Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 740 - CROW, WOODCOCK, SNIPE, RAIL AND TEAL HUNTING › Section 740.20 - Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All the rules in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510
			 apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive. Violation of a
			 site specific regulation is a petty offense (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.20). Sites that require use of windshield cards by
			 hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 510.10 are followed by
			 (1).
b) Woodcock, snipe and rail
			 hunting; statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply at the
			 following areas (exceptions are in parentheses):
Alvah Borah State Habitat Area (1)
Anderson Lake Conservation Area (closed 7 days before duck
				season)
Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Big River State Forest (1)
Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Butterfield Trail State Recreation Area (1)
Cache River State Natural Area
Campbell Pond State Wildlife Management Area (1)
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters - Corps of Engineers managed
				lands
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (sub-impoundment area
				closes 7 days prior to the start of the waterfowl season for the zone in which
				Carlyle Lake is located)
Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (1)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (1)
Crawford County State Conservation Area (1)
Cypress Pond State Natural Area
Deer Pond State Natural Area
Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area
Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1)
Eldon Hazlet State Park (North of Allen Branch and west of
				Peppenhorst Branch only) (1)
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Ft. de Chartres State Historic Site (hunting with muzzleloading
				shotgun only)
Ft. Massac State Park (1)
Fox Ridge State Park (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily closings)
				(1)
Giant City State Park
Green River State Wildlife Area (1)
Hamilton County State Conservation Area (statewide hours until
				rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (woodcock only; closes
				October 31) (1)
Hidden Springs State Forest (4:00 p.m. daily closing)
				(1)
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Public Hunting
				Area) (Alexander County)
Iroquois County State Wildlife Management Area (season closes
				the day before permit pheasant season; 4:00 p.m. daily closing; sign in/out
				required; closed to snipe hunting) (1)
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (hunters
				are restricted to the Open Units portion of the site during the controlled
				pheasant season, except those hunters who possess a valid free upland game
				permit (1)
Jubilee College State Park (season coincides with Jubilee
				Upland season, 17 Ill. Adm. Code
				530.110)
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Doza Creek
				Waterfowl Management Area closed 7 days prior to waterfowl season; the defined
				Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed)
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily
				closing; closed during firearm deer season) (1)
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Lake Shelbyville - Eagle Creek State Park (woodcock only; 4:00
				p.m. daily closing; closes opening day of site's pheasant season) (1)
Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area (woodcock only; closed
				during firearm deer season) (1)
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area - All Units (open during
				teal and early goose season only) (1)
Meeker State Habitat Area (1)
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (woodcock only; 4:00
				p.m. daily closing; closed during firearm deer season) (1)
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 (woodcock only; 4:00 p.m. daily
				closing; season closes the day before site's controlled pheasant season)
				(1)
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (woodcock only; closed
				during firearm deer season) (1)
Oakford State Conservation Area
Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (West subunit
				only; woodcock only)
Pyramid State Park - Captain, Denmark and East Conant Units
				(open to hunters with a free upland game permit, daily draw waterfowl permit
				and windshield card) (1)
Pyramid State Park - Galum and Park Units (1)
Ramsey Lake State Park (statewide hours until rabbit season
				begins; then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)
Randolph County State Conservation Area (woodcock only)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Red Hills State Park (1)
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers
				managed areas of Rend Lake
Rice Lake State Wildlife Area (season open during teal season
				only; sunrise until 1:00 p.m.)
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (statewide hours
				until rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (statewide hours until
				rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)
Sand Ridge State Forest (During the controlled pheasant hunting
				season, hunters must abide by those portions of 17 Ill. Adm. Code
				530.105
				and
				530.110
				which pertain to Sand Ridge State Forest) (1)
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (4:00 p.m. daily
				closing) (1)
Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1)
Skinner Farm State Habitat Area
Snake Den Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant
				Habitat Area (closes September 30) (1)
Spoon River State Forest (1)
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (statewide hours until
				rabbit season, then 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) (1)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (non-toxic shot
				only for woodcock hunting in waterfowl rest areas) (1)
Trail of Tears State Forest
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Firing Line
				Management Area only)
Washington County State Conservation Area (woodcock
				only)
Weinberg-King State Park (1)
Weinberg-King State Park - Spunky Bottoms Unit (1)
Wildcat Hollow State Forest
Wise Ridge State Natural Area
c) Woodcock, snipe and rail hunting
			 permitted, exceptions as noted in parentheses. Hunters must obtain a permit
			 from site office and permit must be in possession while hunting. Failure to
			 report harvest by February 15 will result in loss of hunting privileges at that
			 site for the following year.
