Section 530.80  Regulations for Fee Hunting of Pheasant, Quail and Rabbit at Controlled Permit Hunting Sites

 

a)         Hunting Seasons:

 

1)         The following controlled pheasant hunting areas shall be closed to pheasant permit hunting on every Monday and Tuesday during the controlled hunting season (except as provided in subsection (a)(4)) and on December 25. 

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park

 

Des Plaines State Conservation Area

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (Carlyle Lake)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park – Madison County

 

Iroquois County State Conservation Area

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area – Controlled Unit

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park

 

Kankakee River State Park

 

Moraine View State Park

 

Ramsey Lake State Park

 

Sand Ridge State Forest

 

Silver Springs State Park

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (Rend Lake)

 

2)         The following controlled pheasant hunting areas are open to the Illinois Youth Pheasant Hunting Program only on the first Sunday of the site's controlled pheasant hunting season.

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park

 

Des Plaines State Conservation Area

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (Carlyle Lake)

 

Iroquois County State Conservation Area

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area – Controlled Unit

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park

 

Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River State Wildlife Area)

 

Moraine View State Park

 

Sand Ridge State Forest

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (Rend Lake)

 

3)         The controlled hunting season on the Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River) is each Sunday and Monday following the first Saturday in November through the eighth Sunday following (closed on Sunday during the November and December firearm deer season).

 

4)         Controlled pheasant hunting seasons are listed below; exceptions are in parentheses; with written authorization from the Director, captive-reared game bird hunting may be scheduled during the season authorized by statute (see 520 ILCS 5/2.6) on the following DNR operated areas:

 

Des Plaines State Conservation Area (closed during the November 3-day firearm deer season) and Moraine View State Park – the Wednesday before the first Saturday of November through the ninth Sunday following

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park and Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park – the Wednesday following the first Saturday of November through the ninth Sunday following

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park − Madison County (closed New Year's Day) – the second Wednesday of December or the first hunting day after the close of the central zone duck season, whichever occurs first, through the next following January 31

 

Iroquois County State Conservation Area and Chain O'Lakes State Park (closed during the November 3-day firearm deer season) – the Wednesday before the first Saturday in November through the seventh Sunday following

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area – Controlled Unit (closed during the November and December firearm deer seasons), Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (closed New Year's Day), Kankakee River State Park (closed New Year's Day), Ramsey Lake State Park (closed New Year's Day), Sand Ridge State Forest  – season dates are those specified in Section 530.20

 

Silver Springs State Park (closed New Year's Day) – the third Saturday of October through the next following January 8

 

b)         Hunting hours are listed below.  On Thanksgiving Day, hunting hours are 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.  Hunters with reservations are required to check in at the check station on the following sites at the listed times.  Hunters with reservations that check in after the required check-in time may not be allowed to hunt if the site hunter quota has been filled.

 

Site Name	Check-In Times	Hunting Hours
Chain O'Lakes State Park	7:00-8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Des Plaines State Conservation Area	7:00-8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Eldon Hazlet State Park	7:00-8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
(Carlyle Lake)
Horseshoe Lake State Park	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
(Madison County)
Iroquois County State Conservation Area	7:00-8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (Controlled Unit)	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Kankakee River State Park	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River State Wildlife Area)	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Moraine View State Park	7:00-8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Ramsey Lake State Park	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sand Ridge State Forest	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Silver Springs State Park	8:00-8:30 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (Rend Lake)	7:00-8:00 a.m.	9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

 

c)         Except for Standing Vehicle Permittees with a Disabled Controlled Pheasant Hunting Permit, during the controlled pheasant hunting season when daily quotas are not filled, permits shall be issued by drawing held at the conclusion of check-in time and if daily quotas remain unfilled at the conclusion of the drawing, on a first come-first served basis until 12:00 noon at the following sites:

 

Des Plaines State Conservation Area

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park

 

Iroquois County State Conservation Area

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park

 

Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River)

 

Kankakee River State Park

 

Moraine View State Park

 

Sand Ridge State Forest

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park

 

d)         Hunting licenses, daily "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" fees and hunting permit fees collected by public/private partnership area concessionaire:

 

1)         Depending on the availability of staff during the controlled pheasant hunting season, hunters may be required to deposit their hunting license in the check station while hunting.  Persons exempt by law from having a hunting license must deposit their Firearm Owner's Identification Card.  If they are under 21 years old and do not have a card, they must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or a person in loco parentis who has a valid card in possession.

 

2)         Pursuant to 520 ILCS 5/1.13, at the Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River) and the Iroquois County State Conservation Area, hunters must pay the following daily Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants fee to the Department prior to hunting:  $25 residents; $35 non-residents.  On the Sunday following Thanksgiving Day, hunters under 16 are not required to pay the daily Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants fee.

