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Freeman Mine State Habitat Area
Site Contact Info
- Office phone: 217-498-9208
- Office address: 9898 Cascade Rd., Rochester, IL 62563
- Main office is at Sangcrhris Lake SP
- Site coordinates: 39.77337 -89.62637
- County: Montgomery
- Site Superintendent
- District Wildlife Biologist
- Conservation Police
Site Characteristics
- Huntable acres: 24
- Habitat: Freeman Mine SHA occupies a former strip mine site. Old-field vegetation and restored native warm season grass and forbs cover flat-to-rolling topography. The site also boasts a 14-acre lake on which the IDNR maintains a blind for waterfowl hunting. 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.
- Upland permits are required to hunt upland game. Permits applications can be made online through the “Upland Game Hunting” section of the IDNR website. Application period is from August 1 – 31.
- Species-specific rules:
Deer
- No deer hunting offered
Turkey
- No turkey hunting offered
Waterfowl
- Youth season
- Weekend preceding the Central Zone opening day
- Closes at 1 p.m.
- Blind sites are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis
- Waterfowl season
- Closes at 1 p.m. daily, except the last 3 days of the Canada Goose season have statewide hours
- Blind sites are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis
Squirrels/Rabbits
- No squirrel hunting offered
- Rabbits
- Requires upland permit
- Limit is 2 rabbits per hunter.
- Hunting hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Upland Birds
- Dove
- Requires site specific permit
- Hunting hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Upland permit holders may harvest doves during the statewide dove season
- Pheasant/Quail
- Requires upland permit
- Limit is 2 cock pheasant, 4 bobwhite quail
- Hunting hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Furbearers
- Hunting
- No furbearer hunting permitted.
- Trapping
- No furbearer trapping is permitted.
Amenities
- None