SPRINGFIELD – Youth turkey hunters harvested a preliminary total of 1,258 birds during the 2022 Illinois youth turkey season March 26-27 and April 2-3. In 2021, a total of 1,304 turkeys were taken. The record total was set in 2020 when 1,733 turkeys were harvested. This year, a total of 5,032 youth turkey permits were issued, compared to 5,589 in 2020. The top five counties for harvest during the 2022 youth season were Jefferson (54), Randolph (45), Marion (44), Adams (36) and Pope (30). The following table shows Illinois youth turkey season preliminary harvest figures by county, with numbers from 2022 and 2021.

County 2022 2021 ADAMS 36 25 ALEXANDER 8 15 BOND 13 15 BOONE 6 7 BROWN 10 10 BUREAU 16 14 CALHOUN 19 17 CARROLL 7 4 CASS 20 17 CHAMPAIGN 0 2 CHRISTIAN 3 5 CLARK 21 18 CLAY 27 22 CLINTON 19 8 COLES 4 2 CRAWFORD 16 13 CUMBERLAND 3 8 DEKALB 0 1 DEWITT 0 2 EDGAR 3 6 EDWARDS 12 9 EFFINGHAM 13 25 FAYETTE 19 44 FRANKLIN 25 21 FULTON 19 18 GALLATIN 15 13 GREENE 13 12 GRUNDY 2 3 HAMILTON 28 41 HANCOCK 29 29 HARDIN 11 9 HENDERSON 15 12 HENRY 12 11 IROQUOIS 8 6 JACKSON 27 24 JASPER 19 13 JEFFERSON 54 53 JERSEY 8 11 JO DAVIESS 24 17 JOHNSON 18 17 KANKAKEE 4 3 KNOX 8 17 LASALLE 3 3 LAWRENCE 7 10 LEE 5 15 LIVINGSTON 6 1 LOGAN 3 1 MACON 4 7 MACOUPIN 28 32 MADISON 26 30 MARION 44 41 MARSHALL 5 7 MASON 6 10 MASSAC 10 3 MCDONOUGH 4 9 MCHENRY 5 11 MCLEAN 6 8 MENARD 6 9 MERCER 15 18 MONROE 19 16 MONTGOMERY 19 14 MORGAN 5 9 MOULTRIE 1 1 OGLE 13 6 PEORIA 5 10 PERRY 27 21 PIATT 1 0 PIKE 25 38 POPE 30 20 PULASKI 10 8 PUTNAM 2 3 RANDOLPH 45 30 RICHLAND 14 11 ROCK ISLAND 12 7 SALINE 8 15 SANGAMON 8 11 SCHUYLER 16 15 SCOTT 4 10 SHELBY 21 16 ST. CLAIR 15 16 STARK 1 1 STEPHENSON 15 11 TAZEWELL 12 7 UNION 22 23 VERMILION 8 6 WABASH 3 2 WARREN 1 3 WASHINGTON 18 19 WAYNE 25 34 WHITE 14 23 WHITESIDE 4 13 WILL 0 4 WILLIAMSON 23 31 WINNEBAGO 9 9 WOODFORD 6 5 UNKNOWN 0 2 Grand Total 1258 1304

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