Hunting in IL

[ruger_martin_mastermag]

I just moved to Lincoln IL and i was wonder if anyone reading this would be kind and give me some information on hunting and fishing. If any of you have a yahoo account then you can e-mail me at [email protected]. if not then you can email me a private message. thank all that posts.

 

[john1911]

http://www.dnr.state.il.us/index.htm

Good source of IL hunting info. I'm not familiar with your area so I can't be much help.

 

[Birdhunter1]

You're a bit farther north than what most of us call Southern Illinois but you might check out Southern Illinois Outdoors.com at www.siloutdoors.com

We are a pretty fun bunch, I think there are a few people from up in your neck of the woods but you can find out alot of information there. By the way I am a sponsor of that site and I am birdhunter1 over there too!

 

[john1911]

You're a bit farther north than what most of us call Southern Illinois but you might check out Southern Illinois Outdoors.com at www.siloutdoors.com

Thanks for posting that link. I just joined up over there.

 

[scythefwd]

rmm, where did you move to Lincoln from? If you came from out of state, be notified that (unless it has changed since I left in 98) IL is shotgun only. That could be Peoria County only, but I thought it applied to the whole state. The DNR site above is the end all source for hunting info though.

 

[ruger_martin_mastermag]

I lived here when i was young, so i know about the shotgun rules and the FOID card. I moved from wisconsin and montana. I have hunted down in Johnson County for deer (I got a 7 pointer).

 

[Specialized]

Some of the best deer hunting in the country is just west of you in Pike, Calhoun, and Green counties, plus the areas around them. Jim Edgar State Park is a great place to start for other types of hunting (though it's near impossible to draw a deer tag for there). It's great for fishing, too.

The DNR website link you got earlier in this thread should be very helpful, be sure to look up the public hunting and fishing index in there. There's also a document that shows all of the IL state parks, what hunting is allowed there, how many acres available, etc. It's one of their more informative documents.

Hope this helps -- good luck!

Specialized

 

[racerrck]

Contact Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce and ask for a list of outfitters in pike co You'll see more deer than you can count shooting them is up to you also check with Tall Tine outfitters in Roodhouse in Greene co I don't have his number on me but He's in the book We hit more deer with our cars than most counties shoot in a season Good luck Rick

 

[Kingcreek]

Illinois is great for archery deer hunting, especially resident. over the counter 2 tags for $26 no limit on antlerless.

 

[ruger_martin_mastermag]

ive done a little looking around and it looks like central IL is screwed for hunting