Section 670.60  Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

 

a)         All the regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 (General Hunting and Trapping) apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.

 

b)         It is unlawful to drive deer, or participate in a deer drive, on all Department-owned or -managed properties.  A deer drive is defined as a deliberate action by one or more persons (whether armed or unarmed) whose intent is to cause deer to move within archery range of one or more participating hunters.

 

c)         Only one tree stand is allowed per deer permit holder.  Tree stands must comply with restrictions listed in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(c)(3) and must be portable.  Tree stands must be removed at the end of each day with the exception that tree stands may be left unattended from September 15 through January 31 at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (1).  Any tree stand left unattended must be legibly marked with the owner's name, address, and telephone number, or site assigned identification number.

 

d)         Check-in, check-out, and reporting of harvest is required at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (2).

 

e)         Where standby hunters are used to fill quotas, a drawing will be held at sites indicated by a (3).

 

f)          Only antlerless deer or antlered deer having at least four points on one side may be harvested at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (4).

 

g)         Only antlerless deer or antlered deer having at least five points on one side may be harvested at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (5).

 

h)         Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites:

 

*          Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

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

 

Argyle Lake State Park (2)

 

*          Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

*          Beall Woods State Park (1) (2)

 

*          Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Big River State Forest (2)

 

Burning Star 5 State Wildlife Management Area (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested; deer hunters may begin scouting 7 days prior to the season date listed on permit; tree stands and blinds used for deer hunting must be removed from the area at the end of each day's hunt) (4)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Campbell Pond State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters (Corps of Engineers managed lands)

 

Carlyle Lake State Wildlife Management Area (except subimpoundment area is closed 7 days prior to and during the regular waterfowl season; lands bounded on the east by "C" levee, south by "D" levee, west by ACOE property line, and including the posted area west of parking lot #2, will be open the entire archery deer hunting season)

 

Castle Rock State Park (1) (2)

 

Cedar Glen State Natural Area (no hunting after December 15) (1) (2)

 

Collier Limestone Glade State Natural Area (1)

 

Crawford County State Conservation Area (1) (2)

 

Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (1)

 

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park (1) (2)

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1) (2)

 

*          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) (2)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park (1) (2)

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (1) (2)

 

*          Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site (opens November 1; during the current year archery season and at the site, an antlerless deer must be taken before an antlered deer is harvested) (2)

 

Fort Massac State Park (1) (2)

 

*          Frank Holten State Park (opens November 1; crossing of Harding Ditch within confines of site allowed; no hunting from Harding Ditch right-of-way) (1) (2)

 

Franklin Creek State Natural Area (antlerless deer only in October; either-sex deer from November 1 until the end of the statewide season) (2)

 

George S. Park Memorial Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Giant City State Park (1) (2)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (2)

 

            Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area – Alexander County (Controlled Goose Hunting Area – open from October 1-31; reopens with the close of the Quota Zone goose season through statewide closing; remainder of the Public Hunting Area open during statewide season) (1) (2)

 

Ilo Dillin State Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (2)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area/Hooper Branch only (1) (2)

 

*          Jubilee College State Park (2)

 

Kankakee River State Park (deer bowhunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment with at least 400 square inches of solid blaze orange 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; a limited hunting opportunity for persons with disabilities, Class P2A, exists at the Davis Creek Bike Trail Area; disabled hunters must register to hunt at the site office and must sign in and out daily; disabled hunters are required to hunt with a non-disabled partner who may also hunt from predetermined locations during the disabled hunting season (November 1 to the day before the first firearm deer season, except campground blinds will remain open until the close of the archery deer season and do not require a partner to hunt)) (2)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (no hunting within 50 yards of the Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area's main north-south road; within this defined waterfowl rest area and during the current year archery season, hunters must take an antlerless deer before taking an antlered deer; this defined waterfowl rest area is closed until the observed Columbus Day holiday) (1) (2 – except south of Highway 154 and north of Highway 13)

 

Kidd Lake State Natural Area (1)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Lake Le Aqua Na State Park (antlerless deer only; November 1-30; hunting hours legal opening until 10:00 a.m.) (2)

 

Little Rock Creek State Habitat Area (opens statewide opening date; however, site closes for archery deer hunting at the end of legal shooting hours the day preceding the opening of the north zone upland season and reopens the day after the close of the north zone upland season and runs until the statewide season closes)  (1) (2)

 

Lincoln Trail State Park (November 1 through the end of statewide season; an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested) (2)

 

Lowden-Miller State Forest (1) (2)

 

Lowden State Park (in October, hunting allowed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only, excluding official State holidays; beginning November 1, archery hunting is allowed 7 days a week) (2)

 

Lusk Creek Canyon State Natural Area (1)

 

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in October only) (all tree stands must be removed from this area no later than the last day of the season; unauthorized personnel may not be on the site outside of the posted check station operating hours; hunters may enter the site only from designated parking lots) (1) (2)

