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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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Youth turkey hunters harvest more than 1,300 birds during 2023 season

SPRINGFIELD – Youth turkey hunters harvested a preliminary total of 1,309 birds during the 2023 Illinois youth turkey season March 25-26 and April 1-2.

A total of 5,283 youth turkey permits were issued for 2023, compared to 5,032 in 2022. The top five counties for youth turkey harvest this year were Jefferson, 52; Randolph, 48; Marion, 47; Pike, 39; and Adams, 37. In 2022, a total of 1,258 turkeys were taken. The record total was set in 2020, when 1,733 turkeys were harvested.

The follow table shows Illinois youth turkey season preliminary harvest figures by county, with numbers from 2023 and 2022.

County

2023

2022

ADAMS

37

36

ALEXANDER

27

8

BOND

14

13

BOONE

2

6

BROWN

14

10

BUREAU

10

16

CALHOUN

21

19

CARROLL

5

7

CASS

17

20

CHAMPAIGN

3

0

CHRISTIAN

10

3

CLARK

14

21

CLAY

36

27

CLINTON

9

19

COLES

3

4

CRAWFORD

12

16

CUMBERLAND

13

3

DEKALB

0

0

DEWITT

2

0

EDGAR

8

3

EDWARDS

13

12

EFFINGHAM

10

13

FAYETTE

26

19

FORD

1

0

FRANKLIN

34

25

FULTON

16

19

GALLATIN

13

15

GREENE

13

13

GRUNDY

5

2

HAMILTON

37

28

HANCOCK

19

29

HARDIN

20

11

HENDERSON

9

15

HENRY

10

12

IROQUOIS

1

8

JACKSON

24

27

JASPER

11

19

JEFFERSON

52

54

JERSEY

15

8

JO DAVIESS

19

24

JOHNSON

23

18

KANKAKEE

2

4

KNOX

7

8

LAKE

1

0

LASALLE

0

3

LAWRENCE

8

7

LEE

12

5

LIVINGSTON

3

6

LOGAN

3

3

MACON

3

4

MACOUPIN

29

28

MADISON

22

26

MARION

47

44

MARSHALL

8

5

MASON

10

6

MASSAC

15

10

MCDONOUGH

4

4

MCHENRY

5

5

MCLEAN

3

6

MENARD

8

6

MERCER

8

15

MONROE

6

19

MONTGOMERY

15

19

MORGAN

4

5

MOULTRIE

2

1

OGLE

13

13

PEORIA

7

5

PERRY

23

27

PIATT

2

1

PIKE

39

25

POPE

25

30

PULASKI

15

10

PUTNAM

3

2

RANDOLPH

48

45

RICHLAND

11

14

ROCK ISLAND

12

12

SALINE

15

8

SANGAMON

5

8

SCHUYLER

19

16

SCOTT

2

4

SHELBY

17

21

ST. CLAIR

26

15

STARK

1

1

STEPHENSON

17

15

TAZEWELL

2

12

UNION

27

22

VERMILION

5

8

WABASH

5

3

WARREN

0

1

WASHINGTON

11

18

WAYNE

24

25

WHITE

25

14

WHITESIDE

9

4

WILL

5

0

WILLIAMSON

18

23

WINNEBAGO

13

9

WOODFORD

12

6

Total

1,309

1,258

County

2023

2022

ADAMS

37

36

ALEXANDER

27

8

BOND

14

13

BOONE

2

6

BROWN

14

10

BUREAU

10

16

CALHOUN

21

19

CARROLL

5

7

CASS

17

20

CHAMPAIGN

3

0

CHRISTIAN

10

3

CLARK

14

21

CLAY

36

27

CLINTON

9

19

COLES

3

4

CRAWFORD

12

16

CUMBERLAND

13

3

DEKALB

0

0

DEWITT

2

0

EDGAR

8

3

EDWARDS

13

12

EFFINGHAM

10

13

FAYETTE

26

19

FORD

1

0

FRANKLIN

34

25

FULTON

16

19

GALLATIN

13

15

GREENE

13

13

GRUNDY

5

2

HAMILTON

37

28

HANCOCK

19

29

HARDIN

20

11

HENDERSON

9

15

HENRY

10

12

IROQUOIS

1

8

JACKSON

24

27

JASPER

11

19

JEFFERSON

52

54

JERSEY

15

8

JO DAVIESS

19

24

JOHNSON

23

18

KANKAKEE

2

4

KNOX

7

8

LAKE

1

0

LASALLE

0

3

LAWRENCE

8

7

LEE

12

5

LIVINGSTON

3

6

LOGAN

3

3

MACON

3

4

MACOUPIN

29

28

MADISON

22

26

MARION

47

44

MARSHALL

8

5

MASON

10

6

MASSAC

15

10

MCDONOUGH

4

4

MCHENRY

5

5

MCLEAN

3

6

MENARD

8

6

MERCER

8

15

MONROE

6

19

MONTGOMERY

15

19

MORGAN

4

5

MOULTRIE

2

1

OGLE

13

13

PEORIA

7

5

PERRY

23

27

PIATT

2

1

PIKE

39

25

POPE

25

30

PULASKI

15

10

PUTNAM

3

2

RANDOLPH

48

45

RICHLAND

11

14

ROCK ISLAND

12

12

SALINE

15

8

SANGAMON

5

8

SCHUYLER

19

16

SCOTT

2

4

SHELBY

17

21

ST. CLAIR

26

15

STARK

1

1

STEPHENSON

17

15

TAZEWELL

2

12

UNION

27

22

VERMILION

5

8

WABASH

5

3

WARREN

0

1

WASHINGTON

11

18

WAYNE

24

25

WHITE

25

14

WHITESIDE

9

4

WILL

5

0

WILLIAMSON

18

23

WINNEBAGO

13

9

WOODFORD

12

6

Total

1,309

1,258


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