Section 720.40  Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

 

Statewide regulations shall apply for the following sites, except those sites designated below by asterisk (*) shall be open to archery turkey hunting without regard to firearm deer season. Those sites followed by (1) require hunters to check in and check out. Those sites followed by a (2) require hunters to obtain a permit from the site before hunting. Sites that require use of windshield cards by hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10 are followed by (3).

 

Alvah Borah State Habitat Area (3)

 

*          Anderson Lake State Conservation Area (1)

 

Apple River Canyon State Park – Salem and Thompson Units (3)

 

Argyle Lake State Park (3)

 

*          Beaver Dam State Park (disabled hunting is available in the designated blind location upon request; Class P2A, disabled hunters, are required to be accompanied by a non-disabled hunter, who may also hunt from the same blind location) (1)

 

Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Big Grand Pierre State Natural Area (3)

 

Big River State Forest (3)

 

Butterfield Trail State Recreation Area (3)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1)

 

Campbell Pond State Wildlife Management Area (3)

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters – Corps of Engineers Managed Lands

 

Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Management Area (subimpoundment area closes 7 days prior to the start of the waterfowl season for the zone in which Carlyle Lake is located) (3)

 

Castle Rock State Park (3)

 

Cave-In-Rock State Park – Kaegi Tract (3)

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (closed Friday through Sunday of pheasant season; opens Monday prior to pheasant season and closes Tuesday following close of pheasant season; reopens December 26 through the close of regular season) (1)

 

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (3)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (3)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Crawford County State Conservation Area (3)

 

Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (3)

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park (1)

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (3)

 

*          Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area – Putnam County Unit (1)

 

Dug Hill State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Eagle Creek State Park (3)

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (archery hunting is closed in the designated controlled pheasant hunting area on days when the controlled pheasant hunting program is in operation) (3)

 

Embarrass River Bottoms State Habitat Area (3)

 

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

 

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

 

Flag Pond State Natural Area (3)

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site

 

*          Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site (opens November 1) (1)

 

Fort Massac State Park (1)

 

Fox Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (3)

 

Frank Holten State Park (opens November 1; crossing of Harding Ditch within confines of site allowed, no hunting from Harding Ditch right-of-way) (3)

 

Franklin Creek State Park (hunting in designated area only) (3)

 

French Bluff State Natural Area (3)

 

Giant City State Park (1)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (3)

 

Hamilton County State Conservation Area (3)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (3)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (3)

 

Hennepin Canal Parkway (open only to hunters with valid site deer permit and a valid archery turkey permit) (2)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (3)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) (controlled hunting area closes October 31) (1)

 

*          Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) – Gabaret, Mosenthein and Chouteau Island Units (2)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area (3)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (statewide regulations apply, except that on Wednesdays through Sundays of the site's permit pheasant permit season, hunting only allowed 2:00 p.m. until sunset) (3)

 

Jubilee College State Park (1)

 

Kankakee River State Park (archery hunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment with at least 400 square inches of solid blaze orange/pink between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on days when upland game hunting is allowed during the site's controlled hunting season) (3)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (no hunting within 50 yards of the Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area's main north-south road; this defined waterfowl rest area is closed until the Columbus Day holiday) (1 – except south of Highway 154 and north of Highway 13)

 

Kickapoo State Recreation Area (3)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

*          Lincoln Trail State Park (opens November 1) (1)

 

Lowden-Miller State Forest (3)

 

Lowden State Park (closed Friday through Sunday and on Columbus Day in October; beginning November 1, archery hunting is allowed 7 days a week) (3)

 

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (fall archery turkey season closes the first Thursday after January 10; closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in 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) (1)

 

Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Maytown Pheasant Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (3)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (3)

 

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Mississippi Palisades State Park (3)

 

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

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17 and 18

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22 and 24

 

Moraine Hills State Park (2)

 

Moraine View State Park (closed Wednesday through Sunday during site's controlled pheasant season) (3)

 

*          Mt. Vernon Propagation Center (1)

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only) (3)

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Oakford State Conservation Area

 

Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (east subunit closed November 1) (1)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (3)

 

Pere Marquette State Park – Group Camp Area (2)

 

Pyramid State Park – East Conant and Park Units (3)

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area (3)

 

*          Ramsey Lake State Park (3)

 

*          Randolph County State Conservation Area

 

Rauchfuss Hill State Recreation Area (3)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

*          Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – Dutch Creek Unit (3)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – East Hannibal Unit (3)

 

Red Hills State Park (3)

 

*          Rend Lake Project Lands and Waters – Corps of Engineers Managed Lands

 

*          Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

*          Rockton Bog State Natural Area (3)

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Saline County State Conservation Area (3)

 

*          Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

*          Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (3)

 

            Sandy Ford State Natural Area (1)

 

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

*          Sangchris Lake State Park (site will be closed to archery deer and turkey hunting during the second firearm deer season) (3)

 

*          Shabbona Lake State Park (3)

 

Shelbyville Lake – Corps of Engineers Managed Lands

 

Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Management Area (3)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (3)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (3)

 

*          Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (resident hunters only) (3)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (3)

 

*          Sparks Pond Land and Water Reserve (3)

 

Spoon River State Forest (3)

 

*          Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Starved Rock State Park/Matthiessen State Park (no turkey hunting in the nature preserves; open only in areas where archery deer hunting is allowed other than nature preserves; must have valid archery deer permit in possession to hunt turkeys; open concurrent with site archery deer season) (1)

 

*          Stephen A. Forbes State Park (3)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (3)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (3)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Fire Line Unit open throughout statewide season; Controlled Hunting Area open October 1 through October 31) (1)

 

Volo Bog State Natural Area (2)

 

Walnut Point State Park (3)

 

*          Washington County State Conservation Area (1)

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (no hunting during controlled hunts as posted at the site) (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (3)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Cecil White Unit (3)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Scripps Unit (resident hunters only) (3)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Spunky Bottoms Unit (resident hunters only) (3)

 

White Pines Forest State Park (closed Friday through Sunday and on Columbus Day in October; beginning November 1, archery hunting is allowed 7 days a week, excluding the site's special firearm deer season) (3)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest (3)

 

Winston Tunnel State Natural Area (3)

 

Wise Ridge State Natural Area

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (opens October 15) (3)

 

*          Zoeller State Natural Area (site specific archery deer permit hunters only) (3)

 

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4066, effective March 1, 2024)