Section 670.60 Regulations
at Various Department-Owned, -Leased 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) To
drive deer, or participate in a deer drive, on all Department-owned or -managed
properties is prohibited. 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 or ground blind is allowed per deer permit
holder. Tree stands and ground blinds must comply with restrictions listed in
17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(c)(3) and (c)(12) and must be portable. Tree stands and
ground blinds must be removed at the end of each day with the exception that they
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 or ground
blind 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). Sites that
require use of windshield cards by hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
510.10 are followed by a (6).
e) Where standby hunters are used to fill quotas, a drawing may
be held at sites indicated by a (3). Notice of any standby drawing
modifications will be posted at the site and 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(d)(3)
shall apply.
f) Only antlerless deer or antlered deer having at least 4 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 5 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:
Alvah Borah
State Habitat Area (6)
* Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Annbriar Karst
State Natural Area (6)
Apple River
Canyon State Park – Thompson and Salem Units (6)
Argyle Lake State Park (1) (6)
* Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (statewide hunting
hours except during the Central Zone duck season hunting hours 1:00 p.m. until
½ hour after sunset) (1) (2)
* Beall Woods State Park (1) (6)
* Beaver Dam State Park (an antlerless deer must be taken on the
site before an antlered deer is harvested) (2)
* Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area (1) (6)
Big River State Forest (1) (6)
Bradford
Pheasant Habitat Area (October 1-31 only) (6)
Buffalo Rock State Park/Blackball Mines Nature Preserve (2)
Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Butterfield Trail State Recreation Area (6)
Cache River State Natural Area (1) (2)
Campbell Pond State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife
Area (1) (2)
Carlyle Lake
Lands and Waters (Corps of Engineers managed lands, except Jim Hawn and East
Spillway Areas)
* Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters (Corps of Engineers managed
lands – Jim Hawn and East Spillway Areas)
Carlyle Lake State
Fish and Wildlife 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) (6)
Castle Rock
State Park (submission of all deer heads within 48 hours after harvest on site
is required to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease) (1) (6)
Cave-In-Rock
State Park – Kaegi Tract (1) (6)
Cedar Glen
State Natural Area (no hunting after December 15) (1) (6)
Chauncey Marsh
State Natural Area (permit obtained at Red Hills State Park headquarters) (1)
(6)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (6)
Coffeen Lake
State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Copperhead
Hollow State Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Crawford County State Conservation Area (1) (6)
Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (1) (6)
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)
Deer Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)
Des Plaines
Game Propagation Center (closed Saturdays and Sundays in October and Sundays in
November, December and January) (2)
Des Plaines
State Conservation Area (6)
Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area
Dixon Springs State Park (1) (6)
Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1) (6)
* Donnelley
State Fish and Wildlife Area – Putnam County Unit (2)
Dublin Highlands Pheasant 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; submission of all
deer heads within 48 hours after harvest on site is required to test for the
presence of Chronic Wasting Disease) (1) (2)
Dug Hill State
Fish and Wildlife Area (2)
* Eagle Creek State Park (for Corps of Engineers managed lands
not managed by DNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific
deer hunting policy) (6)
Edward R.
Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area/James C. Helfrich Wildlife Propagation
Center (Illinois resident-only; hunting only in designated areas) (1) (6)
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)
(6)
Embarras River
Bottoms State Habitat Area (1) (6)
Ferne Clyffe
State Park – Cedar/Draper Bluff Hunting Area (1) (2)
Ferne Clyffe State Park – Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area (1) (2)
Finfrock State Habitat Area (October 1-31) (6)
Flag Pond State Natural Area (1)
Flatwoods State Natural Area (1) (6)
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (1) (2)
* Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site (opens November 1) (2)
Fort Massac State Park (1) (6)
Fox Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Fox Ridge State Park (1) (6)
Frank Holten State Park (1) (6)
Franklin Creek
State Natural Area (submission of all deer heads within 48 hours after harvest
on site is required to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease) (6)
Freeman Mine State Habitat Area (closed on Mondays in November and
December) (1) (2)
French Bluff State Natural Area (1) (6)
George S.
