SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced a preliminary total of 76,579 deer were taken by hunters during the seven-day 2020 Illinois Firearm Deer Season that concluded Sunday, Dec. 6. A final total of 75,417 deer were harvested during the firearm season in 2019.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm season (Dec. 3-6) was 29,432, compared with 25,176 during the second season in 2019. The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s firearm season (Nov. 20-22) was 47,147 deer.
Remaining 2020-21 deer season hunting opportunities in Illinois in the weeks ahead include:
• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season, Dec. 11-13;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only Deer Season and CWD Deer Season (in designated counties only), Dec. 31, 2020 – Jan. 3, 2021 and Jan. 15-17, 2021; and
• Archery Deer Season, which continues through Jan. 17, 2021.
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 2020 by county, and comparable totals for 2019, is below.
| County | 2020 1st Season | 2020 2nd Season | 2020 Total | 2019 Total |
| ADAMS | 1301 | 925 | 2226 | 2178 |
| ALEXANDER | 257 | 166 | 423 | 453 |
| BOND | 426 | 240 | 666 | 710 |
| BOONE | 79 | 58 | 137 | 109 |
| BROWN | 557 | 389 | 946 | 970 |
| BUREAU | 635 | 366 | 1001 | 967 |
| CALHOUN | 360 | 417 | 777 | 849 |
| CARROLL | 351 | 207 | 558 | 641 |
| CASS | 384 | 268 | 652 | 599 |
| CHAMPAIGN | 162 | 68 | 230 | 208 |
| CHRISTIAN | 419 | 189 | 608 | 564 |
| CLARK | 622 | 446 | 1068 | 1042 |
| CLAY | 728 | 488 | 1216 | 1098 |
| CLINTON | 474 | 212 | 686 | 631 |
| COLES | 443 | 229 | 672 | 621 |
| CRAWFORD | 554 | 376 | 930 | 885 |
| CUMBERLAND | 542 | 314 | 856 | 772 |
| DEKALB | 77 | 36 | 113 | 108 |
| DEWITT | 220 | 145 | 365 | 355 |
| DOUGLAS | 115 | 48 | 163 | 137 |
| EDGAR | 329 | 212 | 541 | 530 |
| EDWARDS | 227 | 156 | 383 | 365 |
| EFFINGHAM | 611 | 334 | 945 | 888 |
| FAYETTE | 980 | 630 | 1610 | 1514 |
| FORD | 79 | 44 | 123 | 106 |
| FRANKLIN | 743 | 525 | 1268 | 1376 |
| FULTON | 1193 | 720 | 1913 | 1904 |
| GALLATIN | 232 | 191 | 423 | 399 |
| GREENE | 632 | 434 | 1066 | 1043 |
| GRUNDY | 148 | 104 | 252 | 266 |
| HAMILTON | 657 | 408 | 1065 | 1043 |
| HANCOCK | 1052 | 726 | 1778 | 1655 |
| HARDIN | 419 | 266 | 685 | 858 |
| HENDERSON | 307 | 146 | 453 | 406 |
| HENRY | 290 | 159 | 449 | 407 |
| IROQUOIS | 321 | 171 | 492 | 493 |
| JACKSON | 1227 | 855 | 2082 | 2109 |
| JASPER | 691 | 386 | 1077 | 1031 |
| JEFFERSON | 1080 | 805 | 1885 | 1889 |
| JERSEY | 350 | 283 | 633 | 626 |
| JODAVIESS | 1027 | 517 | 1544 | 1455 |
| JOHNSON | 857 | 461 | 1318 | 1384 |
| KANE | 17 | 15 | 32 | 24 |
| KANKAKEE | 123 | 70 | 193 | 197 |
| KENDALL | 57 | 21 | 78 | 65 |
| KNOX | 682 | 454 | 1136 | 1086 |
| LAKE | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| LASALLE | 465 | 232 | 697 | 703 |
| LAWRENCE | 334 | 228 | 562 | 577 |
| LEE | 334 | 198 | 532 | 449 |
| LIVINGSTON | 279 | 107 | 386 | 363 |
| LOGAN | 198 | 137 | 335 | 359 |
| MACON | 158 | 111 | 269 | 221 |
| MACOUPIN | 987 | 548 | 1535 | 1557 |
| MADISON | 379 | 237 | 616 | 633 |
| MARION | 910 | 562 | 1472 | 1470 |
| MARSHALL | 407 | 186 | 593 | 572 |
| MASON | 256 | 130 | 386 | 357 |
| MASSAC | 219 | 172 | 391 | 435 |
| MCDONOUGH | 452 | 313 | 765 | 713 |
| MCHENRY | 170 | 122 | 292 | 241 |
| MCLEAN | 409 | 220 | 629 | 524 |
| MENARD | 211 | 170 | 381 | 361 |
| MERCER | 532 | 301 | 833 | 789 |
| MONROE | 667 | 310 | 977 | 949 |
| MONTGOMERY | 520 | 292 | 812 | 799 |
| MORGAN | 375 | 252 | 627 | 632 |
| MOULTRIE | 142 | 86 | 228 | 238 |
| OGLE | 437 | 241 | 678 | 634 |
| PEORIA | 539 | 327 | 866 | 853 |
| PERRY | 716 | 539 | 1255 | 1319 |
| PIATT | 89 | 44 | 133 | 116 |
| PIKE | 1029 | 842 | 1871 | 1929 |
| POPE | 884 | 387 | 1271 | 1431 |
| PULASKI | 177 | 107 | 284 | 279 |
| PUTNAM | 207 | 113 | 320 | 337 |
| RANDOLPH | 1340 | 905 | 2245 | 2260 |
| RICHLAND | 397 | 273 | 670 | 685 |
| ROCK ISLAND | 461 | 232 | 693 | 601 |
| SALINE | 534 | 333 | 867 | 880 |
| SANGAMON | 326 | 229 | 555 | 524 |
| SCHUYLER | 757 | 525 | 1282 | 1316 |
| SCOTT | 176 | 135 | 311 | 319 |
| SHELBY | 824 | 417 | 1241 | 1116 |
| STARK | 125 | 57 | 182 | 149 |
| ST. CLAIR | 474 | 243 | 717 | 639 |
| STEPHENSON | 405 | 210 | 615 | 548 |
| TAZEWELL | 314 | 181 | 495 | 494 |
| UNION | 772 | 464 | 1236 | 1293 |
| VERMILION | 329 | 224 | 553 | 510 |
| WABASH | 101 | 63 | 164 | 147 |
| WARREN | 292 | 179 | 471 | 465 |
| WASHINGTON | 599 | 360 | 959 | 909 |
| WAYNE | 861 | 580 | 1441 | 1416 |
| WHITE | 465 | 341 | 806 | 757 |
| WHITESIDE | 420 | 186 | 606 | 560 |
| WILL | 148 | 102 | 250 | 238 |
| WILLIAMSON | 943 | 695 | 1638 | 1860 |
| WINNEBAGO | 193 | 89 | 282 | 265 |
| WOODFORD | 372 | 214 | 586 | 605 |
| Total | 47147 | 29432 | 76579 | 75417 |
