Maytown Pheasant Habitat Area
Site Contact Info
Office phone: 815-379-2324
Office address: c/o Green River SF, 375 Game Road, Harmon, IL 61042
Site coordinates: 41.61838 -89.4009
County: Lee
Site Superintendent (Green River SF parent site)
Site Map
Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 159
Habitat: Topography varies from flat to gently rolling, which is vegetated in a mixture of cool-season grasses and legumes, warm-season grasses, and shrubs. There are prairie restorations, old fields, creek bottoms, food plots, and woodland.
Active habitat management will occur throughout the year at this site.
Site Specific Regulations
Statewide and associated species regulations apply at the site unless noted hereafter.
The site requires the use of a windshield card, displayed on the vehicle dashboard, to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
Note the regulations posted at the site before hunting.
No more than 4 hunters at any one time.
All hunters must sign in, sign out, and report harvest at the registration box in the site parking lot.
All hunting must be with a shotgun or a bow and arrow.
Deer
Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Archery deer hunting is allowed in October only.
- All archery deer hunters must sign in at the registration box in the parking lot.
- Archery hunters must sign out and report harvest at the registration box in the site parking lot.
- No more than 4 hunters at any one time.
- One stand per hunter. Stands must be non-piercing, portable, and removed from the site at the end of each day’s hunt.
- Must not engage in “driving” deer.
Firearm
Not available at this site.
Late Winter Antlerless
Not available at this site.
Muzzleloader
Not available at this site.
Special CWD
Not available at this site.
Youth Firearm
Not available at this site.
Turkey
Fall Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Allowed in October only.
- All archery fall turkey hunters must sign in at the registration box in the parking lot.
- Archery fall turkey hunters must sign out and report harvest at the registration box in the site parking lot.
- No more than 4 hunters at any one time.
Fall Shotgun
Not available at this site.
Spring
Not available at this site.
Youth Spring
Not available at this site.
Waterfowl
Not available at this site.
Upland & Small Game
Dove
Not available at this site.
Rabbits
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Rabbit hunting is allowed by permit only. Special permits are allocated by the IDNR Springfield Permit Office.
- Rabbit hunting must be with a shotgun or a bow and arrow (flu – flu arrows only, no broadheads).
- Rabbit hunters must wear blaze orange apparel.
- Hunting will be permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season, subsequent Wednesdays and Saturdays in November, and Thursdays and Sundays in December, through December 24th. Contact the site for season dates.
Squirrels
Not available at this site.
Upland Birds
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Hunting of pheasant, quail and partridge is allowed by permit only.
- Special permits are allocated by the IDNR Springfield Permit Office. Dates to submit applications for the drawing will be announced.
- 1 permit will be issued for each hunting date.
- Each permit holder may be accompanied by up to 3 hunting partners, allowing for a maximum of 4 hunters per day.
- Each permit holder must complete and return a hunter harvest survey report to the IDNR by Feb 15.
- Hunting will be permitted on the first and second day of the statewide upland game season, subsequent Wednesdays and Saturdays in November, and Thursdays and Sundays in December, through December 24th. Contact the site for season dates.
- All upland bird hunting must be with a shotgun or bow and arrow (flu – flu arrows only and no broadheads).
- Hunters must wear blaze orange apparel.
Woodcock
Not available at this site.
Furbearers
Not available at this site.