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Manito Pheasant Habitat Area

Site Contact Info

Office phone: 309-968-7135

Office address: 7982 S. Park Rd., Manito, IL 61546 

Site coordinates: 40.46332 -89.78793

County: Tazewell

Site Superintendent 

District Wildlife Biologist 

Conservation Police 

Site Closures List 

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Site Characteristics

Huntable acres: 70

Habitat: Grassland habitat managed for upland game. 

Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site, including prescribed burning.

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. 

It is unlawful to ride horses on the site or allow horses to enter the site.  

Deer

Not available at this site.

Turkey

Not available at this site.

Waterfowl

Not available at this site.

Upland/Small Game

Controlled Pheasant

Not available at this site.

Crow

Not available at this site.

Dove

Not available at this site.

Pheasant/Quail/Partridge

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

  • A free site permit is issued through a lottery drawing held annually each fall. Permits are issued from the Springfield office.
  • Hunting will be permitted on the first and second day of statewide upland game season and on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through December 24.
  • Only 1 hunting party, consisting of the permit holder and no more than 3 partners, will be allowed to hunt each day.  
  • All hunting must be with shotgun or bow and arrow.
  • Hunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment of solid blaze orange of at least 400 square inches.
  • Each permit holder must complete and return a harvest survey report. 

Rabbits

Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:

  • A free site permit is issued through a lottery drawing held annually each fall. Permits are issued from the Springfield office.  
  • Only 1 hunting party, consisting of the permit holder and no more than 3 partners, will be allowed to hunt each day.  
  • All hunting must be with shotgun or bow and arrow.
  • Hunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment of solid blaze orange of at least 400 square inches.
  • Each permit holder must complete and return a harvest survey report.
  • Hunting will be permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season and on each subsequent Wednesday and Saturday in November, and on each Thursday and Sunday in December, through December.  

Squirrels

Not available at this site.

Woodcock

Not available at this site.

Furbearers

Not available at this site.

Amenities

None