Press Release - Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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More than 54,000 deer harvested during first weekend of Illinois firearm deer season
SPRINGFIELD - Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 54,661 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season between Nov. 22-24. Comparatively, hunters took 53,348 and 52,354 deer during the first firearm weekends in 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Illinois' seven-day firearm deer season will conclude Dec. 5-8.
Remaining 2024-2025 deer hunting opportunities in Illinois include:
- Muzzleloader-only deer season Dec. 13-15.
- Late-winter antlerless-only and chronic wasting disease deer seasons in select counties only, Dec. 26-29 and Jan. 17-19.
- Archery deer season continues through Jan. 19. Please note that archery deer hunting is closed Dec. 5-8 in counties open for firearm deer season.
Go online to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' website for more information about deer hunting.
A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2024 season and comparable totals for 2023 and 2022 follows.
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| County | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| ADAMS | 1437 | 1423 | 1414 |
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| ALEXANDER | 239 | 199 | 225 |
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| BOND | 537 | 562 | 594 |
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| BOONE | 71 | 74 | 80 |
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| BROWN | 655 | 591 | 629 |
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| BUREAU | 609 | 695 | 628 |
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| CALHOUN | 465 | 476 | 499 |
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| CARROLL | 331 | 389 | 387 |
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| CASS | 423 | 448 | 434 |
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| CHAMPAIGN | 137 | 144 | 165 |
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| CHRISTIAN | 403 | 417 | 412 |
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| CLARK | 721 | 721 | 783 |
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| CLAY | 889 | 1007 | 1118 |
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| CLINTON | 606 | 588 | 735 |
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| COLES | 487 | 415 | 523 |
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| CRAWFORD | 673 | 729 | 788 |
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| CUMBERLAND | 542 | 511 | 575 |
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| DEKALB | 73 | 83 | 97 |
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| DEWITT | 220 | 220 | 261 |
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| DOUGLAS | 120 | 121 | 129 |
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| EDGAR | 424 | 413 | 407 |
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| EDWARDS | 317 | 283 | 309 |
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| EFFINGHAM | 653 | 696 | 763 |
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| FAYETTE | 1184 | 1166 | 1298 |
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| FORD | 86 | 85 | 86 |
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| FRANKLIN | 956 | 888 | 879 |
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| FULTON | 1249 | 1296 | 1317 |
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| GALLATIN | 305 | 306 | 301 |
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| GREENE | 634 | 624 | 660 |
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| GRUNDY | 172 | 217 | 204 |
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| HAMILTON | 741 | 750 | 838 |
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| HANCOCK | 1128 | 992 | 1102 |
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| HARDIN | 548 | 467 | 366 |
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| HENDERSON | 283 | 320 | 318 |
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| HENRY | 275 | 321 | 300 |
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| IROQUOIS | 257 | 344 | 338 |
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| JACKSON | 1484 | 1371 | 1355 |
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| JASPER | 794 | 784 | 851 |
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| JEFFERSON | 1249 | 1286 | 1406 |
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| JERSEY | 425 | 435 | 475 |
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| JO DAVIESS | 843 | 967 | 936 |
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| JOHNSON | 874 | 749 | 759 |
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| KANE | 18 | 27 | 24 |
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| KANKAKEE | 114 | 138 | 139 |
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| KENDALL | 43 | 49 | 34 |
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| KNOX | 737 | 821 | 715 |
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| LAKE | 5 | 4 | 7 |
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| LASALLE | 427 | 499 | 392 |
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| LAWRENCE | 399 | 426 | 476 |
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| LEE | 314 | 385 | 424 |
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| LIVINGSTON | 268 | 310 | 323 |
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| LOGAN | 193 | 215 | 252 |
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| MACON | 155 | 135 | 156 |
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| MACOUPIN | 1120 | 1077 | 1200 |
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| MADISON | 509 | 484 | 549 |
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| MARION | 1186 | 1202 | 1272 |
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| MARSHALL | 412 | 429 | 462 |
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| MASON | 249 | 280 | 239 |
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| MASSAC | 268 | 247 | 235 |
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| MCDONOUGH | 495 | 528 | 530 |
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| MCHENRY | 129 | 204 | 152 |
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| MCLEAN | 349 | 432 | 407 |
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| MENARD | 215 | 262 | 260 |
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| MERCER | 509 | 600 | 542 |
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| MONROE | 856 | 821 | 798 |
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| MONTGOMERY | 619 | 592 | 707 |
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| MORGAN | 442 | 432 | 435 |
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| MOULTRIE | 158 | 156 | 182 |
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| OGLE | 356 | 503 | 418 |
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| PEORIA | 576 | 581 | 554 |
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| PERRY | 969 | 941 | 918 |
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| PIATT | 89 | 84 | 100 |
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| PIKE | 1129 | 1189 | 1136 |
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| POPE | 1068 | 994 | 895 |
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| PULASKI | 222 | 208 | 206 |
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| PUTNAM | 228 | 244 | 229 |
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| RANDOLPH | 1518 | 1506 | 1565 |
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| RICHLAND | 487 | 480 | 533 |
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| ROCK ISLAND | 408 | 526 | 480 |
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| SALINE | 628 | 611 | 605 |
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| SANGAMON | 327 | 357 | 358 |
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| SCHUYLER | 904 | 875 | 914 |
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| SCOTT | 190 | 254 | 216 |
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| SHELBY | 883 | 895 | 921 |
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| ST. CLAIR | 576 | 560 | 595 |
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| STARK | 118 | 150 | 131 |
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| STEPHENSON | 342 | 375 | 307 |
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| TAZEWELL | 352 | 377 | 371 |
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| UNION | 812 | 813 | 798 |
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| VERMILION | 369 | 419 | 392 |
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| WABASH | 122 | 126 | 156 |
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| WARREN | 290 | 337 | 352 |
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| WASHINGTON | 771 | 747 | 802 |
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| WAYNE | 1015 | 938 | 1113 |
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| WHITE | 553 | 542 | 532 |
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| WHITESIDE | 335 | 402 | 391 |
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| WILL | 134 | 167 | 150 |
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| WILLIAMSON | 1287 | 1163 | 1165 |
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| WINNEBAGO | 154 | 181 | 174 |
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| WOODFORD | 434 | 475 | 528 |
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| Total | 52,354 | 53,348 | 54,661 |
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