Section 685.70  Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

 

a)         All the regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.

 

b)         Check-in, check-out, and reporting of harvest is required at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (1). Sites that require use of windshield cards by hunters, as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10, are followed by a (2).

 

c)         Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites:

 

Apple River Canyon State Park (Salem/Thompson Units only) (2)

 

Argyle Lake State Park (2)

 

Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area (2)

 

Big River State Forest (2)

 

Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1)

 

Campbell Pond State Habitat Area (2)

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Cave-In-Rock State Park – Kaegi Tract (2)

 

Cedar Glen State Natural Area (2)

 

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (2)

 

Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (2)

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park (1)

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (2)

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (North Allen Branch Unit only) (2)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park Cedar/Draper Bluffs Hunting Area (1)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park – Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area (1)

 

Fort Massac State Park (2)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (2)

 

Giant City State Park (1)

 

Glass Hill State Natural Area (1)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (2)

 

Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (2)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (2)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area – Alexander County – Public Hunting Area (1)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1 – except south of Highway 154 and north of Highway 13)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (2)

 

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Mississippi River Pools 17, 18

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24

 

Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Oakford Conservation Area

 

Pere Marquette State Park (2)

 

Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (2)

 

Pyramid State Park (Captain, Denmark, East Conant, Galum, and Park Units) (2)

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – Dutch Creek Unit (2)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (2)

 

Seilbeck Forest State Natural Area (2)

 

Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (2)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1)

 

Spoon River State Forest (2)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area – Firing Line Unit (1)

 

Wards Grove State Nature Preserve (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area, including Scripps and Spunky Bottoms Units (2)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Habitat Area (2)

 

Winston Tunnel State Natural Area (2)

 

Wise Ridge State Natural Area

 

d)         Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites, except that hunter quotas shall be filled by mail-in drawing. Information about drawing dates and application procedures will be publicly announced.

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (only in the area between County Highway 14/Friends Creek Road and State Route 48 – both sides of lake) (2)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Upland Management Area only) (2)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area (1)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Kankakee River State Park (2)

 

Sangamon County Conservation Area

 

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4021, effective March 1, 2024)