Illinois Hunting by County

All 102 Illinois counties with firearm deer status, leftover permits, CWD and turkey zone flags, county harvest and public land, checked November 13, 2026.

County table

Deer permits by county

Hunting gear

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Illinois counties for hunters

Illinois sets deer permits, firearm access, CWD rules, the late-winter hunt and the spring turkey zones one county at a time, so these 102 county pages carry the rules a hunter needs before a trip. Firearm deer hunting is open in 98 counties, closed in Cook, DuPage and Lake, and open in Kane only west of State Route 47. CWD is confirmed in 28 counties, a Special CWD season is held in 25, the late-winter antlerless season reaches 31 private-land counties and 18 counties require firearm check stations. Jefferson County reported the most deer in the 2025-26 seasons (5,120), and Jo Daviess County had the most firearm permits left after Lottery 3 (5,804). The spring turkey North Zone holds 66 counties and the South Zone 34, with Cook and DuPage closed to spring hunting. 7 counties have no listed public hunting site of their own (Boone County, Cumberland County, DuPage County, Kane County, Logan County, Macon County and Warren County), and each of their pages points to the nearest ones.

102Counties

98Firearm counties

28Confirmed CWD

25Special CWD

31Late-winter

18Check stations

All 102 Illinois counties in one table

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County	Region	Seat	People 2024	Firearm deer	Permits left	CWD	Spring turkey	Deer 2025-26	Sites
Adams County	West Central	Quincy	64,109	Open	3,173	Yes	North	4,249	4
Alexander County	South	Cairo	4,594	Open	287	No	South	602	6
Bond County	West Central	Greenville	16,576	Open	848	No	South	1,490	2
Boone County	Northwest	Belvidere	53,313	Open	1,260	Yes	North	413	0
Brown County	West Central	Mount Sterling	6,307	Open	1,388	No	North	2,183	4
Bureau County	Northwest	Princeton	32,486	Open	3,473	Yes	North	1,848	4
Calhoun County	West Central	Hardin	4,224	Open	287	No	North	1,696	9
Carroll County	Northwest	Mount Carroll	15,444	Open	2,681	Yes	North	1,282	4
Cass County	West Central	Virginia	12,713	Open	813	No	North	1,475	3
Champaign County	East Central	Urbana	212,374	Open	69	No	North	678	2
Christian County	West Central	Taylorville	33,247	Open	584	No	North	1,244	2
Clark County	East Central	Marshall	15,076	Open	716	No	North	2,186	1
Clay County	South	Louisville	12,821	Open	1,756	No	South	2,752	1
Clinton County	West Central	Carlyle	37,087	Open	679	No	South	1,748	5
Coles County	East Central	Charleston	46,423	Open	821	No	North	1,671	2
Cook County	Northeast	Chicago	5,182,617	Closed	—	Yes	Closed	149	2
Crawford County	South	Robinson	18,388	Open	995	No	South	2,426	2
Cumberland County	East Central	Toledo	10,305	Open	242	No	North	1,543	0
DeWitt County	East Central	Clinton	15,319	Open	693	No	North	1,001	6
DeKalb County	Northwest	Sycamore	101,335	Open	1,397	Yes	North	413	2
Douglas County	East Central	Tuscola	19,824	Open	139	No	North	467	3
DuPage County	Northeast	Wheaton	937,142	Closed	—	Yes	Closed	29	0
Edgar County	East Central	Paris	16,398	Open	21	No	North	1,248	1
Edwards County	South	Albion	5,984	Open	101	No	South	854	1
Effingham County	South	Effingham	34,602	Open	1,248	Yes	South	2,180	1
Fayette County	West Central	Vandalia	21,157	Open	255	No	South	4,025	3
Ford County	East Central	Paxton	13,451	Open	351	Yes	North	227	2
Franklin County	South	Benton	37,033	Open	1,361	No	South	2,638	3
Fulton County	Northwest	Lewistown	32,510	Open	3,603	No	North	4,267	6
Gallatin County	South	Shawneetown	4,690	Open	951	No	South	734	3
Greene County	West Central	Carrollton	11,417	Open	140	No	North	2,177	2
Grundy County	Northeast	Morris	53,835	Open	1,597	Yes	North	796	5
Hamilton County	South	McLeansboro	7,818	Open	435	No	South	2,671	2
Hancock County	West Central	Carthage	17,008	Open	2,336	No	North	3,185	3
Hardin County	South	Elizabethtown	3,550	Open	1,090	No	South	902	4
Henderson County	Northwest	Oquawka	6,048	Open	527	No	North	1,063	3
Henry County	Northwest	Cambridge	48,177	Open	176	No	North	1,233	2
Iroquois County	East Central	Watseka	26,067	Open	247	No	North	1,323	6
Jackson County	South	Murphysboro	53,199	Open	3,272	No	South	3,340	11
Jasper County	South	Newton	9,092	Open	141	No	South	2,478	4
Jefferson County	South	Mount Vernon	36,107	Open	110	No	South	5,120	5
Jersey County	West Central	Jerseyville	21,150	Open	420	No	North	1,533	7
Jo Daviess County	Northwest	Galena	21,528	Open	5,804	Yes	North	2,696	9
Johnson County	South	Vienna	13,320	Open	549	No	South	2,000	10
Kane County	Northeast	Geneva	520,997	West of Rt 47	477	Yes	North	428	0
Kankakee County	Northeast	Kankakee	106,410	Open	1,206	Yes	North	746	3
Kendall County	Northeast	Yorkville	143,171	Open	574	Yes	North	273	1
