SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 53,348 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season between Nov. 17-19. Comparatively, hunters took 52,354 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2022.
Illinois’ seven-day firearm deer season will conclude Nov. 30-Dec. 3. Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:/muzzleloader-only deer season Dec. 8-10; late-winter antlerless-only and chronic wasting disease deer seasons (in select counties only) Dec. 28-31 and Jan. 12-14; and archery deer season through Jan. 14. (Note: archery deer hunting is closed Nov. 30-Dec. 3 in counties open for firearm deer season.)
Go online to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ website for more details about deer hunting, open counties, and other information.
A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2023 season, and comparable totals for 2021 and 2022, can be found below.
County 2021, 2022, 2023
ADAMS 1311 1437 1423
ALEXANDER 264 239 199
BOND 478 537 562
BOONE 73 71 74
BROWN 572 655 591
BUREAU 612 609 695
CALHOUN 427 465 476
CARROLL 373 331 389
CASS 386 423 448
CHAMPAIGN 143 137 144
CHRISTIAN 376 403 417
CLARK 692 721 721
CLAY 765 889 1007
CLINTON 493 606 588
COLES 466 487 415
CRAWFORD 635 673 729
CUMBERLAND 531 542 511
DEKALB 87 73 83
DEWITT 195 220 220
DOUGLAS 115 120 121
EDGAR 370 424 413
EDWARDS 273 317 283
EFFINGHAM 637 653 696
FAYETTE 1106 1184 1166
FORD 81 86 85
FRANKLIN 848 956 888
FULTON 1154 1249 1296
GALLATIN 253 305 306
GREENE 612 634 624
GRUNDY 154 172 217
HAMILTON 729 741 750
HANCOCK 1001 1128 992
HARDIN 515 548 467
HENDERSON 262 283 320
HENRY 268 275 321
IROQUOIS 282 257 344
JACKSON 1290 1484 1371
JASPER 715 794 784
JEFFERSON 1228 1249 1286
JERSEY 416 425 435
JO DAVIESS 830 843 967
JOHNSON 866 874 749
KANE 27 18 27
KANKAKEE 140 114 138
KENDALL 47 43 49
KNOX 720 737 821
LAKE 5 5 4
LASALLE 409 427 499
LAWRENCE 366 399 426
LEE 316 314 385
LIVINGSTON 312 268 310
LOGAN 217 193 215
MACON 148 155 135
MACOUPIN 1003 1120 1077
MADISON 460 509 484
MARION 998 1186 1202
MARSHALL 393 412 429
MASON 258 249 280
MASSAC 238 268 247
MCDONOUGH 488 495 528
MCHENRY 181 129 204
MCLEAN 398 349 432
MENARD 214 215 262
MERCER 538 509 600
MONROE 710 856 821
MONTGOMERY 541 619 592
MORGAN 364 442 432
MOULTRIE 146 158 156
OGLE 394 356 503
PEORIA 567 576 581
PERRY 783 969 941
PIATT 83 89 84
PIKE 987 1129 1189
POPE 934 1068 994
PULASKI 190 222 208
PUTNAM 236 228 244
RANDOLPH 1457 1518 1506
RICHLAND 475 487 480
ROCK ISLAND 404 408 526
SALINE 533 628 611
SANGAMON 354 327 357
SCHUYLER 833 904 875
SCOTT 209 190 254
SHELBY 864 883 895
- CLAIR 529 576 560
STARK 113 118 150
STEPHENSON 370 342 375
TAZEWELL 339 352 377
UNION 795 812 813
VERMILION 400 369 419
WABASH 118 122 126
WARREN 288 290 337
WASHINGTON 672 771 747
WAYNE 935 1015 938
WHITE 437 553 542
WHITESIDE 348 335 402
WILL 123 134 167
WILLIAMSON 1109 1287 1163
WINNEBAGO 167 154 181
WOODFORD 397 434 475
Total 48964 52354 53348