexander | 15 | 18 |
| Bond | 44 | 51 |
| Boone | 18 | 14 |
| Brown | 108 | 75 |
| Bureau | 91 | 90 |
| Calhoun | 79 | 55 |
| Carroll | 114 | 107 |
| Cass | 83 | 76 |
| Champaign | 73 | 55 |
| Christian | 71 | 67 |
| Clark | 95 | 101 |
| Clay | 76 | 53 |
| Clinton | 31 | 69 |
| Coles | 76 | 103 |
| Cook | 16 | 17 |
| Crawford | 97 | 127 |
| Cumberland | 46 | 67 |
| DeKalb | 25 | 33 |
| DeWitt | 90 | 100 |
| Douglas | 20 | 40 |
| Dupage | 0 | 5 |
| Edgar | 41 | 49 |
| Edwards | 20 | 36 |
| Effingham | 64 | 66 |
| Fayette | 92 | 109 |
| Ford | 11 | 12 |
| Franklin | 146 | 169 |
| Fulton | 210 | 201 |
| Gallatin | 13 | 23 |
| Greene | 88 | 89 |
| Grundy | 47 | 40 |
| Hamilton | 78 | 71 |
| Hancock | 91 | 78 |
| Hardin | 37 | 37 |
| Henderson | 22 | 22 |
| Henry | 80 | 79 |
| Iroquois | 50 | 57 |
| Jackson | 132 | 156 |
| Jasper | 60 | 75 |
| Jefferson | 193 | 219 |
| Jersey | 66 | 54 |
| JoDaviess | 161 | 107 |
| Johnson | 89 | 89 |
| Kane | 36 | 42 |
| Kankakee | 43 | 49 |
| Kendall | 23 | 20 |
| Knox | 128 | 139 |
| Lake | 33 | 35 |
| LaSalle | 127 | 92 |
| Lawrence | 49 | 56 |
| Lee | 64 | 72 |
| Livingston | 32 | 45 |
| Logan | 37 | 41 |
| Macon | 63 | 79 |
| Macoupin | 109 | 131 |
| Madison | 128 | 111 |
| Marion | 116 | 153 |
| Marshall | 53 | 51 |
| Mason | 40 | 47 |
| Massac | 29 | 30 |
| McDonough | 74 | 46 |
| McHenry | 92 | 58 |
| McLean | 68 | 101 |
| Menard | 39 | 55 |
| Mercer | 63 | 77 |
| Monroe | 40 | 54 |
| Montgomery | 95 | 91 |
| Morgan | 70 | 72 |
| Moultrie | 51 | 57 |
| Ogle | 123 | 105 |
| Peoria | 152 | 128 |
| Perry | 108 | 104 |
| Piatt | 19 | 32 |
| Pike | 276 | 201 |
| Pope | 52 | 90 |
| Pulaski | 26 | 19 |
| Putnam | 45 | 25 |
| Randolph | 153 | 146 |
| Richland | 39 | 52 |
| Rock Island | 131 | 104 |
| Saline | 50 | 72 |
| Sangamon | 110 | 116 |
| Schuyler | 101 | 95 |
| Scott | 17 | 18 |
| Shelby | 114 | 118 |
| St. Clair | 92 | 88 |
| Stark | 21 | 14 |
| Stephenson | 76 | 70 |
| Tazewell | 79 | 83 |
| Union | 99 | 91 |
| Vermilion | 139 | 144 |
| Wabash | 23 | 27 |
| Warren | 40 | 27 |
| Washington | 53 | 70 |
| Wayne | 96 | 128 |
| White | 42 | 40 |
| Whiteside | 93 | 86 |
| Will | 132 | 119 |
| Williamson | 150 | 150 |
| Winnebago | 65 | 67 |
| Woodford | 80 | 75 |
| Total | 7738 | 7793 |
