Beverly (GC28), Cook Co, IL - deer hunting?

WGA Member Joined: 2009-11-29 Posts: 63

I've been reviewing info on hunting in Cook Co, IL, Forest Preserves - can anyone verify for me that deer hunting is not allowed in the area of Beverly (GC28)??? (Potawatomi Forest Preserve? - not sure)

I downloaded lots of info (overload) and if I'm reading it correctly only waterfowl is allowed?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:06 am

From FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT CODE -COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

I typed "HUNTING" in the search box at the top and got the following

CHAPTER 4 RECREATION IN FOREST PRESERVES*

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*Cross references: Fishing and hunting restrictions, § 2-2-3.

Codified through
Ordinance No. 09-0-03, adopted Sept. 2, 2009.
(OC, Correction)

2-2-3: PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.
A. Killing or Disturbing Animals and Birds: No person shall trap, catch, wound or kill, or treat cruelly, or attempt to trap, catch, wound or kill any bird or animal or molest or rob any nest of any bird or any lair, den or burrow of any animal in or upon any land owned by the Forest Preserve District.
B. Catching or Removing Fish or Aquatic Life: No person shall fish in any of the waters of the Forest Preserve District, except such portions thereof as may be designated by the Board of Commissioners under such regulations as may be prescribed by said Board, nor shall any person remove or capture, nor attempt to remove or capture, whether by use of seine, net, trap or other device, any fish or other aquatic life in or from any of the waters of the Forest Preserve District, unless authorized by the District.
C. Hunting Devices:
1. Prohibited: No person shall bring into or carry upon any preserve a seine, net, trap or similar device capable of being used or operated in hunting, trapping, taking, killing or destroying any game, bird, fish or other aquatic life.
2. Nuisance Declared: Each and every device used or operated or attempted to be used or operated by any person in hunting, taking, killing or destroying any game, fowl, bird, fish and other aquatic life, contrary to any of the provisions hereof, is hereby declared a nuisance and subject to seizure and confiscation by any police officer, ranger or other employee of the Forest Preserve District.
D. Contraband: All game, animals, fowl, birds, fish and other aquatic life hunted, killed, taken or destroyed, bought, sold, bartered or had in possession, contrary to any of the provisions hereof, shall be and the same are declared to be contraband and the same shall be subject to seizure and confiscation by any police officer, ranger or other employee of the Forest Preserve District.
E. Penalty: Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be fined as provided for in Section 1-4-1 of this Code.
(1989 Code)

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 3:33 am

redwingrr wrote:

I've been reviewing info on hunting in Cook Co, IL, Forest Preserves - can anyone verify for me that deer hunting is not allowed in the area of Beverly (GC28)??? (Potawatomi Forest Preserve? - not sure)

I downloaded lots of info (overload) and if I'm reading it correctly only waterfowl is allowed?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Great cache to do. There is urban area all around this fairly small preserve, so hunting is unlikely.

This is the oldest cache in Illinois. The hardest part is figuring out where to park.

z

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:08 am

Yeah... even tho there are no signs that say NO Parking, Digital Dan and Benny7210 got busted by the DNR for parking on a dead end road and then the Ranger dude asked WHAT they were doing, figured out it was caching and Complained that there should be ANY caches in the preserve. Too bad..... it's staying!! LOL

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:35 am

I did this for my #300 milestone and used Google satellite imagery to locate proper parking ahead of my trip to avoid any hassles... But I had to return to the car for fresh GPSr batteries when it died 3/4 of the way to the cache, so much for preparedness...

WGA Member Joined: 2009-11-29 Posts: 63

Thanks BunnyFuFu. We went and saw no hunters. There is convenient parking at the trailhead, off 72, right by the lake. It's a lovely Forest Preserve and I wish we'd had more time while there.

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:41 am

There is a cache in the parking lot. The cord's are
N42 05.023 W088 13.809.

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:59 pm

kmhiker wrote:

There is a cache in the parking lot. The cord's are
N42 05.023 W088 13.809.

Maybe contact & ask the cache owner to put that all important info ON the cache page?!?!?!? That would be handy!! something I am always Thankful For!!

Happy TG

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:52 pm

I was there the same day as the_pirate_monkies & redwingrr and I just parked in the lot off 72 no problems. Didn't see another person the entire time I was in the preserve. Nice and peaceful, just the way I like it.