Say rut? Harvest by Illinois bowhunters shoots ahead of last year

By Dale Bowman

Provided by Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Harvest by Illinois bowhunters shot ahead of last year. And significantly, the percentage of males in the overall harvest jumped up to 41 percent, an indication bowhunters are focusing more on bucks and that bucks are on the move in or near the rut.

And Pike County is now the leading county for harvest.

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

ARCHERY DEER SEASON Through Sunday, October 29, 2017, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 19,045 deer, compared to 15,785 for the same period in 2016. Harvest to date has consisted of 59% does and 41% males (11228:7817). Top five counties were Pike (548),Fulton (509), Jefferson (476), JoDaviess (370), and Randolph (367). 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 county-by-county breakdown:


County	2016	2017
Adams	360	358
Alexander	37	50
Bond	99	124
Boone	42	45
Brown	221	260
Bureau	192	236
Calhoun	164	174
Carroll	198	231
Cass	161	182
Champaign	118	142
Christian	151	201
Clark	183	205
Clay	163	164
Clinton	91	168
Coles	162	230
Cook	23	38
Crawford	221	283
Cumberland	120	151
DeKalb	47	65
DeWitt	168	205
Douglas	45	69
Dupage	1	10
Edgar	96	126
Edwards	44	74
Effingham	150	154
Fayette	223	265
Ford	19	19
Franklin	270	339
Fulton	417	509
Gallatin	41	74
Greene	172	226
Grundy	99	107
Hamilton	164	156
Hancock	183	232
Hardin	79	101
Henderson	52	68
Henry	139	195
Iroquois	98	125
Jackson	257	361
Jasper	135	170
Jefferson	376	476
Jersey	152	152
JoDaviess	313	370
Johnson	189	177
Kane	63	105
Kankakee	91	99
Kendall	61	71
Knox	254	294
Lake	64	90
LaSalle	223	232
Lawrence	126	140
Lee	141	162
Livingston	74	94
Logan	83	101
Macon	146	165
Macoupin	259	363
Madison	263	273
Marion	251	345
Marshall	102	111
Mason	90	131
Massac	67	65
McDonough	134	148
McHenry	167	157
McLean	149	205
Menard	73	133
Mercer	127	187
Monroe	84	130
Montgomery	198	208
Morgan	160	190
Moultrie	97	126
Ogle	234	233
Peoria	283	327
Perry	235	234
Piatt	34	68
Pike	529	548
Pope	153	189
Pulaski	59	49
Putnam	90	73
Randolph	290	367
Richland	92	125
Rock Island	231	257
Saline	100	165
Sangamon	204	277
Schuyler	226	292
Scott	45	76
Shelby	230	265
St. Clair	170	231
Stark	44	48
Stephenson	176	193
Tazewell	156	209
Union	212	226
Vermilion	268	297
Wabash	50	73
Warren	72	93
Washington	113	180
Wayne	220	289
White	101	106
Whiteside	163	204
Will	244	248
Williamson	268	352
Winnebago	155	174
Woodford	156	185
Grand Total	15785	19045

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