 

Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (Duck Ranch Unit closed 7 days prior to the duck season through the close of duck season) (2)

 

Maytown Pheasant Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (2)

 

Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area (2) (4)

 

Mermet Lake State Conservation Area (1) (2)

 

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (additional site hunting pass required) (2)

 

Miller-Anderson Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Mississippi State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area – Pools 25 and 26 (Batchtown, Crull Hollow and Godar Waterfowl Rest Areas are closed to hunting beginning 14 days before regular duck season; areas reopen to hunting the day after duck season closes; it is unlawful to trespass upon the designated duck hunting areas between sunset of the Sunday immediately preceding opening day of regular duck season through the day before regular duck season as posted at the site; no deer hunting is allowed within 200 yards of an occupied duck blind; during duck season only, deer hunters may not access the designated duck hunting areas by launching a boat at certain specifically posted boat ramps; boat ramps reopen to deer hunters the day after duck season closes) (1)

 

Mississippi River Pool 16 (1)

 

Mississippi River Pools 17, 18 (1)

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24 (1)

 

Mitchell's Grove State Nature Preserve (antlerless deer only in October; either-sex deer from November 1 until the end of the statewide season; closed during the muzzleloading deer season) (2)

 

Momence Wetlands State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Morrison Rockwood State Park (opens on the day following the close of the first firearm deer season) (1) (2)

 

            *          Mt. Vernon Propagation Center (1) (2)

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit Only)

 

Oakford State Conservation Area

 

*          Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (East subunit closes November 1) (1) (2)

 

Pyramid State Park (2) (4)

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area (formerly Falling Down Prairie) (2)

 

*          Randolph County State Conservation Area (1) (2)

 

Rauchfuss Hill State Recreation Area (1) (2)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

*          Red Hills State Park (1) (2)

 

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested) 

 

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (refuge only (south of site headquarters) from October 1 through October 31; an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested) (2)

 

*          Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

*          Rockton Bog State Natural Area (2)

 

Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

*          Sam Parr State Park (1) (2)

 

Sandy Ford State Natural Area (antlerless deer only in October; either-sex deer from November 1 until the end of the statewide season; archery deer hunting is closed during the muzzleloader deer season) (2)

 

Sangamon County State Conservation Area

 

Sanganois State Wildlife Area (Ash Swale Waterfowl Rest Area will be closed to deer hunting during the waterfowl hunting seasons) (1)

 

*          Shabbona Lake State Park (2)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (Fall Creek Unit)

 

*          Silver Springs State Park (2)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1) (2)

 

South Shore State Park (2)

 

Spoon River State Forest (1) (2)

 

*          Starved Rock State Park/Matthiessen State Park/Margery C. Carlson Nature Preserve (antlerless deer only in October; either-sex deer from November 1 until the end of the statewide season; deer bowhunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment with at least 400 square inches of solid blaze orange during the statewide firearm deer seasons; open to archery deer hunting during the statewide firearm deer season only in Zone A) (2)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1) (2)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Union County State Conservation Area (Controlled Goose Hunting Area – closed 7 days prior to the quota zone goose season through the close of the quota zone goose season) (1) (2)

 

Walnut Point State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Wards Grove State Natural Area (closed during the statewide Youth Deer Hunting Season and Muzzleloader Deer Hunting Seasons; antlerless deer only) (2)

 

*          Washington County State Conservation Area (1) (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Cecil White Unit

 

Weinberg-King State Park − Spunky Bottoms Unit (resident hunters only) (2)

 

Weldon Springs State Park − Piatt County Unit (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested)

 

Whitefield Pheasant Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (2)

 

*          White Pines Forest State Park (antlerless deer only in October, either-sex deer from November 1 through the end of the statewide archery season; hunting allowed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only – excluding official State holidays in October.  Beginning November 1, archery hunting is allowed 7 days a week, excluding the site's special firearm deer season) (2)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest (1)

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (opens October 15) (2)

 

Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area (opens at the close of duck season) (2)

 

i)          Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites except that hunter quotas shall be filled by mail-in drawing:

 

Beaver Dam State Park (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested; harvest reports are due to the site by December 31; failure to submit report shall result in the loss of hunting privileges at the site for the following year)  (1)

 

Bohm Woods State Nature Preserve (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested; harvest reports are due to the site by January 31; failure to submit report shall result in the loss of hunting privileges at the site for the following year) (1)

 

Goode's Woods State Nature Preserve (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested; harvest reports are due to the site by January 31; failure to submit report shall result in the loss of hunting privileges at the site for the following year) (1)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (hunting in designated areas only; an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested; harvest reports are due to the site by December 31; failure to submit report shall result in the loss of hunting privileges at the site for the following year; hunting will close at end of regular duck season) (1)

 

Hurricane Creek State Habitat Area (hunter quotas filled by drawing; must have Fox Ridge site permit to be eligible)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (hunting allowed in group camping areas only; season begins the first weekday after camps close)

 

j)          State regulations shall apply except that hunters must obtain a free permit from the site office.  This permit must be in possession while hunting and must be returned, and harvest reported, to the address indicated on the card before February 15.  Failure to return the permit shall result in loss of hunting privileges at that site for the following year.

