Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 76,232 deer during the seven-day Illinois firearm deer season that concluded on Dec. 3.
In 2022, 76,854 deer were harvested during the 2022 firearm season.
The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s season, Nov. 17-19, was 53,348 deer.
A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2023 season, and comparable totals for 2021 and 2022, can be found below.
| County | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| ADAMS | 1311 | 1437 | 1423 | ||
| ALEXANDER | 264 | 239 | 199 | ||
| BOND | 478 | 537 | 562 | ||
| BOONE | 73 | 71 | 74 | ||
| BROWN | 572 | 655 | 591 | ||
| BUREAU | 612 | 609 | 695 | ||
| CALHOUN | 427 | 465 | 476 | ||
| CARROLL | 373 | 331 | 389 | ||
| CASS | 386 | 423 | 448 | ||
| CHAMPAIGN | 143 | 137 | 144 | ||
| CHRISTIAN | 376 | 403 | 417 | ||
| CLARK | 692 | 721 | 721 | ||
| CLAY | 765 | 889 | 1007 | ||
| CLINTON | 493 | 606 | 588 | ||
| COLES | 466 | 487 | 415 | ||
| CRAWFORD | 635 | 673 | 729 | ||
| CUMBERLAND | 531 | 542 | 511 | ||
| DEKALB | 87 | 73 | 83 | ||
| DEWITT | 195 | 220 | 220 | ||
| DOUGLAS | 115 | 120 | 121 | ||
| EDGAR | 370 | 424 | 413 | ||
| EDWARDS | 273 | 317 | 283 | ||
| EFFINGHAM | 637 | 653 | 696 | ||
| FAYETTE | 1106 | 1184 | 1166 | ||
| FORD | 81 | 86 | 85 | ||
| FRANKLIN | 848 | 956 | 888 | ||
| FULTON | 1154 | 1249 | 1296 | ||
| GALLATIN | 253 | 305 | 306 | ||
| GREENE | 612 | 634 | 624 | ||
| GRUNDY | 154 | 172 | 217 | ||
| HAMILTON | 729 | 741 | 750 | ||
| HANCOCK | 1001 | 1128 | 992 | ||
| HARDIN | 515 | 548 | 467 | ||
| HENDERSON | 262 | 283 | 320 | ||
| HENRY | 268 | 275 | 321 | ||
| IROQUOIS | 282 | 257 | 344 | ||
| JACKSON | 1290 | 1484 | 1371 | ||
| JASPER | 715 | 794 | 784 | ||
| JEFFERSON | 1228 | 1249 | 1286 | ||
| JERSEY | 416 | 425 | 435 | ||
| JO DAVIESS | 830 | 843 | 967 | ||
| JOHNSON | 866 | 874 | 749 | ||
| KANE | 27 | 18 | 27 | ||
| KANKAKEE | 140 | 114 | 138 | ||
| KENDALL | 47 | 43 | 49 | ||
| KNOX | 720 | 737 | 821 | ||
| LAKE | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| LASALLE | 409 | 427 | 499 | ||
| LAWRENCE | 366 | 399 | 426 | ||
| LEE | 316 | 314 | 385 | ||
| LIVINGSTON | 312 | 268 | 310 | ||
| LOGAN | 217 | 193 | 215 | ||
| MACON | 148 | 155 | 135 | ||
| MACOUPIN | 1003 | 1120 | 1077 | ||
| MADISON | 460 | 509 | 484 | ||
| MARION | 998 | 1186 | 1202 | ||
| MARSHALL | 393 | 412 | 429 | ||
| MASON | 258 | 249 | 280 | ||
| MASSAC | 238 | 268 | 247 | ||
| MCDONOUGH | 488 | 495 | 528 | ||
| MCHENRY | 181 | 129 | 204 | ||
| MCLEAN | 398 | 349 | 432 | ||
| MENARD | 214 | 215 | 262 | ||
| MERCER | 538 | 509 | 600 | ||
| MONROE | 710 | 856 | 821 | ||
| MONTGOMERY | 541 | 619 | 592 | ||
| MORGAN | 364 | 442 | 432 | ||
| MOULTRIE | 146 | 158 | 156 | ||
| OGLE | 394 | 356 | 503 | ||
| PEORIA | 567 | 576 | 581 | ||
| PERRY | 783 | 969 | 941 | ||
| PIATT | 83 | 89 | 84 | ||
| PIKE | 987 | 1129 | 1189 | ||
| POPE | 934 | 1068 | 994 | ||
| PULASKI | 190 | 222 | 208 | ||
| PUTNAM | 236 | 228 | 244 | ||
| RANDOLPH | 1457 | 1518 | 1506 | ||
| RICHLAND | 475 | 487 | 480 | ||
| ROCK ISLAND | 404 | 408 | 526 | ||
| SALINE | 533 | 628 | 611 | ||
| SANGAMON | 354 | 327 | 357 | ||
| SCHUYLER | 833 | 904 | 875 | ||
| SCOTT | 209 | 190 | 254 | ||
| SHELBY | 864 | 883 | 895 | ||
| ST. CLAIR | 529 | 576 | 560 | ||
| STARK | 113 | 118 | 150 | ||
| STEPHENSON | 370 | 342 | 375 | ||
| TAZEWELL | 339 | 352 | 377 | ||
| UNION | 795 | 812 | 813 | ||
| VERMILION | 400 | 369 | 419 | ||
| WABASH | 118 | 122 | 126 | ||
| WARREN | 288 | 290 | 337 | ||
| WASHINGTON | 672 | 771 | 747 | ||
| WAYNE | 935 | 1015 | 938 | ||
| WHITE | 437 | 553 | 542 | ||
| WHITESIDE | 348 | 335 | 402 | ||
| WILL | 123 | 134 | 167 | ||
| WILLIAMSON | 1109 | 1287 | 1163 | ||
| WINNEBAGO | 167 | 154 | 181 | ||
| WOODFORD | 397 | 434 | 475 | ||
| Total | 48964 | 52354 | 53348 | ||
