ILLINOIS QUOTA ZONES HUNTING DATES SET

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Canada Goose hunting dates in Illinois' South Zone, which includes the Southern Illinois Quota Zone Alexander, Jackson, Union and Williamson counties and the Rend Lake Quota zone Jefferson and Franklin counties will be Nov. 27-Jan. 16, or until quotas have been reached in the two areas.

The quota for Canada Geese statewide is 61,300, while the quota for the Southern Illinois zone is 30,600. The rend Rend Lake zone quota is 9,200.

These quota totals are down from last year's figures, when the statewide total was 79,000. The Southern and Rend Lake zone totals last were 39,500 and 11,850 respectively.

Shooting hours in the two quota zones are a half-hour before sunrise to 3 p.m. This is an increase for the Southern Zone, which had sunrise to 3 p.m. shooting hours last year.