Bradford Pheasant Habitat Area

Site Contact Info

Office phone: 815-454-2328
Office address: c/o Hennepin Canal Parkway, 16006 875 E St, Sheffield, IL 61361
Site coordinates: 41.17173 -89.7358
County: Stark
Site Superintendent (Hennepin Canal parent site)
District Wildlife Biologist
Conservation Police

Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.
All statewide hunting regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.
Site requires use of windshield card displayed on vehicle dashboard to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
Hunters must park in the designated parking lots.
Species-specific rules:

Archery
- Allowed from Oct 1-31
- One non-piercing, portable tree stand or ground blind allowed per hunter. Tree stands and ground blinds must be portable and must be removed at the end of each day.

Rabbits
- A free site permit is issued through a lottery drawing held annually each fall. Permits are issued from the Springfield office.
- Only one hunting party, consisting of the permit holder and no more than 3 companions, will be allowed each day.
- All hunting must be with a shotgun or archery only.
- Hunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment of solid blaze orange of at least 400 square inches.
- Non-toxic shot required
- Hunting is permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season, on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through Dec. 24.

Dove
- Dove hunting not permitted
Pheasant/Quail
- A free site permit is issued through a lottery drawing held annually each fall. Permits are issued from the Springfield office.
- Only one hunting party, consisting of the permit holder and no more than 3 companions, will be allowed each day.
- All hunting must be with a shotgun or archery only.
- Hunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment of solid blaze orange of at least 400 square inches.
- Non-toxic shot required
- Hunting is permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season, on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through Dec. 24.
- Upland game hunters required to return their harvest card prior to February 15th each year, even if the hunter has not hunted.