Section 660.22  Deer Permit Requirements – Special Hunts

a)         Special hunt sites are defined as those sites that are owned or controlled by agencies/entities other than the Department, or sites at which the Department only controls a portion of the property designated for deer hunting, and that issue deer hunting permits through the statewide lottery process.  The Permit Office issues deer hunting permits through a computerized drawing for the following sites, in addition to the Department-owned or -managed sites listed in Section 660.60(h):

Burning Star 5 State Wildlife Management Area (only antlerless deer or antlered deer having at least 4 points on one side may be harvested; tree stands and blinds used for deer hunting must be removed at the end of each day's hunt; deer hunters may begin scouting seven days prior to the season date listed on permit)

Delair Division, Great River National Wildlife Refuge (second 2-day (Saturday and Sunday) weekend in January; all initial permits will be issued as antlerless only; hunters must take an antlerless deer on the site during this hunt before they will be issued an either-sex permit by site staff)

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (closed during the second firearm deer season; additional site pass is required; check-in, check-out and reporting of harvest is required)

b)         Providing false information on an application is a Class A misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.38).  Hunting deer outside the special season dates or prior to ½ hour before sunrise or after sunset on the listed property is a Class A misdemeanor with a $500 minimum and $5,000 maximum fine, in addition to other statutory penalties (see 520 ILCS 5/2.33(y)).

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 10728, effective June 23, 2011)