Deer Numbers Still Down but Season is Far from Over

Deer Numbers Still Down but Season is Far from Over

Paul Shelton, Forest Wildlife Program Manger for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources released the second preliminary numbers regarding harvest numbers.  In short, numbers are down from this time last year.  You can read the first preliminary report  Deer Numbers Down at Beginning of 2016 Season.

Through Sunday, October 23, 2016, Illinois archery deer hunters harvested a preliminary total of 12,387 deer, compared to 14,773 for the same period in 2015.
Harvest to date has consisted of 66% does and 34% males (8142; 4245). Top five counties were Pike (396), Fulton (325), Jefferson (296), Adams (274), and JoDaviess (252). A table of county results is attached.
Up-to-date archery harvest figures (for either deer or turkey) by county/state sites can be tracked on the web at http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/IDNRHarvestQuery.aspx

Below you will see the preliminary archery deer harvest numbers thru Oct. 23

County	2015	2016
Adams	256	274
Alexander	35	29
Bond	111	72
Boone	42	36
Brown	159	160
Bureau	178	147
Calhoun	148	124
Carroll	147	163
Cass	126	132
Champaign	96	103
Christian	155	118
Clark	159	150
Clay	129	132
Clinton	90	69
Coles	168	130
Cook	31	18
Crawford	206	166
Cumberland	99	92
DeKalb	52	38
DeWitt	172	132
Douglas	57	35
Dupage	7	1
Edgar	104	72
Edwards	54	34
Effingham	116	112
Fayette	180	173
Ford	15	13
Franklin	263	208
Fulton	404	325
Gallatin	62	29
Greene	148	134
Grundy	108	76
Hamilton	157	129
Hancock	148	147
Hardin	77	60
Henderson	61	40
Henry	126	108
Iroquois	112	79
Jackson	267	211
Jasper	120	113
Jefferson	419	296
Jersey	131	119
JoDaviess	297	252
Johnson	199	147
Kane	67	49
Kankakee	83	71
Kendall	59	44
Knox	271	206
Lake	73	43
LaSalle	226	186
Lawrence	105	93
Lee	126	104
Livingston	85	65
Logan	89	64
Macon	126	107
Macoupin	237	205
Madison	229	199
Marion	256	196
Marshall	89	79
Mason	93	66
Massac	52	48
McDonough	101	107
McHenry	133	146
McLean	152	123
Menard	87	58
Mercer	140	95
Monroe	92	68
Montgomery	196	156
Morgan	120	123
Moultrie	106	81
Ogle	221	196
Peoria	242	237
Perry	215	180
Piatt	41	29
Pike	439	396
Pope	143	104
Pulaski	52	48
Putnam	75	72
Randolph	261	236
Richland	89	71
Rock Island	198	174
Saline	138	72
Sangamon	177	164
Schuyler	175	158
Scott	46	36
Shelby	193	184
St. Clair	179	140
Stark	32	33
Stephenson	125	133
Tazewell	175	120
Union	232	169
Vermilion	278	219
Wabash	58	38
Warren	65	54
Washington	123	93
Wayne	219	179
White	116	82
Whiteside	125	133
Will	184	194
Williamson	304	223
Winnebago	110	109
Woodford	159	131
Grand Total	14773	12387