Park Memorial Woods State Natural Area (2)
Giant City State Park (1) (2)
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area/Heidecke State Fish & Wildlife
Area (archery deer hunting is closed during the muzzleloader deer season) (6)
Green River State Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Guthrie Cave Land and Water Reserve
Hackmatack State Natural Area (hunting on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
only; 1 hunter allowed at a time, first-come first-served) (2) (6)
Hallsville State Habitat Area (October 1-31) (6)
Hamilton County State Conservation Area (1) (6)
Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (6)
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (6)
Henderson Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Henry Allen Gleason State Natural Area (6)
Hidden Springs State Forest (1) (6)
Hindsboro
State Habitat Area (October 1 through October 31 only) (1) (6)
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area – Alexander County
(Controlled Hunting Area – open from October 1-31; Public Hunting Area
open during statewide season) (1) (2)
Ilo Dillin State Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (6)
Illinois Caverns State Natural Area (1)
Iroquois County State Wildlife Area and Hooper Branch Nature Preserve only
(deer archery hunters must wear a cap and outer garment with at least 400
square inches of solid blaze orange or pink between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. in areas where upland game hunting is allowed during the site's
controlled hunting season) (1) (6)
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (statewide regulations apply, except that,
on Wednesdays through Sundays of the site's permit pheasant season, hunting
only allowed 2:00 p.m. until sunset) (1) (6)
Jubilee College State Park (1) (2)
* Kankakee River State Park (deer bow hunters must wear a cap
and upper outer garment with at least 400 square inches of solid blaze orange/pink
between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 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) (6)
Kaskaskia
River State Fish and Wildlife Area (the State-owned portion of the defined
waterfowl rest area is open until 2 weeks prior to the start of the regular
duck season through the close of the regular duck and Canada goose seasons; no
hunting within 50 yards of the Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area's main
north-south road) (1) (2 – except south of Highway 154 and north of Highway 13)
* Ken Russell T Lake State Habitat Area (1) (6)
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (1) (6)
Kidd Lake State Natural Area (1)
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (submission of all deer
heads within 48 hours after harvest on site is required to test for the
presence of Chronic Wasting Disease) (6)
Lake Le Aqua Na State Park (submission of all deer heads within 48 hours
after harvest on site is required to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting
Disease) (6)
Larry D. Closson Habitat Area (October 1-31 only) (1)
Lincoln Trail State Park (November 1 through the end of statewide season;
open to archery deer hunting during statewide firearm deer seasons) (1) (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)
Loda Pheasant Habitat Area (October 1-31 only) (6)
Lowden-Miller State Forest (submission of all deer heads within 48 hours after
harvest on site is required to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting
Disease) (1) (6)
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) (1) (6)
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday in October only; no hunting after the first Thursday after January 10; 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 (1) (6)
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Maxine Loy Land and Water Reserve (6)
Maytown Pheasant Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (6)
Mazonia/Braidwood
State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Meeker State
Habitat Area (1) (6)
Mermet Lake State
Conservation Area (1) (6)
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (additional site hunting pass
required) (2)
Mill Creek State Natural Area (6)
Miller-Anderson Woods State Natural Area (2)
Mississippi Palisades State Park (closed during the first firearm deer
season) (1) (6)
Mississippi River Pool 16 (1)
Mississippi River Pools 17, 18 (1)
Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24 (1)
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; hunting is allowed at Red's Landing and Riprap Landing walk-in areas
from 12:00 p.m. to ½ hour after sunset during duck season, statewide hours
during remainder of season) (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) (6)
Moraine View State Park (archery deer hunting closed Wednesday through
Sunday during the controlled pheasant season) (1) (6)
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) (6)
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Oakford State Conservation Area
Paul C. Burrus State Habitat Area (formerly Hurricane Creek State Habitat
Area) (hunter quotas filled by drawing) (1) (6)
* Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (East subunit
closes November 1) (1) (2)
* Pekin
Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Pere Marquette State Park (1) (6)
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (1) (6)
Pyramid State Park – Captain, Denmark, East Conant, Galum and Park Units (4)
(6)
Rall Woods State Natural Area (6)
Ralph Clover State Natural Area
* Ramsey Lake State Park (1) (6)
* Randolph County State Conservation Area (1) (2)
Rauchfuss Hill
State Recreation Area (1) (6)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – Dutch Creek Unit (1) (6)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area – East Hannibal Unit (1) (6)
* Red Hills State Park (1) (6)
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)
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers managed
areas of Rend Lake
Revis Hill Prairie State Natural Area (6)
* Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (statewide hunting
hours, except that, during the Central Zone duck season, hunting hours 1:00 p.m.
until ½ hour after sunset) (1) (2)
Rock Cut State Park (6)
* Rockton Bog State
Natural Area (6)
Sahara Woods State Recreation Area
(1) (6)
Saline County State
Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
* Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
* 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 (1)
Sanganois State Wildlife Area (Ash Swale Waterfowl Rest Area will be
closed to deer hunting during the waterfowl hunting seasons) (1) (6)
* Sangchris
Lake State Park (closed to archery deer hunting during the muzzleloader deer
season) (1) (4) (6)
Sand Ridge State Forest (6)
* Shabbona Lake State Park (submission of all deer heads within
48 hours after harvest on site is required to test for the presence of Chronic
Wasting Disease) (6)
Shelbyville
State Fish and Wildlife Area (for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed
by DNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for specific deer
hunting policy) (1) (6)
Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1) (6)
Siloam Springs State Park (1) (6)
Siloam Springs State Park (Fall Creek Unit) (1) (6)
Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit (resident hunters only) (1) (6)
* Silver Springs State Park (2)
Skinner Farm
State Habitat Area (1) (2)
* Snakeden
Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
* Sparks Pond State Natural Area (6)
Spoon River State Forest (1) (6)
* Spring
Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
* Starved Rock State Park/Matthiessen State Park/Margery C.
