Section 715.40  Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

a)         Statewide regulations shall apply for the following sites:

Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein and Chouteau Island Unit

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (except that area north of Hwy. 154, east of the Kaskaskia River and south of Risdon School Road and Beck's Landing access road)

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

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)

Pere Marquette State Park (south of Graham Hollow Road)

Rend Lake Project Lands (portion in Jefferson County only)

Weinberg-King State Park − Cecil White Unit

b)         Statewide regulations shall apply except that all hunters must check in, check out, and report harvest at those sites listed below.  Quotas, where listed, shall be on a first come-first served basis.  Hunters shall not be allowed to sign in prior to 4 a.m. each day of the season.

Argyle Lake State Park

Big River State Forest

Cache River State Natural Area (Johnson County portion only)

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area

Cypress Pond State Natural Area

Deer Pond State Natural Area

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area

Ferne Clyffe State Park

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotguns only)

Giant City State Park

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area

Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area (public hunting area except for controlled goose hunting area)

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

Rall Woods State Natural Area

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area

Saline County State Conservation Area

Siloam Springs State Park

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

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area

Spoon River State Forest

Tapley Woods State Natural Area

Trail of Tears State Forest

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area

Union County State Conservation Area – Firing Line Management Unit Only

Weinberg-King State Park

Weinberg-King State Park – Scripps Unit

Weinberg-King State Park – Spunky Bottoms Unit

c)         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 715.20.  This permit is only valid for the specific site indicated on the permit.

Apple River Canyon State Park – Salem and Thompson Units

Crawford County State Conservation Area

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

Meeker State Habitat Area

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

Sam Parr State Park

Sand Ridge State Forest

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area

d)         Special program for hunters with disabilities.  Statewide regulations shall apply unless designated otherwise by site regulations.  Only disabled persons participating in the site's firearm deer hunt are eligible to participate.  This hunt will run concurrent with the site's firearm deer hunt (refer to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 650.67 for hunt dates).  Permits will be $15 each; site specific for Rock Cut; issued at the site during check in for firearm deer hunting.  Any additional availability will be publicly announced.

Rock Cut State Park

e)         Violation of a site specific regulation is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.9).

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 13911, effective September 21, 2009)