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) - Gabaret,
				Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit (permit required)
d) Teal hunting; statewide regulations as
			 provided for in this Part shall apply on the following sites, except no
			 permanent blinds allowed except as authorized in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 590.15,
			 590.20,
			 590.40 and
			 590.50
			 (exceptions are in parentheses):
Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Cache River State Natural Area
Campbell Pond State Wildlife Management Area (1)
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters - Corps of Engineers managed
				lands (waters of Peppenhorst Branch and Allen Branch north of the buoys
				only)
Carlyle Lake State Fish andWildlife Area
Chain O'Lakes State Park (hunting is allowed only from numbered
				blind sites; the blinds need not be completed)
Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (1)
Clear Lake State Waterfowl Management Area (1)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (hunting in waterfowl areas
				East of Parnell Bridge and North of Route 54 only)
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (hunters must sign in
				prior to hunting and sign out reporting harvest at the end of each day; hunting
				from staked sites only; no permanent blinds; hunting by boat access only; no
				cutting vegetation on site; hunting north of North
				6th Avenue only; four hunters per blind site; no
				fishing north of North 6th Avenue during this
				season; shooting hours from legal opening to 9:00 a.m.; all hunters must be
				signed out by 10:00 a.m.)
Cypress Pond State Natural Area
Deer Pond State Natural Area
Des Plaines State Conservation Area (hunting is allowed only
				from numbered blind sites; the blinds need not be completed) (1)
Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area
Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1)
Eldon Hazlet State Park - North Allen Branch Waterfowl
				Management Area (1)
Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area (1)
Ft. de Chartres State Historic Site (hunting is allowed from
				anchored, portable boat blinds only)
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - Public Hunting
				Area (Alexander County)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (hunting is allowed
				only from numbered blind sites; blind builders must claim their blinds 1 hour
				before shooting time each day or blind is open to the public; blinds need not
				be completed; hunters must sign in at the Main Office prior to hunting and sign
				out to report harvest after the hunt)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) - Gabaret,
				Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit (permit required)
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (the defined
				Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed)
Lake Shelbyville - Corps of Engineers Managed Lands and
				Waters
Lake Sinnissippi State Fish and Wildlife Area (hunting is
				allowed only from numbered blind sites; blind builders must claim their blinds
				1/2 hour before shooting time each day or blind is open to the public; blinds
				need not be completed)
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area - all management units
				(1)
Meredosia Lake
Mississippi River State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area
				(Mississippi River Pools 25 and 26) (blind builders must claim their blinds 1/2
				hour before shooting time or the blind is open for that day's hunt; no hunting
				allowed in the designated Batchtown waterfowl rest area, Crull Hollow waterfowl
				rest area and Godar waterfowl rest area)
Mississippi River Pools 16, 17 and 18
Mississippi River Pools 21, 22 and 24
Oakford State Conservation Area
Pekin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Pyramid State Park - Captain, Denmark, East Conant, and Galum
				Units (no hunting in waterfowl rest areas) (1)
Quincy Bay (Mississippi River Pool 21)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers
				managed areas of Rend Lake (no trespassing or hunting allowed on Rend Lake
				Refuge during teal or early Canada goose seasons)
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (check in and check out
				required; sunrise until 1:00 p.m.)
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (1)
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Snake Den Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant
				Habitat Area (1)
Starved Rock State Park (hunting allowed only from numbered
				blind sites; blinds need not be completed)
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (walk-in hunting in the
				subimpoundment only) (1)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Firing Line Unit
				only)
Weinberg-King State Park - Spunky Bottoms Unit (1)
Wise Ridge State Natural Area
Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
e) Crow Hunting
1) Statewide regulations as provided for in
			 this Part shall apply at the following sites (season dates in parentheses):
Alvah Borah State Habitat Area (1)
Anderson Lake State Conservation Area
Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Big River State Forest (1)
Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area
Giant City State Park (January 1 through the statewide closing;
				hunters must sign in and out reporting harvest at the hunter check
				station)
Green River State Wildlife Area (January 1 through statewide
				closing) (1)
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (East and
				West Open Units) (1)
Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18
Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Pools 25 and
				26)
Pyramid State Park - Captain, Denmark, East Conant, Galum and
				Park Units (no hunting in waterfowl rest area) (1)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers
				managed areas of Rend Lake
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area (1)
Sand Ridge State Forest (1)
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area (day after Canada goose
				season closes through statewide closing; nontoxic shot only (1))
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
Spoon River State Forest (1)
Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area (1)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (non-toxic shot
				only for crow hunting in waterfowl rest areas) (1)
Weinberg-King State Park - Spunky Bottoms Unit (1)
Wise Ridge State Natural Area
2) Crow hunting permitted, exceptions as
			 noted in parentheses. Hunters must obtain a permit from site office and permit
			 must be in possession while hunting. Failure to report harvest by March 15 will
			 result in loss of hunting privileges at that site for the following year:
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (February
				1-28)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) - Gabaret,
				Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit
3) All hunters must make a reasonable effort
			 to retrieve downed birds. All crows must be removed from the site by the
			 hunter.