Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days

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Join us in celebrating the 38^th year of Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days!

JALC 2025 Southern Illinois Hunting & Fishing Days poster.

Please Mark Your Calendars for this year’s event that is currently scheduled for Saturday, September 27 & Sunday, September 28, 2025. We hope that with your support this year will be our biggest event yet. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days is the largest celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Days in the country. We have 200 plus vendors crowd into the event that weekend and 35,000 plus sportsmen that show up every year. Established in 1987, the event has hosted over 1 million sportsmen and their families. We invite you to be a part of it.

The event was created to celebrate our heritage of hunting and fishing in Illinois. It is an educational, family event, dedicated to teaching ethics, safety and conservation in order to enhance the outdoor experience.

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Directions to John A. Logan College

* Schedule is subject to change

Event Map

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Start time	Event	Location
8:30 a.m.	JALC Black Jack Disc Golf Club Registration	Tent Near Tee Box #1
9:00 a.m.	SHOW OPENS
9:00 a.m.	OPENING CEREMONY Scouting America – Local Scouts of America	Food Court Stage
9:00 a.m.	Buckskinners Wake-up	Buckskinner Village
9:00 a.m.	McDonald’s Kid’s Free Fishing	Dwight Hoffard Pond
9:00 a.m.	Kid’s Fun Zone	Dwight Hoffard Pond
9:00 a.m.	Super Fly Check-In	Dock Dog Tank
9:00 a.m.	JALC Black Jack Disc Golf Club Tournament	Tent Near Tee Box #1
9:00 a.m.	Inflatables Open	Kid’s Zone Area
10:00 a.m.	Music in Motion	Food Tent Stage
10:00 a.m.	Robert Fabrey	Wildlife Stage
10:00 a.m.	Splash 1	Dock Dog Tank
11:00 a.m.	Fun Jump – Open to Public Jumps	Dock Dog Tank
11:00 a.m.	Imperial Retrievers	Tennis Court
11:30 a.m.	Camo the Conservation Clown	Gymnasium
12:00 p.m.	Splash 2	Dock Dog Tank
1:00 p.m.	Tell Your Fish Story	Gymnasium
1:00 p.m.	Scott Ballard Reptile Conservation	Wildlife Stage
1:00 p.m.	Fun Jumps – Open to Public Jumps	Dock Dog Tank
1:30 p.m.	Robert Fabrey	Wildlife Stage
2:00 p.m.	Super V	Dock Dog Tank
3:00 p.m.	Camo the Conservation Clown	Gymnasium
3:00 p.m.	Luke Nelson	Wildlife Stage
3:00 p.m.	Splash 3	Dock Dog Tank
4:00 p.m.	Raider Run by Super Retrievers Series Super Dock	Dock Dog Tank
5:00 p.m.	Fun Jump – Open to Public Jumps	Dock Dog Tank

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Start Time	Event	Location
9:00 a.m.	SHOW OPENS
9:00 a.m.	OPENING CEREMONY Scouting America – Local Scouts of America	Food Court Stage
9:00 a.m.	Buckskinners Wake-up	Dwight Hoffard Pond
9:00 a.m.	Kid’s Fun Zone	Dwight Hoffard Pond
9:00 a.m.	Inflatables Open	Kid’s Fun Zone
9:00 a.m.	McDonald’s Kid’s Free Fishing	Dwight Hoffard Pond
9:00 a.m.	Super Fly Check In and Open Practice	Dock Dog Tank
10:00 a.m.	Music in Motion	Food Tent Stage
10:00 a.m.	Splash 4	Dock Dog Tank
11:00 a.m.	Camo the Conservation Clown	Gymnasium
11:00 a.m.	Fun Jump – Open to Public Jumps	Dock Dog Tank
12:00 p.m.	Super V Finals	Dock Dog Tank
12:00 p.m.	Luke Nelson	Wildlife Stage
12:45 p.m.	Marion Art Squared Kid’s Art Contest Winners Announced	Gymnasium
1:00 p.m.	Camo the Conservation Clown	Gymnasium
1:00 p.m.	Robert Fabrey	Wildlife Stage
1:00 p.m.	Fun Jump – Open to the Public	Dock Dog Tank
2:00 p.m.	Salute to Veteran’s	JALC Conference Center
2:00 p.m.	Quilts of Valor/Veterans Honored With Quilts	JALC Conference Center
2:00 p.m.	Scott Ballard Reptile Conservation	Wildlife Stage
2:00 p.m.	Super Fly Finals	Dock Dog Tank
4:00 p.m.	EVENT CLOSES