(CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Illinois hunters harvested 54,661 deer during the opening weekend of the 2024 firearm season, up from 53,348 last year, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

The seven-day firearm deer season in Illinois ends Dec. 5 – 8. Muzzleloader-only season is set for Dec. 13-15. Late-winter antlerless-only and chronic wasting disease seasons will be held Dec. 26-29 and Jan. 17-19 in select counties. Archery deer season continues through Jan. 19, except during the firearm season from Dec. 5-8 in open counties.

Preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for Nov. 22 – 24 in 2024:

 

County Deer Harvested
ADAMS 1414
ALEXANDER 225
BOND 594
BOONE 80
BROWN 629
BUREAU 628
CALHOUN 499
CARROLL 387
CASS 434
CHAMPAIGN 165
CHRISTIAN 412
CLARK 783
CLAY 1118
CLINTON 735
COLES 523
CRAWFORD 788
CUMBERLAND 575
DEKALB 97
DEWITT 261
DOUGLAS 129
EDGAR 407
EDWARDS 309
EFFINGHAM 763
FAYETTE 1298
FORD 86
FRANKLIN 879
FULTON 1317
GALLATIN 301
GREENE 660
GRUNDY 204
HAMILTON 838
HANCOCK 1102
HARDIN 366
HENDERSON 318
HENRY 300
IROQUOIS 338
JACKSON 1355
JASPER 851
JEFFERSON 1406
JERSEY 475
JO DAVIESS 936
JOHNSON 759
KANE 24
KANKAKEE 139
KENDALL 34
KNOX 715
LAKE 7
LASALLE 392
LAWRENCE 476
LEE 424
LIVINGSTON 323
LOGAN 252
MACON 156
MACOUPIN 1200
MADISON 549
MARION 1272
MARSHALL 462
MASON 239
MASSAC 235
MCDONOUGH 530
MCHENRY 152
MCLEAN 407
MENARD 260
MERCER 542
MONROE 798
MONTGOMERY 707
MORGAN 435
MOULTRIE 182
OGLE 418
PEORIA 554
PERRY 918
PIATT 100
PIKE 1136
POPE 895
PULASKI 206
PUTNAM 229
RANDOLPH 1565
RICHLAND 533
ROCK ISLAND 480
SALINE 605
SANGAMON 358
SCHUYLER 914
SCOTT 216
SHELBY 921
ST. CLAIR 595
STARK 131
STEPHENSON 307
TAZEWELL 371
UNION 812
VERMILION 392
WABASH 156
WARREN 352
WASHINGTON 802
WAYNE 1113
WHITE 532
WHITESIDE 391
WILL 150
WILLIAMSON 1165
WINNEBAGO 174
WOODFORD 528