Illinois bowhunters stay well ahead of the harvest pace of last year. And signs come in the weekly harvest update of the peak of the rut nearing or at hand.
Here is the update from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
Here’s an update on the Illinois Archery Deer Season preliminary harvest from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources: ARCHERY DEER SEASON Through Sunday , November 3, 2019, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 27,635 deer, compared to 25,162 for the same period in 2018. Harvest to date has consisted of 56% does and 44% males (15587:12048). The proportion of males in the harvest is rising with increased rutting activity; during the past seven days males comprised 58% of the harvest. The top five counties for archery deer harvest through November 3, 2019 were Pike (796), Fulton (756), Jefferson (705), Adams (601), and JoDaviess (575).
Here is the county by county breakdown:
County 2018 2019
Adams 604 601
Alexander 69 85
Bond 189 176
Boone 76 58
Brown 410 343
Bureau 315 330
Calhoun 305 332
Carroll 303 337
Cass 269 274
Champaign 153 148
Christian 247 258
Clark 280 319
Clay 208 287
Clinton 205 251
Coles 275 317
Cook 58 46
Crawford 358 341
Cumberland 190 228
DeKalb 81 89
DeWitt 250 225
Douglas 82 75
Dupage 9 12
Edgar 173 186
Edwards 65 96
Effingham 207 271
Fayette 374 436
Ford 25 25
Franklin 397 473
Fulton 665 756
Gallatin 64 93
Greene 349 390
Grundy 151 160
Hamilton 219 285
Hancock 365 397
Hardin 120 126
Henderson 99 116
Henry 247 251
Iroquois 172 170
Jackson 401 444
Jasper 278 317
Jefferson 533 705
Jersey 238 267
JoDaviess 563 575
Johnson 231 260
Kane 129 119
Kankakee 148 116
Kendall 75 88
Knox 415 477
Lake 132 114
LaSalle 345 304
Lawrence 160 218
Lee 220 218
Livingston 123 120
Logan 146 199
Macon 185 174
Macoupin 454 546
Madison 384 394
Marion 355 476
Marshall 156 170
Mason 158 205
Massac 76 101
McDonough 251 283
McHenry 262 244
McLean 248 241
Menard 164 206
Mercer 255 257
Monroe 136 198
Montgomery 315 367
Morgan 271 311
Moultrie 142 164
Ogle 308 334
Peoria 428 483
Perry 303 395
Piatt 77 104
Pike 845 796
Pope 259 263
Pulaski 76 88
Putnam 113 123
Randolph 390 487
Richland 145 166
Rock Island 334 318
Saline 182 220
Sangamon 369 379
Schuyler 407 457
Scott 91 111
Shelby 390 435
St. Clair 286 304
Stark 65 66
Stephenson 262 284
Tazewell 296 311
Union 292 331
Vermilion 388 379
Wabash 62 77
Warren 129 114
Washington 197 238
Wayne 279 391
White 115 159
Whiteside 248 236
Will 357 275
Williamson 396 526
Winnebago 249 240
Woodford 247 304
Total 25162 27635
