Preliminary Illinois Archery Deer Harvest numbers for 2005-06 compiled - Bow Hunters have successful harvest

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) 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 (3,821), Fulton (1,522), Jefferson (1,487), Adams (1,294) and Peoria (1,203).

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 (compared with 2004-05)

County     2005 - 2006      (04-05)
Pike     3821 (3769)
Fulton    1522 (1602)
Jefferson   1487 (152
Adams   1294 (1258)
Peoria   1203 (1259)
LaSalle   1199 (1383)
Marion   1167 (1224)
Madison   1120 (1085)
Calhoun  1102 (1237)
Macoupin  1069 (1101)
Vermilion   1005 (1055)
Randolph  932 (910)
Wayne   919 (870)
Franklin   909 (862)
Williamson  897 (891)
Will        896 (984)
Brown     889 (926)
Pope      888 (859)
Knox      854 (844)
Greene      852 (933)
Hancock     850 (726)
Fayette     843 (789)
Sangamon   839 (809)
Bureau     813 (811)
Shelby    812 (771)
Schuyler    794 (749)
Perry     787 (741)
Jackson    779 (721)
Montgomery   754 (732)
St. Clair      749 (788)
Clark     739 (620)
Ogle     735 (770)
Union    733 (699)
Tazewell   730 (712)
JoDaviess    728 (679)
Crawford    728 (798)
White  721 (561)
Jersey   716 (726)
Morgan   678 (726)
Clay     668 (600)
Woodford    664 (618)
Jasper    657 (647)
Cass     644 (693)
Hamilton    628 (572)
Johnson    628 (537)
Rock Island    602 (569)
McHenry     601 (623)
McDonough    575 (488)
DeWitt     575 (381)
McLean    571 (605)
Washington   569 (544)
Richland   539 (462)
Carroll      534 (507)
Lee      529 (599)
Coles      523 (569)
Macon     521 (481)
Clinton    513 (486)
Grundy   510 (439)
Henry    500 (502)
Lawrence    499 (552)
Saline     485 (461)
Whiteside     485 (509)
Mason     478 (567)
Effingham      472 (451)
Champaign      463 (357)
Christian      452 (399)
Stephenson     451 (442)
Lake     449 (572)
Winnebago     444 (489)
Kane    439 (478)
Bond     413 (448)
Iroquois     411 (456)
Massac      388 (347)
Mercer    385 (279)
Hardin     383 (401)
Edgar      382 (423)
Monroe      373 (352)
Menard     361 (423)
Cumberland      355 (308)
Warren     353 (283)
Marshall     353 (367)
Livingston     333 (327)
Kankakee     333 (289)
Scott     320 (307)
Piatt     319 (242)
Gallatin     312 (300)
Moultrie     302 (241)
Logan     296 (269)
Pulaski     288 (267)
Putnam     283 (275)
Wabash     280 (248)
DeKalb     265 (292)
Henderson     264 (264)
Kendall     222 (197)
Edwards     216 (261)
Douglas     214 (171)
Alexander     211 (172)
Boone     177 (224)
Stark     164 (189)
Cook     156 (179)
Ford     73 (63)
DuPage     68 (76)
Total 64474 (63639)
 

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