Section 710.50  Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

 

a)         Hunters who intend to hunt Department sites and who have a physical disability that requires special accommodations are encouraged to contact the site superintendent at least 10 days before the date they wish to hunt. The site superintendent will make reasonable accommodations necessary to allow the disabled person to participate in the hunting experience at the site. Disabled hunters who require an aide or assistant with them during the hunt are responsible for providing the aide or assistant and notifying the site superintendent that an assistant will be present, and whether the assistant will also be hunting.

 

b)         Hunters must sign in/sign out at all sites 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 for the following sites: 

 

Alvah Borah State Habitat Area (2)

 

Anderson Lake State Conservation Area (1)

 

Argyle Lake State Park (2)

 

Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area (2)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1)

 

Campbell Pond State Wildlife Management 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)

 

Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area (2)

 

Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (2)

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (2)

 

Dug Hill State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park − Cedar Draper Bluff Hunting Area (1)

 

Flag Pond State Natural Area

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotgun or archery only; no in-line muzzleloading shotguns or muzzleloaders with scopes allowed) (1)

 

Giant City State Park (1)

 

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

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Units (all hunters must obtain a free site permit)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (no hunting east of and within 50 yards of the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area's main north-south road, within 100 yards of any house or building, or south of the Dry Lake access road; a hunter with a P-2 handicapped certification, accompanied by a non-hunting attendant, may hunt at the site's designated handicapped hunting spot within this closed area; the hunting spot will be allocated on a first come-first served basis or via a drawing, if needed, held at the site office) (1)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge, Gardner Division

 

Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Pools 25 and 26)

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, and 24

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only) (2)

 

Oakford State Conservation Area

 

Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (except South Subunit) (1)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (designated area only) (2)

 

Ralph Clover State Natural Area

 

Rauchfuss Hill State Recreation Area (1)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Rend Lake Project Lands and Corps of Engineers Managed Land

 

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Sanganois State Conservation Area (2)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (2)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area − Firing Line Unit and Controlled Hunting Area only (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Cecil White Unit) (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Spunky Bottoms Unit) (2)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Habitat Area (2)

 

Wise Ridge State Natural Area

 

d)         Statewide regulations shall apply except that all hunting is allowed by site‑specific permit only. The Department of Natural Resources allocates permits for these areas through the lottery process set forth in Section 710.20. This permit is only valid for the specific site and season indicated on the permit.

 

Apple River Canyon State Park − Thompson and Salem Units (2)

 

Beaver Dam State Park (2)

 

Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Big River State Forest (2)

 

Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Butterfield Trail State Recreation Area (2)

 

Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area − East Fork Management Unit (2)

 

Castle Rock State Park (2)

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (1)

 

Chauncey Marsh (2)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (2)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Dixon Springs State Park (1)

 

Eagle Creek State Park (first two seasons only) (2)

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (2)

 

Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area (2)

 

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

 

Fort Massac State Park (1)

 

Fox Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (2)

 

French Bluff State Natural Area (2)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (2)

 

Hamilton County State Conservation Area (2)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (2)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (2)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (2)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area (2)

 

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

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (2)

 

Jubilee College State Park (1)

 

Kankakee River State Park (hunting hours are from ½ hour before sunrise until 12:00 noon) (1)

 

Kickapoo State Park (2)

 

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Lowden Miller State Forest (2)

 

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (site is open to hunting Monday through Thursday only; hunting hours are from ½ hour before sunrise until 8:30 a.m. with potential additional hunting hours being posted by the site; 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 (2)

 

Matthiessen State Park (South of Vermilion River Area) (1)

 

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (2)

 

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Management Area (2)

 

Mississippi Palisades State Park (closed during the fifth season) (2)

 

Momence Wetlands (1)

 

Moraine View State Park (no hunting on weekends during 4^th and 5^th season) (2)

 

Morrison Rockwood State Park (closed during the fifth season) (1)

 

Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Paul C. Burrus State Habitat Area (2)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (Piasa, Quotoga, Potawatomi Camp Areas) (no hunting allowed on weekends) (2)

 

Pyramid State Park (each unit requires site-specific permit) – Captain Unit (2), Denmark Unit (2), East Conant Unit (2), Galum Unit (2) and Park Unit (2)

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Ramsey Lake State Park (2)

 

Randolph County State Conservation Area (a handicapped hunter with a P-2 handicapped certification, accompanied by a non-hunting attendant, wanting to hunt at one of the site's two designated handicapped hunting spots is not required to have a site-specific permit; these hunting spots will be allocated on a first come-first served basis or via a drawing, if needed, held at the site office) (1)

 

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

 

Red Hills State Park (2)

 

Rockton Bog State Natural Area (2)

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (2)

 

Sandy Ford State Natural Area

 

Sangamon County State Conservation Area

 

Sanganois State Conservation Area (Squirrel Timber Unit) (2)

 

Sangchris Lake State Park

 

Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (must have valid permit for Lake Shelbyville Project Lands – Moultrie County) (2)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (2)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (Buckhorn Unit) (2)

 

Spoon River State Forest (2)

 

Starved Rock State Park (1)

 

Stephen A. Forbes State Park (2)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Vesely Land and Water Reserve (2)

 

Washington County State Conservation Area (1)

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Scripps Unit) (2)

 

Weldon Springs State Park − Piatt County Unit (2)

 

Winston Tunnel State Natural Area (2)

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (2)

 

Wolf Creek State Park (first 2 seasons only) (2)

 

Zoeller State Natural Area (2)

 

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 15607, effective October 17, 2024)