INFORMATION & INSTRUCTIONS

• NEW! - Game Breeding And Hunting Preserve Area Monthly Summary Form - Complete form on-line, you will receive an email with your submitted information.

• INSTRUCTIONS: Hunting preserve records must be maintained properly and forwarded to the Department in a timely manner to renew the hunting preserve license in subsequent years. Information and complete instructions follow:

Monthly Game Breeding And Hunting Preserve Area Summary - List the total hunter trips as well as release and harvest numbers for each species for the month. Note: the number of hunter trips is derived by tracking the number of hunters that hunt during the month. If the same hunter hunts several days during the month, each day that hunter is afield hunting is a hunter trip. Each member of a group that hunts on a day or part of day is a hunter trip.

For hunting preserves releasing captive-reared mallard ducks (i.e., mallards with the right hind toe-clipped), report the number of ducks in the hunting preserve's flock only at the end of the first month the ducks are released for hunting. In subsequent months do not report mallard duck releases unless additional ducks are added to the hunting preserve's flock from another source. If additional mallard ducks are added to the preserve's flock, only report the additional ducks on that months report. Once the preserve's mallard ducks are reported, subsequent monthly reports should only reflect mallards harvested unless ducks are added to the flock.

• If there is no hunting on the hunting preserve during a month, check the "No Activity" box on the form.
  
  
• The hunting preserve season is Sept. 1^st - April 15^th for Class A hunting preserves or May 1^st - April 30^th for Class B hunting preserves. For Class A preserves, if the season on your hunting preserve is closed early, submit reports for any additional months, marking each "No Activity."
  
  
• The Wildlife Code requires records to be submitted to the Department not later than 10 days following the end of each month during the season. A separate report must be submitted for each month. Remember to keep copies of the records for the hunting preserve available at the hunting preserve headquarters - a Conservation Officer may want to review the records on site.

  Please send records to:
  
  IL Department of Natural Resources
  Division of Parks and Recreation
  Attn: Terry L. Musser
  Terry.Musser@illinois.gov E-mail
  or
  Attn: Barb Foster
  Barbara.L.Foster@illinois.gov E-mail
  One Natural Resources Way
  Springfield, IL 62702-1271
  (217) 782-6752 Telephone
  (217) 524-5612 Fax
  

• When additional record forms are needed, please notify us of your needs at the address provided above, or make copies using the electronic form at the top of the page.