Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area Hunting Rules and Seasons

Entry rules for hunting Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

The IDNR fact sheet lists these site rules for Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area; each one adds to the statewide Digest rules.

• Site requires use of a windshield card for all species except ducks and geese, displayed on the vehicle dashboard, to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
• No hunting in posted refuge, waterfowl rest areas, or within 300 feet of any legal waterfowl blinds or areas posted as closed to deer hunting, unless otherwise noted.
• It shall be unlawful to trespass upon areas designated as waterfowl rest areas or refuges from 2 weeks prior to the start of regular duck season through the close of regular duck and Canada goose season
• No person shall trespass on the Barkhausen Refuge during the period from October 1 through end of goose season.
• No person shall trespass on the Marion-Pickerel Waterfowl Refuge during the period from October 1 through the last day of the waterfowl season, unless prior permission for a specific reason (such as access to private land or to retrieve dead or wounded game) is granted by the site superintendent.
• No person shall trespass on the Ash Swale Refuge during the period from October 26 through the end of goose season.
• No hunting permitted from the walk-in area sub-impoundment levee.
• Fishing is prohibited in the impoundment areas during the duck season, except that walk-in only access for fishing from the bank is permitted after 1:00 p.m.
• One non-piercing, portable tree stand or ground blind allowed per hunter. Tree stands and ground blinds may be left unattended from Sept 15 – Jan 31, but must be legibly marked with the owner's name, address, and telephone number, or a site-assigned identification number.

The statewide rules below apply on Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area too, unless the fact sheet says otherwise.

Digest rules from the 2026-27 Illinois Hunting and Trapping Digest (Illinois Department of Natural Resources); orange rule at IDNR hunter orange page; baiting at IDNR baiting page; Sunday rule: IDNR Sunday page. Site rules from the record source. Checked November 13, 2026.

How permits work at Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

What the fact sheet says about permits and drawings at Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area:

• Deer – Firearm: Statewide regulations apply, except: Requires a special Sanganois SFWA permit allocated through the annual permit system lottery.
• Deer – Firearm: Hunters with a Sanganois SFWA permit wishing to hunt either Knapps Island or the Squirrel Timber must enter a daily drawing held one hour before legal shooting hours at the Chandlerville check station.
• Turkey – Spring: Statewide regulations apply, except that the Squirrel Timber Unit requires a site-specific permit that is issued through the annual permit lottery.
• Waterfowl – Ducks, Coots and Mergansers: During duck season, blinds not claimed by the builder or partners by one hour before hunting time shall be assigned by a drawing at this time and during the hours from 8:00 am to 11:00 am.

Do not confuse the county deer lottery with site permits: the lottery page covers the county system, and the site terms above cover this ground. Lottery rounds explained.

Quota basis from the record source; lottery rounds from the IDNR lottery page; checked November 13, 2026.

Mapping the land beside Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

Anderson Lake SFWA is the closest neighbour, 8 miles northeast of the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area point. Around it on the map: 2 fish and wildlife areas, 2 state parks and 1 national refuge.

Point: Hunt Illinois fact sheet "Site coordinates". Straight-line distances. Statewide public land map.

Nearest towns and an IDNR site for Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

Chandlerville, 8 miles off, is the closest town on this site. Rushville, 15 miles out, is bigger: 2,904 people (2024). Within ten miles of Chandlerville you reach Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area.

Towns from places.json (Census 2024 estimates); IDNR sites from the CWD sampling list and the IDNR contact page; businesses from services.json listings; straight-line miles. Checked November 13, 2026.

Other hunting ground like Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area

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Sources: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4; statewide seasons from the 2026-27 Illinois Hunting and Trapping Digest. Checked November 13, 2026.