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Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center
Site Contact Info
Office phone: 618-242-0830
Office address: 13995 E. Game Farm Rd., Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Site coordinates: 38.23994 -88.88892
County: Jefferson
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Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 650
Habitat: The topography is rolling, with a wide range of diverse habitats. These include, timbered hills, prairie grass, and old field patches, ponds, creek bottoms, and agricultural fields. There smaller agricultural fields throughout the area as well as fields planted by site staff as wildlife food plots. This area also includes two smaller ponds and an 8 acre wetland and creek that flows through the south side of the property.
Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.
Site 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 daily and report harvest.
No ATV access. No overnight camping.
Deer
Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Archery deer hunting is allowed during firearm seasons, but archery hunters must wear blaze orange.
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.
Fall Shotgun
Not available at the site.
Spring Turkey
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Requires a site-specific permit issued through the statewide lottery.
Spring Youth
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Must possess a valid Jefferson County permit.
Waterfowl
Not available at this site.
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:
- September 1-5: hours are sunrise until 11:30am.
- Sept. 6-30: hours are sunrise to sunset with dove hunting closing after September 30.
- A youth hunt is scheduled annually for the first weekend day in Sept. or Labor Day, whichever comes first, and is by Springfield lottery-issued permit, only.
- Applicants must be between the ages of 10-17, with a valid Illinois hunting license.
- Each youth must be accompanied by a supervising adult. If the youth hunter does not have a valid Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, the supervising adult is required to have a FOID card
- The supervising adult may actively hunt with the youth hunter
- Hunting hours are from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
- Permit holders must register at the site office prior to 11:00 am
- Permitted hunters who fail to complete their registration by 11:00 am shall have their permit voided.
- Following registration, a daily stand-by drawing, if needed, will be conducted for unclaimed or voided permits
- Field and stake selection will be made at the site office through randomized draw following the standby draw
- Hunters may be required to wear back patches while in the field
- Hunters must sign out and report harvest at the site office/sign-out box immediately following their exit from the field
- Hunters must hunt within 10 feet of an IDNR marked stake and their firearm will remain at their chair, when leaving the stake is necessary (retrieving birds, etc.)
- Free Dove Permit One Stop
Pheasant/Quail/Partridge
Not available at this site.
Rabbits
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Open January 1 through the end of the statewide season.
Squirrels
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Woodcock
Not available at this site.
Furbearers
Furbearer Hunting
Not available at this site.
Furbearer Trapping
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Requires a site specific permit. Permits are issued via a public drawing at the site office on the last Monday of October at 11 a.m. Registration begins at 10 a.m.. Must possess a current or previous years trapping license
- Trappers may have partners, provided their name was on the registration card
- Must stay in assigned areas
- Trappers must submit a harvest within 10 days of the close of the trapping program
Amenities
None