Illinois' statewide woodcock hunting season closes at sunset on Monday, Nov. 29. The last day for Illinois residents to apply for the first spring wild turkey permit lottery is Wednesday, Dec. 1. Beginning Dec. 2 and continuing through Jan. 11, applications for the second lottery will be accepted from non-residents and anyone else who has not received a permit. The second half of Illinois' shotgun deer season and the first half of the muzzleloader deer season runs from Dec. 2-5. The second half of the muzzleloader season runs from Dec. 10-12.
Hours are a half-hour before sunrise until sunset.
Situated north of Savanna along the lofty wooded palisades of the Mississippi River, the park features pileated woodpeckers, migratory waterfowl and other wildlife species. Hunting season for ducks, mergansers and coots in Illinois' North Zone ends at sunset on Sunday, Dec. 5. This crustacean is known from only two caves and one spring in Iowa and an algific slope in JoDaviess County in northwest Illinois. Habitat clearing, pasturing, trampling and road building all threaten this species' existence in Illinois. The meeting is open to the public.