Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 80,021 deer during the seven-day Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 3.
The 2017 preliminary harvest total compares to the final total of 79,559 deer harvested during the 2016 firearm season.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm season Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 was 28,656 deer, compared with 24,977 during the 2016 second season. The preliminary harvest for the first segment of firearm season on Nov. 17-19 was 51,365 deer.
Remaining deer hunting opportunities for the remainder of the 2017-18 season include muzzleloader-only season Dec. 8 to 10 and late-winter antlerless-only season and CWD deer season first segments in designated counties Dec. 28 to 31.
The second segments of the late-winter antlerless-only and CWD deer season in designated counties only will be Jan. 12 to 14. Archery deer season continues through Jan. 14.
Details on the late-winter and CWD seasons can be found here.
For a map showing the counties open to the late-winter and CWD seasons, click here.
For more deer hunting information visit here.