Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 650 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF FIREARMS › Section 650.60 - Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All the
			 regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 - General Hunting and Trapping apply in
			 this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.
b) It is unlawful to drive deer, or
			 participate in a deer drive, on all Department-owned or -managed properties. A
			 deer drive is defined as a deliberate action by one or more persons (whether
			 armed or unarmed) whose intent is to cause deer to move within firearm range of
			 one or more participating hunters.
c) Only one tree stand or ground blind is
			 allowed per deer permit holder. Tree stands and ground blinds must comply with
			 restrictions listed in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 510.10(c)(3) and
			 (c)(12) and must be portable. Tree stands and
			 ground blinds must be removed at the end of each day with the exception that
			 they may be left unattended from September 15-January 31 at those sites listed
			 in this Section that are followed by a (1). Any tree stand or ground blind left
			 unattended overnight must be legibly marked with the owner's name, address, and
			 telephone number, or site assigned identification number.
d) Check-in, check-out, and reporting of
			 harvest is required at those sites listed in this Section that are followed by
			 a (2). Sites that require use of windshield cards by hunters as specified in 17
			 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10 are followed by a
			 (6).
e) Only antlerless deer or
			 antlered deer having at least four points on one side may be harvested at those
			 sites listed in this Section that are followed by a (3).
f) Only antlerless deer or antlered deer
			 having at least five points on one side may be harvested at those sites listed
			 in this Section that are followed by a (4).
g) Statewide regulations shall apply at the
			 following sites:
Alvah Borah State Habitat Area (1) (6)
Big Grand Pierre Glade State Natural Area (1) (6)
Cache River State Natural Area (1) (2)
Campbell Pond State Habitat Area (1) (6)
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters (Corps of Engineers managed lands
				except for Jim Hawn and East Spillway areas that are closed to firearm deer
				hunting)
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (except
				subimpoundment area) (6)
Cave-In-Rock State Park - Kaegi Tract (1) (6)
Crawford County Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Cretaceous Hills State Natural Area (1) (6)
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Cypress Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)
Deer Pond State Natural Area (1) (2)
Devil's Island State Wildlife Management Area
Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area (1) (6)
Dug Hill State Fish and Wildlife Area (2)
Ferne Clyffe State Park - Cedar/Draper Bluff Hunting Area (1)
				(2)
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading rifles
				only; no in-line muzzleloading rifles or muzzleloaders with scopes allowed) (1)
				(2)
George S. Park Memorial Woods State Natural Area (2)
Giant City State Park (1) (2)
Hamilton County State Conservation Area (1) (6)
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - Alexander County
				(all portions of the Public Hunting Area except the Controlled Hunting Area)
				(1) (2)
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area, excluding Doza
				Creek Water Management Area and Baldwin Lake Rest Area (1) (2, except south of
				Highway 154 and north of Highway 13)
Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Lake Le Aqua Na State Park (first season only; standby hunting
				allowed by Stephenson County permit holders if all blinds not filled by youth
				hunters; submission of all deer heads within 48 hours after harvest on site is
				required to test for the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease) (2)
Meeker State Habitat Area (1) (6)
Mermet Lake State Conservation Area (1) (6)
Miller-Anderson Woods State Natural Area (Bureau County permit
				holders may hunt the Bureau County portion of the Area and Putnam County permit
				holders may hunt the Putnam County portion of the Area) (2)
Mississippi State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area - Pools 25
				and 26 (Batchtown, Crull Hollow and Godar Waterfowl Rest Areas are closed to
				hunting beginning 14 days before the regular duck season; areas reopen to
				hunting the day after duck season closes; it is unlawful to trespass upon the
				designated duck hunting areas between sunset of the Sunday immediately
				preceding opening day of regular duck season through the day before regular
				duck season as posted at the site; no deer hunting is allowed within 200 yards
				of an occupied duck blind; during duck season only, deer hunters may not access
				the designated duck hunting areas by launching a boat at certain specifically
				posted boat ramps; boat ramps reopen to deer hunters the day after duck season
				closes; hunting is allowed at Red's Landing and Riprap Landing walk-in areas
				from 12:00 p.m. to 1/2 hour after sunset during duck season, statewide hours
				during remainder of the season (1)
Mississippi River Pool 16 (1)
Mississippi River Pools 17, 18 (1)
Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24 (1)
Oakford State Conservation Area
Pere Marquette State Park (1) (6)
Pyramid State Park - Captain, Denmark, East Conant, Galum and
				Park Units (3) (6)
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers'
				managed areas of Rend Lake
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Sielbeck Forest State Natural Area (1) (6)
Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (1) (2)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (areas designated
				as Waterfowl Rest Areas are closed to all access during the Canada Goose Season
				only) (1) (6)
Trail of Tears State Forest (1) (2)
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2)
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Firing Line Unit
				only) (1) (2)
Weinberg-King State Park - Spunky Bottoms Unit (6)
Wildcat Hollow State Forest (1) (6)
Wise Ridge State Natural Area (1)
h) Statewide regulations shall apply at the
			 following sites by special permit allocated through the regular statewide
			 drawing. Season dates that differ from the statewide dates are in parentheses.
