Illinois deer harvest: Up a smidgen in early weeks of archery season

By Dale Bowman

Despite wicked weather across some of the state over the weekend, bowhunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of deer through Sunday up slightly from last year.

I would note that the percentage of does and bucks hasn’t started to dramatically shift yet.

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

ARCHERY DEER SEASON Through Sunday, October 15, 2017, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 7,793 deer, compared to 7,738 for the same period in 2016. Harvest to date has consisted of 69% does and 31% males (5340:2453). Top five counties were Jefferson (219), Fulton (201), Pike (201), Franklin (169), and Jackson (156).

Below is the county-by-county breakdown:


County	2016	2017
Adams	181	124
Alexander	15	18
Bond	44	51
Boone	18	14
Brown	108	75
Bureau	91	90
Calhoun	79	55
Carroll	114	107
Cass	83	76
Champaign	73	55
Christian	71	67
Clark	95	101
Clay	76	53
Clinton	31	69
Coles	76	103
Cook	16	17
Crawford	97	127
Cumberland	46	67
DeKalb	25	33
DeWitt	90	100
Douglas	20	40
Dupage	0	5
Edgar	41	49
Edwards	20	36
Effingham	64	66
Fayette	92	109
Ford	11	12
Franklin	146	169
Fulton	210	201
Gallatin	13	23
Greene	88	89
Grundy	47	40
Hamilton	78	71
Hancock	91	78
Hardin	37	37
Henderson	22	22
Henry	80	79
Iroquois	50	57
Jackson	132	156
Jasper	60	75
Jefferson	193	219
Jersey	66	54
JoDaviess	161	107
Johnson	89	89
Kane	36	42
Kankakee	43	49
Kendall	23	20
Knox	128	139
Lake	33	35
LaSalle	127	92
Lawrence	49	56
Lee	64	72
Livingston	32	45
Logan	37	41
Macon	63	79
Macoupin	109	131
Madison	128	111
Marion	116	153
Marshall	53	51
Mason	40	47
Massac	29	30
McDonough	74	46
McHenry	92	58
McLean	68	101
Menard	39	55
Mercer	63	77
Monroe	40	54
Montgomery	95	91
Morgan	70	72
Moultrie	51	57
Ogle	123	105
Peoria	152	128
Perry	108	104
Piatt	19	32
Pike	276	201
Pope	52	90
Pulaski	26	19
Putnam	45	25
Randolph	153	146
Richland	39	52
Rock Island	131	104
Saline	50	72
Sangamon	110	116
Schuyler	101	95
Scott	17	18
Shelby	114	118
St. Clair	92	88
Stark	21	14
Stephenson	76	70
Tazewell	79	83
Union	99	91
Vermilion	139	144
Wabash	23	27
Warren	40	27
Washington	53	70
Wayne	96	128
White	42	40
Whiteside	93	86
Will	132	119
Williamson	150	150
Winnebago	65	67
Woodford	80	75
Total	7738	7793

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