SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 76,232 deer during the seven-day 2023 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 3. Comparatively, hunters harvested 76,854 deer during the 2022 firearm season.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the 2023 firearm season Nov. 30-Dec. 3 was 22,884, compared with 24,500 deer harvested during the second part of the 2022 season.
The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s firearm season Nov. 17-19 was 53,348 deer.
Remaining 2023-2024 deer hunting opportunities in Illinois include:
A table of preliminary 2023 firearm deer season totals by county and comparable totals for 2022 follows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County

First 2023

Second 2023

Total 2023

Total 2022
ADAMS

1423

711

2134

2151
ALEXANDER

199

95

294

375
BOND

562

197

759

747
BOONE

74

34

108

106
BROWN

591

279

870

989
BUREAU

695

288

983

904
CALHOUN

476

273

749

724
CARROLL

389

142

531

497
CASS

448

188

636

679
CHAMPAIGN

144

51

195

215
CHRISTIAN

417

165

582

558
CLARK

721

282

1003

1075
CLAY

1007

345

1352

1229
CLINTON

588

211

799

803
COLES

415

174

589

682
CRAWFORD

729

291

1020

936
CUMBERLAND

511

220

731

817
DEKALB

83

43

126

114
DEWITT

220

109

329

336
DOUGLAS

121

45

166

173
EDGAR

413

157

570

587
EDWARDS

283

146

429

458
EFFINGHAM

696

250

946

956
FAYETTE

1166

516

1682

1713
FORD

85

32

117

126
FRANKLIN

888

429

1317

1414
FULTON

1296

529

1825

1839
GALLATIN

306

122

428

441
GREENE

624

386

1010

1019
GRUNDY

217

75

292

272
HAMILTON

750

320

1070

1078
HANCOCK

992

524

1516

1710
HARDIN

467

156

623

736
HENDERSON

320

131

451

429
HENRY

321

138

459

447
IROQUOIS

344

133

477

401
JACKSON

1371

629

2000

2192
JASPER

784

296

1080

1148
JEFFERSON

1286

620

1906

1821
JERSEY

435

209

644

646
JO DAVIESS

967

424

1391

1273
JOHNSON

749

328

1077

1207
KANE

27

10

37

29
KANKAKEE

138

55

193

169
KENDALL

49

14

63

65
KNOX

821

357

1178

1077
LAKE

4

0

4

5
LASALLE

499

222

721

654
LAWRENCE

426

188

614

575
LEE

385

156

541

491
LIVINGSTON

310

92

402

368
LOGAN

215

102

317

307
MACON

135

75

210

230
MACOUPIN

1077

444

1521

1576
MADISON

484

171

655

692
MARION

1202

464

1666

1653
MARSHALL

429

166

595

578
MASON

280

112

392

379
MASSAC

247

139

386

387
MCDONOUGH

528

226

754

755
MCHENRY

204

69

273

211
MCLEAN

432

165

597

517
MENARD

262

114

376

348
MERCER

600

227

827

775
MONROE

821

275

1096

1138
MONTGOMERY

592

282

874

873
MORGAN

432

235

667

674
MOULTRIE

156

79

235

224
OGLE

503

164

667

538
PEORIA

581

267

848

875
PERRY

941

383

1324

1368
PIATT

84

37

121

134
PIKE

1189

624

1813

1840
POPE

994

318

1312

1433
PULASKI

208

87

295

328
PUTNAM

244

90

334

327
RANDOLPH

1506

668

2174

2203
RICHLAND

480

221

701

703
ROCK ISLAND

526

187

713

612
ST. CLAIR

560

331

891

775
SALINE

611

175

786

871
SANGAMON

357

257

614

515
SCHUYLER

875

134

1009

1341
SCOTT

254

426

680

337
SHELBY

895

123

1018

1224
STARK

150

45

195

170
STEPHENSON

375

156

531

524
TAZEWELL

377

128

505

529
UNION

813

355

1168

1195
VERMILION

419

184

603

572
WABASH

126

49

175

176
WARREN

337

153

490

460
WASHINGTON

747

290

1037

1063
WAYNE

938

469

1407

1513
WHITE

542

280

822

867
WHITESIDE

402

189

591

573
WILL

167

71

238

210
WILLIAMSON

1163

570

1733

1948
WINNEBAGO

181

85

266

226
WOODFORD

475

236

711

631
Total

53,348

22,884

76,232

76,854