Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Are you hunting in one of Illinois' top 25 deer harvest counties? Or are ya "on the outside lookin in"?

Total harvest #'s for all seasons (from 2005 harvest data) .................
1. Pike 7558 harvested9.1 deer/sq mi50.3 % success
2. Adams 43455.049.9 %
3. Fulton43234.8 49.5 %
4. Jefferson 41247.1 58.7 %
5. Randolph 3465 5.8 53.2 %
6. Macoupin 34243.9 49.6 %
7. Marion 32634.058.4 %
8. Hancock 3100 3.959.1 %
9. JoDaviess 3094 5.041.5 %
10. Jackson 3071 6.344.8 %
11. Fayette 3024 4.250.5 %
12. Pope 2932 7.638.8 %
13. Wayne 29214.061.8 %
14. Peoria 2803 4.445.5 %
15. Williamson 2781 6.544.3 %
16. LaSalle 2709 2.347.9 %
17. Schuyler 2683 6.149.3 %
18. Greene 2656 4.957.3 %
19. Union 2614 6.344.8 %
20. Calhoun 2541 9.846.2 %
21. Knox 25373.453.4 %
22. Brown 2474 8.049.7 %
23. Bureau 2441 2.847.8 %
24. Johnson 23726.841.3 %
25. Franklin 2349 5.152.0 %

Or one of the top ten successful % harvest counties?
1. Wayne 61.8 %
2. Hancock 59.1 %
3.Jefferson 58.7 %
4. Marion 58.4 %
5. Greene 57.3 %
6. Knox53.4 %
7. Randolph 53.2 %
8. Franklin 52.0 %
9. Fayette 50.5%
10. Pike 50.3 %

Or top 10 counties for deer harvested per square mile?
1. Calhoun 9.8
2. Pike 9.1
3. Brown 8.0
4. Pope 7.6
5. Hardin 7.3
6. Jefferson 7.1
7. Johnson 6.8
8. Williamson 6.5
9. Union6.3
10. Schuyler 6.1

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Nope not me, but you are going to have to drag me off my farm in Jersey Co.

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Doesn't surprise me that Jefferson (my home county) is in the top 5.....no comment :eek:. Now I'm stuck way the hell up here in Henry county (near Peoria) but I am going home this weekend and hopefully I'll be able to take vacation the full or half of the 2nd week in Nov.

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

According to a magazine article that I read last year, Pike was #1 for both P&Y and B&C. The counties that I hunt in, Lake and McHenry, were #2 and #3 for P&Y. McHenry was also #3 for B&C. Quality, not quantity.

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Fellows, Fellows, we all know that secret is out, thanks for keeping it quiet about Michigan! hahahahah

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Well, I'm on the top 25 list and the top 10 list (Deer per square mile).

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

I live there.

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

I hate those lists. If you live in those counties listed, and that top 10 list comes out in a magazine, there is a rush of people trying to move in on ya.(had to get that out of my system).

good list, but There are some really small counties that don't get counted that produce good ones every year.

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Hmmm... Morgan didn't make any list. Oh well, we do just fine here...:D

RE: Alright you Illinois boys......
 

Ditto for Lee County