Hunting Areas and Season Dates

Hunting Areas and Season Dates

NOTE: Des Plaines, Eldon Hazlet, Green River, Iroquois County, Jim Edgar Panther Creek, Johnson Sauk Trail, Moraine View, Sand Ridge and Wayne Fitzgerrell will be open for the Illinois Youth Pheasant hunt only on Nov. 12th.

DES PLAINES 815-423-4326 (WILL COUNTY)
Between Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers. W. Side I-55 - Exit #241.

Check-in Time: 7:00-8:30 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 2, 2022 - Jan. 1, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Nov. 18-20 & Christmas Day


ELDON HAZLET 618-594-3015
 (i.e., CARLYLE LAKE) (CLINTON COUNTY)
5 Mi. N. of Carlyle on Rt. 127,then 2 Mi. E. on Hazlet Park Rd.

Check-in Time: 7:00-8:00 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 9, 2022 - Jan. 8, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays & Christmas Day


GREEN RIVER 815-379-2324 (LEE COUNTY)
4.5 Mi. N. of Ohio, IL on Rt. 26, then 3 Mi. W. on Maytown Rd.

Check-in Time: 8:00-8:30 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 25, 26, 27
Dec. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18,  2022
IROQUOIS COUNTY 815-435-2218
(IROQUOIS COUNTY)
1 Mi. S of St. Anne on Rt. 1, then 7 Mi. E. on gravel rd.

Check-in Time: 7:00-8:00 AM

Season Dates. . Nov. 2, 2022 - Jan. 1, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Nov. 18-22 & Christmas Day


JIM EDGAR PANTHER CREEK 217-452-7741
(CASS COUNTY)
2 Mi. W. of Ashland on Rt. 125, then N. on Newmansville Rd. to County Hwy. 11, then W. 1.5 Mi.

Check-in Time: 8:00-8:30 AM
Stand By Drawing: 8:30 AM
Season Dates: Nov. 5, 2022 - Jan. 15, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Nov. 18-22, Dec. 1-4 & Christmas Day


JOHNSON SAUK TRAIL 309-853-2425 (HENRY COUNTY)
5 Mi. N. of Kewanee on Rt. 78 or 5 Mi. S. of I-80 Exit #33 on Rt. 78

Check-in Time: 8:00-8:30 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 5, 2022 - Jan. 8, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Christmas Day & New Years Day


KANKAKEE RIVER 815-933-1383 (KANKAKEE COUNTY)
Approximately 7 Mi. W. of Bradley-Bourbonnais on Rt. 102 or 10 Mi. E. of Wilmington on Rt. 102 \

Check-in Time: 8:00-8:30 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 5, 2022 - Jan. 8, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Christmas Day & New Years Day


MORAINE VIEW 309-724-8032 (MCLEAN COUNTY) 12 Mi. East of Bloomington on Rt. 9 to LeRoy- Lexington Rd., then S. 4.5 Mi.

Check-in Time: 7:00-8:00 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 2, 2022 - Jan. 1, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays & Christmas Day


SAND RIDGE 309-597-2212 (MASON COUNTY)
From Rt. 136, proceed 4.5 Mi. to Forest City, then 2 Mi. W.- Follow signs
Check-in Time: 8:00-8:30 AM
Stand By Drawing: 8:30 AM
Season Dates: Nov. 5, 2022 - Jan. 15, 2023
Closed: Mondays through Thursdays & Christmas Day (except open Thanksgiving Day)


WAYNE FITZGERRELL 618-629-2320 (i.e., REND LAKE)
(JEFFERSON & FRANKLIN COUNTIES)
1.5 Mi. W. of Interstate 57 on Rt. 154

Check-in Time: 7:00-8:00 AM

Season Dates: Nov. 9, 2022 - Jan. 8, 2023
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays & Christmas Day