From the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
More than 82,000 deer harvested during Illinois firearm deer season
SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 82,496 deer during the seven-day 2024 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 8.
Comparatively, hunters harvested 76,494 deer during the 2023 firearm season.
The preliminary harvest for the second segment of the 2024 firearm season Dec. 5-8 was 27,835 compared with 22,883 deer harvested during the second part of the 2023 season.
The preliminary harvest for the first segment of this year’s firearm season Nov. 22-24 was 54,661 deer.
Remaining 2024-2025 deer hunting opportunities in Illinois include:
- Late-winter antlerless-only and chronic wasting disease (CWD) season, in designated counties only, Dec. 26-29 and Jan. 17-19.
- Archery deer season continues through Jan. 19.
More information about deer hunting in Illinois can be found online.
A table of preliminary 2024 firearm deer season totals by county and comparable totals for 2023 follows:
