SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 76,854 deer during the seven-day 2022 Illinois Firearm Deer Season that concluded Dec. 4, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). In the IDNR totals, Macoupin County had 1,576 deer harvested this year to lead the region, compared to 1,431 in 2021.
Calhoun recorded 724 deer harvested in 2022 compared to 650 in 2021, and Greene had 1,019 deer harvested compared to 954 in 2021. Madison County had 692 deer harvested compared to 637 in 2021. Jersey had 646 deer harvested in 2022, while there were 588 harvested in 2021. There were 775 deer harvested in St. Clair County compared to 699 in 2021.
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Comparatively, hunters harvested a final total of 70,411 deer during the firearm season in 2021.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the 2022 firearm season Dec. 1-4 was 24,500, compared with 21,477 during the second season in 2021. The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s firearm season Nov. 18-20 was 52,354 deer.
Remaining 2022-23 deer season hunting opportunities in Illinois include:
Late-winter antlerless-only deer season and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) deer season, in designated counties only, Dec. 29, 2022, through Jan. 1, 2023, and Jan. 13-15, 2023
Archery deer season continues through Jan. 15, 2023.
Details on the late-winter season are available at https://bit.ly/20222023LWH.
Details on the CWD season are available at https://bit.ly/20222023CWDSeason.
A map showing the counties open to the late-winter and CWD seasons can be found at https://bit.ly/LateWinterCWDMap.
For more deer hunting information, visit https://bit.ly/IDNRDeerHunting.
A table of preliminary firearm deer season harvest totals for 2022 by county, and comparable totals for 2021 is below.
County | 1st 2022 | 2nd 2022 | Total 2022 | Total 2021 | ||
ADAMS | 1437 | 714 | 2151 | 1990 | ||
ALEXANDER | 239 | 136 | 375 | 362 | ||
BOND | 537 | 210 | 747 | 647 | ||
BOONE | 71 | 35 | 106 | 105 | ||
BROWN | 655 | 334 | 989 | 812 | ||
BUREAU | 609 | 295 | 904 | 895 | ||
CALHOUN | 465 | 259 | 724 | 650 | ||
CARROLL | 331 | 166 | 497 | 440 | ||
CASS | 423 | 256 | 679 | 587 | ||
CHAMPAIGN | 137 | 78 | 215 | 201 | ||
CHRISTIAN | 403 | 155 | 558 | 556 | ||
CLARK | 721 | 354 | 1075 | 1019 | ||
CLAY | 889 | 340 | 1229 | 1113 | ||
CLINTON | 606 | 197 | 803 | 666 | ||
COLES | 487 | 195 | 682 | 658 | ||
CRAWFORD | 673 | 263 | 936 | 888 | ||
CUMBERLAND | 542 | 275 | 817 | 760 | ||
DEKALB | 73 | 41 | 114 | 107 | ||
DEWITT | 220 | 116 | 336 | 317 | ||
DOUGLAS | 120 | 53 | 173 | 149 | ||
EDGAR | 424 | 163 | 587 | 521 | ||
EDWARDS | 317 | 141 | 458 | 389 | ||
EFFINGHAM | 653 | 303 | 956 | 914 | ||
FAYETTE | 1184 | 529 | 1713 | 1569 | ||
FORD | 86 | 40 | 126 | 109 | ||
FRANKLIN | 956 | 458 | 1414 | 1234 | ||
