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2021 Illinois firearm deer season preliminary harvest totals 71,675
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced hunters took a preliminary total of 71,675 deer during the seven-day 2021 Illinois Firearm Deer Season that concluded Dec. 5. Hunters harvested a final total of 77,160 deer during the firearm season in 2020.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the 2021 firearm season Dec. 2-5 was 21,375, compared with 29,432 during the second season in 2020. The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year's firearm season Nov. 19-21 was 50,300 deer.
Remaining 2021-22 deer season hunting opportunities in Illinois in include:
- Muzzleloader-only deer season Dec. 10-12
- Late-winter antlerless-only deer season and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) deer season, in designated counties only, Dec. 30-Jan. 2 and Jan. 14-16
- Archery deer season continues through Jan. 16, 2022.
Details on the late-winter season are available online at: https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/Documents/2021-2022%20Late%20Winter%20Hunting%20Information_DJS.pdf
Details on the CWD season are available online at: https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/Documents/2021-2022%20Special%20CWD%20Season%20Hunting%20Information_DJS.pdf
A map showing the counties open to the late-winter and CWD seasons can be found at: https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/programs/CWD/Documents/Late_Winter_CWD_Map.pdf
For more deer hunting information, visit: https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx
A table of preliminary firearm deer season harvest totals for 2021 by county, and comparable totals for 2020 and 2019, is below.
County | 2021 1st | 2021 2nd | 2021 Total | 2020 Total | 2019 Total |
ADAMS | 1352 | 695 | 2047 | 2235 | 2178 |
ALEXANDER | 267 | 95 | 362 | 430 | 453 |
BOND | 488 | 172 | 660 | 668 | 710 |
BOONE | 74 | 36 | 110 | 138 | 109 |
BROWN | 581 | 241 | 822 | 950 | 970 |
BUREAU | 619 | 290 | 909 | 1012 | 967 |
CALHOUN | 447 | 231 | 678 | 779 | 849 |
CARROLL | 374 | 124 | 498 | 566 | 641 |
CASS | 391 | 198 | 589 | 655 | 599 |
CHAMPAIGN | 149 | 60 | 209 | 232 | 208 |
CHRISTIAN | 386 | 183 | 569 | 613 | 564 |
CLARK | 714 | 330 | 1044 | 1083 | 1042 |
CLAY | 782 | 348 | 1130 | 1225 | 1098 |
CLINTON | 498 | 176 | 674 | 688 | 631 |
COLES | 481 | 194 | 675 | 685 | 621 |
CRAWFORD | 651 | 258 | 909 | 937 | 885 |
CUMBERLAND | 542 | 235 | 777 | 860 | 772 |
DEKALB | 86 | 29 | 115 | 115 | 108 |
DEWITT | 197 | 120 | 317 | 390 | 355 |
DOUGLAS | 115 | 33 | 148 | 163 | 137 |
EDGAR | 378 | 156 | 534 | 548 | 530 |
EDWARDS | 280 | 114 | 394 | 384 | 365 |
EFFINGHAM | 658 | 285 | 943 | 948 | 888 |
FAYETTE | 1154 | 478 | 1632 | 1623 | 1514 |
FORD | 82 | 29 | 111 | 124 | 106 |
FRANKLIN | 864 | 389 | 1253 | 1278 | 1376 |
FULTON | 1176 | 520 | 1696 | 1927 | 1904 |
GALLATIN | 255 | 121 | 376 | 426 | 399 |
GREENE | 635 | 346 | 981 | 1075 | 1043 |
