● Ranked from real Illinois data · 2024-25 season
Highest deer harvest counties in Illinois
Where Illinois hunters actually kill deer, ranked by the state agency's own reported county harvest. Tags are over-the-counter — the question is where the deer are, and how much of that county you can hunt.
#1Jefferson County5,120 deer5.2% public→#2Pike County4,724 deer1.1% public→#3Fulton County4,267 deer2.6% public→#4Adams County4,249 deer2.7% public→#5Randolph County4,148 deer3.4% public→#6Fayette County4,025 deer2.6% public→#7Marion County3,885 deer1.2% public→#8Macoupin County3,533 deer0.2% public→#9Williamson County3,400 deer0.2% public→#10Jackson County3,340 deer16.4% public→#11Wayne County3,288 deer0.7% public→#12Hancock County3,185 deer0.3% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by reported deer harvest per county from the state wildlife agency, shown alongside each county's huntable public-land share. High harvest + low public land means the deer are on private ground.
Data year: 2024-25 season. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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