APPLICATION INFORMATION
•Landowner (POH) Spring Turkey applicants/recipients may not apply in Lottery 1.
•Permits are not transferable.
•A permit allows the holder to hunt with either a shotgun or a bow and arrow.
•A Lottery permit is valid only for the season and location indicated on the permit.
•The fee for an Illinois Resident Spring Wild Turkey Permit is $19 (payment account will only be charged if applicant is successful in being issued a permit at time of lottery drawing).
PREFERENCE SYSTEM (This does not apply to special hunt areas.)
The following criteria must be met to obtain preference in the first computerized drawing:
•The applicant must apply using the official agency application.
•The applicant must be a resident of the State of Illinois, be eligible to receive a spring turkey permit, and not had turkey hunting privileges revoked.
•The applicant must apply for the same county and season choices which he/ she listed on the previous year’s application.
HUNTING ZONES
There are north and south turkey hunting zones with different season dates in each zone. Special Hunt Area permits are not valid anywhere else in the county. County permits are not valid for Special Hunt Areas listed on this application.
Location information, site maps, and regulations for Special Hunt Areas are available online at http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/pages/hunterfactsheets.aspx.
SEASON |
SOUTH ZONE |
NORTH ZONE |
1st Season |
April 4 |
- April 8 |
April 11 - April 15 |
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2nd Season |
April 9 - April 14 |
April 16 |
- April 21 |
3rd Season |
April 15 |
- April 20 |
April 22 |
- April 27 |
4th Season |
April 21 |
- April 27 |
April 28 - May 4 |
5th Season |
April 28 - May 5 |
May 5 - May 12 |
Youth Spring Turkey Hunt - The north zone and south zone are open concurrently
March 26 & 27 and April 2 & 3, 2022. For more information, please visit: https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/Pages/Youth-Turkey-Information.aspx
Open South Zone Counties
Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin-Hardin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, Williamson
Open South Zone Special Hunt Areas |
County |
Acronym |
Burning Star SFWA |
Jackson |
BSSFWA |
Carlyle Lake SFWA - East Fork Unit |
Clinton |
CLFWEF |
Crab Orchard NWR |
Williamson |
CRAB |
Crawford County CA |
Crawford |
CCCA |
Dixon Springs |
Pope |
DSSP |
Dixon Springs SP Disabled |
Pope |
DSSPD(*2) |
Eldon Hazlet SP |
Clinton |
EHSP |
Eldon Hazlet SP Disabled |
Clinton |
EHSPD(*2) |
Embarras River Bottoms SHA |
Lawrence |
EMBARR |
Ferne Clyffe SP- Ferne Clyffe Hunting Area Johnson |
FCSP |
Fort Massac SP |
Massac |
FMSP |
Hamilton County CA |
Hamilton |
HCCA |
Horseshoe Lake SP |
Madison |
HLSP |
Meeker SHA |
Jasper |
MEEK |
Mermet Lake SFWA |
Massac |
MLSFWA |
Mermet Lake SFWA Disabled |
Massac |
MLD (*2) |
Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center |
Jefferson |
MVGPC |
Newton Lake FWA |
Jasper |
NLFWA |
Pyramid SP |
Perry |
PSP |
Pyramid SP—Captain Unit |
Perry |
PSPCU |
Pyramid SP—Denmark Unit |
Perry |
PSPDU |
Pyramid SP- East Conant Unit |
Perry |
PSPECU |
Pyramid SP—Galum Unit |
Perry |
PSPGU |
Ramsey Lake SP |
Fayette |
RLSP |
Randolph County CA |
Randolph |
RCCA |
Red Hills SP |
Lawrence |
RHSP |
Red Hills SP - Chauncey Marsh |
Lawrence |
RHSPCM |
Sahara Woods SFWA |
Saline |
SW |
Sam Dale Lake SFWA |
Wayne |
SDLCA |
Sam Parr SFWA |
Jasper |
SPSP |
Stephen A. Forbes SP |
Marion |
