§715.10. Hunting Season, Open Counties and Permit Quotas

a)         Season:  The 9 days beginning on Saturday of the Second complete 2-day weekend (Saturday and Sunday) after October 10.  Hunting outside the set season dates is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.9).

 

b)         Open Counties

 

OPEN COUNTIES

 

Adams

Alexander

Brown

Calhoun

Carroll

Cass

Clark

Clay

Crawford

Edwards

Franklin

Fulton

Gallatin

Greene

Hamilton

Hancock

Hardin

Henderson

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Jersey

Jo Daviess

Johnson

Knox

Lawrence

Macoupin

Madison

Marion

Mason

Massac

McDonough

Menard

Mercer

Monroe

Morgan

Perry

Pike

Pope

Pulaski

Randolph

Richland

Rock Island

Saline

Schuyler

Scott

Stephenson

Union

Wabash

Warren

Washington

Wayne

White

Whiteside

Williamson

Winnebago

 

c)         Permit quotas shall be set by the Department of Natural Resources on a county or special hunt area basis.

 

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 19283, effective November 14, 2013)