ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Public Duck and Goose Hunting Area Permit First Lottery Begins August 16!

Ramsey Lake State Park

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    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.

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