Bow Hunters have successful harvest
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Sam Flood announced today bow hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary statewide total of 64,474 deer during the 2005-06 archery deer season in the state.
“We are very pleased with the harvest total and congratulate the hunters in Illinois who helped make this another successful archery season,” said Flood. “Deer hunters enjoy the great opportunity they have for bow hunting in Illinois, and we appreciate their support for our deer management program.”
The 2005-06 Illinois archery deer season began on Oct. 1, 2005 and concluded on Jan. 12, 2006.
“The preliminary statewide harvest total is in line with our projection that harvest would be close to last year’s record-setting archery deer harvest of 63,639,” said Paul Shelton, manager of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Forest Wildlife Program.
With implementation this fall and winter of the new DNR Direct telephone and web-based deer harvest reporting system, some duplicate harvest reports may be included in the preliminary harvest total for the 2005-06 season.
“We won’t be sure whether this season’s harvest total is a new record for the Illinois archery deer hunting season until we have time to analyze the harvest data, but we’ll probably be close to last year’s record,” said Shelton.
The top five county harvest totals based on preliminary harvest data were Pike , Fulton , Jefferson , Adams and Peoria .
A table including preliminary county harvest totals for the 2005-06 Illinois archery deer season compared with actual totals for the 2004-05 season is attached below.
Illinois Archery Deer Preliminary Harvest 2005-06
County 2005 - 2006
Pike 3821
Fulton1522
Jefferson 1487
Peoria 1203
LaSalle 1199
Marion 1167
Madison 1120
Calhoun 1102
Macoupin 1069
Vermilion 1005
Randolph 932
Wayne 919
Franklin 909
Williamson 897
Will896
Brown 889
Pope 888
Knox 854
Greene 852
Hancock 850
Fayette 843
Sangamon 839
Bureau 813
Shelby812
Schuyler794
Perry 787
Jackson779
Montgomery 754
St. Clair 749
Clark 739
Ogle 735
Union733
Tazewell 730
JoDaviess728
Crawford728
White 721
Jersey 716
Morgan 678
Clay 668
Woodford664
Jasper657
Cass 644
Hamilton628
Johnson628
Rock Island602
McHenry 601
McDonough575
DeWitt 575
McLean571
Washington 569
Richland 539
Carroll 534
Lee 529
Coles 523
Macon 521
Clinton513
Grundy 510
Henry500
Lawrence499
Saline 485
Whiteside 485
Mason 478
Effingham 472
Champaign 463
Christian 452
Stephenson 451
Lake 449
Winnebago 444
Kane439
Bond 413
Iroquois 411
Massac 388
Mercer385
Hardin 383
Edgar 382
Monroe 373
Menard 361
Cumberland 355
Warren 353
Marshall 353
Livingston 333
Kankakee 333
Scott 320
Piatt 319
Gallatin 312
Moultrie 302
Logan 296
Pulaski 288
Putnam 283
Wabash 280
DeKalb 265
Henderson 264
Kendall 222
Edwards 216
Douglas 214
Alexander 211
Boone 177
Stark 164
Cook 156
Ford 73
DuPage 68
Total 64474