Illinois hunters harvested a preliminary statewide record total of 17,208 wild turkeys during the 2024 Illinois spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with last year’s statewide harvest of 16,123 and the previous harvest record total of 16,569, set during the spring season in 2006. The top three counties for the spring turkey harvest were Jo Daviess, Jefferson and Marion counties. The 2024 harvest total includes the record youth turkey harvest of 2,009 birds.
