Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – A total of 17,208 wild turkeys were harvested by Illinois hunters during the 2024 Illinois spring turkey season.

One hundred turkeys were harvested in Sangamon County during the season. The top five counties were: Jo Daviess, 654; Jefferson, 472; Marion, 435; Pope, 397; and Randolph, 395.
The 2024 harvest total includes the record youth turkey harvest of 2,009 birds. This year, hunters purchased 86,083 permits compared to 80,642 last year. Spring turkey hunting was open in 100 of Illinois’ 102 counties. The 2024 regular season dates were April 8 through May 9 in the South Zone and April 15 through May 16 in the North Zone. The 2024 youth spring turkey season was March 30-31 and April 6-7 statewide.
County 2024 2023
Adams 318 337
Alexander 190 194
Bond 145 154
Boone 96 74
Brown 222 248
Bureau 197 196
Calhoun 246 255
Carroll 249 214
Cass 185 230
Champaign 36 21
Christian 52 60
Clark 270 238
Clay 295 270
Clinton 131 110
Coles 57 40
Crawford 238 207
Cumberland 77 95
DeKalb 14 7
DeWitt 54 47
Douglas 12 12
Edgar 125 115
Edwards 95 79
Effingham 170 129
Fayette 345 277
Ford 18 14
Franklin 252 227
Fulton 288 318
Gallatin-Hardin 253 296
Greene 160 160
Grundy 63 61
Hamilton 336 270
Hancock 291 286
Henderson 153 163
Henry 132 126
Iroquois 85 78
Jackson 334 282
Jasper 199 140
Jefferson 472 480
Jersey 178 209
Jo Daviess 654 596
Johnson 260 253
Kane 4 4
Kankakee 59 57
Kendall 18 13
Knox 235 222
Lake 20 10
LaSalle 110 103
Lawrence 180 156
Lee 110 109
Livingston 47 32
Logan 35 30
Macon 31 31
Macoupin 285 312
Madison 272 236
Marion 435 339
Marshall-Putnam 114 125
Mason 167 155
Massac 148 126
McDonough 94 126
McHenry 142 111
McLean 83 72
Menard 89 73
Mercer 237 197
Monroe 186 163
Montgomery 200 145
Morgan 136 121
Moultrie 38 26
Ogle 222 208
Peoria 138 134
Perry 297 242
Piatt 11 12
Pike 381 420
Pope 397 382
Pulaski 152 140
Randolph 395 371
Richland 143 126
Rock Island 195 201
Saline 159 126
Sangamon 100 120
Schuyler 212 258
Scott 70 92
Shelby 158 157
St. Clair 169 158
Stark 18 16
Stephenson 236 222
Tazewell 85 76
Union 316 308
Vermilion 154 162
Wabash 53 55
Warren 64 47
Washington 193 164
Wayne 371 297
White 220 165
Whiteside 165 158
Will 76 70
Williamson 360 286
Winnebago 193 205
Woodford 83 83
Total 17,208 16,123