Knox County	Northwest	Galesburg	48,716	Open	2,801	No	North	2,327	6
LaSalle County	Northwest	Ottawa	108,390	Open	3,540	Yes	North	1,561	7
Lake County	Northeast	Waukegan	718,604	Closed	—	Yes	North	332	5
Lawrence County	South	Lawrenceville	14,801	Open	905	No	South	1,404	3
Lee County	Northwest	Dixon	33,544	Open	2,225	Yes	North	1,404	7
Livingston County	East Central	Pontiac	35,375	Open	1,672	Yes	North	775	1
Logan County	West Central	Lincoln	27,518	Open	192	No	North	855	0
Macon County	East Central	Decatur	100,737	Open	244	No	North	699	0
Macoupin County	West Central	Carlinville	43,895	Open	3,224	No	North	3,533	3
Madison County	West Central	Edwardsville	263,017	Open	738	No	South	2,051	4
Marion County	South	Salem	36,437	Open	1,202	No	South	3,885	3
Marshall County	Northwest	Lacon	11,552	Open	1,279	Yes	North	1,167	2
Mason County	West Central	Havana	12,543	Open	16	No	North	1,071	7
Massac County	South	Metropolis	13,627	Open	200	No	South	734	6
McDonough County	Northwest	Macomb	26,662	Open	1,420	No	North	1,607	1
McHenry County	Northeast	Woodstock	315,959	Open	3,134	Yes	North	1,139	5
McLean County	East Central	Bloomington	172,069	Open	1,758	No	North	1,396	2
Menard County	West Central	Petersburg	11,963	Open	325	No	North	891	1
Mercer County	Northwest	Aledo	15,292	Open	1,812	No	North	1,716	3
Monroe County	West Central	Waterloo	34,969	Open	1,170	No	South	1,995	5
Montgomery County	West Central	Hillsboro	27,615	Open	163	No	North	2,228	3
Morgan County	West Central	Jacksonville	32,618	Open	71	No	North	1,483	2
Moultrie County	East Central	Sullivan	14,365	Open	76	No	North	900	5
Ogle County	Northwest	Oregon	51,345	Open	2,375	Yes	North	1,620	5
Peoria County	Northwest	Peoria	179,630	Open	1,214	Yes	North	2,141	4
Perry County	South	Pinckneyville	20,272	Open	800	No	South	2,993	5
Piatt County	East Central	Monticello	16,628	Open	130	No	North	450	1
Pike County	West Central	Pittsfield	14,258	Open	631	No	North	4,724	6
Pope County	South	Golconda	3,703	Open	2,324	No	South	2,070	7
Pulaski County	South	Mound City	4,879	Open	0	No	South	588	2
Putnam County	Northwest	Hennepin	5,633	Open	737	Yes	North	763	4
Randolph County	West Central	Chester	29,903	Open	659	No	South	4,148	6
Richland County	South	Olney	15,362	Open	73	No	South	1,415	1
Rock Island County	Northwest	Rock Island	142,731	Open	1,996	No	North	1,618	5
Saline County	South	Harrisburg	22,826	Open	1,930	No	South	1,814	4
Sangamon County	West Central	Springfield	194,345	Open	121	No	North	1,743	3
Schuyler County	West Central	Rushville	6,750	Open	2,647	No	North	2,784	5
Scott County	West Central	Winchester	4,880	Open	187	Yes	North	707	1
Shelby County	East Central	Shelbyville	20,542	Open	939	No	North	2,769	4
St. Clair County	West Central	Belleville	251,149	Open	26	No	South	1,928	5
Stark County	Northwest	Toulon	5,272	Open	348	Yes	North	395	1
Stephenson County	Northwest	Freeport	43,088	Open	2,856	Yes	North	1,133	2
Tazewell County	Northwest	Pekin	129,821	Open	525	No	North	1,548	7
Union County	South	Jonesboro	16,886	Open	120	No	South	2,109	14
Vermilion County	East Central	Danville	71,106	Open	1,026	No	North	1,938	4
Wabash County	South	Mount Carmel	10,979	Open	28	No	South	624	1
Warren County	Northwest	Monmouth	16,217	Open	1,041	No	North	954	0
Washington County	West Central	Nashville	13,535	Open	310	No	South	2,439	2
Wayne County	South	Fairfield	15,928	Open	28	No	South	3,288	3
White County	South	Carmi	13,395	Open	224	No	South	1,790	1
Whiteside County	Northwest	Morrison	54,657	Open	1,421	No	North	1,496	6
Will County	Northeast	Joliet	708,583	Open	1,211	Yes	North	1,063	7
Williamson County	South	Marion	67,064	Open	2,467	No	South	3,400	4
Winnebago County	Northwest	Rockford	283,790	Open	2,780	Yes	North	997	2
Woodford County	Northwest	Eureka	38,290	Open	773	No	North	1,722	1

Counties, seats and population from the Census Bureau (2024); rules from the 2026-27 Digest and IDNR pages (Illinois Department of Natural Resources); permits from the permit inquiry system; harvest from IDNR county deer harvest. Checked November 13, 2026.

Map of Illinois counties

Solid pins mark counties with confirmed CWD; hollow pins mark the rest.

Restricted Archery Zone limits in Champaign, Douglas, Macon and Piatt confine antlered archery harvest to October. Waterfowl and upland bird zones are drawn on roads rather than counties, so county pages show every zone and tell you to read the road line. Harvest figures are IDNR county totals for deer (2016 to 2025) and spring turkey (2015 to 2026); public areas have only their own visit counts. Leftover permit numbers are what remained after Lottery 3; IDNR has not published the original county permit counts. The county pages link to 265 public sites, plus services, towns, events and ranges nearby. Wildlife district biologists are named from the IDNR districts map; one five-county district currently lists a vacancy.