ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Freeman Mine State Habitat Area

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    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.

    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