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Redwing Slough/Deer Lake State Natural Area
Site Contact Info
Office Phone: (847) 587-5512
Office Address: Chain O’Lakes SP; 8916 Wilmot Rd., Spring Grove, IL 60081
Site Coordinates: 42.466352, -88.049556
County: Lake
Site Superintendent (Chain O’Lakes SP parent site)
Site Map
Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 155
Habitat: One of the largest wetlands remaining in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. The wetland is managed as a hemi marsh which by definition is a wetland with a 1:1 ratio of open water to emergent vegetation. Other areas of the site include upland hardwood forest and prairie.
Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year at this site.
Site/Species Specific Regulations
Statewide and associated species regulations in accordance with the Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.
Deer
Not available at this site.
Turkey
Not available at this site.
Waterfowl
- Shooting hours will be from legal opening to 1:00 PM.
- The site will be open for waterfowl hunting on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday only.
- Outboard motors of (6) horsepower or less are permitted on the site for blind building and hunting.
- No person shall buy, sell or commercialize hunting rights, either directly or indirectly.
- Not more than 4 persons shall occupy a blind at one time.
- Weeds and/or brush may not be cut or controlled around a blind without prior approval from an authorized Department of Natural Resource representative.
- Bogging of blinds is prohibited.
- Use of the following species is prohibited for brushing blinds due to their ability to readily propagate and become noxious weeds: Purple Loosestrife, Giant Reed.
Ducks/Coots/Mergansers
Available at this site. See further site-specific regulations below:
- The Northern Zone duck season will be the only waterfowl hunting season allowed. Hunting is prohibited during any September teal season.
Goose
Available at this site. See further site-specific regulations below:
- Goose hunting prior to and after the close of the Northern Zone duck season is prohibited. Hunting is prohibited during any September teal season.
Snipe/Rail
Not available at this site.
Youth Waterfowl
Not available at this site.
Upland/Small Game
Controlled Pheasant
Not available at this site.
Crow
Not available at this site.
Dove
Not available at this site.
Pheasant/Quail/Partridge
Not available at this site.
Rabbits
Not available at this site.
Squirrels
Available at this site. See further site-specific regulations below:
- Season: August 1 through September 30 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Park in the entrance off Rt 173. Any area highlighted in yellow on the map may be walked to and hunted.
- Hunters must obtain a Windshield Card online from the Department website. This permit must be displayed under the vehicle windshield, face up, with the permit number visible and the pocket portion in possession while hunting at the site. Hunters must report their annual harvest online (even if the hunter did not hunt) by February 15 or two weeks after the season closes for those seasons ending after February 1. Hunters shall forfeit their hunting privileges at the site for the following year if they fail to report by the above deadline. https://dnr.illinois.gov/Windshieldcard
- Air rifles .25 caliber or smaller only
Woodcock
Not available at this site.
Furbearers
Furbearer Hunting
Not available at this site.
Furbearer Trapping
Not available at this site.
Amenities
None