Illinois Firearm Season Yields Over 81,000 Deer

Illinois Deer Harvest Slips Slightly in 2025 Firearm Season

OutdoorHub Illinois Deer Harvest Slips Slightly in 2025 Firearm Season Illinois hunters killed a preliminary total of 81,225 deer during the seven-day 2025 firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 7, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The total came in just below last year’s preliminary firearm harvest of 82,496 deer, continuing a relatively stable trend in statewide harvest numbers. The firearm season was split into two s…

Illinois Firearm Season Yields Over 81,000 Deer

Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 81,225 deer during the seven-day 2025 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 7. Comparatively, hunters harvested 82,496 deer during the 2024 firearm season. The preliminary harvest for the second weekend of the firearm season Dec. 4-7 was 29,816 compared with 27,835 deer harvested during the same period in 2024. The preliminary harvest for...