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Illinois youth turkey hunters set new harvest record

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois youth turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 2,091 birds during the 2025 youth turkey season, breaking the previous harvest record of 2,010 set in 2024.

The dates for this year's season were March 29-30 and April 5-6. A total of 6,573 youth turkey permits were issued this year, compared to 6,541 in 2024. 

The top five counties for harvest during this year's youth season were Jefferson, 69; Pike, 69; Randolph, 67; Fayette, 62; and Macoupin, 60.

The following table shows preliminary harvest figures for the youth turkey season by county for 2024 and 202


County

2024

2025

AD            

49

50

ALEXANDER     

24

13

BOND          

18

20

BOONE         

4

4

BROWN         

35

39

BUREAU        

14

19

CALHOUN       

24

38

CARROLL       

8

9

CASS          

19

24

CHAMPAIGN     

3

6

CHRISTIAN     

6

7

CLARK         

32

28

CLAY          

49

49

CLINTON       

30

31

COLES         

7

7

CRAWFORD      

31

37

CUMBERLAND    

15

21

DEKALB        

1

0

DEWITT

1

3

DOUGLAS

2

2

EDGAR         

8

9

EDWARDS       

15

11

EFFINGHAM     

35

42

FAYETTE       

70

62

FORD          

2

0

FRANKLIN      

36

28

FULTON        

24

28

GALLATIN/HARDIN 

44

31

GREENE        

29

31

GRUNDY        

6

4

HAMILTON      

46

39

HANCOCK       

28

30

HENDERSON     

13

9

HENRY         

10

25

IROQUOIS      

4

7

JACKSON       

41

28

JASPER        

42

29

JEFFERSON     

64

69

JERSEY        

26

19

JO DAVIESS

27

47

JOHNSON       

27

22

KANKAKEE      

4

6

KENDALL       

0

2

KNOX          

14

13

LAKE

0

0

LASALLE       

1

7

LAWRENCE      

9

13

LEE           

9

14

LIVINGSTON    

3

3

LOGAN         

4

4

MACON          

7

1

MACOUPIN      

46

60

MADISON       

35

35

MARION        

60

49

MARSHALL      

11

9

MASON         

15

22

MASSAC        

21

17

MCDONOUGH     

3

8

MCHENRY       

11

17

MCLEAN        

5

9

MENARD        

14

18

MERCER        

13

12

MONROE        

26

25

MONTGOMERY    

25

35

MORGAN        

7

10

MOULTRIE      

5

5

OGLE          

18

27

PEORIA        

12

11

PERRY         

44

33

PIATT         

1

0

PIKE          

55

69

POPE          

27

31

PULASKI       

23

19

RANDOLPH      

70

67

RICHLAND      

17

17

ROCK ISLAND   

9

10

SALINE        

26

27

SANGAMON      

13

20

SCHUYLER      

23

27

SCOTT         

8

3

SHELBY        

23

32

ST CLAIR      

38

26

STARK         

1

3

STEPHENSON    

18

18

TAZEWELL      

10

11

UNION         

33

21

VERMILION     

17

17

WABASH        

5

6

WARREN        

5

10

WASHINGTON    

20

25

WAYNE         

41

50

WHITE         

41

34

WHITESIDE     

15

26

WILL          

3

4

WILLIAMSON    

46

38

WINNEBAGO     

18

25

WOODFORD      

13

13

Total

2,010

2,091




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