Stats after first weekend of Illinois firearm season

ILLINOIS, (WAND)- In the first weekend of the Illinois deer season hunters in Illinois have already harvested a preliminary total of 52,354 deer.

According to the State, hunters took 478,964 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2021.

Illinois’ seven-day firearm deer season ends Dec. 1-4.

Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:

• Muzzleloader-only deer season Dec. 9-11

• Late-winter antlerless-only and Chronic Wasting Disease deer seasons (in select counties only) Dec. 29-Jan. 1 and Jan.13-15

• Archery deer season continues through Jan. 15. (Note: archery deer hunting is closed Dec. 1-4 in counties open for firearm deer season.)

For more details about deer hunting, open counties and other information, visit https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx.

A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2022 season, and comparable totals for 2020 and 2021, can be found below.

County	2020	2021	2022
	ADAMS	1305	1311	1437
	ALEXANDER	257	264	239
	BOND	427	478	537
	BOONE	79	73	71
	BROWN	559	572	655
	BUREAU	639	612	609
	CALHOUN	360	427	465
	CARROLL	355	373	331
	CASS	384	386	423
	CHAMPAIGN	163	143	137
	CHRISTIAN	422	376	403
	CLARK	630	692	721
	CLAY	735	765	889
	CLINTON	474	493	606
	COLES	451	466	487
	CRAWFORD	561	635	673
	CUMBERLAND	544	531	542
	DEKALB	78	87	73
	DEWITT	223	195	220
	DOUGLAS	115	115	120
	EDGAR	332	370	424
	EDWARDS	227	273	317
	EFFINGHAM	614	637	653
	FAYETTE	986	1106	1184
	FORD	80	81	86
	FRANKLIN	749	848	956
	FULTON	1202	1154	1249
	GALLATIN	235	253	305
	GREENE	638	612	634
	GRUNDY	151	154	172
	HAMILTON	661	729	741
	HANCOCK	1056	1001	1128
	HARDIN	420	515	548
	HENDERSON	308	262	283
	HENRY	291	268	275
	IROQUOIS	322	282	257
	JACKSON	1230	1290	1484
	JASPER	693	715	794
	JEFFERSON	1087	1228	1249
	JERSEY	350	416	425
	JO DAVIESS	1029	830	843
	JOHNSON	858	866	874
	KANE	18	27	18
	KANKAKEE	124	140	114
	KENDALL	57	47	43
	KNOX	686	720	737
	LAKE	0	5	5
	LASALLE	473	409	427
	LAWRENCE	334	366	399
	LEE	337	316	314
	LIVINGSTON	279	312	268
	LOGAN	200	217	193
	MACON	157	148	155
	MACOUPIN	997	1003	1120
	MADISON	384	460	509
	MARION	917	998	1186
	MARSHALL	408	393	412
	MASON	256	258	249
	MASSAC	220	238	268
	MCDONOUGH	455	488	495
	MCHENRY	172	181	129
	MCLEAN	412	398	349
	MENARD	213	214	215
	MERCER	533	538	509
	MONROE	670	710	856
	MONTGOMERY	523	541	619
	MORGAN	378	364	442
	MOULTRIE	143	146	158
	OGLE	442	394	356
	PEORIA	545	567	576
	PERRY	719	783	969
	PIATT	90	83	89
	PIKE	1033	987	1129
	POPE	888	934	1068
	PULASKI	178	190	222
	PUTNAM	209	236	228
	RANDOLPH	1341	1457	1518
	RICHLAND	405	475	487
	ROCK ISLAND	462	404	408
	SALINE	535	533	628
	SANGAMON	330	354	327
	SCHUYLER	763	833	904
	SCOTT	176	209	190
	SHELBY	825	864	883
	ST. CLAIR	477	529	576
	STARK	126	113	118
	STEPHENSON	408	370	342
	TAZEWELL	314	339	352
	UNION	773	795	812
	VERMILION	333	400	369
	WABASH	102	118	122
	WARREN	294	288	290
	WASHINGTON	600	672	771
	WAYNE	864	935	1015
	WHITE	467	437	553
	WHITESIDE	424	348	335
	WILL	150	123	134
	WILLIAMSON	950	1109	1287
	WINNEBAGO	194	167	154
	WOODFORD	373	397	434
	Total	47416	48964	52354