Section 715.10  Hunting Season, Open Counties and Permit Quotas

a)         Season:   Nine days beginning on Saturday of the Second complete 3-day weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) after October 10.  Hunting outside the set season dates is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.9).

b)         Open Counties

                                    OPEN COUNTIES

Adams

Alexander

Brown

Calhoun

Carroll

Cass

Clark

Crawford

Fulton

Gallatin/Hardin (south of Rt. 13 only)

Greene

Hancock

Henderson

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Jersey

Jo Daviess

Johnson

Knox

Lawrence

Macoupin

Madison

Marion

Mason

McDonough

Mercer

Monroe

Morgan

Perry

Pike

Pope

Randolph

Richland

Rock Island

Saline

Schuyler

Scott

Stephenson

Union

Wayne

Whiteside

Williamson

Winnebago

c)         Permit quotas shall be set by the Department of Natural Resources on a county or special hunt area basis.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 12650, effective July 21, 2003)