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).
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 | ||
| LAWRENCE | 399 | 176 | 575 | 539 | ||
| 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 |
***Courtesy of the State of Illinois***
