Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 79,429 deer during the 7-day Illinois firearm deer season that closed Dec. 4. The total is a drop from the final total of 86,847 deer harvested during the same season in 2015.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the firearm season on Dec. 1-4 totaled 24,977, compared with 28,977 during the second season in 2015.
The preliminary harvest total for the first segment of firearm season on Nov. 18-20 was 54,452 deer, compared with the 57,870 deer taken by hunters during the first season in 2015.
Deer hunting opportunities remain available in Illinois this late fall/early winter; muzzleloader-only season is Dec. 9-11. Late-winter antlerless-only season and CWD deer season first segments (in designated counties only) run Dec. 29 through Jan. 1.
The second segment of the late-winter antlerless-only and CWD deer seasons in designated counties only is Jan. 13-15, and archery deer season continues through Jan. 15.
Details on the late-winter and CWD seasons are available online.
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