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Campbell Pond State Habitat Area
Site Contact Info
- Office phone: 618-521-8873
- Office address: 483 Mine Road, DeSoto, Illinois 62824
- Main office is at Pyramid State Park
- Site coordinates: 37.94998 -89.1866
- County: North section is Perry County; South section is Jackson County
- Site Superintendent
- District Wildlife Biologist
- Conservation Police
Site Characteristics
- Huntable acres: 520
- Habitat: The site is a combination of shrub-swamp community and a floodplain hardwood forest community, bordered by cropland on all sides. Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.
- Digital Map
- Printable Map
Site Specific Regulations
- 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.
- Use Hunt Planner to find hunting seasons open at this site.
- Hunters may leave stands unattended from Sept 15 – Jan31. Stands must be legibly marked with hunter’s name, address and telephone number.
- Species-specific rules:
Deer
- Archery
- Statewide regulations
- Firearm
- Statewide regulations
- Muzzleloader
- Statewide regulations
Turkey
- Statewide regulations
Waterfowl
- Statewide regulations
Squirrels/Rabbits
- Statewide regulations
Upland Birds
- Dove
- Shot size restricted to No. 7 1/2 lead or No. 6 steel-bismuth or smaller
- Woodcock
- Statewide regulations
Furbearers
- Hunting
- Statewide regulations
- Rimfire rifles .22 caliber and smaller may be used from sunset to sunrise.
- Furbearer hunting closed during Firearm Deer Season
- Hunters with a valid, unfilled firearm deer permit for the hunt area may take coyotes during legal hours of the firearm deer season. Otherwise, the use of shotgun slugs to take furbearing mammals is prohibited on state sites.
- Coyote and striped skunk season coincides with the statewide fox season.
- Trapping
- Not permitted
Amenities
- None