Carlson Nature Preserve (deer bowhunters must wear a cap and upper outer
garment with at least 400 square inches of solid blaze orange/pink during the
statewide firearm deer seasons; open to archery deer hunting during the
statewide firearm deer season only in Zone A) (2)
* Stephen
A. Forbes State Recreation Area (6)
Tapley Woods
State Natural Area (6)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (areas designated as refuge
are closed to all access during Canada goose season only) (1) (6)
Trail of Tears State Forest (1) (2)
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Firing Line Unit open
throughout statewide season; Controlled Public Hunting Area open October 1
through October 31) (1) (2)
Vesely Land and Water Reserve/Wilmington Shrub Prairie Nature Preserve
(6)
Walnut Point State Park (1) (6)
Wards Grove State Nature Preserve (closed during firearm deer hunting;
antlerless deer only) (6)
* Washington County State Conservation Area (1) (2)
Weinberg-King State Park (1) (6)
Weinberg-King State Park – Cecil White Unit (6)
Weinberg-King State Park − Scripps Unit (resident hunters only) (1)
(6)
Weinberg-King
State Park − Spunky Bottoms Unit (resident hunters only) (1) (6)
Weldon Springs State Park – Piatt County Unit (6)
Whitefield
Pheasant Habitat Area (hunting allowed during October only) (6)
* White Pines Forest State Park (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) (6)
Wildcat Hollow State Forest (1) (6)
Willow Creek State Habitat Area (hunting permitted October 1-31) (1) (6)
Winston Tunnel State Natural Area (6)
Wise Ridge
State Natural Area (1)
Witkowsky
State Wildlife Area (opens October 15) (6)
Wolf Creek State Park (for Corps of Engineers managed lands not managed
by DNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office, for specific deer
hunting policy) (6)
Woodford State
Fish and Wildlife Area (opens at the close of duck season) (6)
Zoeller
State Natural Area (1) (6)
i) Statewide regulations shall apply at the following sites
except that hunter quotas shall be filled by lottery drawing, using either
mail-in paper applications or online (electronic) applications:
Bohm Woods State
Nature Preserve (harvest reports are due to the site by January 31; failure to
submit report is a violation of this Part) (1)
* Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (hunting in designated
areas only; harvest reports due to the site by January 31; failure to report
harvest is a violation of this Part) (6)
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 is a violation of this Part) (1)
* Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (hunting in
designated areas only; harvest reports are due to the site by January 31;
failure to submit report is a violation of this Part) (1)
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 is a violation of
this Part.
* Horseshoe
Lake State Park (Madison County – Gaberet, Mosenthein and Chouteau Island
Units)
k) Statewide regulations shall apply except that no hunting is
permitted on days that the site is open to permit pheasant season.
Chain O'Lakes
State Park (season opens Monday prior to opening of permit pheasant hunting
season and closes before the controlled pheasant clean up hunt; season reopens
on December 26 through close of regular season) (3) (6)
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 nonresident hunter quotas shall be filled by lottery drawing, using
either mail-in paper applications or online (electronic) applications.
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 is a violation of this Part.
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish
and Wildlife Area (Open Unit and West Open Unit closed to archery hunting
during the Youth Deer Season) (1) (6)
m) Statewide regulations shall apply at this site except that
hunter quotas for specific periods shall be filled by lottery drawing, using
either mail-in paper applications or online (electronic) applications. Only
Illinois residents are eligible to apply. Information about drawing dates and
application procedures will be publicly announced.
Fox Ridge
State Park – Mentored Hunt (limited to designated portions of the State Park
otherwise closed to archery deer hunting; beginning the Monday following
muzzleloader season; only applicants with less than 3 years of deer hunting
experience may apply; hunter quotas will be filled equally with adult and youth
hunters; participating hunters must be accompanied by a non-hunting, validly
licensed (Illinois hunting license) adult who is 21 years of age or older;
hunting assigned for one-week periods; if applicable, site issued windshield
card must be displayed while hunting)
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) (1) (6)
Illinois Beach
State Park, North Dunes Nature Preserve and Illinois Beach Nature Preserve
(hunting assigned for two week periods; site-issued windshield card must be
displayed while hunting)
James Pate
Philip State Park and Heron Woods State Habitat Area
Kickapoo State Recreation Area – Mentored Hunt (limited to designated
portions of the recreation area otherwise closed to archery deer hunting;
beginning the Monday following muzzleloader season; only applicants with less
than 3 years of deer hunting experience may apply; hunter quotas will be filled
equally with adult and youth hunters; participating hunters must be accompanied
by a non-hunting, validly licensed (Illinois hunting license) adult who is 21
years of age or older; hunting assigned for one-week periods; site-issued
windshield card must be displayed while hunting) (6)
Moraine Hills
State Park
Volo Bog State
Natural Area
Walnut Point
State Park – Disabled Hunt (limited to persons with a Class P2A disability;
limited to designated areas otherwise closed to archery deer hunting; hunting
assigned to one-week periods) (6)
William Powers
State Recreation Area (1)
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 11791, effective September 2, 2025)
