Illinois hunting: Turkey season, north zone 1st season

Harvest during first season of spring turkey hunting in Illinois’ north zone mirrors the upturn seen in harvest in the first two seasons in the south zone. Yeah, I was happy to do my part to pump up the numbers (above).

Here is the word from Chris Young, the communications director for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:

First season in the North Zone concluded with a preliminary harvest of 2,343, up from 1,848 last year. Fifty counties were up, 11 were down, and five remained the same. A spreadsheet with preliminary results is attached.

Here is the spread sheet county-by-county:

County	2014	2015
Adams	81	108
Boone	13	12
Brown	65	116
Bureau	30	40
Calhoun	70	66
Carroll	46	57
Cass	50	73
Champaign	1	5
Christian	12	15
Clark	32	44
Coles	10	12
Cumberland	11	17
DeKalb	2	3
DeWitt	10	13
Douglas	3	2
Edgar	21	22
Ford	3	1
Fulton	104	115
Greene	48	42
Grundy	6	14
Hancock	71	70
Henderson	34	40
Henry	18	16
Iroquois	7	11
Jersey	40	60
JoDaviess	159	187
Kane	0	0
Kankakee	4	11
Kendall	6	2
Knox	40	72
Lake	0	1
LaSalle	21	33
Lee	11	27
Livingston	3	4
Logan	4	6
Macon	4	7
Macoupin	70	97
Marshall	9	18
Mason	40	50
McDonough	23	35
McHenry	10	15
McLean	10	10
Menard	18	33
Mercer	43	46
Montgomery	36	41
Morgan	35	72
Moultrie	5	6
Ogle	34	33
Peoria	32	35
Piatt	1	0
Pike	90	92
Putnam	7	14
Rock Island	40	42
Sangamon	19	23
Schuyler	52	87
Scott	18	18
Shelby	21	27
Stark	0	0
Stephenson	44	60
Tazewell	13	15
Vermilion	34	34
Warren	16	15
Whiteside	34	37
Will	8	12
Winnebago	33	37
Woodford	13	15
Total	1848	2343

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