Thursday, October 13, 2016

Deer Harvest Numbers Down at the Beginning of 2016 Season


Deer Harvest Numbers Down at the Beginning of 2016 Season 

Deer numbers are down compared to this time last year !


From October 1, 2016 to October 12, 2016 archery deer hunters in Illinois took 6,235 whitetail deer.  This is 2,633 fewer deer then this time last year.  Below you'll see a county by county break down comparing 2015 to 2016.  Top counties included Adams, Jefferson, JoDaviess and Pike.  71% of those deer harvested were does and 29% bucks.

Again if you are interested in seeing and tracking harvest numbers you can do that by county and by public hunting site here at this IDNR website. http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/IDNRHarvestQuery.aspx

Some say numbers are down due to  the warm weather Illinoisans had at the beginning of October, while others say the deer herd is still down from past EHD, CWD outbreaks and over harvest.  Regardless Illinois archery season is well underway, only time will tell if the downtrend will continue with months to go in the 2016 season. 

What do you think? 

County20152016
Adams170159
Alexander2113
Bond6130
Boone2115
Brown9674
Bureau11272
Calhoun10472
Carroll9294
Cass9268
Champaign6755
Christian9855
Clark9182
Clay6956
Clinton4823
Coles9561
Cook2511
Crawford11687
Cumberland4930
DeKalb3521
DeWitt11270
Douglas2418
Dupage50
Edgar6231
Edwards2318
Effingham6754
Fayette10878
Ford1010
Franklin166123
Fulton235167
Gallatin3413
Greene8969
Grundy6539
Hamilton9459
Hancock8778
Hardin4527
Henderson3713
Henry5566
Iroquois6939
Jackson160114
Jasper7451
Jefferson239151
Jersey8551
JoDaviess177140
Johnson11682
Kane4530
Kankakee5036
Kendall3721
Knox149104
Lake4127
LaSalle13698
Lawrence5434
Lee8548
Livingston5120
Logan5833
Macon7451
Macoupin12888
Madison13599
Marion14689
Marshall4943
Mason6030
Massac2922
McDonough6161
McHenry7476
McLean9550
Menard5431
Mercer7550
Monroe6233
Montgomery12184
Morgan6962
Moultrie5943
Ogle12699
Peoria148119
Perry12284
Piatt2816
Pike297228
Pope8740
Pulaski2822
Putnam5133
Randolph180126
Richland5134
Rock Island12295
Saline8945
Sangamon10685
Schuyler9977
Scott3314
Shelby12197
St. Clair10870
Stark1616
Stephenson6556
Tazewell10966
Union14984
Vermilion170113
Wabash3316
Warren3731
Washington6840
Wayne12277
White6334
Whiteside6874
Will120105
Williamson184120
Winnebago6755
Woodford10462
Grand Total88686235
Source:  Archery harvest off 2015 pace: Illinois deer hunting



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