Section 530.110  Regulations for Non-Fee Hunting of Cock Pheasant, Hungarian Partridge, Quail, and Rabbit at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

 

a)         General Site Regulations

 

1)         All regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 – General Hunting and Trapping – apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.

 

2)         Only flu flu arrows may be used by bow and arrow hunters; broadheads are not allowed.

 

3)         On sites which are indicated by (1), hunters must check in and/or sign out as provided for in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.

 

4)         On sites which are indicated by (2), only nontoxic shot approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of size #3 steel or #5 bismuth shot or smaller may be used or possessed with a shot size of #3 steel or tin, #4 bismuth, #5 tungsten-iron, tungsten-polymer, tungsten-matrix or smaller may be used.

 

5)         Site specific rules or exceptions are noted in parentheses after each site.

 

b)         Site Specific Regulations

 

1)         Statewide regulations apply at the following sites:

 

Anderson Lake Conservation Area (1)

 

Apple River Canyon State Park – Salem and Thompson Units (rabbits only; closed during firearm deer season) (1)

 

Argyle Lake State Park (closed during firearm deer season) (1)

 

Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (opens the day after the close of the central zone duck season) (1)

 

Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (hunting for bobwhite quail will terminate at the close of legal shooting hours on December 14) (1)

 

Big River State Forest (closed during firearm deer season) (1)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1)

 

Campbell Pond Wildlife Management Area

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters (Corps of Engineers Managed Lands)

 

Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area (subimpoundment area closed 7 days prior to and during the southern zone waterfowl season)

 

Crawford County Conservation Area (1)

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Dog Island Wildlife Management Area (1)

 

Eagle Creek State Park (open only January 16-22)

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (north of Allen Branch and west of Peppenhorst Branch only) (1)

 

Falling Down Prairie (1)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park (1)

 

Fort de Chartres Historic Site (hunting with muzzleloading shotgun or bow and arrow only) (1)

 

Ft. Massac State Park (1)

 

Fulton County Goose Management Area (opens the day after the close of the Central Illinois Quota Zone goose season) (1)

 

Giant City State Park (1)

 

Hamilton County Conservation Area (1)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (1)  

 

Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area (Alexander County) (Public Hunting Area) (1)

 

Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area (Controlled Hunting Area; closed prior to and during the Canada goose season) (1)

 

Jubilee College State Park (hunting for pheasant and quail will terminate at sunset on the Sunday after Thanksgiving; closed during all site firearm deer seasons) (1)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area closed 7 days prior to and during duck season; the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed) (1)

 

Kinkaid Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during all site firearm deer seasons; unauthorized personnel may not be on the site outside of the posted check station operating hours; hunters may only enter the site from designated parking lots) (1)

 

Marshall Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during firearm deer season) (1)

 

Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area (upland season does not open until the day after the close of the site's waterfowl season; the site is closed Mondays, Tuesdays, Christmas Day and New Year's Day) (1)

 

Mermet Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18

 

Mississippi River Fish and Waterfowl Management Area (Pools 25 and 26)

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24

 

Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (hunting from January 1 to the end of season; rabbits only) (1)

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)

 

Oakford Conservation Area

 

Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (West Subunit only) (1)

 

Pyramid State Park (1)

 

Ramsey Lake State Park (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; rabbits and quail only may be hunted on Mondays and Tuesdays during the fee pheasant season) (1)

 

Randolph County Conservation Area (1)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Red Hills State Park (1)

 

Rend Lake Project Lands and Waters

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Saline County Conservation Area (1)

 

Sam Dale Lake Conservation Area (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)

 

Sam Parr State Park (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)

 

Sangamon County Conservation Area

 

Shawnee National Forest, Oakwood Bottoms (2)

 

Sielbeck Forest Natural Area (1)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1)

 

Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (opens the day after the close of the Central Illinois Quota zone goose season) (1) (2)

 

Spoon River State Forest (1)

 

Stephen A. Forbes State Park (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (closed during firearm and muzzleloading rifle deer seasons) (1)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Union County Conservation Area (Firing Line Management Area only) (1) (2)

 

Washington County Conservation Area (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Cecil White Unit)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Scripps Unit) (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Spunky Bottoms Unit) (1)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (rabbit only; opens after second firearm deer season) (1)

 

Wolf Creek State Park (open only January 16-22)

 

2)         Statewide regulations apply at the following sites except that hunters must obtain a free site permit from site office; this permit must be in possession while hunting at the site.  The permit must be returned, and harvest reported, by February 15 or the hunter will forfeit hunting privileges at the site for the following year:

 

Chauncey Marsh (obtain permit at Red Hills State Park headquarters)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (4:00 p.m. daily closing)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (4:00 p.m. daily closing; closed during firearm deer season)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (no hunting during firearm deer season; 4:00 p.m. daily closing)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) – Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (Open Unit)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area – Controlled Unit (rabbit hunting only open Monday following the close of the controlled pheasant hunting season through the next following January 22)

 