GRUNDY | 150 | 92 | 242 | 259 | 266 |
HAMILTON | 756 | 284 | 1040 | 1072 | 1043 |
HANCOCK | 1013 | 571 | 1584 | 1791 | 1655 |
HARDIN | 520 | 163 | 683 | 689 | 858 |
HENDERSON | 269 | 124 | 393 | 458 | 406 |
HENRY | 280 | 168 | 448 | 455 | 407 |
IROQUOIS | 287 | 146 | 433 | 494 | 493 |
JACKSON | 1325 | 581 | 1906 | 2085 | 2109 |
JASPER | 731 | 313 | 1044 | 1080 | 1031 |
JEFFERSON | 1293 | 620 | 1913 | 1896 | 1889 |
JERSEY | 423 | 174 | 597 | 634 | 626 |
JODAVIESS | 858 | 416 | 1274 | 1561 | 1455 |
JOHNSON | 900 | 299 | 1199 | 1321 | 1384 |
KANE | 26 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 24 |
KANKAKEE | 140 | 56 | 196 | 196 | 197 |
KENDALL | 47 | 26 | 73 | 78 | 65 |
KNOX | 738 | 355 | 1093 | 1143 | 1086 |
LAKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
LASALLE | 409 | 174 | 583 | 709 | 703 |
LAWRENCE | 375 | 175 | 550 | 563 | 577 |
LEE | 323 | 132 | 455 | 536 | 449 |
LIVINGSTON | 311 | 82 | 393 | 387 | 363 |
LOGAN | 233 | 100 | 333 | 339 | 359 |
MACON | 152 | 73 | 225 | 268 | 221 |
MACOUPIN | 1038 | 424 | 1462 | 1551 | 1557 |
MADISON | 470 | 182 | 652 | 625 | 633 |
MARION | 1022 | 407 | 1429 | 1484 | 1470 |
MARSHALL | 400 | 158 | 558 | 595 | 572 |
MASON | 270 | 101 | 371 | 389 | 357 |
MASSAC | 249 | 145 | 394 | 392 | 435 |
MCDONOUGH | 497 | 237 | 734 | 771 | 713 |
MCHENRY | 180 | 82 | 262 | 295 | 241 |
MCLEAN | 406 | 135 | 541 | 638 | 524 |
MENARD | 223 | 120 | 343 | 388 | 361 |
MERCER | 548 | 212 | 760 | 836 | 789 |
MONROE | 724 | 227 | 951 | 982 | 949 |
MONTGOMERY | 579 | 272 | 851 | 816 | 799 |
MORGAN | 381 | 237 | 618 | 632 | 632 |
MOULTRIE | 151 | 64 | 215 | 230 | 238 |
OGLE | 391 | 166 | 557 | 689 | 634 |
PEORIA | 585 | 254 | 839 | 875 | 853 |
PERRY | 808 | 329 | 1137 | 1260 | 1319 |
PIATT | 88 | 28 | 116 | 135 | 116 |
PIKE | 1016 | 642 | 1658 | 1882 | 1929 |
POPE | 950 | 294 | 1244 | 1280 | 1431 |
PULASKI | 192 | 92 | 284 | 286 | 279 |
PUTNAM | 243 | 78 | 321 | 322 | 337 |
RANDOLPH | 1503 | 659 | 2162 | 2249 | 2260 |
RICHLAND | 493 | 202 | 695 | 679 | 685 |
ROCK ISLAND | 417 | 185 | 602 | 696 | 601 |
SALINE | 541 | 230 | 771 | 875 | 880 |
SANGAMON | 396 | 194 | 590 | 563 | 524 |
SCHUYLER | 854 | 445 | 1299 | 1293 | 1316 |
SCOTT | 217 | 126 | 343 | 311 | 319 |
SHELBY | 883 | 319 | 1202 | 1248 | 1116 |
STARK | 117 | 40 | 157 | 183 | 149 |
ST. CLAIR | 547 | 172 | 719 | 722 | 639 |
STEPHENSON | 372 | 126 | 498 | 618 | 548 |
TAZEWELL | 344 | 144 | 488 | 496 | 494 |
UNION | 824 | 347 | 1171 | 1257 | 1293 |
VERMILION | 408 | 201 | 609 | 560 | 510 |
WABASH | 122 | 49 | 171 | 166 | 147 |
WARREN | 295 | 149 | 444 | 474 | 465 |
WASHINGTON | 697 | 268 | 965 | 960 | 909 |
WAYNE | 971 | 443 | 1414 | 1446 | 1416 |
WHITE | 447 | 284 | 731 | 811 | 757 |
WHITESIDE | 353 | 160 | 513 | 611 | 560 |
WILL | 122 | 54 | 176 | 253 | 238 |
WILLIAMSON | 1148 | 515 | 1663 | 1657 | 1860 |
WINNEBAGO | 172 | 78 | 250 | 285 | 265 |
WOODFORD | 406 | 180 | 586 | 588 | 605 |
Total | 50,300 | 21,375 | 71,675 | 77,160 | 75,417 |
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