Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 715 - THE TAKING OF WILD TURKEYS - FALL GUN SEASON › Section 715.40 - Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Statewide regulations shall apply for the
			 following sites:
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
Rend Lake Project Lands - Corps of Engineers Managed
				Lands
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Wise Ridge State Natural Area
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.
Cache River State Natural Area
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
Dixon Springs State Park
Ferne Clyffe State Park - Cedar Draper Bluffs Hunting
				Area
Ferne Clyffe State Park - Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotguns
				only)
Giant City State Park
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Public Hunting
				Area only)
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Rauchfuss Hills State Recreation Area
Skinner Farm State Habitat Area
Trail of Tears State Forest
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area - Firing Line
				Management Unit Only
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
				(windshield card required)
Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card
				required)
Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area
Flag Pond State Natural Area
Hamilton County State Conservation Area (windshield card
				required)
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
				(windshield card required)
Meeker State Habitat Area (windshield card required)
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card
				required)
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card
				required)
Sand Ridge State Forest (windshield card required)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (windshield card
				required)
Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (windshield card required)
d) Statewide regulations shall
			 apply except hunters shall register and report their harvest through the use of
			 windshield cards as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 510.10.
Argyle Lake State Park
Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area
Big River State Forest
Cave-In-Rock State Park - Kaegi Tract
Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area
Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area
Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area
Fort Massac State Park
Hanover Bluff State Natural Area
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Nauvoo State Park (Max Rowe Unit only)
Pere Marquette State Park
Rall Woods State Natural Area
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area - Dutch Creek
				Unit
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area
Saline County State Conservation Area
Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area
Siloam Springs State Park (sign in/sign out required)
Spoon River State Forest
Tapley Woods State Natural Area
Weinberg-King State Park
Weinberg-King State Park - Cecil White Unit
Weinberg-King State Park - Scripps Unit
Weinberg-King State Park - Spunky Bottoms Unit
Winston Tunnel State Natural Area
e) 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
f) Violation of a site specific regulation is
			 a Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.9).