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Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area

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Office phone: 618-776-5689

Office address: 52 Cinder Hill Dr., Murphysboro, IL 62966

Site coordinates: 37.78411 -89.38205

County: Jackson

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Site Characteristics

Huntable acres: 3,700

Habitat: The area is dominated by oak-hickory forest interspersed with small fields which are managed for food plots, cool/native warm season grasses and legumes.

Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.

Site/Species Specific Regulations

Statewide and associated species regulations in accordance with the Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.

All hunters must sign-in and sign-out and report harvest at hunter registration boxes.

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 not permitted.

Deer

Archery

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Firearm

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Late Winter Antlerless

Not available at this site.

Muzzleloader

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

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.

Fall Shotgun

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Spring

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Youth Spring

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Waterfowl

Ducks/Coots/Mergansers

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Goose

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Snipe/Rail

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Youth Waterfowl

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Upland/Small Game

Controlled Pheasant Hunting

Not available at this site.

Crow

Not available at this site.

Dove

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

  • Dove hunting hours are 12 noon – 5:00 p.m. September 1 – 5 and statewide regulations thereafter. 
  • Shot sizes are restricted to 71/2 lead or 6 steel – bismuth or smaller. 

Pheasant/Quail/Partridge

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Rabbits

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Squirrels

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Woodcock

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

Furbearers

Furbearer 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. 
  • Coyote and striped skunk season coincides with the statewide fox season. 

Furbearer Trapping

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.

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