There were more than 51,000 deer harvested in the state of Illinois during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm Deer Season on Nov. 17-19, but just 19 of those were in Kane County.

The overall numbers were down year over year. Hunters took 54,452 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2016. Kane County’s harvest was up one from the previous year, with 18 deer were harvested in the first firearm weekend.

Illinois’ seven-day Firearm Deer Season will conclude Nov. 30 through Dec. 3.

Other deer hunting opportunities in the weeks ahead include:

• Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season on Dec. 8-10;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (first segment) in select counties only on Dec. 28-31, 2017;
• Late-Winter Antlerless-Only and CWD Deer Seasons (second segment) in select counties only on Jan. 12-14, 2018;
• Archery Deer Season continues through Jan. 14, 2018 (archery is closed Nov. 30-Dec. 3 in counties open for Firearm Deer Season)

For details on deer hunting, open counties, and other information, check the IDNR website.

A table of preliminary Illinois firearm deer harvest totals by county for the first weekend of the 2017 season, and comparable totals for 2016, is below.

SOURCE: IDNR news release