			 Sites that offer standby hunting are followed by a (5). At sites offering
			 standby hunting, permit holders must register at the check station by 5:00 a.m.
			 each day of the hunt. Unvalidated permits are void after 5:00 a.m. Vacancies
			 each day may be filled by a drawing held at 5:00 a.m. Vacancies may be filled
			 by any person holding a valid hunting license, Habitat Stamp, and Firearm Owner
			 Identification Card, unless exempt. Standby hunters will be issued a one-day
			 site-specific deer permit at the check station, and charged a permit fee of $5.
			 All hunters must check out and report harvest. Sites that require use of
			 windshield cards by hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 510.10 are followed by (6). In
			 the event that Department budget reductions or site staffing reductions make
			 the operation of check stations or issuance of standby permits impractical,
			 changes to check station procedures and standby permit issuance will be
			 publicly announced and posted at the site. If standby drawing or check station
			 procedures are modified, then 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 510.10(d)(3) 
			 shall apply.
Apple River Canyon State Park - Thompson and Salem Units (first
				or second season only) (6)
Argyle Lake State Park (1) (2) (5) (6)
Big River State Forest (2) (5) (6)
Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Butterfield Trail State Recreation Area (6)
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - East Fork Unit in
				Clinton County
Castle Rock State Park (first or second season only) (1) (5)
				(6)
Cedar Glen State Natural Area (1) (6)
Chain O'Lakes State Park (first season permits only; hunting
				from elevated stands only, 6 feet minimum above the ground except for
				designated accessible blinds; firearms must be fully enclosed in a case, except
				while the hunter is in an elevated stand or as otherwise authorized by an
				employee of the Department; all hunters must attend a site lottery drawing for
				designated hunter stations) (1) (2) (5)
Chauncey Marsh State Natural Area (1) (6)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (only in the area between
				County
Highway 14/Friends Creek Road and State Route 48 - both sides
				of lake) (6)
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Des Plaines State Conservation Area (first season only) (2)
				(5)
Dixon Springs State Park (1) (2)
Embarras River Bottoms State Habitat Area (1) (6)
Ferne Clyffe State Park - Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area (1)
				(2)
Flag Pond State Natural Area (1) (6)
Fort Massac State Park (6)
Fox Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (first season only)
				(6)
Fox Ridge State Park (1) (6)
Franklin Creek State Natural Area (first or second season only)
				(5) (6)
French Bluff State Natural Area (first or second season only)
				(1) (6)
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area/Heidecke State Fish and
				Wildlife Area (first or second season only) (2) (5)
Green River State Wildlife Area (first or second season only)
				(1) (5) (6)
Hanover Bluff State Natural Area (first or second season only)
				(6)
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (1) (6)
Henry Allan Gleason State Natural Area (6)
Hidden Springs State Forest (1) (6)
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - Refuge (Alexander
				County) (hunting only on the first Friday and Saturday of November) (2)
Iroquois County State Conservation Area (first season only) (5)
				(6)
Iroquois County State Conservation Area (second season only; no
				hunting in the controlled pheasant hunting area) (5) (6)
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)
				(6)
Jubilee College State Park (first or second season only) (1)
				(2) (5)
Kaskaskia River Fish and Wildlife Area (Baldwin Lake Rest Area;
				first or second season only; hunting from elevated stands only; six feet
				minimum above ground; hunting must occur within 20 yards of an assigned,
				numbered stake; an inhouse drawing will be held in mid-October for such
				assignments; hunters will be notified by mail of their hunting location; no
				hunters may enter the area before 5:00 a.m.); any hunter that has filled the
				Springfield-issued permit may purchase additional antlerless-only tags at the
				site office (1) (2) (5 - last 2 days of second season)