Kickapoo State Park (4:00 p.m. daily closing; closed during firearm deer season)

 

Lake Shelbyville – Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Area (4:00 p.m. daily closing)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (obtain permit at Sam Parr State Park headquarters)

 

Middle Fork Fish and Wildlife Area (4:00 p.m. daily closing; closed during firearm deer season)

 

Moraine View State Park (rabbit hunting permitted Mondays and Tuesdays during the site controlled hunting season; hunting hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. only)

 

Newton Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during firearm deer season)

 

Pyramid State Park – Galum Unit

 

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (nontoxic shot only on posted waterfowl rest areas)

 

3)         Hunting is permitted on the following areas only on the dates listed in parentheses; or on sites indicated by (3), hunting will be permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season and on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through December 24.  On sites indicated by (4), hunting will be permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season and on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through December 24, except closed during the firearm deer seasons and open December 27 and 29.  Daily hunting permits filled by drawing through DNR Permit Office.  Procedures for application and drawings will be publicly announced.  Illinois residents will have preference.  Only one permit per person will be issued.  Each permit authorizes the holder to bring the number of additional hunting partners listed in parentheses for the day's hunt.  The permit must be returned and harvest reported by February 15 or permit holders will forfeit hunting privileges at the sites covered in this Section for the following year:

 

Birkbeck Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Bradford Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Clifton Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area − Cranfill Unit (open every Wednesday during the upland season; daily limit of bobwhite quail is 4; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 2 hunting partners)

 

Dublin Highlands Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Eagle Creek State Park (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Edward R. Madigan State Park (open on Mondays from the opening of upland game season until Christmas Day; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners; check in required before hunting)

 

Freeman Mine (open every Wednesday in November and December starting with opening day of upland game season except during firearm deer season and December 24 and 25; each permit authorizes holder to bring 3 hunting partners; hunting hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; daily bag limit is 2 cock pheasants, 4 quail, and 2 rabbits)

 

Franklin Creek State Natural Area − Nachusa Prairie Sand Farm (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Gifford Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (open only November 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 21, 24 and December 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 5 hunting partners) (1) (2)

 

Hallsville Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)  

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. hunting hours) (4)

 

Herschel Workman Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Hindsboro Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Hurricane Creek Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (4)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (Upland Game Management Area) (open every Tuesday and Saturday in November, December and January starting with opening day of upland game season except during firearm deer season and December 24 and 25; rabbit hunting only after the close of pheasant and quail season; each permit authorizes holder to bring 3 hunting partners)

 

Loda Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (4)

 

Manito Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Maytown Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Perdueville Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Pyramid State Park – Captain Unit (open only November 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, 24; December 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26; and January 5, 9, 12; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 2 hunting partners)

 

Pyramid State Park – Denmark Unit (open only November 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, 25; December 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26; and January 5, 9, 12; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 2 hunting partners)

 

Pyramid State Park – East Conant Unit (open only November 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, 24; December 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26; and January 5, 9, 12; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 2 hunting partners)  

 

Sand Prairie Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 5 hunting partners) (3)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (Sparks Pond Land and Water Reserve Area) (open on Saturdays and Tuesdays from the opening of the upland game season through the end of December except during firearm deer season; each permit authorizes holder to bring 3 hunting partners)

 

Sangchris Lake State Park (open every Wednesday and Saturday in November and December after the opening day of upland game season except the Saturday of the second firearm deer season and December 24 and 25; each permit authorizes holder to bring 3 hunting partners; hunting hours 11:00 a.m. to sunset; check in required before hunting)

 

Saybrook Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Sibley Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 5 hunting partners) (3)

 

Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (open only the first and third days of firearm deer season and every Tuesday and Saturday thereafter until close of the statewide quail season; each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners)

 

Steward Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)

 

Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 5 hunting partners) (3)

 

Willow Creek Habitat Area (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (3)  

 

Wolf Creek State Park (each permit authorizes the holder to bring 3 hunting partners) (4)

 

4)         The following sites will be open for pheasant, quail, rabbit and partridge hunting following the site's controlled pheasant hunting season; pheasants of either sex may be taken; all hen pheasants must be tagged by DNR before leaving sites; hunting hours are 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; hunting dates are noted in parentheses:

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (open Wednesday through Friday following permit pheasant season) (1)

 

Des Plaines Conservation Area (dates are 5 days following the close of the site's permit pheasant season excluding Mondays, Tuesdays and Christmas) (1)

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (controlled pheasant hunting area and for 5 consecutive days only) (1)

 

Iroquois County Wildlife Management Area (open Wednesday through Sunday following permit pheasant season) (1)

 

Kankakee River State Park (no quail hunting)

 

Moraine View State Park (open Monday following the close of the controlled pheasant hunting season through the close of the northern zone season) (1)

 

Silver Springs State Park (dates are 5 days following the close of the site's permit pheasant season, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays) (1)

 

c)         Violation of a site regulation is a petty offense (see 520 ILCS 5/2.6, 2.7, 2.13 or 2.27).

 

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 9175, effective June 18, 2007)