Totals in From First Week of Firearm Deer Season

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Published on November 21 2018 2:30 pm
Last Updated on November 21 2018 2:30 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 58,836 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 16-18.  Hunters took 51,450 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2017.

Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. 

Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:

• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 7-9; 
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (in select counties only) on Dec. 27-30, 2018 and Jan. 18-20, 2019;  
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 20, 2019 (archery deer hunting is closed Nov. 29-Dec. 2 in counties open for Firearm Deer Season)

For more details on deer hunting, open counties, and other information, check the IDNR website at  https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/DeerHunting.aspx

A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals in area counties for the first weekend of the 2018 season, and comparable totals for 2017, is below.

Clay County--932 in 2018, well up from 763 in 2017
 
Cumberland County--563 in 2018, up from 480 in 2017
 
Effingham County--773 in 2018, up from 580 in 2017
 
Fayette County--1,193 in 2018, up from 1,014 in 2017
 
Jasper County--778 in 2018, up from 664 in 2017
 
Shelby County--837 in 2018, up from 734 in 2017