Illinois Muzzleloader Season Totals Show Decrease

llinois Muzzleloader Season Totals Show Decrease

Illinois' Muzzleloader Season showed a decrease in deer harvested compared to last year. This is the first time this year in which harvest reports showed a decrease from last year.  That includes the shotgun and bow seasons to date.  Its hard to tell if this weather has had something to do with this particular decrease or if shotgun season picked up the slack this year.  One thing is forsure there's a lot of people that are watching these numbers commenting and post their disbelief.

"The totals from the Muzzleloader Season held Dec. 11-13. Hunters took 2,375 deer, compared to 3,444 in 2014. Harvest sex ratios were 52% female to 48% male (1,239 female:1,136 male). "

County	2014	2015
Adams	104	67
Alexander	32	12
Bond	29	12
Boone	3	2
Brown	66	47
Bureau	61	46
Calhoun	50	44
Carroll	26	31
Cass	24	19
Champaign	21	11
Christian	18	16
Clark	44	47
Clay	36	26
Clinton	18	10
Coles	19	21
Crawford	40	22
Cumberland	13	17
DeKalb	7	4
DeWitt	23	17
Douglas	10	3
Edgar	33	13
Edwards	13	13
Effingham	20	15
Fayette	54	34
Ford	7	4
Franklin	34	35
Fulton	105	61
Gallatin	27	15
Greene	55	26
Grundy	9	8
Hamilton	45	28
Hancock	81	79
Hardin	50	33
Henderson	24	11
Henry	25	18
Iroquois	31	23
Jackson	71	48
Jasper	31	37
Jefferson	99	56
Jersey	31	13
JoDaviess	78	46
Johnson	59	42
Kane	1	0
Kankakee	12	9
Kendall	5	4
Knox	46	30
LaSalle	36	12
Lawrence	27	16
Lee	16	17
Livingston	19	12
Logan	24	15
Macon	20	16
Macoupin	54	44
Madison	26	8
Marion	65	32
Marshall	15	6
Mason	20	12
Massac	29	24
McDonough	35	28
McHenry	10	11
McLean	27	21
Menard	15	13
Mercer	27	25
Monroe	20	11
Montgomery	21	20
Morgan	25	17
Moultrie	13	8
Ogle	26	19
Peoria	45	30
Perry	64	50
Piatt	5	4
Pike	121	97
Pope	52	42
Pulaski	42	25
Putnam	16	5
Randolph	88	53
Richland	22	13
Rock Island	36	23
Saline	37	20
Sangamon	37	33
Schuyler	66	48
Scott	24	11
Shelby	35	26
St. Clair	23	17
Stark	6	8
Stephenson	19	11
Tazewell	19	11
Union	86	62
Vermilion	37	23
Wabash	9	7
Warren	30	18
Washington	32	19
Wayne	58	46
White	39	29
Whiteside	17	14
Will	22	16
Williamson	58	26
Winnebago	10	10
Woodford	29	16
Total	3444	2375