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Devil’s Island Wildlife Management Area
Site Contact Info
- Office phone: 618-833-5175
- Office address:2755 Refuge Rd., Jonesboro, IL 62952
- Main office is at Union County SFWA
- Site coordinates: 37.32748 -89.43405
- County
- North – Union County
- South – Alexander County
- Site Superintendent
- District Wildlife Biologist
- Conservation Police
Site Characteristics
- Huntable acres: 2,741
- Habitat: Bottomland, hardwood forests and agricultural fields. 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.
- Use Hunt Planner to find hunting seasons open at this site.
- Hunters may leave stands unattended from September 15 – January 31. Stands must be legibly marked with owner’s name, address and telephone number.
- No permanent blinds or pits may be dug or constructed. All blinds must be portable or established with natural vegetation and must be removed or dismantled at the end of each day’s hunt. Cutting of live vegetation on the area is illegal.
- All motorized vehicles must remain on access road or at parking area. This is a walk-in hunting area. No ATV/s or bicycles are allowed. Person-pulled carts can be used to retrieve deer.
- Species-specific rules:
Deer
- Archery
- Statewide regulations
- Firearm
- Statewide regulations
- Muzzleloader
- Statewide regulations
Turkey
- Statewide regulations
Waterfowl
- Statewide regulations
Squirrels/Rabbits
- Squirrels
- Statewide regulations
- Rabbits
- Statewide regulations
Upland Birds
- 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
- Site specific permit required. Contact site for more information
- Only Egg Traps, D-P (dog proof) Traps, Lil Grizz Get’rz, box traps and traps of similar design may be used for land sets