Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 530 - COCK PHEASANT, HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE, BOBWHITE QUAIL, AND RABBIT HUNTING › Section 530.80 - Regulations for Fee Hunting of Pheasant, Quail and Rabbit at Controlled Permit Hunting Sites

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Hunting
			 Seasons:
1) The following controlled pheasant
			 hunting areas shall be closed to pheasant permit hunting on every Monday and
			 Tuesday during the controlled hunting season (except as provided in subsection
			 (a)(3)) and on December 25.
Chain O'Lakes State Park
Des Plaines State Conservation Area
Eldon Hazlet State Park (Carlyle Lake)
Iroquois County State Conservation Area
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area -
				Controlled Unit
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park
Kankakee River State Park
Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River State Wildlife
				Area)
Moraine View State Park
Sand Ridge State Forest
Silver Springs State Park
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (Rend Lake)
2) The following controlled pheasant hunting
			 areas are open only to participants in the Illinois Youth Pheasant Hunting
			 Program on the first Saturday following the opening of the statewide upland
			 game season. Exceptions are in parentheses.
Chain O'Lakes State Park
Des Plaines State Conservation Area
Eldon Hazlet State Park (Carlyle Lake)
Iroquois County State Conservation Area
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area -
				Controlled Unit (Conducted on first Saturday of Upland Game Season)
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park
Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River State Wildlife
				Area)
Kankakee River State Park
Moraine View State Park
Sand Ridge State Forest
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park (Rend Lake)
3) Controlled pheasant hunting seasons are
			 listed below; exceptions are in parentheses; with written authorization from
			 the Director, captive-reared game bird hunting may be scheduled during the
			 season provided for in Section
			 1.13 or
			 2.6 of the Wildlife Code
			 [520 ILCS
			 5 ], whichever is longer, on the following DNR
			 operated areas:
Chain O'Lakes State Park (closed the week of the November 3-day
				firearm season) - Friday through Sunday beginning with the Friday before the
				first Saturday in November through the seventh Sunday following, except
				Wednesday through Sunday during the week of Thanksgiving Day
Des Plaines State Conservation Area (closed during the November
				3-day firearm deer hunting), Iroquois County State Conservation Area (closed
				during the November firearm deer hunting season), Silver Springs State Park and
				Moraine View State Park - the Wednesday before the first Saturday of November
				through the ninth Sunday following
Eldon Hazlet State Park and Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park - the
				Wednesday following the first Saturday of November through the ninth Sunday
				following
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area -
				Controlled Unit (closed during the November and December firearm deer hunting
				season), Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park (closed New Year's Day and the Thursday
				and Friday after the first Saturday in November when the first Saturday in
				November is November 1 through 3), Kankakee River State Park (closed New Year's
				Day) - season dates are those specified in Section
				530.20
Lee County State Conservation Area (Green River) (closed the
				weeks of the November 3-day and December 4-day firearm deer seasons) - Friday
				through Sunday beginning with the Friday before the first Saturday in November
				through the seventh Sunday following
Sand Ridge State Forest - Fridays through Sundays and
				Thanksgiving Day during the season dates specified in Section 530.20