Deer harvest during archery season stays up: Illinois deer hunting

By Dale Bowman

Provided by Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Harvest of deer by Illinois bowhunters this season, which ends Saturday, remains well ahead of the 2016-17 season.

Here is the update from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:

Here’s an update on the Illinois Archery Deer Season from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources. A reminder: The 2017-18 archery season closes this coming Sunday, Jan. 14. ARCHERY DEER SEASON Through Monday, January 8, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 56,648 deer, compared to 52,263 for the same period in 2016. Total harvest to date has consisted of 45% does and 55% males (25657:30991). During the past 7 days, harvest sex ratios have been 59% female and 41% male. The top five counties for preliminary archery harvest were Pike (1989), Fulton (1584), Jefferson (1337),Adams (1243), and Williamson (1134). County results are included in the attached table. Up-to-date archery harvest figures (for either deer or turkey) by county/state sites can be tracked on the web at http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/IDNRHarvestQuery.aspx

Here is the county-by-county breakdown through Monday, Jan. 8.


County	2016	2017
Adams	1182	1243
Alexander	157	188
Bond	328	337
Boone	114	124
Brown	806	837
Bureau	621	644
Calhoun	611	646
Carroll	533	546
Cass	524	574
Champaign	287	353
Christian	414	464
Clark	755	793
Clay	513	511
Clinton	314	384
Coles	513	634
Cook	102	111
Crawford	768	878
Cumberland	351	446
DeKalb	176	146
DeWitt	417	474
Douglas	134	182
Dupage	29	36
Edgar	365	407
Edwards	205	218
Effingham	410	415
Fayette	649	737
Ford	42	49
Franklin	937	969
Fulton	1464	1584
Gallatin	249	272
Greene	626	784
Grundy	283	300
Hamilton	620	648
Hancock	706	766
Hardin	383	431
Henderson	249	251
Henry	425	462
Iroquois	337	335
Jackson	964	1101
Jasper	484	558
Jefferson	1202	1337
Jersey	457	468
JoDaviess	963	1008
Johnson	614	666
Kane	246	285
Kankakee	274	253
Kendall	161	169
Knox	835	890
Lake	260	313
LaSalle	682	644
Lawrence	465	475
Lee	402	383
Livingston	185	207
Logan	242	287
Macon	399	453
Macoupin	836	1016
Madison	707	784
Marion	866	971
Marshall	331	301
Mason	301	362
Massac	316	324
McDonough	497	532
McHenry	507	496
McLean	449	488
Menard	315	379
Mercer	410	501
Monroe	340	394
Montgomery	572	624
Morgan	506	558
Moultrie	248	347
Ogle	678	580
Peoria	798	865
Perry	791	800
Piatt	125	169
Pike	1995	1989
Pope	801	812
Pulaski	217	224
Putnam	233	210
Randolph	976	1063
Richland	374	419
Rock Island	634	685
Saline	438	525
Sangamon	648	750
Schuyler	835	995
Scott	195	233
Shelby	634	726
St. Clair	511	601
Stark	109	111
Stephenson	468	469
Tazewell	465	519
Union	737	762
Vermilion	735	773
Wabash	193	202
Warren	241	260
Washington	458	504
Wayne	811	895
White	492	522
Whiteside	475	462
Will	690	671
Williamson	957	1134
Winnebago	447	448
Woodford	467	517
Total	52263	56648

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