Illinois Public Hunting Land & WMAs | HuntLease

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
Sangamon River

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Sangamon County

179 acres

Sanganois

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Cass County

10844 acres

Shelbyville

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Moultrie County

6321 acres

Silver Springs

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Kendall County

1278 acres

Snakeden Hollow

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Knox County

2990 acres

Spring Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Tazewell County

2412 acres

Ten Mile Creek

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Hamilton County

6978 acres

Turkey Bluffs

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Randolph County

2264 acres

Union County

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Union County

6366 acres

Woodford

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Woodford County

5668 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.