Illinois deer hunting: Harvest in archery season stays ahead of 2017-18 pace

Illinois deer harvest: Bowhunters stay ahead of pace from last season

By Dale Bowman

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Illinois bowhunters continue–right up until the final days–to keep the pace of deer harvest in archery season ahead of that in the 2017-18.

Also of interest is that 40 percent of the harvest so far has been by crossbows, which is about where it has been all season.

Here are the details from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:

Here is an update on the Illinois Archery Deer Season harvest from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources. A reminder that the 2018-19 archery season closes next Sunday, Jan. 20. ARCHERY DEER SEASON Through Sunday, January 13, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of59,545 deer, compared to 57,455 for the same period in the 2017-2018 season. Harvest to date has consisted of 48% does and 52% males (28480:31065). Since the close of the regular firearm deer season in early December, antlerless deer have comprised 73% of the harvest. Fifty-nine percent of the harvest has been taken using compound bows; 40% by crossbows; and 1% by traditional bows (longbows and recurves). The top five counties for archery deer harvest through January 13 were Pike (2,061), Fulton (1,541), Jefferson (1,447), Adams (1,377), and Williamson (1,135). County results are included in the attached table.

Preliminary Illinois archery deer harvest through 1/13

County	2017	2018
Adams	1263	1377
Alexander	193	187
Bond	339	391
Boone	126	124
Brown	853	909
Bureau	652	659
Calhoun	659	753
Carroll	552	541
Cass	581	625
Champaign	356	358
Christian	466	519
Clark	807	855
Clay	516	554
Clinton	388	467
Coles	636	678
Cook	120	134
Crawford	887	886
Cumberland	446	469
DeKalb	147	157
DeWitt	482	537
Douglas	183	179
Dupage	37	25
Edgar	413	445
Edwards	220	235
Effingham	422	482
Fayette	742	865
Ford	52	49
Franklin	987	1056
Fulton	1612	1541
Gallatin	273	249
Greene	798	815
Grundy	306	319
Hamilton	662	679
Hancock	774	827
Hardin	439	421
Henderson	254	244
Henry	466	488
Iroquois	343	368
Jackson	1124	1104
Jasper	567	651
Jefferson	1360	1447
Jersey	478	524
JoDaviess	1020	1072
Johnson	674	645
Kane	290	314
Kankakee	256	309
Kendall	172	159
Knox	899	907
Lake	321	301
LaSalle	651	721
Lawrence	484	445
Lee	385	397
Livingston	211	216
Logan	292	332
Macon	455	452
Macoupin	1020	998
Madison	793	884
Marion	978	947
Marshall	304	322
Mason	365	393
Massac	325	318
McDonough	537	574
McHenry	501	553
McLean	492	513
Menard	384	379
Mercer	506	516
Monroe	401	379
Montgomery	630	724
Morgan	565	573
Moultrie	352	349
Ogle	586	616
Peoria	877	819
Perry	819	844
Piatt	172	174
Pike	2020	2061
Pope	829	841
Pulaski	228	223
Putnam	211	246
Randolph	1079	1079
Richland	429	424
Rock Island	693	700
Saline	535	553
Sangamon	762	870
Schuyler	1003	988
Scott	237	248
Shelby	734	817
St. Clair	611	657
Stark	115	120
Stephenson	474	454
Tazewell	528	606
Union	782	837
Vermilion	783	856
Wabash	205	182
Warren	261	260
Washington	507	523
Wayne	909	826
White	536	462
Whiteside	467	473
Will	683	760
Williamson	1150	1135
Winnebago	453	450
Woodford	533	556
Total	57455	59545

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