Alexander County, Illinois
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Pheasant
- Group
- Southern Illinois
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 602
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Wild Turkey, Pheasant also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedAlexander County occupies the extreme southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a landscape of bottomland hardwoods, cypress swamps, and agricultural ground that was historically prone to flooding before extensive levee construction. White-tailed deer numbers here are modest relative to central Illinois, reflecting the heavily wooded and sometimes inaccessible bottomland character of the county. The county seat of Cairo sits at the rivers' convergence, and the forested character of southern Alexander County connects to the Shawnee Hills ecosystem to the north.
Flat to very gently rolling Mississippi Embayment terrain with extensive bottomland hardwood timber, remnant cypress-tupelo wetlands, and leveed agricultural fields; one of the most forested counties in Illinois with less open agricultural land than typical southern Illinois counties; the Mississippi and Ohio rivers define the county boundaries
Low -- Alexander County draws limited outside hunting attention and its forested bottomland character limits the agricultural hunting appeal that drives pressure further north; local hunters access private and public bottoms with relatively little competition
Illinois OTC archery; firearm deer permits by county lottery; Alexander County typically has liberal antlerless permit availability reflecting a deer herd that recovers well from periodic bottomland flooding
Wild turkey inhabit the bottomland timber and upland edges throughout the county and provide consistent spring hunting; the pheasant designation reflects historical stocking programs rather than strong wild populations in this heavily-forested southern Illinois setting
Cache River bottomland hardwoods at the southern tip of Illinois provide a distinctive hunting environment unlike most of the state; proximity to the convergence of the two great river systems creates a unique ecological character that concentrates wildlife
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: IDNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 14d ago.