Livingston County, Illinois
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer
- Group
- Northern Illinois
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 775
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
About this unit
Sign in to contributeLivingston County represents quintessential central Illinois agricultural deer hunting on the flat prairie, where big-bodied whitetails feed in vast corn and soybean fields and shelter in limited creek-bottom timber and fencerow corridors. The Vermilion River headwaters provide the primary wooded habitat in an otherwise open landscape. Access is almost entirely through private landowner permission, making this a destination for hunters with farm connections.
Flat to gently rolling row-crop agriculture dominated by corn and soybeans, Vermilion River headwater drainages with limited creek-bottom timber and brushy fencerows
Virtually all private agricultural land; minimal public hunting access in the county
Low to moderate - limited access concentrates pressure on few public areas
Lottery firearm permits; archery OTC
Deer are the primary game species; limited habitat variety reduces turkey and waterfowl opportunity compared to river counties
Agricultural giant-frame whitetails capitalizing on unlimited row-crop nutrition; true heartland hunting experience for those with landowner access
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: IDNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 106d ago.