Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center

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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

Archery
- Statewide regulations apply.
- Archery deer hunting is allowed during firearm seasons, but archery hunters must wear blaze orange.
Firearm deer hunting is not permitted.

Fall Archery
- Statewide regulations apply.
Spring
- Site specific permit issued through the Springfield Permit Office required
Spring Youth
- Must possess a valid county permit

Squirrels
- Squirrel permitted in accordance to statewide regulations.
Rabbits
- Statewide regulations but only from January 1 through end of statewide season.

Dove
- September 1-5: hours are sunrise until 11:30am.
- Statewide regulations remainder of season, except that season ends September 30.
- Permits issued through Springfield Permit Office.

Hunting
- Furbearer hunting not permitted
Trapping
- 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