Each of the ten choices are site and season specific. If you are successful, you will get one tag allowing you to hunt the special hunt area or county during one of the five week long (+/- as it varies) parts of the entire season. Special hunt areas are public ground that have a limited amount of hunters. County choices are used for private property. I am not sure if there is any public ground that is open to walk in hunting. I believe you have to specify which public area you want to hunt and be successful in drawing a tag for that site.

Once you get the permit from IDNR, all you need is a hunting license and a habitat stamp. One permit = one male turkey.

I applied for the following in this order Macoupin 2nd season, Macoupin 3rd, and Macoupin 4th. If successful, I will get one tag for one of those seasons that is valid for Macoupin County only. I did not fill out all ten choices.

You still have time to get into the lottery for the second drawing. I believe the deadline in somewhere around January 3rd. You should be able to apply on-line.

There will be a third lottery and then daily draws for all of the remaining permits until sold out. You are allowed a maximum of two tags. But, you cannot apply for or get two tags in the same lottery.

The group option is for more than one hunter. If applying as a group and one hunter in the group gets a tag, all hunters get a tag. Never tried it. There might be a couple additional requirements to be successful as a group. For instance, if three in the group and only two permits are available, no one will get a tag. Not 100% sure.

One other tidbit of advice...... IDNR is a bitch to contact by phone. When I call them, I dial the phone number for the director who is the head honcho. None of the other sections will answer their phone. The Director's Office will always answer.

Hope this helps.