More than 76,000 deer harvested during Illinois firearm deer season

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:

Late-winter antlerless-only and chronic wasting disease (CWD) season, in designated counties only, Dec. 28-31 and Jan. 12-14. A map showing the counties open to late-winter and CWD seasons can be found online.
Archery deer season continues through Jan. 14.

Go online for more deer hunting information.

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