Kickapoo State Recreation Area (1) (6)
Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area (first or second
				season only) (6)
Lake Le Aqua Na State Park (second season only; submission of
				all deer heads within 48 hours after harvest on site is required to test for
				the presence of Chronic Wasting Disease) (6)
Lake Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area (must have valid
				permit for Lake Shelbyville Project Lands - Moultrie County) (6)
Lowden-Miller State Forest (first or second season only) (1)
				(5) (6)
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2) (5)
Marseilles Fish and Wildlife Area (first or second season only)
				(all tree stands must be removed no later than the last day of the archery deer
				season; unauthorized personnel may not be on the site outside of the posted
				check station operating hours; hunters may enter the site only from designated
				parking lots) (1) (2) (5)
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (2) (5)
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (1) (6)
Mississippi Palisades State Park (first or second season only)
				(1) (5) (6)
Momence Wetlands State Natural Area
Moraine Hills State Park (first or second season permits only;
				hunting from elevated stands only, 6 feet minimum above ground except for
				designated accessible blinds; firearms must be fully enclosed in a case, except
				while the hunter is in an elevated stand or as otherwise authorized by an
				employee of the Department) (2) (5)
Morrison-Rockwood State Park (first season only) (5)
Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Paul C. Burrus State Habitat Area (6)
Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (any hunter
				that has filled the Springfield-issued permit may purchase additional
				antlerless-only tags at the site office)
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (Jasper County) (6)
Rall Woods State Natural Area (first or second season only)
				(6)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (6)
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area - Dutch Creek Unit
				(6)
Revis Hill Prairie State Natural Area (6)
Sahara Woods State Recreation Area (1) (6)
Sand Ridge State Forest (6)
Sangamon County State Conservation Area (6)
Sanganois State Wildlife Area (Ash Swale Waterfowl Rest Area
				will be closed to deer hunting during the waterfowl hunting season) (1)
				(6)
Siloam Springs State Park (6)
Siloam Springs State Park - Buckhorn Unit (3) (6)
Spoon River State Forest (first or second season only) (1)
				(6)
Starved Rock State Park (first or second season only; permit
				includes Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park, Margery C. Carlson
				State Natural Area, Mitchell's Grove State Natural Area and Sandy Ford State
				Natural Area; all initial permits will be issued as antlerless only; hunters
				must take an antlerless deer during the current year firearm season on site
				before they can purchase an either-sex site-specific permit; hunters must check
				antlerless deer with site staff for verification to participate in bonus buck
				program; standby hunters may purchase up to 2 one-day site-specific
				antlerless-only permits each day) (2) (5)
Tapley Woods State Natural Area (first or second season only)
				(6)
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area - Refuge (hunting
				only on the first Friday and Saturday of November (2)
Vesely Land and Water Reserve/Wilmington Shrub Prairie Nature
				Preserve (first or second season only) (6)
Wards Grove State Nature Preserve (first or second season only;
				antlerless only) (6)
Weinberg-King State Park (6)
Weinberg-King State Park - Scripps Unit (6)
Weldon Springs State Park - Piatt County Unit (6)
White Pines Forest State Park (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
				prior to the first statewide firearm deer season only) (2)
White Pines Forest State Park (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
				prior to the second statewide firearm deer season only) (2)
Winston Tunnel State Natural Area (first or second season only)
				(6)
Witkowsky State Wildlife Area (first or second season only)
				(6)
Wolf Creek State Park (for Corps of Engineers managed lands not
				managed by IDNR, contact Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville office for
				specific deer hunting policy) (6)