Section 715.40  Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

 

a)         Statewide regulations shall apply for the following sites:

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein and Chouteau Island Unit

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (except that area north of Hwy. 154, east of the Kaskaskia River and south of Risdon School Road and Beck's Landing access road)

 

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

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24

 

Rend Lake Project Lands – Corps of Engineers Managed Lands

 

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Wise Ridge State Natural Area

 

b)         Statewide regulations shall apply except that all hunters must check in, check out, and report harvest at those sites listed below.  Quotas, where listed, shall be on a first come-first served basis.  Hunters shall not be allowed to sign in prior to 4 a.m. each day of the season.

 

Cache River State Natural Area

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park – Cedar Draper Bluffs Hunting Area

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park – Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotguns only)

 

Giant City State Park

 

Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Public Hunting Area only)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Rauchfuss Hills State Recreation Area

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area

 

Trail of Tears State Forest

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area – Firing Line Management Unit Only

 

c)         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 715.20.  This permit is only valid for the specific site indicated on the permit.

 

Apple River Canyon State Park – Salem and Thompson Units (windshield card required)

 

Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card required)

 

Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area

 

Flag Pond State Natural Area

 

Hamilton County State Conservation Area (windshield card required)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card required)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (windshield card required)

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card required)

 

Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card required)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (windshield card required)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card required)

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (windshield card required)

 

d)         Statewide regulations shall apply except hunters shall register and report their harvest through the use of windshield cards as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10.

 

Argyle Lake State Park

 

Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area

 

Big River State Forest

 

Cave-In-Rock State Park – Kaegi Tract

 

Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area

 

Fort Massac State Park

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area

 

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)

 

Pere Marquette State Park

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – Dutch Creek Unit

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Saline County State Conservation Area

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area

 

Siloam Springs State Park (sign in/sign out required)

 

Spoon River State Forest

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area

 

Weinberg-King State Park

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Cecil White Unit

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Scripps Unit

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Spunky Bottoms Unit

 

Winston Tunnel State Natural Area

 

e)         Special program for hunters with disabilities.  Statewide regulations shall apply unless designated otherwise by site regulations.  Only disabled persons participating in the site's firearm deer hunt are eligible to participate.  This hunt will run concurrent with the site's firearm deer hunt (refer to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 650.67 for hunt dates).  Permits will be $15 each; site specific for Rock Cut; issued at the site during check in for firearm deer hunting.  Any additional availability will be publicly announced.

 

Rock Cut State Park

 

f)         Violation of a site specific regulation is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.9).

 

(Source:  Amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 12792, effective September 24, 2021)