Announcements
Public Duck and Goose Hunting Area Permit First Lottery Begins August 16!
Ramsey Lake State Park
Site Contact Info
- Office phone: 618-423-2215
- Office address: Ramsey Lake Rd., P.O. Box 97, Ramsey, IL 62080
- Site coordinates: 39.16012 -89.12473
- County: Fayette
- Site Superintendent
- District Wildlife Biologist
- Conservation Police
Site Map
Site Characteristics
- Huntable acres: 1,610
- Habitat: Small crop fields, brushy draws and briar thickets and mature oak-hickory forest. Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.


Site Specific Regulations
- All statewide hunting regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter
- Site requires use of windshield card (unless otherwise noted), and displayed on vehicle dashboard to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February
- Use Hunt Planner to find hunting seasons open at this site
- Hunters must remove tree stands daily
- All hunting is by shotgun or archery only
- Species-specific rules:
Deer
- Archery
- Statewide regulations apply.
Turkey
- Fall Archery
- Statewide regulations apply.
- Spring
- Statewide regulations apply.
Waterfowl
- Waterfowl hunting not permitted.
Squirrels/Rabbits
- Squirrels
- Statewide regulations
- Rabbits
- Site specific permit required. Contact site for more information
- Non-toxic shot required
- Hunting is on Wednesdays only
Upland Birds
Quail
- Site specific permit required. Contact site for more information
- Non- toxic shot required
- Hunting is on Wednesdays only
Dove
- No windshield card needed.
- A daily drawing will be held 1 1/2-1 hour before sunrise. A daily quota of 30 hunters will be drawn
- September 1-5:
- Hours are sunrise-11:30 a.m
- Hunters allocated through daily on-site drawing
- September 6-30:
- Hours are statewide hunting hours
- Hunters allocated through daily on-site drawing
- Hunters are not allowed to leave without first checking out
- All dove hunting must be from within 10 feet of staked location
Snipe
- Statewide regulations until rabbit season begins then hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Furbearers
- Hunting
- Shotgun or Archery Only
- Trapping
- Requires a site specific permit that will be issued via a public drawing held on the last Friday in October. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the drawing will be at 8 a.m.