Illinois 2022 spring wild turkey preliminary harvest totals

May 31, 2022 at 9:38 am KJFM Radio

ILLINOIS — Turkey hunters harvested a preliminary statewide total of 13,701 wild turkeys during the 2022 Illinois Spring Turkey Season. This year’s preliminary harvest total compares with the 2021 statewide turkey harvest of 13,613.

A total of 81,903 permits were sold this year compared to 83,240 in 2021.

The statewide preliminary total includes the 2022 Youth Turkey Season harvest of 1,258 birds, which compares with the 2021 youth harvest of 1,304 turkeys (the record for youth season harvest). The statewide record total harvest for the spring turkey season was set in 2006 when 16,569 turkeys were harvested.

Spring turkey hunting was open in 100 of Illinois’ 102 counties. The 2022 season dates were April 4-May 5 in the South Zone and April 11-May 12 in the North Zone. The Youth Spring Turkey Season was March 26-27 and April 2-3 statewide.

The top five counties for spring wild turkey harvest in 2021 were Jefferson (422), Jo Daviess (416), Pike (368), Randolph (315), and Pope (312).

A table showing county preliminary harvest totals for the 2022 Illinois Spring Turkey Season and 2021 comparable harvest totals follows.

County	2022	2021
ADAMS	300	278
ALEXANDER	140	155
BOND	125	130
BOONE	87	73
BROWN	196	221
BUREAU	169	150
CALHOUN	216	185
CARROLL	159	131
CASS	212	211
CHAMPAIGN	22	20
CHRISTIAN	43	39
CLARK	200	213
CLAY	212	225
CLINTON	97	85
COLES	30	46
CRAWFORD	189	178
CUMBERLAND	55	64
DEKALB	15	10
DEWITT	36	50
DOUGLAS	10	7
EDGAR	95	80
EDWARDS	92	79
EFFINGHAM	113	129
FAYETTE	215	269
FORD	11	16
FRANKLIN	208	184
FULTON	247	245
GALLATIN/HARDIN	221	202
GREENE	124	140
GRUNDY	61	53
HAMILTON	212	241
HANCOCK	271	254
HENDERSON	137	133
HENRY	103	107
IROQUOIS	84	79
JACKSON	281	280
JASPER	130	136
JEFFERSON	422	428
JERSEY	173	146
JODAVIESS	416	354
JOHNSON	242	223
KANE	1	0
KANKAKEE	44	45
KENDALL	10	9
KNOX	202	225
LAKE	10	6
LASALLE	95	110
LAWRENCE	130	143
LEE	90	85
LIVINGSTON	30	32
LOGAN	33	28
MACON	21	26
MACOUPIN	261	225
MADISON	205	192
MARION	310	338
MARSHALL/PUTNAM	104	105
MASON	143	134
MASSAC	104	98
MCDONOUGH	118	124
MCHENRY	101	98
MCLEAN	60	63
MENARD	72	75
MERCER	183	187
MONROE	135	141
MONTGOMERY	145	152
MORGAN	100	127
MOULTRIE	30	21
OGLE	191	155
PEORIA	126	113
PERRY	219	231
PIATT	4	11
PIKE	368	356
POPE	312	276
PULASKI	101	113
RANDOLPH	315	295
RICHLAND	123	109
ROCK ISLAND	164	157
SALINE	117	113
SANGAMON	91	104
SCHUYLER	192	185
SCOTT	82	70
SHELBY	129	132
ST CLAIR	129	127
STARK	12	17
STEPHENSON	206	155
TAZEWELL	70	72
UNION	211	265
VERMILION	130	131
WABASH	40	41
WARREN	46	49
WASHINGTON	138	135
WAYNE	262	302
WHITE	143	182
WHITESIDE	130	107
WILL	62	74
WILLIAMSON	269	288
WINNEBAGO	151	144
WOODFORD	60	66
*Total*	*13701*	*13613*