Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 590 - DUCK, GOOSE AND COOT HUNTING › Section 590.40 - Check Station Department Sites Only - Duck, Goose and Coot Hunting

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The sites listed
			 in this Section conform to Statewide Regulations (Section
			 590.10) and General Department
			 Regulations (Section 590.15), except as noted in
			 parentheses and in the remainder of this Section. Daily hunting hours close at
			 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise indicated in parentheses below.
1) Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
			 - All Management Units (the use of any metal, with the exception of fasteners
			 less than 12 inches in length, carpet, felt paper, plastic snow fence or any
			 mesh material will be prohibited in the construction of waterfowl
			 blinds)
2) Batchtown State Wildlife
			 Management Area(3:30 p.m. closing) (except the last 3 days of duck season and
			 the last 3 days of regular Canada goose season shall close at sunset; 3 year
			 blind allocation period; all interior lakes and sloughs located on Turner
			 Island will be noted as walk-in or boats without motors only; no permanent
			 blinds are allowed; hunting parties shall not hunt over fewer than 12 decoys or
			 more than 24 decoys in the walk-in area; decoys must be picked up daily; no
			 vehicles are allowed in the walk-in area; walk-in shooting hours end at 12:00
			 p.m. CST daily)
3) Calhoun Point
			 State Wildlife Management Area (3:30 p.m. closing) (except the last 3 days of
			 duck season and the last 3 days of regular Canada goose season shall close at
			 sunset; 3 year blind allocation period)
4) The Glades State Wildlife Management Area
			 (3:30 p.m. closing) (except the last 3 days of duck season and the last 3 days
			 of regular Canada goose season shall close at sunset; 3 year blind allocation
			 period; all interior lakes and sloughs located on 12 Mile Island will be noted
			 as walk-in; only boats without motors are allowed in the management area; no
			 permanent blinds are allowed; hunting parties shall not hunt over fewer than 12
			 decoys or more than 24 decoys; decoys must be picked up daily; no vehicles are
			 allowed in the walk-in area; walk-in shooting hours end at 12:00 p.m.
			 daily)
5) Godar-Diamond State
			 Wildlife Management Area (3:30 p.m. closing) (except the last 3 days of duck
			 season and the last 3 days of regular Canada goose season shall close at
			 sunset; 3 year blind allocation period)
6) Horseshoe Lake State Park - Madison County
			 (3:30 p.m. closing) (except the last 3 days of duck season and the last 3 days
			 of regular Canada goose season shall close at sunset; 3 year blind
			 allocation)
7) Lake DePue State
			 Fish and Wildlife Area and Lake DePue Walk-in Unit (aka 3I)
8) Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (the
			 use of any metal, with the exception of fasteners less than 12 inches in
			 length, carpet and plastic snow fence or mesh will be prohibited in the
			 construction of waterfowl blinds; previous year's blind builders shall have
			 until February 1 to salvage blind materials; hunting hours for early and late
			 goose seasons will end at sunset)
9) Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area
			 (previous years blind builders shall have until February 1 to salvage blind
			 materials; goose hunting prohibited before and after duck season; closed
			 Mondays and Tuesdays)
10) Rice Lake
			 State Fish and Wildlife Area (the use of any metal, with the exception of
			 fasteners less than 12 inches in length, carpet, felt paper, plastic snow fence
			 or any mesh material will be prohibited in the construction of waterfowl
			 blinds; previous year's blind builders have until May 1 to remove their
			 blinds)
11) Sanganois State Fish
			 and Wildlife Area (check station and walk-in areas, hunters are not required to
			 hunt from a blind site during goose seasons held after the duck
			 season)
12) Spring Lake State Fish
			 and Wildlife Area (the use of any metal, with the exception of fasteners less
			 than 12 inches in length, carpet, felt paper, plastic snow fence or any mesh
			 material will be prohibited in the construction of waterfowl blinds; waterfowl
			 hunters will have the option to either construct a platform blind (4' x 8' with
			 boat hide) or a boat hide blind no less than
			 7.5 ' x 18' in dimension and
			 fully enclosed on all four sides, must include four shooting holes or ports and
			 brushed (doors capable of being closed are permitted for boat access); hunters
			 choosing to construct a boat type of blind will not be required to construct a
			 dog hide; blind numbers 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 must be removed in
			 their entirety by May 1, but may be removed beginning November 21; blinds 1, 3,
			 4, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 must be removed in their entirety by the
			 previous year's blind builder no later than 7 days after the next allocation
			 period; hunting from boat blinds is permitted within 10 feet from any numbered
			 stake if the blind has not been constructed, or beginning November 21, at
			 locations where the blind has been dismantled; goose hunting prohibited prior
			 to the regular duck season)
13)
			 Stump Lake State Wildlife Management Area (3:30 p.m. closing) (except the last
			 3 days of duck season and the last 3 days of regular Canada goose season shall
			 close at sunset; 3 year blind allocation period)
14) Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area
			 (the use of any metal, with the exception of fasteners less than 12 inches in
			 length, carpet and plastic snow fence or mesh will be prohibited in the
			 construction of waterfowl blinds; previous year's blind builders shall have
			 until February 1 to salvage blind materials; hunting hours for early and late
			 goose seasons will end at sunset; hunting at the Woodford State Fish and
			 Wildlife Area - Forest Wetland Unit will take place every Wednesday and
			 Saturday during the Central Zone duck hunting season; 2 blinds may be available
			 by a drawing held at the site office 60 minutes prior to shooting hours (11/2
			 hours before sunrise); hunters with disabilities classified under
			 15 ILCS
			 335/4A as P2a disabilities, as demonstrated by an
			 Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, will draw for blinds
			 first; blinds not claimed by hunters with disabilities may be drawn by other
			 hunters). If no drawing occurs, then modifications will be posted at the site
			 and 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 510.10(d)(3)
			 shall apply.
15) William Powers
			 State Recreation Area (all waterfowl hunting prohibited before youth waterfowl
			 season; closed Mondays and Tuesdays; blinds must be removed in their entirety
			 by May 1; all non-blind builders will be assigned blinds on a first-come,
			 first-served basis)