SAFSP |
Ten Mile Creek FWA |
Hamilton/Jefferson |
TMCFWA |
Washington County CA |
Washington |
WCCA |
Wayne Fitzgerrell SRA |
Franklin/Jefferson |
WFSRA |
Zoeller State Natural Area |
St. Clair |
ZSNA |
Open North Zone Counties
Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeKalb, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jersey, JoDaviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Marshall-Putnam, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, Woodford
Open North Zone Special Hunt Areas |
County |
Acronym |
Apple River Canyon SP-Thompson & Salem Units |
Jo Daviess |
ARCSP |
Beaver Dam SP |
Macoupin |
BDSP |
Big Bend SFWA |
Whiteside |
BBSFWA |
Big River SF |
Henderson |
BRSF |
Butterfield Trail SRA |
Iroquois |
BTSRA |
Castle Rock SP |
Ogle |
CRSP |
Clinton Lake SRA |
DeWitt |
CLSRA |
Coffeen Lake SFWA |
Montgomery |
CLSFWA |
Eagle Creek SP (1st & 2nd Seasons only) |
Shelby |
EAGLE |
Fox Ridge SP |
Coles |
FRSP |
French Bluff SNA |
Carroll |
FBSNA |
Green River SWA |
Lee |
GRSWA |
Hanover Bluff SNA |
Jo Daviess |
HBSNA |
Harry “Babe” Woodyard SNA |
Vermilion |
HBWSNA |
Hidden Springs SF |
Shelby |
HSSF |
Iroquois County SWA |
Iroquois |
ICSWA |
Jim Edgar Panther Creek SFWA |
Cass |
JEPC |
Johnson-Sauk Trail SP |
Henry |
JSTSP |
Jubilee College State Park |
Peoria |
JCSP |
Kankakee River SP (½ hr. before sunrise - noon) |
Kankakee/Will |
KKKRSP |
Kickapoo SP |
Vermilion |
KSP |
Kishwaukee River SFWA |
DeKalb |
KRSFWA |
Lake Shelbyville Project-Moultrie |
Moultrie |
LSPMOU |
Lake Shelbyville Project-Shelby |
Shelby |
LSPSHE |
Lowden Miller SF |
Ogle |
LMSF |
Mackinaw River FWA |
Tazewell |
MRFWA |
Marseilles FWA |
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(M-Th only; ½ hr. before sunrise -8:30am) |
LaSalle |
MWA |
Marshall FWA |
Marshall/Peoria |
MFWA |
Matthiessen SP (South of Vermilion River Area) |
LaSalle |
MATTSP |
Mautino SFWA |
Bureau |
MTSFWA |
Middle Fork FWMA |
Vermilion |
MFWMA |
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie |
Will |
MNTP (*1) |
Mississippi Palisades SP (No 5th season) |
Carroll |
MPSP |
Mississippi Palisades SP Disabled (No 5th season) |
Carroll |
MPSPD (*2) |
Momence Wetlands |
Kankakee |
MW |
Moraine View SP |
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(No Weekend Hunting 4th & 5th seasons) |
McLean |
MVSP |
Morrison Rockwood SP (No 5th season) |
Whiteside |
MRSP |
Paul C. Burrus SHA |
Coles |
PCBSHA |
Pere Marquette SP-Piasa, Quotoga, Potawatomi |
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Camp Areas (No Weekend Hunting) |
Jersey |
PMSP |
Rall Woods SNA |
Jo Daviess |
RALL |
Ray Norbut SFWA - Dutch Creek Unit |
Pike |
RNFWDU |
Sand Ridge SF |
Mason |
SAND |
Sandy Ford SNA |
LaSalle |
SF |
Sangamon County CA |
Sangamon |
SCCA |
Sanganois CA - Squirrel Timber Unit |
Mason |
SCA |
Sangchris Lake SP |
Sangamon/Christian SLSP |
Siloam Springs SP |
Adams/Brown |
SSSP |
Siloam Springs SP- Buckhorn Unit |
Brown |
SSBUCK |
Spoon River SF |
Knox |
SRSF |
Starved Rock SP |
LaSalle |
SRSP |
Tapley Woods SNA |
Jo Daviess |
TWSNA |
Vesely Land and Water Reserve |
Will |
VESELY |
Weinberg-King SP- Scripps Unit |
Schuyler |
WKSCRP |
Weldon Springs SP- Piatt County Unit |
Piatt |
WSSPPU |
Winston Tunnel SNA |
Jo Daviess |
WTSNA |
Witkowsky SFWA |
Jo Daviess |
WSWA |
Wolf Creek SP (1st & 2nd Seasons only) |
Shelby |
WCSP |
*1 An additional site hunting pass is required
*2 Requires a P2A disability & non-hunting helper
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