CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 740 CROW, WOODCOCK, SNIPE, RAIL AND TEAL HUNTING
SECTION 740.20 REGULATIONS AT VARIOUS DEPARTMENT-OWNED OR -MANAGED SITES
Section 740.20 Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites
a) All the rules in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive. Violation of a site specific regulation is a petty offense (see 520 ILCS 5/2.20).
b) Woodcock, snipe and rail hunting; statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply at the following areas (exceptions are in parentheses):
Anderson Lake Conservation Area (closed 7 days before duck season)
Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Big River State Forest
Cache River State Natural Area
Campbell Pond Wildlife Management Area
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters Corps of Engineers managed lands
Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area (sub-impoundment area closes 7 days prior to the southern zone waterfowl season)
Crawford County Conservation Area
Cypress Pond State Natural Area
Deer Pond State Natural Area
Devil's Island
Dog Island Wildlife Management Area
Eldon Hazlet State Park (North of Allen Branch and west of Peppenhorst Branch only)
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Ft. de Chartres Historic Site (hunting with muzzleloading shotgun only)
Ft. Massac State Park
Giant City State Park
Hamilton County Conservation Area (statewide hours until rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area (public hunting area except controlled goose hunting area)
Iroquois County Wildlife Management Area (season closes the day before permit pheasant season; 4:00 p.m. daily closing; sign in/out required; closed to snipe hunting)
Jubilee College State Park (season coincides with Jubilee Upland season, 17 Ill. Adm. Code 530.110)
Kankakee River State Park (woodcock only; during the controlled pheasant hunting season, hunters must abide by those portions of 17 Ill. Adm. Code 530.105 and 530.110 which pertain to Kankakee River State Park)
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area closed 7 days prior to waterfowl season; the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed)
Kinkaid Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (woodcock only; Monday-Thursday only through October; 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)
Mermet Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
Mississippi River Fish and Waterfowl Management Area (Pools 25 and 26)
Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, and 18
Mississippi River Pools 21, 22 and 24
Oakford Conservation Area
Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (West subunit only; woodcock only)
Pyramid State Park
Ramsey Lake State Park (statewide hours until rabbit season begins; then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Randolph County Conservation Area (woodcock only)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area
Red Hills State Park
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake
Rice Lake Wildlife Area (season open during teal season only; sunrise until 1:00 p.m.)
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area
Saline County Fish and Wildlife Area
Sam Dale Lake Conservation Area (statewide hours until rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Sam Parr State Park (statewide hours until rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Sand Ridge State Forest (During the controlled pheasant hunting season, hunters must abide by those portions of 17 Ill. Adm. Code 530.105 and 530.110 which pertain to Sand Ridge State Forest)
Sielbeck Forest Natural Area
Skinner Farm State Habitat Area
Snake Den Hollow Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area (closes September 30)
Stephen A. Forbes State Park (statewide hours until rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Tapley Woods State Natural Area (closed during firearm deer season)
Trail of Tears State Forest
Turkey Bluffs Fish and Wildlife Area
Union County Conservation Area (Firing Line Management Area only)
Washington County Conservation Area (woodcock only)
Weinberg-King State Park
Weinberg-King State Park Spunky Bottoms Unit (check-in/check-out required)
Wildcat Hollow State Forest
c) Woodcock, snipe and rail hunting permitted, exceptions as noted in parentheses. Hunters must obtain a permit from site office and permit must be in possession while hunting. Failure to report harvest by February 15 will result in loss of hunting privileges at that site for the following year.
Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (obtain permit at Red Hills State Park headquarters)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (4:00 p.m. daily closing)
Fox Ridge State Park (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily closing)
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (woodcock only; closes October 31)
Hidden Springs State Forest (4:00 p.m. daily closing)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit (permit required)
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (hunters are restricted to the Open Units portion of the site during the controlled pheasant season, except those hunters who possess a valid Quality Unit or Controlled Unit permit)
Kickapoo State Park (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily closing; closed during firearm deer season)
Lake Shelbyville Eagle Creek State Park (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily closing; closes opening day of site's pheasant 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 (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily closing; closed during firearm deer season)
Moraine View State Park (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily closing; season closes the day before site's controlled pheasant season)
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (woodcock only; closed during firearm deer season)
Pyramid State Park − Captain Unit (open to hunters with a quality upland permit, daily draw waterfowl permit and site permit)
Pyramid State Park − Denmark Unit (open to hunters with a quality upland permit, daily draw waterfowl permit and site permit)
Pyramid State Park − East Conant Unit (open to hunters with a quality upland permit, daily draw waterfowl permit and site permit)
Pyramid State Park − Galum Unit (permit required; must be returned by February 15)
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area
Ten Mile Creek Fish and Wildlife Area (non-toxic shot only for woodcock hunting in waterfowl rest areas)
d) Teal hunting; statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply on the following sites, except no permanent blinds allowed except as authorized in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 590.15, 590.20, 590.40 and 590.50 (exceptions are in parentheses):
Anderson Lake Conservation Area
Blanding Wildlife Area
Cache River State Natural Area
Campbell Pond Wildlife Management Area
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters Corps of Engineers managed lands (waters of Peppenhorst Branch and Allen Branch north of the buoys only)
Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area (teal hunting prohibited east of Kaskaskia River from the Cox's Bridge Access north to DNR property boundary)
Chain O'Lakes State Park (hunting is allowed only from numbered blind sites; the blinds need not be completed)
Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (obtain permit at Red Hills State Park headquarters)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (hunting in waterfowl areas East of Parnell Bridge and North of Route 54 only)
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (hunters must sign in prior to hunting and sign out reporting harvest at the end of each day; hunting from staked sites only; no permanent blinds; hunting by boat access only; no cutting vegetation on site; hunting north of County Road N6th only; four hunters per blind site; no fishing north of County Road N6th during this season)
Cypress Pond State Natural Area
Deer Pond State Natural Area
Des Plaines Conservation Area (hunting is allowed only from numbered blind sites; the blinds need not be completed)
Devil's Island
Dog Island Wildlife Management Area
Eldon Hazlet State Park North Allen Branch Waterfowl Management Area
Ft. de Chartres Historic Site (hunting is allowed from anchored, portable boat blinds only)
Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area Public Hunting Area (Alexander County)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (hunting is allowed only from numbered blind sites; blind builders must claim their blinds ½ hour before shooting time each day or blind is open to the public; blinds need not be completed)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit (permit required)
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed)
Kidd Lake State Natural Area (hunters must check in and out and report harvest each day; hunter quota filled on a first come-first served basis; cutting of vegetation is prohibited)
Lake Shelbyville Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Areas (site permit described in subsection (c) applies)
Lake Shelbyville Corps of Engineers Managed Lands and Waters
Lake Sinnissippi Fish and Wildlife Area (hunting is allowed only from numbered blind sites; blind builders must claim their blinds ½ hour before shooting time each day or blind is open to the public; blinds need not be completed)
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area all management units
Meredosia Lake
Mississippi River Fish and Waterfowl Management Area (Mississippi River Pools 25 and 26) (blind builders must claim their blinds ½ hour before shooting time or the blind is open for that day's hunt; no hunting allowed in the designated Batchtown waterfowl rest area, Crull Hollow waterfowl rest area and Godar waterfowl rest area)
Mississippi River Pools 16, 17 and 18
Mississippi River Pools 21, 22 and 24
Oakford Conservation Area
Pyramid State Park − Captain Unit (permit required; must be returned by February 15; hunting not allowed in Captain Unit waterfowl rest area)
Pyramid State Park − Denmark Unit (permit required; must be returned by February 15; hunting not allowed in Denmark Unit waterfowl rest area)
Pyramid State Park − Galum Unit (permit required; must be returned by February 15)
Ray Norbut Fish and Wildlife Area
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake
Rice Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (check in and check out required; sunrise until 1:00 p.m.)
Saline County Fish and Wildlife Area
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (permit required)
Snake Den Hollow Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area
Stephen A. Forbes State Park (walk-in hunting in the subimpoundment only)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (permit required)
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Union County Conservation Area (public hunting area and firing line unit only)
Weinberg-King State Park Spunky Bottoms Unit (check-in/check-out required)
Woodford Fish and Wildlife Area
e) Crow Hunting
1) Statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply at the following sites (season dates in parentheses):
Anderson Lake Conservation Area
Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Big River State Forest
Green River State Wildlife Area (January 1 through statewide closing)
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (East and West Open Units)
Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18
Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Pools 25 and 26)
Pyramid State Park Captain Unit (no hunting in waterfowl rest area; permit required, must be returned by February 15)
Pyramid State Park Denmark Unit (no hunting in waterfowl rest area; permit required, must be returned by February 15)
Pyramid State Park East Conant Unit (permit required, must be returned by February 15)
Pyramid State Park Galum Unit (permit required, must be returned by February 15)
Ray Norbut Fish and Wildlife Area
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (day after Canada goose season closes through statewide closing; nontoxic shot only; permit required)
Spoon River State Forest (all hunters must sign in/sign out)
Stephen A. Forbes State Park
Weinberg-King State Park Spunky Bottoms Unit (check-in/check-out required)
2) Crow hunting permitted, exceptions as noted in parentheses. Hunters must obtain a permit from site office and permit must be in possession while hunting. Failure to report harvest by March 15 will result in loss of hunting privileges at that site for the following year:
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (begins the day after controlled pheasant hunting closes through the end of February)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit
Sand Ridge State Forest
Ten Mile Creek Fish and Wildlife Area (non-toxic shot only for crow hunting in waterfowl rest areas)
3) All hunters must make a reasonable effort to retrieve downed birds. All crows must be removed from the site by the hunter.
(Source: Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 10125, effective June 30, 2008)