Section 720.40  Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

 

Statewide regulations shall apply for the following sites, except those sites designated below by asterisk (*) shall be open to archery turkey hunting without regard to firearm deer season.  Those sites followed by (1) require hunters to check in and check out.  Violation of a site specific regulation is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.9).  Those sites followed by a (2) require hunters to obtain a permit from the site before hunting:

 

*          Anderson Lake Conservation Area (1)

 

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

 

Argyle Lake State Park (1)

 

Beaver Dam State Park (2)

 

Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Big River State Forest (1)

 

Cache River State Natural Area (1)

 

Campbell Pond State Wildlife Management Area

 

Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters – Corps of Engineers Managed Lands

 

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

 

Castle Rock State Park (1)

 

Chain O'Lakes State Park (closed Wednesday through Sunday of pheasant season; opens Monday prior to pheasant season and closes Tuesday following close of pheasant season; reopens December 26 through the close of regular season) (1)

 

Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (permit available at Red Hills State Park) (2)

 

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (2)

 

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Crawford County State Conservation Area (1)

 

Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Deer Pond State Natural Area (1)

 

Devil's Island State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Dixon Springs State Park (1)

 

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1)

 

Eagle Creek State Park (2)

 

Ferne Clyffe State Park (1)

 

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site

 

*          Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site (opens November 1) (1)

 

Fort Massac State Park (1)

 

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)

 

Franklin Creek State Park (hunting in designated area only) (1)

 

Giant City State Park (1)

 

Green River State Wildlife Area (1)

 

Hamilton County State Conservation Area (must possess valid site archery permit) (2)

 

Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (1)

 

Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (2)

 

Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area (Alexander County) (controlled goose hunting area closed 7 days prior to Quota Zone goose season through the close of the Quota Zone goose season; remainder of the public hunting area open during the statewide season) (1) (2)

 

*          Horseshoe Lake State Park – Gabaret, Mosenthein and Chouteau Island Units (Madison County) (2)

 

Iroquois County State Wildlife Area

 

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (closed Wednesday through Sunday during site's pheasant permit season) (1)

 

Jubilee College State Park (1)

 

Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (no hunting within 50 yards of the Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area's main north-south road; this defined waterfowl rest area is closed until the Columbus Day holiday) (1 – except south of Highway 154 and north of Highway 13)

 

Kickapoo State Park (2)

 

Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Lowden-Miller State Forest (1)

 

Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in October; 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 State Fish and Wildlife Area (Duck Ranch Unit closed 7 days prior to the duck season through the close of duck season) (1)

 

Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Meeker State Habitat Area (obtain permit at Sam Parr State Park) (2)

 

Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Mississippi Palisades State Park (November 1 through December 31) (2)

 

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

 

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17 and 18

 

Mississippi River Pools 21, 22 and 24

 

Moraine View State Park (closed Wednesday through Sunday during site's controlled pheasant season) (2)

 

Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)

 

Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (must possess valid site archery permit) (2)

 

Oakford State Conservation Area

 

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

 

Pere Marquette State Park (2)

 

Pyramid State Park

 

Pyramid State Park – East Conant Unit (2)

 

            Rall Woods State Natural Area (1)

 

*          Ramsey Lake State Park (2)

 

*          Randolph County State Conservation Area

 

Rauchfuss Hill State Recreation Area (1)

 

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area  (1)

 

*          Red Hills State Park (1)

 

*          Rend Lake Project Lands and Waters

 

Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

 

Saline County State Conservation Area (1)

 

*          Sam Dale Lake Conservation Area (2)

 

*          Sam Parr State Park (1)

 

Sand Ridge State Forest (2)

 

            Sandy Ford State Natural Area (1)

 

Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

*          Sangchris Lake State Park (site will be closed to archery deer and turkey hunting during the second firearm deer season) (1) (2)

 

*          Shabbona Lake State Park (1)

 

Shelbyville Lake – Corps of Engineers Managed Lands

 

Shelbyville State Wildlife Management Area (2)

 

Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1)

 

Siloam Springs State Park (1) (2)

 

*          Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (resident hunters only) (1) (2)

 

Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1)

 

*          South Shore State Park (1)

 

Spoon River State Forest (1)

 

*          Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Starved Rock State Park/Matthiessen State Park (no turkey hunting in the nature preserves; open only in areas where archery deer hunting is allowed other than nature preserves; must have valid archery deer permit in possession to hunt turkeys; open concurrent with site archery deer season) (1)

 

*          Stephen A. Forbes State Park (2)

 

Tapley Woods State Natural Area (1)

 

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)

 

Trail of Tears State Forest (1)

 

Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area

 

Union County State Conservation Area  (firing line unit – Statewide season, Public Hunting Area October 1 through October 31, reopens with the close of the Quota Zone goose season) (1)

 

*          Washington County State Conservation Area (1)

 

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (no hunting during controlled hunts as posted at the site) (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Cecil White Unit

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Scripps Unit (resident hunters only) (1)

 

Weinberg-King State Park – Spunky Bottoms Unit (resident hunters only) (1)

 

Wildcat Hollow State Forest

 

Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (1)

 

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 13918, effective September 21, 2009)