Section 690.30  Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

 

a)         All the regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510, General Hunting and Trapping on Department-Owned or Managed Sites, apply in this Part, unless this Part is more restrictive.  Violation of a site specific regulation is a petty offense (see 520 ILCS 5/2.28).

 

b)         Hunting with .22 caliber or smaller rimfire firearms or muzzleloading black powder rifles is allowed at those sites listed in the following subsections that are followed by a (1).  Hunting with air rifles is allowed at those sites listed in the following subsections that are followed by a (3).

 

c)         Check-in, check-out and reporting of harvest is required at those sites listed in the following subsections that are followed by a (2).

 

d)         Statewide regulations apply at the following sites:

 

Anderson Lake State Conservation Area (2)

 

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

 

Argyle Lake State Park (2)

 

Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Big River State Forest (2)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Campbell Pond State Wildlife Management Area

 

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

 

Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters – Corps of Engineers managed lands (1)

 

Carlyle Lake State Wildlife Management Area (subimpoundment area closed 7 days prior to and during the southern zone waterfowl season) (1)

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (opens Wednesday after permit pheasant season for 5 consecutive days, except closed on Christmas Day; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; daily quota filled on first come-first served basis; DNR issued back patch must be worn while hunting; only shot size of No. 3 steel, No. 4 bismuth, No. 5 tungsten-iron, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-polymer or smaller may be used) (2)

 

Crawford County State Conservation Area (1) (2)

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

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

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park (north of Allen Branch (2); and west of Peppenhorst Branch only)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park − Cedar Draper Bluffs Hunting Area (1) (2)

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading firearms or bow and arrow only) (1) (2)

 

Fort Massac State Park (2)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (2)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area closed 7 days prior to and during duck season; the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed) (1) (2) (3)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Lowden-Miller State Forest (hunting allowed from September 1 through September 30 only; hunting allowed only on the southern one-half of the site) (1) (2)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (Monday through Thursday only through October 31; during August, hunting allowed west of E. 2450 Road only; open daily November 1 through the end of the site archery deer season; closed during the site firearm and muzzleloading deer seasons; 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) (2)

 

Marshall State Conservation Area (1) (2)

 

Mermet Lake State Conservation Area (non-toxic shot only in waterfowl areas; squirrel hunting closes after September 30, except in upland game area) (1) (2)

 

Mississippi River Fish and Waterfowl Management Area (Pools 25 and 26) (1)

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18 (1)

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24 (1)

 

Morrison Rockwood State Park (opens November 1 and closes the Thursday before the first statewide firearm deer season) (1) (2)

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)

 

Oakford State Conservation Area (1)

 

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

 

Rall Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Randolph County State Conservation Area (2)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Red Hills State Park (2)

 

Rend Lake Project Lands and Waters (1)

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

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

 

Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (2)

 

Sam Parr State Park (2)

 

Sangamon County State Conservation Area

 

Shawnee National Forest – Oakwood Bottoms (non-toxic shot only) (1)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (2)

 

Spoon River State Forest (1) (2) (3)

 

Stephen A. Forbes State Park (2)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (2)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1) (2)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2) (3)

 

Walnut Point State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)

 

Washington County State Conservation Area (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (1) (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park − Cecil White Unit

 

Weinberg-King State Park − Scripps Unit (1) (2)

 

Weinberg-King State Park − Spunky Bottoms Unit (1) (2)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest (1)

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (opens after second firearm deer season) (2)

 

e)         Season dates shall be the day following Labor Day through the end of the statewide season at the following sites:

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park – Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area (2)

 

Giant City State Park (rimfire cartridges allowed in Union County portion; no rimfire cartridges allowed in Jackson County portion only) (1) (2)

 

Hamilton County State Conservation Area (2)

 

Pyramid State Park (2)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (2)

 

f)          Season dates shall be the day after Labor Day through September 30 at the following sites:

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (season reopens the day after the archery deer season closes and remains open until the end of the statewide season) (2)

 

Jubilee College State Park (2)

 

Kankakee River State Park (2)

 

Momence Wetlands State Natural Area (2)

 

Sangchris Lake State Park (2)

 

Silver Springs State Park (2)

 

Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

g)         Statewide regulations apply at the following sites, except that hunters must obtain a free permit from the Department and variations in season dates are in parentheses.  Permits must be in possession while hunting.  The permit must be returned and harvest reported by March 15 or the hunter will forfeit privileges at that site for the following year:

 

Beaver Dam State Park (statewide opening through September 30)

 

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (permit may be obtained at Red Hills State Park Headquarters) (1)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area – North Fork Management Area, North of the County Road at the North Fork Boat Ramp and handicapped upland game area (1)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (statewide opening through September 30)

 

Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (1)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (1)

 

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

 

Hurricane Creek State Habitat Area (season closes October 31)

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (the Quality Unit and Controlled Unit close October 31) (1)

 

Kickapoo State Park (season opens day after Labor Day)

 

Lake Shelbyville – Eagle Creek State Park (closes opening day of site's pheasant season)

 

Lake Shelbyville – Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Areas (1)

 

Matthiessen State Park (season opens on statewide opening day and closes the day before the archery deer season opens; permits available at the Starved Rock State Park office; hunting in designated areas only)

 

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

 

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (season opens day after Labor Day)

 

Moraine View State Park (closed during the controlled pheasant season)

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed during site deer seasons)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (season opens day after Labor Day)

 

Pyramid State Park − Captain Unit (1)

 

Pyramid State Park − Denmark Unit (1)

 

Pyramid State Park – East Conant Unit (1)

 

Pyramid State Park – Galum Unit (1)

 

Ramsey Lake State Park

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (closes October 31) (1)

 

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (1) (2)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

h)         Season dates shall be statewide opening through September 30 at the following sites:

 

Castle Rock State Park (2)

 

French Bluff State Natural Area (1) (2)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Management Area (1) (2)

 

Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2) (3)

 

Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (2)

 

Sandy Ford State Natural Area (2)

 

Weldon Springs − Piatt County Unit (2)

 

Woodford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

i)          Season dates shall be statewide opening through October 31 at the following sites:

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (2)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area (season on the controlled goose hunting area shall close October 31, remainder of the public hunting area statewide season; non-toxic shot only) (1)

 

Union County State Conservation Area (season on the controlled goose hunting area closes October 31; firing line unit – statewide closing; non-toxic shot only) (1)

 

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 13900, effective September 21, 2009)