Birkbeck State Habitat Area

Site Contact Info

Office phone: 217-935-8722

Office address: 7251 Ranger Rd., DeWitt, IL 61735 (Main office is at Clinton Lake SRA)

Site coordinates: 40.20364 -88.868455

County: DeWitt

Site Superintendent (Clinton Lake SRA parent site)

District Wildlife Biologist

Conservation Police

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Site Characteristics

Huntable acres: 77

Habitat: Open grassland bisected by Coon Creek. Active grassland habitat management will be occurring on the site. These activities are designed to improve upland habitat. Active habitat management will occur throughout the year on the site, including prescribed burning.

Site Specific Regulations

Statewide and associated species regulations apply at the site unless noted hereafter. 

All hunting must be done with shotgun or bow and arrow (flu flu arrows only).

Deer

Not available at this site.

Turkey

Not available at this site.

Waterfowl

Not available at this site.

Upland & Small Game

Dove

Not available at this site.

Rabbits

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

• Requires a free upland game permit.
• Hunting is only permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season and on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through December 24.
• Only one hunting party, consisting of the permit holder and 3 hunting partners, will be allowed each day.

Squirrels

Not available at this site.

Upland Birds

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

• Requires a free upland game permit obtained via statewide lottery.
• Hunting is only permitted the first and second day of the statewide upland game season and on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through December 24.
• Only one hunting party, consisting of the permit holder and 3 hunting partners, will be allowed each day.

Woodcock

Not available at this site.

Furbearers

Hunting

Not available at this site.

Trapping

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

• Requires site specific permit issued via lottery drawing and Free windshield card
• Applicants must submit their name to the site office before the last Saturday in October. Site office: Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, 7251 Ranger Road. DeWitt, IL 61735. Phone: (217) 935-8722 Email: dnr.clintonlake@illinois.gov
• Trapping permit must be in possession while trapping on the site.
• Only Egg Traps, D-P (Dog-Proof) Traps, Lil Grizz Get’rz, box traps, cage traps, and traps of similar design may be used for land sets.
• Windshield Card required. Trappers must report their annual harvest online (even if the trapper did not trap) by February 15, or two weeks after the season closes for those seasons ending after February 1.

Amenities

Designated parking lots

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