 

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (permit obtained at Red Hills State Park headquarters) (1)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area (1)

 

Des Plaines State Conservation Area (archery deer hunting is closed in hunting areas open for the controlled upland game program on days the controlled upland game program is operating) (2)

 

Des Plaines Game Propagation Center (2)

 

*         Eagle Creek State Park (disabled hunters are exempt from site's antler restrictions; for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed by IDNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific deer hunting policy) (4)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (1)

 

French Bluff State Natural Area

 

Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area/Heidecke State Fish & Wildlife Area (archery deer hunting is closed during the muzzleloader deer season)

 

Hallsville State Habitat Area (October 1-31 only; eligible hunters will use Clinton Lake State Recreation Area site hunting permit) (1)

 

Hamilton County State Conservation Area (1)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (4)

 

Henry Allan Gleason State Natural Area (obtain permit at Sand Ridge State Forest)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (1)

 

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

 

Kickapoo State Park

 

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (obtain permit at Sam Parr State Park headquarters) (1)

 

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

*         Mississippi Palisades State Park (closed during the first firearm deer season) (1) (2)

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (check deer at site office)

 

*          Pekin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (1)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (area east of Graham Hollow Road) (1)

 

Pyramid State Park – Captain Unit (4)

 

Pyramid State Park – Denmark Unit (4)

 

Pyramid State Park – East Conant Unit (4)

 

Pyramid State Park – Galum Unit (4)

 

Ramsey Lake State Park (1)

 

Revis Hill Prairie State Natural Area (obtain permit at Sand Ridge State Forest)

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (free permits allocated through publicly announced drawing held on-site in advance of opening day; permit allows hunter to scout on-site 7 days prior to the opening day of season)

 

*         Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (1)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest

 

Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed by IDNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific deer hunting policy) (1)

 

*          Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (resident hunters only) (2) (4)

 

*          Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (October 1 through start of the central zone goose season)

 

*          Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) 

 

*          Stephen A. Forbes State Park (1)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (areas designated as refuge are closed to all access during Canada goose season only) (1); Belle Rive Unit only (4)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Scripps Unit (resident hunters only) (2)

 

k)         Statewide regulations shall apply except that no hunting is permitted Wednesday through Sunday of the site's permit pheasant season.

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (season opens Monday prior to opening of permit pheasant hunting season and closes Tuesday following the close of the permit pheasant hunting season; season reopens on December 26 till close of regular season; an antlerless deer must be taken on site before an antlered deer is harvested) (2) (3)

 

Iroquois County State Conservation Area (2)

 

Johnson Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (1) (2)

 

Moraine View State Park (1)

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area (no bowhunting during controlled hunts as posted at the site) (2)

 

l)          Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites except that:

 

1)         Nonresident hunter quotas shall be filled by mail-in drawing. Information about specific drawing dates and application procedures will be publicly announced.  Successful applicants will be issued a free permit from the site office.  This permit must be in possession while hunting and must be returned and harvest reported to the address indicated on the card before February 15.  Failure to return the permit shall result in loss of hunting privileges at that site for the following year.

 

2)         Resident hunters must obtain a free permit from the site office.  This permit must be in possession while hunting and must be returned and harvest reported to the address indicated on the card before February 15.  Failure to return the permit shall result in loss of hunting privileges at that site for the following year.

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (4)

 

*          Sangchris Lake State Park (an antlerless deer must be taken on site before an antlered deer is harvested; site will be closed to archery deer hunting during the second firearm deer season) (1) (2) (4)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (2) (4)

 

m)        Statewide regulations shall apply at this site except that:

 

Hunter quotas for specific periods shall be filled by mail-in drawing.  Only Illinois residents are eligible to apply.  Information about drawing dates and application procedures will be publicly announced.  Successful applicants will be issued a permit for the time period specified.  This permit must be in possession while hunting and returned by February 15 to the site office.  Failure to return the permit shall result in the forfeiture of hunting privileges at this site for the following year. 

 

Hennepin Canal State Trail (hunters must stay in their designated zone; an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer may be taken) (2)

 

Moraine Hills State Park (2)

 

Volo Bog State Natural Area (2)

 

Wolf Creek State Park (an antlerless deer must be taken on the site before an antlered deer is harvested; Illinois residents and non-residents are eligible for the drawing; for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed by IDNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific deer hunting policy) (2) (4)

 

n)           Violations of site specific regulations are petty offenses (see 520 ILCS 5/2.20).

 

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 11571, effective July 27, 2009)