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Copperhead Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area
Site Contact Info
Office Phone: 618-376-3303
Office Address: 17836 State Hwy 100 North, Grafton, IL 62037
Site coordinates: 39.07624 -90.51424
County: Jersey
Site Superintendent (Mississippi SFWA parent site)
Site Maps
Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 1351
Habitat: Copperhead Hollow has steep hills and deep hollows, covered with oak-hickory forest. Agricultural leases provide and maintain open areas to increase habitat diversity. There are also small brushy areas interspersed across the site.
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.
Site requires use of windshield card, displayed on the vehicle dashboard, to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
No ATV’s are allowed on site. Use of bicycles and low speed electric bicycles are NOT authorized except on roadways designated for vehicular use.
No target or trap shooting is allowed.
No unauthorized person may use or occupy this area during any hunting season when authorized hunting is in progress.
Parking is only allowed in the parking lots.
Tracking deer with dogs is prohibited during hours when deer hunting is being conducted on site.
Deer
Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Firearm
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except firearm season requires a site-specific permit issued through regular firearm deer lottery application process.
Please note: Use of ground blinds during any firearm deer season requires at least 400 square inches of solid, vivid orange material to be securely attached to the uppermost portion of the blind and a substantial amount of orange must be visible for 360 degrees.
Late Winter Antlerless
Not available at this site.
Muzzleloader
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Please note: A Jersey County permit is required. Use of ground blinds during any firearm deer season required at least 400 square inches of solid, vivid orange material to be securely attached to the uppermost portion of the blind and a substantial amount of orange must be visible for 360 degrees.
Special CWD
Not available at this site.
Youth Firearm
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Turkey
Fall Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except windshield card is required.
Fall Shotgun
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except windshield card is required.
Spring
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except windshield card is required.
Please note: A Jersey County permit is required.
Youth Spring
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except windshield card is required.
Please note: A Jersey County permit is required.
Waterfowl
Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except windshield card is required and hunting is permitted until sunset.
Goose
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except windshield card is required and hunting is permitted until sunset.
Snipe & Rail
Not available at this site.
Youth Waterfowl
Not available at this site.
Upland & Small Game
Crow
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Dove
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply except non-toxic shot is required.
Rabbits
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Squirrels
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Upland Birds
Not available at this site.
Woodcock
Not available at this site.
Furbearers
Hunting
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply except:
- 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.
- .224 caliber or smaller centerfire is allowed from the close of deer season until the end of the statewide fox season.
- Coyote and striped skunk season coincides with the statewide fox season.
Trapping
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply except:
- A valid site-permit is required.
- Permits are issued via a public drawing held the Wednesday after the opening of the central waterfowl season at the Mississippi River SFWA site office.
- All persons entering the drawing must have a current trapping license and habitat stamp.
- Site specific regulations will be provided to permit holders.
Amenities
Hunting
Trapping