FALL TURKEY PROGRAM

2020 FALL TURKEY SHOTGUN SEASON

1st Lottery: May 1, 2020 - July 6, 2020

2nd Lottery: July 7, 2020 - August 24, 2020

Illinois residents who did not apply/were not successful in the 1st Lottery Drawing
Nonresidents
Limit 1 application (online or paper application)
Click here to submit an online application (nonresident application available July 7, 2020)
Click here to print and mail a paper application (nonresident application available July 7, 2020)
Group Hunt applications are accepted in the 2nd Lottery
- may purchase one additional permit over the counter
2020 Fall Turkey Shotgun permits remaining after 2nd Lottery Drawing

FALL TURKEY SHOTGUN OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS

County-Specific Fall Turkey Shotgun permits remaining after the 2nd Lottery Drawing will be available for sale over the counter from License Vendors beginning September 21, 2020, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Permits will be sold until quotas are exhausted, or until the close of the season, November 1, 2020. Persons may purchase one or more permits during this period, subject to availability, except that no one may exceed the limit of 2 permits in total, including Lottery-issued and Landowner permits.

For Cook, DuPage and Lake counties, and that portion of Kane County east of State Route 47: October 1, 2020, through January 17, 2021

For all other counties and that portion of Kane County west of State Route 47: October 1, 2020, through January 17, 2021. NOTE: Fall Turkey Archery hunting is CLOSED during Deer Firearm Seasons Nov. 20–22 & Dec. 3–6, 2020.

DATES TO PURCHASE FALL TURKEY ARCHERY PERMITS (two-permit maximum)

Between August 4, 2020 - January 17, 2021 - Purchase over the counter at a License Vendor only.

DATES TO PURCHASE FALL TURKEY ARCHERY PERMITS (two-permit maximum)

Between August 4, 2020 - August 31, 2020: Purchase online or over the counter at a License Vendor.

Between September 1, 2020 - January 17, 2021: Purchase over the counter at a License Vendor only.