Section 710.50  Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

 

a)         Hunters who intend to hunt Department sites and who have a physical disability that requires special accommodations must contact the site superintendent at least 10 days before the date they wish to hunt.  The site superintendent shall make reasonable accommodations necessary to allow the disabled person to participate in the hunting experience at the site.  Disabled hunters who require an aide or assistant with them during the hunt are responsible for providing the aide or assistant and notifying the site superintendent that an assistant will be present, and whether the assistant will also be hunting.

 

b)         Hunters must sign in/sign out at all sites in subsections (c) and (d) that are followed by a (1).

 

c)         Statewide regulations shall apply for the following sites:

 

Anderson Lake Conservation Area (1)

 

Argyle Lake State Park (1)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1)

 

Campbell Pond Wildlife Management Area

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area

 

Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Dog Island Wildlife Management Area (1)

 

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

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotgun or archery only; no in-line muzzleloading shotguns or muzzleloaders with scopes allowed) (1)

 

Giant City State Park (1)

 

Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area − Alexander County (controlled goose hunting area and public hunting area only) (1)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Units (all hunters must obtain a free site permit)

 

Jubilee State Park (archery only) (1)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (no hunting east of and within 50 yards of the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area's main north-south road, within 100 yards of any house or building, or south of the Dry Lake access road; a hunter with a P-2 handicapped certification, accompanied by a non-hunting attendant, may hunt at the site's designated handicapped hunting spot within this closed area; the hunting spot will be allocated on a first come-first served basis or via a drawing, if needed, held at the site office) (1)

 

Kinkaid Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge, Gardner Division

 

Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Area (Pools 25 and 26)

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, and 24

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)

 

Oakford Conservation Area

 

Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (except South Subunit) (1)

 

Pere Marquette State Park (designated area only)

 

Ray Norbut Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Rend Lake Project Lands and Waters except Wayne Fitzgerald State Park

 

Saline County Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Sanganois Conservation Area (site issued free permit required)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Union County Conservation Area − Firing Line Unit and Public Hunting Area only (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Cecil White Unit)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (Spunky Bottoms Unit)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest (1)

 

d)         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 710.20.  This permit is only valid for the specific site and season indicated on the permit.

 

Apple River Canyon State Park − Thompson and Salem Units (1)

 

Beaver Dam State Park

 

Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Big River State Forest (1)

 

Burning Star 5 (preseason scouting is permitted seven days prior to season date listed on permit; hunters must have their permit in possession while scouting; only hunters with valid Burning Star 5 spring turkey permits may be on the property)

 

Castle Rock State Park (1)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Crawford County Conservation Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park (youth ages 10-15 only) (1)

 

Eagle Creek State Park (first two seasons only) (1)

 

Eldon Hazlet State Park

 

Falling Down Prairie State Natural Area (1)

 

Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area (1)

 

Fort Massac State Park (Youth Ages 10-15 only) (1)

 

Fox Ridge State Park (1)

 

French Bluff State Natural Area (1)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (1)

 

Hamilton County Conservation Area

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (1)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (1)

 

Hidden Springs State Forest (first 2 seasons only) (1)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County)

 

Hurricane Creek Habitat Area (must have Fox Ridge State Park permit) (1)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (1)

 

Kankakee River State Park (hunting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise until 12:00 noon) (1)

 

Kickapoo State Park (1)

 

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Lowden Miller State Forest (1)

 

Mackinaw River Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Marseilles Fish and Wildlife Area (site is open to hunting Monday through Thursday only; hunting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise until 8:30 a.m.; if space is available after site permit holders have checked in or if there have been no site specific permits issued, La Salle County permit holders who have an unfilled permit for the current season may be allowed on the site to hunt; if more La Salle County permit holders want to hunt than there are vacancies, a daily drawing at the site hunter check station will be held to determine who may enter the site to hunt; 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) (1)

 

Marshall Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Matthiessen State Park (South of Vermilion River Area) (1)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area

 

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Middlefork State Fish and Wildlife Management Area (1)

 

Mississippi Palisades State Park (closed during the fifth season) (1)

 

Momence Wetlands (1)

 

Moraine View State Park (no hunting on weekends during 4^th and 5^th season) (1)

 

Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center

 

Newton Lake Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Pere Marquette State Park (Piasa, Quotoga, Potawatomi Camp Areas) (no hunting allowed on weekends)

 

Pyramid State Park (1)

 

Pyramid State Park − East Conant Unit

 

Ramsey Lake State Park (1)

 

Randolph County Conservation Area (a handicapped hunter with a P-2 handicapped certification, accompanied by a non-hunting attendant, wanting to hunt at one of the site's two designated handicapped hunting spots is not required to have a site-specific permit; these hunting spots will be allocated on a first come-first served basis or via a drawing, if needed, held at the site office) (1)

 

Red Hills State Park

 

Red Hills State Park/Chauncey Marsh

 

Sahara Woods (1)

 

Sam Dale Lake Conservation Area (1)

 

Sam Parr State Park

 

Sand Ridge State Forest

 

Sandy Ford State Natural Area

 

Sangamon County Conservation Area

 

Sanganois Conservation Area (Squirrel Timber Unit) (1)

 

Sangchris Lake State Park

 

Siloam Springs State Park (1)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (Buckhorn Unit) (1)

 

South Shore State Park (must have Eldon Hazlet State Park permit)

 

Spoon River State Forest (1)

 

Stephen A. Forbes State Park (1)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (1)

 

Ten Mile Creek Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Washington County Conservation Area (hunting hours are from ½ hour before sunrise until 12:00 noon) (1)

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

 

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

 

Weldon Springs State Park − Piatt County Unit

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (1)

 

Wolf Creek State Park (first 2 seasons only) (1)

 

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 19742, effective December 3, 2008)