 

3)         Pursuant to 520 ILCS 5/1.13, at the Des Plaines State Conservation Area, Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area – Controlled Unit, Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park, Kankakee River State Park, Moraine View State Park, Eldon Hazlet State Park (Carlyle Lake), Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park and Sand Ridge State Forest, hunters must pay the following daily Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants fee to the Department prior to hunting:  $25 residents; $35 non-residents.  On the Sunday following Thanksgiving Day and the Saturday between Christmas Day and New Year's Day, hunters under 16 are not required to pay the daily Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants fee.

 

4)         At Chain O'Lakes State Park, Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County), Ramsey Lake State Park and Silver Springs State Park, hunters must pay the following hunting permit fees to be collected by the public/private partnership area concessionaire under the terms of a Controlled Pheasant Hunting Agreement with the Department prior to hunting:  2 pheasant permit − $25 residents and $35 non-residents; 3 pheasant permit − $36; 4 pheasant permit − $45.  On days requested by the concessionaire and authorized by the Department, hunters under 16 are not required to pay a hunting permit fee.

 

e)         During the controlled pheasant hunting season, hunters must wear a back patch issued by the check station.

 

f)          Anyone who has killed game previously and has it in possession or in their vehicle must declare it with the person in charge of the area during check-in.  All game found in a hunter's possession after hunting has started on the area shall be considered illegally taken if the hunter has not declared it prior to going afield.

 

g)         All hunting must be done with shotguns or bow and arrow.  Only shot shells with a shot size of No. 5 lead or a non-toxic shot size ballistically equivalent to No. 5 lead or smaller may be used, except at Chain O' Lakes State Park, Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park, Lee County Conservation Area (Green River), Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park and Eldon Hazlet State Park where only nontoxic shot approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be possessed and only shot shells with a shot size ballistically equivalent to No. 5 lead or smaller may be used or in possession.  Flu flu arrows only may be used or in possession by bow and arrow hunters.

 

h)         Non-hunters are not allowed in the field, except at special hunts publicly announced by the Department where non-hunters authorized by the Department shall be allowed in the field, and except for operators of Department conveyances and Standing Vehicle Permittees and a single dog handler for the Permittee.

 

i)          Hunters under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult hunter.

 

j)          Daily limits − On the following areas,  a permit authorizes the harvest of 2 pheasants of either sex per hunter; exceptions are in parentheses.  With written authorization from the Director, the Department may issue more than one permit to a hunter and the limits provided for in 520 ILCS 5/3.28 shall apply:

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (two 2 pheasant permits or one 3 or 4 pheasant permit per hunter each day)

 

Des Plaines State Conservation Area

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park

 

Lee County State Conservation Area (2 cock pheasants per permit hunter)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park-Madison County (two 2 pheasant permits or one 3 or 4 pheasant permit per hunter each day; additionally, first day only, 4 quail and 2 rabbits per hunter)

 

Iroquois County State Conservation Area

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (additionally, 8 bobwhite quail opening day through the Sunday following Thanksgiving and 4 rabbits per hunter)

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (additionally, 8 bobwhite quail, 2 Hungarian partridge and 4 rabbits per hunter)

 

Kankakee River State Park (additionally, 8 bobwhite quail and 4 rabbits per hunter)

 

Moraine View State Park

 

Ramsey Lake State Park (two 2 pheasant permits or one 3 or 4 pheasant permit per hunter each day; additionally, 8 bobwhite quail and 4 rabbits per hunter)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (additionally, 8 bobwhite quail and 4 rabbits per hunter)

 

Silver Springs State Park (two 2 pheasant permits or one 3 or 4 pheasant permit per hunter each day)

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park

 

k)         Tagging of birds.

During the controlled pheasant hunting season, all pheasants must be affixed with a Department tag before they are removed from the area during the controlled pheasant hunting season.  The tag must remain on the leg of the pheasants until the pheasants are finally prepared for consumption.

 

l)          During the controlled pheasant hunting season, hunters may not leave the confines of any permit area and return to hunt on the permit area during the same day.

 

m)        Any person who violates any provision of this Part or 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(c)(1), (4) and (6) or 510.10(d)(7) or Section 2.33(n), (x) or (z) of the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS 5/2.33(n), (x) or (z)] shall be subject to arrest and/or removal from the premises for the remainder of the controlled pheasant hunting season under applicable statutes including 720 ILCS 5/21-5, Criminal Trespass to State Supported Land.  Hunters may request a hearing within ten days after the citation by written request addressed to:  Legal Division, Department of Natural Resources, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield IL 62702-1271.  Such hearing shall be governed by the provisions of 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530.

 

n)         Violation of a site regulation is a petty offense (see 520 ILCS 5/2.6, 2.7, 2.13 or 2.27).

 

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 13871, effective September 21, 2009)