
SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 683 wild turkeys during the 2021-2022 fall archery turkey season, down 100 from a year ago.
This past year over 24,000 permits were sold for the season dated were Oct. 1, 2021, through Jan. 16, 2022. Hunters in the area bagged only six turkeys in Bureau County, five in LaSalle County and five in Putnam County. Harvest statewide consisted of 51% toms and 49% hens. The top five counties for fall archery wild turkey harvest this season were Madison (19), Jefferson (18), Schuyler (18), Franklin (16), and St. Clair (15).
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