FULTON | 1249 | 590 | 1839 | 1667 | ||
GALLATIN | 305 | 136 | 441 | 373 | ||
GREENE | 634 | 385 | 1019 | 954 | ||
GRUNDY | 172 | 100 | 272 | 235 | ||
HAMILTON | 741 | 337 | 1078 | 1000 | ||
HANCOCK | 1128 | 582 | 1710 | 1570 | ||
HARDIN | 548 | 188 | 736 | 676 | ||
HENDERSON | 283 | 146 | 429 | 385 | ||
HENRY | 275 | 172 | 447 | 414 | ||
IROQUOIS | 257 | 144 | 401 | 417 | ||
JACKSON | 1484 | 708 | 2192 | 1865 | ||
JASPER | 794 | 354 | 1148 | 1027 | ||
JEFFERSON | 1249 | 572 | 1821 | 1818 | ||
JERSEY | 425 | 221 | 646 | 588 | ||
JO DAVIESS | 843 | 430 | 1273 | 1235 | ||
JOHNSON | 874 | 333 | 1207 | 1159 | ||
KANE | 18 | 11 | 29 | 31 | ||
KANKAKEE | 114 | 55 | 169 | 186 | ||
KENDALL | 43 | 22 | 65 | 71 | ||
KNOX | 737 | 340 | 1077 | 1064 | ||
LAKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
LASALLE | 427 | 227 | 654 | 563 | ||
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LEE | 314 | 177 | 491 | 444 | ||
LIVINGSTON | 268 | 100 | 368 | 381 | ||
LOGAN | 193 | 114 | 307 | 312 | ||
MACON | 155 | 75 | 230 | 220 | ||
MACOUPIN | 1120 | 456 | 1576 | 1431 | ||
MADISON | 509 | 183 | 692 | 637 | ||
MARION | 1186 | 467 | 1653 | 1399 | ||
MARSHALL | 412 | 166 | 578 | 547 | ||
MASON | 249 | 130 | 379 | 352 | ||
MASSAC | 268 | 119 | 387 | 382 | ||
MCDONOUGH | 495 | 260 | 755 | 727 | ||
MCHENRY | 129 | 82 | 211 | 243 | ||
MCLEAN | 349 | 168 | 517 | 532 | ||
MENARD | 215 | 133 | 348 | 329 | ||
MERCER | 509 | 266 | 775 | 743 | ||
MONROE | 856 | 282 | 1138 | 935 | ||
MONTGOMERY | 619 | 254 | 873 | 802 | ||
MORGAN | 442 | 232 | 674 | 580 | ||
MOULTRIE | 158 | 66 | 224 | 209 | ||
OGLE | 356 | 182 | 538 | 546 | ||
PEORIA | 576 | 299 | 875 | 814 | ||
PERRY | 969 | 399 | 1368 | 1108 | ||
PIATT | 89 | 45 | 134 | 111 | ||
PIKE | 1129 | 711 | 1840 | 1633 | ||
POPE | 1068 | 365 | 1433 | 1220 | ||
PULASKI | 222 | 106 | 328 | 279 | ||
PUTNAM | 228 | 99 | 327 | 312 | ||
RANDOLPH | 1518 | 685 | 2203 | 2106 | ||
RICHLAND | 487 | 216 | 703 | 672 | ||
ROCK ISLAND | 408 | 204 | 612 | 585 | ||
ST. CLAIR | 576 | 199 | 775 | 699 | ||
SALINE | 628 | 243 | 871 | 758 | ||
SANGAMON | 327 | 188 | 515 | 528 | ||
SCHUYLER | 904 | 437 | 1341 | 1269 | ||
SCOTT | 190 | 147 | 337 | 327 | ||
SHELBY | 883 | 341 | 1224 | 1179 | ||
STARK | 118 | 52 | 170 | 152 | ||
STEPHENSON | 342 | 182 | 524 | 480 | ||
TAZEWELL | 352 | 177 | 529 | 480 | ||
UNION | 812 | 383 | 1195 | 1144 | ||
VERMILION | 369 | 203 | 572 | 597 | ||
WABASH | 122 | 54 | 176 | 163 | ||
WARREN | 290 | 170 | 460 | 431 | ||
WASHINGTON | 771 | 292 | 1063 | 924 | ||
WAYNE | 1015 | 498 | 1513 | 1370 | ||
WHITE | 553 | 314 | 867 | 713 | ||
WHITESIDE | 335 | 238 | 573 | 507 | ||
WILL | 134 | 76 | 210 | 167 | ||
WILLIAMSON | 1287 | 661 | 1948 | 1613 | ||
WINNEBAGO | 154 | 72 | 226 | 248 | ||
WOODFORD | 434 | 197 | 631 | 573 | ||
Total | 52354 | 24500 | 76854 | 70411 | ||
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