Harvest during Illinois’ first weekend youth turkey hunt is down slightly from the first last spring.
Here is the breakdown from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
Here’s an update on the 2019 Illinois Spring Youth Wild Turkey Hunting Season from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources: After the first weekend of the 2019 Spring Youth Turkey Season (March 30-31), youth hunters have harvested a preliminary total of 622 birds. This compares to 646 birds for the opening weekend of the 2018 season. The top five counties for harvest so far are Randolph (22), Marion (21), Jefferson (21), Pike (19), and Fayette (19). The Youth Turkey Season concludes this weekend, April 6-7. Preliminary results from the youth turkey hunt last weekend, and comparable results for 2018, by county, are listed below…
| COUNTY | 2018 | 2019 |
| Adams | 24 | 8 |
| Alexander | 8 | 7 |
| Bond | 3 | 6 |
| Boone | 2 | 2 |
| Brown | 10 | 3 |
| Bureau | 8 | 9 |
| Calhoun | 8 | 10 |
| Carroll | 6 | 3 |
| Cass | 8 | 12 |
| Champaign | 1 | 1 |
| Christian | 2 | 1 |
| Clark | 6 | 2 |
| Clay | 9 | 9 |
| Clinton | 9 | 5 |
| Coles | 1 | 1 |
| Crawford | 11 | 9 |
| Cumberland | 4 | 0 |
| DeKalb | 0 | 1 |
| DeWitt | 3 | 2 |
| Edgar | 3 | 0 |
| Edwards | 6 | 4 |
| Effingham | 8 | 8 |
| Fayette | 20 | 19 |
| Ford | 0 | 1 |
| Franklin | 4 | 12 |
| Fulton | 11 | 15 |
| Gallatin | 10 | 7 |
| Greene | 7 | 8 |
| Grundy | 1 | 2 |
| Hamilton | 10 | 11 |
| Hancock | 21 | 13 |
| Hardin | 6 | 0 |
| Henderson | 4 | 5 |
| Henry | 6 | 10 |
| Iroquois | 5 | 3 |
| Jackson | 14 | 7 |
| Jasper | 2 | 5 |
| Jefferson | 19 | 21 |
| Jersey | 7 | 4 |
| Jo Daviess | 15 | 18 |
| Johnson | 6 | 10 |
| Kankakee | 1 | 3 |
| Kendall | 0 | 1 |
| Knox | 9 | 11 |
| Lake | 0 | 1 |
| LaSalle | 4 | 3 |
| Lawrence | 5 | 3 |
| Lee | 4 | 3 |
| Livingston | 3 | 0 |
| Logan | 1 | 0 |
| Macoupin | 18 | 18 |
| Madison | 7 | 9 |
| Marion | 15 | 21 |
| Marshall | 2 | 1 |
| Mason | 7 | 8 |
| Massac | 2 | 3 |
| McDonough | 2 | 3 |
| McHenry | 6 | 8 |
| McLean | 1 | 1 |
| Menard | 3 | 8 |
| Mercer | 16 | 18 |
| Monroe | 7 | 8 |
| Montgomery | 10 | 3 |
| Morgan | 5 | 3 |
| Ogle | 9 | 5 |
| Peoria | 1 | 1 |
| Perry | 18 | 8 |
| Pike | 16 | 19 |
| Pope | 0 | 3 |
| Pulaski | 7 | 12 |
| Putnam | 1 | 0 |
| Randolph | 23 | 22 |
| Richland | 0 | 4 |
| Rock Island | 7 | 5 |
| Saline | 2 | 7 |
| Sangamon | 4 | 6 |
| Schuyler | 10 | 9 |
| Scott | 3 | 1 |
| Shelby | 6 | 10 |
| St. Clair | 13 | 15 |
| Stephenson | 9 | 11 |
| Tazewell | 3 | 3 |
| Union | 15 | 11 |
| Vermilion | 3 | 1 |
| Wabash | 0 | 1 |
| Warren | 1 | 4 |
| Washington | 11 | 7 |
| Wayne | 16 | 14 |
| White | 9 | 7 |
| Whiteside | 3 | 6 |
| Will | 3 | 2 |
| Williamson | 10 | 11 |
| Winnebago | 6 | 3 |
| Woodford | 1 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 646 | 622 |
