Illinois hunters harvested significantly more deer during the muzzleloader season (3,297) than they did last year during the same season (2,403).
That is something, considering the weather that came in late Saturday through Sunday in the northern part of the state.
Here is the county-by-county breakdown.
| County | 2015 | 2016 |
| Adams | 67 | 105 |
| Alexander | 12 | 28 |
| Bond | 12 | 14 |
| Boone | 2 | 2 |
| Brown | 47 | 57 |
| Bureau | 46 | 64 |
| Calhoun | 44 | 46 |
| Carroll | 31 | 26 |
| Cass | 20 | 27 |
| Champaign | 11 | 15 |
| Christian | 16 | 26 |
| Clark | 47 | 51 |
| Clay | 26 | 31 |
| Clinton | 10 | 7 |
| Coles | 21 | 19 |
| Crawford | 22 | 27 |
| Cumberland | 17 | 24 |
| DeKalb | 4 | 2 |
| DeWitt | 17 | 15 |
| Douglas | 3 | 7 |
| Edgar | 13 | 19 |
| Edwards | 13 | 17 |
| Effingham | 15 | 26 |
| Fayette | 35 | 43 |
| Ford | 4 | 4 |
| Franklin | 35 | 60 |
| Fulton | 61 | 92 |
| Gallatin | 15 | 22 |
| Greene | 26 | 40 |
| Grundy | 8 | 13 |
| Hamilton | 28 | 39 |
| Hancock | 79 | 76 |
| Hardin | 33 | 44 |
| Henderson | 11 | 25 |
| Henry | 18 | 20 |
| Iroquois | 23 | 32 |
| Jackson | 48 | 68 |
| Jasper | 37 | 29 |
| Jefferson | 56 | 84 |
| Jersey | 13 | 16 |
| JoDaviess | 46 | 84 |
| Johnson | 42 | 45 |
| Kane | 0 | 1 |
| Kankakee | 9 | 13 |
| Kendall | 4 | 5 |
| Knox | 31 | 52 |
| LaSalle | 12 | 34 |
| Lawrence | 16 | 37 |
| Lee | 17 | 33 |
| Livingston | 12 | 16 |
| Logan | 15 | 19 |
| Macon | 16 | 25 |
| Macoupin | 45 | 49 |
| Madison | 8 | 33 |
| Marion | 32 | 51 |
| Marshall | 6 | 26 |
| Mason | 12 | 15 |
| Massac | 24 | 23 |
| McDonough | 28 | 37 |
| McHenry | 11 | 10 |
| McLean | 21 | 25 |
| Menard | 13 | 31 |
| Mercer | 25 | 31 |
| Monroe | 11 | 22 |
| Montgomery | 20 | 19 |
| Morgan | 17 | 22 |
| Moultrie | 8 | 9 |
| Ogle | 19 | 41 |
| Peoria | 30 | 37 |
| Perry | 50 | 40 |
| Piatt | 5 | 6 |
| Pike | 117 | 158 |
| Pope | 43 | 48 |
| Pulaski | 25 | 18 |
| Putnam | 5 | 19 |
| Randolph | 53 | 88 |
| Richland | 13 | 29 |
| Rock Island | 23 | 39 |
| Saline | 20 | 37 |
| Sangamon | 33 | 40 |
| Schuyler | 48 | 50 |
| Scott | 11 | 12 |
| Shelby | 26 | 36 |
| Stark | 9 | 9 |
| St. Clair | 17 | 13 |
| Stephenson | 11 | 17 |
| Tazewell | 11 | 14 |
| Union | 62 | 63 |
| Vermilion | 23 | 46 |
| Wabash | 7 | 19 |
| Warren | 18 | 29 |
| Washington | 19 | 35 |
| Wayne | 46 | 46 |
| White | 29 | 37 |
| Whiteside | 14 | 31 |
| Will | 16 | 31 |
| Williamson | 27 | 45 |
| Winnebago | 10 | 13 |
| Woodford | 16 | 22 |
| Totals | 2403 | 3297 |
