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| The calendar says Spring, but Winter holds on for First Youth Turkey Season |
From the Illinois DNR Division of Wildlife Resources:
Youth hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 664 turkeys during the opening weekend of the 2018 Youth Spring Turkey Season (March 31-April 1), compared to 776 during the first weekend in 2017.
The second weekend of the youth turkey season is April 7-8. For more information on turkey hunting in Illinois, go online at https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/TurkeyHunting.aspx
First weekend county results for the youth turkey season are below:
County
|
2017
|
2018
|
Adams
|
13
|
24
|
Alexander
|
5
|
8
|
Bond
|
12
|
3
|
Boone
|
2
|
2
|
Brown
|
14
|
10
|
Bureau
|
3
|
8
|
Calhoun
|
9
|
8
|
Carroll
|
2
|
6
|
Cass
|
8
|
8
|
Champaign
|
2
|
1
|
Christian
|
0
|
2
|
Clark
|
6
|
6
|
Clay
|
14
|
9
|
Clinton
|
6
|
9
|
Coles
|
4
|
1
|
Crawford
|
10
|
11
|
Cumberland
|
4
|
4
|
DeWitt
|
4
|
3
|
Edgar
|
3
|
3
|
Edwards
|
6
|
6
|
Effingham
|
9
|
8
|
Fayette
|
26
|
20
|
Franklin
|
9
|
4
|
Fulton
|
22
|
11
|
Gallatin
|
8
|
9
|
Greene
|
7
|
7
|
Grundy
|
4
|
1
|
Hamilton
|
17
|
10
|
Hancock
|
5
|
21
|
Hardin
|
5
|
6
|
Henderson
|
8
|
4
|
Henry
|
1
|
6
|
Iroquois
|
2
|
5
|
Jackson
|
25
|
14
|
Jasper
|
7
|
2
|
Jefferson
|
30
|
19
|
Jersey
|
10
|
7
|
JoDaviess
|
11
|
15
|
Johnson
|
15
|
5
|
Kankakee
|
0
|
1
|
Kendall
|
1
|
0
|
Knox
|
16
|
9
|
LaSalle
|
3
|
4
|
Lawrence
|
8
|
5
|
Lee
|
6
|
4
|
Livingston
|
0
|
3
|
Logan
|
6
|
1
|
Macon
|
3
|
0
|
Macoupin
|
15
|
18
|
Madison
|
7
|
7
|
Marion
|
19
|
15
|
Marshall
|
0
|
2
|
Mason
|
8
|
7
|
Massac
|
9
|
2
|
McDonough
|
6
|
2
|
McHenry
|
3
|
6
|
McLean
|
3
|
1
|
Menard
|
4
|
3
|
Mercer
|
9
|
16
|
Monroe
|
7
|
7
|
Montgomery
|
13
|
10
|
Morgan
|
10
|
5
|
Moultrie
|
1
|
0
|
Ogle
|
4
|
9
|
Peoria
|
1
|
1
|
Perry
|
17
|
18
|
Pike
|
18
|
16
|
Pope
|
7
|
0
|
Pulaski
|
3
|
7
|
Putnam
|
1
|
1
|
Randolph
|
26
|
23
|
Richland
|
4
|
0
|
Rock Island
|
6
|
7
|
Saline
|
15
|
2
|
Sangamon
|
4
|
4
|
Schuyler
|
15
|
10
|
Scott
|
2
|
3
|
Shelby
|
5
|
6
|
St. Clair
|
6
|
13
|
Stephenson
|
4
|
9
|
Tazewell
|
5
|
3
|
Union
|
31
|
15
|
Vermilion
|
1
|
3
|
Wabash
|
5
|
0
|
Warren
|
4
|
1
|
Washington
|
15
|
11
|
Wayne
|
17
|
16
|
White
|
17
|
9
|
Whiteside
|
6
|
3
|
Will
|
2
|
3
|
Williamson
|
25
|
10
|
Winnebago
|
1
|
6
|
Woodford
|
4
|
1
|
Total
|
776
|
644
|
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