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.
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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 2025:
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 |
