CARBONDALE/CARLYLE – There will be two Illinois Department of Natural Resources Waterfowl Season Hearings next week in our region.
One will be held Wednesday, from 6 to 8 p.m., in Room 151 of Lawson Hall on the SIU Carbondale campus. Another hearing will be held Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Carlyle High School in Carlyle.
Earlier this year, IDNR released season and split timing schedules for Illinois waterfowl hunters. One of the proposed changes to the regular waterfowl hunting season would have disallowed waterfowl hunting during the traditional Christmas holiday season break.
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst of Metropolis shared his constituents’ concerns with the change and advocated to IDNR officials that the change should be reversed to allow children and their parents to hunt together during Christmas break.
Windhorst says their voices have been heard leading IDNR to hold these hearings.
