Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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Special hunting opportunities are provided on
some areas. These hunts require special hunting
permits. In some instances, fees are charged.
CONTROLLED PHEASANT HUNTS
NOTE:
On controlled pheasant hunting areas State Habi-tat
Stamps are not required when hunting cap-tive-
reared pheasants.
State Habitat Stamps are required when hunting
quail, Hungarian partridge, rabbits and wood-cock
on controlled pheasant hunting areas where
these species can be harvested during the con-trolled
pheasant hunting season.
Thanksgiving Day hunting hours at all controlled
pheasant hunting sites are 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Hunts Requiring Reservations
Information about controlled pheasant hunting
permit reservations is available on the Depart-ment’s
website at: www.dnr.illinois.gov.
Hunting Areas & Dates:
Green River State Wildlife Area - Season Dates:
Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27, Dec. 9, 10, 11,
16, 17, 18;
Following sites closed Mondays, Tuesdays &
Christmas Day; Des Plaines Conservation Area -
Season: Nov. 2, 2011-Jan. 1, 2012, Closed Nov.
18-20; Eldon Hazlet State Park (Carlyle Lake) -
Season: Nov. 9, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012; Iroquois Co.
Conservation Area - Season: Nov. 2, 2011-Jan. 1,
2012, Closed Nov. 18-20; Jim Edgar Panther
Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area - Season: Nov. 5,
2011-Jan. 15, 2012, Closed Nov. 18-20 and Dec.
1-4; Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park & Kankakee
River State Park - Season: Nov. 5, 2011-Jan. 8,
2012, Closed New Years Day; Moraine View State
Park - Season: Nov. 2, 2011-Jan. 1, 2012; Sand
Ridge State Forest - Season: Nov. 5, 2011-Jan.
15, 2012; Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park - Season:
Nov. 9, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012.
Hunts by the Public/Private Partnership
Operator
Information about controlled pheasant hunting
permit reservations for the public/private part-nership
areas is available on the Department’s
website at: www.dnr.illinois.gov.
Private Operator: T. Miller, Inc.
Ph: 217/793-6146
Hunting Areas and Dates:
Closed most Mondays, Tuesdays, Christmas Day,
& New Years Day - special hunts on some Mon-days
& Tuesdays may be available at some sites;
check: www.dnr.illinois.gov for 2011-12 fee in-formation;
Chain O’Lakes State Park - Season:
Nov. 2-Dec. 18, 2011, Closed Nov. 18-20; Horse-shoe
Lake State Park (Madison Co.) - Season:
Second Wednesday of December or first hunting
day following Central Zone duck season through
Jan. 29, 2012; Ramsey Lake State Park - Season:
Nov. 5, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012 (Closed some
Wednesdays and Thursdays see website); Silver
Springs State Park - Season: Oct. 15, 2011-Jan.8,
2012.
Illinois Youth Controlled Pheasant Hunts
for Hunters ages 10-15
Information about controlled pheasant hunting
permit reservations is available on the Depart-ment’s
website at: www.dnr.illinois.gov.
Each hunter must be accompanied by a non-hunting
supervising adult who must wear blaze
orange.
Hunters or supervising adult must possess a
Firearm Owner’s Identification Card.
Hunting Areas & Dates:
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area & Mackinaw
River State Fish & Wildlife Area - Oct. 29, 2011;
Chain O’Lakes, Des Plaines, Edward Madigan
State Park, Green River, Iroquois Co., Jim
Edgar Panther Creek, Johnson-Sauk Trail,
Moraine View, Sand Ridge & Sangchris Lake
State Park - Nov. 6, 2011; Eldon Hazlet (Carlyle
Lake), Horseshoe Lake (Madison Co.) & Wayne
Fitzgerrell (Rend Lake) - Nov. 13, 2011; World
Shooting and Recreational Complex – Oct. 22,
2011.
Additional Youth Controlled Pheasant Hunts
Information about controlled pheasant hunting
permit reservations is available on the Depart-ment’s
website at: www.dnr.illinois.gov.
Hunters under 16 hunt for free, but each young
hunter must be accompanied by an adult hunter.
Adult hunters must pay the permit fee.
Hunting Areas & Dates:
Green River - Nov. 6; Des Plaines, Eldon Hazlet
(Carlyle Lake), Iroquois Co., Jim Edgar Panther
Creek, Johnson-Sauk Trail, Kankakee River,
Moraine View, Sand Ridge & Wayne Fitzgerrell
(Rend Lake) - Nov. 27 & Dec. 30
Hunts for Disabled Hunters
Disabled hunters with Standing Vehicle Permits
may obtain Controlled Pheasant Hunting Per-mits
for Eldon Hazlet, Des Plaines, and Moraine
View where special vehicles are available to as-sist
with the hunt. Disabled hunters, as defined
by law (520 ILCS 5/2.33), may apply to the IDNR
Office of Law Enforcement (217/782-6431) for a
Standing Vehicle Permit. Information about
controlled pheasant hunting permit reservations
for disabled hunters is available on the Depart-ment’s
website at: www.dnr.illinois.gov.
Special Hunts on Department Sites
FREE UPLAND GAME PERMIT HUNTS
Free upland game hunting permits are now applied
for over the internet at www.dnr.illinois.gov. Addi-tional
information and hunting dates are available
there. Applicants can receive only one permit per
year and the application deadline is August 31. Each
hunter selected may bring three hunting partners ex-cept
Green River, Sand Prairie, Saybrook, Sibley and
Victoria where they may bring five and Coffeen and
Pyramid where they may bring two. Hunting is for
cock pheasant, gray partridge, quail and rabbit.
Quail Management Areas:
(Captain, Denmark and East Conant Units) Pyra-mid
State Park in Perry County, Siloam Springs
State Park (Buckhorn Unit) in Brown and Schuyler
Counties.
Upland Game Areas:
Coffeen Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area (Upland
Management Area only) in Montgomery County,
Eagle Creek SP in Shelby County, Edward R. Madi-gan
State Park in Logan County, Freeman Mine
State Wildlife Area in Montgomery County, Green
River State Wildlife Area in Lee County, Harry
“Babe” Woodyard State Natural Area in Vermilion
County, Hurricane Creek Habitat Area in Coles
County, Ilo Dillin Habitat Area in Tazewell County,
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife
Area in Cass County, Little Rock Creek Habitat Area
in Carroll County, MacKinaw River State Fish and
Wildlife Area in Tazewell County, Nachusa Prairie
c/o Franklin Creek State Natural Area in Ogle
County, Sand Ridge State Forest (Sparks Pond
Land and Water Reserve) in Mason County,
Sangchris Lake State Park in Christian County, Willow
Creek Habitat Area in Edgar County and Wolf Creek SP
in Shelby County.
Pheasant Habitat Areas:
Birkbeck PHA in DeWitt County, Bradford PHA in
Stark County, Clifton PHA in Iroquois County, Dublin
Highlands PHA in Stephenson County, Finfrock
PHA in DeWitt County, Gifford PHA in Champaign
County, Hallsville PHA in DeWitt County, Herschel
Workman PHA in Vermilion County, Hindsboro
PHA in Douglas County, Loda PHA in Iroquois
County, Manito PHA in Tazewell County, Maytown
PHA in Lee County, Milks Grove PHA in Iroquois
County, Perdueville PHA in Ford County, Sand
Prairie PHA in Lee County, Saybrook PHA in
McLean County, Sibley PHA in Ford County, Stew-ard
PHA in Lee County, Victoria PHA in Knox
County and Whitefield PHA in Marshall County.
See the Public Hunting Areas (page 35) on how to
obtain additional information on these sites.
