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Illinois Public Hunting Land

We track 58 public hunting areas in Illinois, covering 168181 acres of wildlife management areas (WMAs) and walk-in access land — free to browse, sourced from Illinois's wildlife agency open data.

Illinois at a Glance

  • Public Areas: 58
  • Total Acres: 168181
  • Land Types:
    • State Fish and Wildlife Area: 58
Anderson Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Fulton County

2248 acres

Banner Marsh

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Peoria County

4432 acres

Big Bend

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Whiteside County

2376 acres

Bull Valley

State Fish and Wildlife Area

McHenry County

276 acres

Cape Bend

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Alexander County

1369 acres

Carlyle Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Fayette County

8178 acres

Chouteau Island

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Madison County

2331 acres

Coffeen Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Montgomery County

1934 acres

Coleta Ponds

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Whiteside County

12 acres

Copperhead Hollow

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Jersey County

1633 acres

Crawford County

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Crawford County

1122 acres

Crow's Foot

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Boone County

110 acres

Des Plaines

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Will County

4011 acres

Devil's Island

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Union County

2741 acres

Donnelley

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Putnam County

665 acres

Double "T"

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Fulton County

1957 acres

Edward R. Madigan

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Logan County

1398 acres

Fox Creek

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Wayne County

2146 acres

Heidecke Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Grundy County

2949 acres

Henderson County

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Henderson County

88 acres

Henderson Creek

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Henderson County

2611 acres

Iris and Jack Witkowsky

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Jo Daviess County

1336 acres

Iroquois County

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Iroquois County

2788 acres

Jim Edgar Panther Creek

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Cass County

16551 acres

Browse Illinois public land by county

42 counties with public hunting land.

Cass (3) Fulton (3) Henderson (3) Tazewell (3) Bureau (2) Grundy (2) Jasper (2) LaSalle (2) Randolph (2) Union (2) Whiteside (2) Will (2) Alexander (1) Boone (1) Calhoun (1) Crawford (1) Fayette (1) Franklin (1) Hamilton (1) Iroquois (1) Jackson (1) Jefferson (1) Jersey (1) Jo Daviess (1) Kendall (1) Knox (1) Logan (1) Madison (1) Massac (1) McHenry (1) Montgomery (1) Moultrie (1) Peoria (1) Piatt (1) Pike (1) Putnam (1) Saline (1) Sangamon (1) St. Clair (1) Vermilion (1) Wayne (1) Woodford (1)

Public land in other states

Colorado (324) Pennsylvania (304) Ohio (247) Georgia (165) Florida (160) New York (124) West Virginia (112) California (102) North Carolina (95) Texas (79) Virginia (77) Maryland (64) Alabama (42)

About Public Hunting Land in Illinois

Illinois offers public hunting opportunities on state wildlife management areas (WMAs) and walk-in access land. HuntLease's directory aggregates free, indexable facts — area name, land type, county, acreage, and species — sourced directly from Illinois's wildlife agency open data.

Subscribers get the detailed access pack for each area: the official regulations link, parking and access coordinates, full season and species detail, and a downloadable boundary map.