Illinois deer harvest in archery season stays up: Illinois bowhunting

By Dale Bowman

Deer stand n central Illinois last fall during the rut.
Dale Bowman/Sun-Times

Deer harvest by Illinois bowhunters remains well ahead of the harvest pace from the 2016-17 seaason at the same time.

That’s the most notable thing in the latest on deer harvest during archery season in Illinois.

Well, that and the percent of males in the harvest last week was 66 percent. Sounds like the peak or near peak of the rut.

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

Below is an update on the Illinois Archery Deer Season from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources: ARCHERY DEER SEASON Through Sunday, November 12, 2017, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 41,376 deer, compared to 36,587 for the same period in 2016. Cumulative harvest to date has consisted of 46% does and 54% males (18933:22443). During the past week, harvest sex ratios were 34% does and 66% males. Top five counties were Pike (1530), Fulton (1208), Adams (947), Jefferson (924), and JoDaviess (843). County results are [posted below]. 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 breakdown county-by-county:

Preliminary Illinois archery deer harvest through 11/12

County	2016	2017
Adams	886	947
Alexander	100	94
Bond	247	268
Boone	86	97
Brown	608	664
Bureau	442	509
Calhoun	422	483
Carroll	424	470
Cass	397	434
Champaign	207	265
Christian	311	349
Clark	478	552
Clay	353	359
Clinton	218	289
Coles	360	485
Cook	51	64
Crawford	531	641
Cumberland	268	326
DeKalb	119	120
DeWitt	299	351
Douglas	99	133
Dupage	12	23
Edgar	258	294
Edwards	129	142
Effingham	304	322
Fayette	480	564
Ford	32	36
Franklin	602	662
Fulton	1030	1208
Gallatin	141	162
Greene	457	592
Grundy	194	221
Hamilton	404	403
Hancock	518	601
Hardin	265	258
Henderson	172	175
Henry	301	352
Iroquois	217	236
Jackson	622	751
Jasper	332	382
Jefferson	831	924
Jersey	323	361
JoDaviess	742	843
Johnson	420	419
Kane	137	201
Kankakee	188	187
Kendall	108	121
Knox	627	675
Lake	122	191
LaSalle	501	509
Lawrence	301	327
Lee	293	305
Livingston	136	170
Logan	180	210
Macon	274	327
Macoupin	635	798
Madison	511	561
Marion	599	660
Marshall	242	234
Mason	211	253
Massac	174	170
McDonough	363	390
McHenry	343	366
McLean	320	369
Menard	229	285
Mercer	320	399
Monroe	226	293
Montgomery	421	439
Morgan	351	429
Moultrie	186	239
Ogle	500	469
Peoria	568	671
Perry	513	526
Piatt	90	119
Pike	1472	1530
Pope	547	561
Pulaski	136	137
Putnam	169	156
Randolph	632	731
Richland	251	289
Rock Island	489	559
Saline	258	327
Sangamon	446	547
Schuyler	639	775
Scott	138	196
Shelby	473	556
St. Clair	360	442
Stark	88	90
Stephenson	359	391
Tazewell	317	391
Union	456	488
Vermilion	529	582
Wabash	125	141
Warren	179	207
Washington	306	363
Wayne	512	614
White	295	301
Whiteside	340	364
Will	442	451
Williamson	597	721
Winnebago	328	360
Woodford	343	382
Total	36587	41376

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