Deer hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 86,771 deer during the serven-day Firearm Deer Season that closed on Sunday, December 6. That figure compares to 76,575 deer harvested during the serven days of firearm season in 2014.

Preliminary harvest figures for the second segment of the firearm season December 3-6 totaled 28,803 compared with 24,745 during the second season in 2014.

Deer taken in Macoupin County during the second part of the firearm season totaled 548. The county total for this year was 1,541 an increase of 339 deer over last years total. Macoupin County ranked 16th in the state for deer harvested in 2015.

Deer harvest totals were up this year in all counties surrounding Macoupin County.