Section 730.20 Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

Section 730

TITLE 17: CONSERVATION

CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE

PART 730 DOVE HUNTING

SECTION 730.20 REGULATIONS AT VARIOUS DEPARTMENT-OWNED, -LEASED OR -MANAGED SITES

Section 730.20  Regulations

at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

a)         All the regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 – General Hunting

and Trapping on Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites apply in this

Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.

b)         General Regulations

1)         Hunters shall possess only lead or an approved non-toxic (as

defined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 50 CFR 20) shot, such as bismuth,

of size #7.5 or smaller, or steel shot size #6 or smaller for taking of doves,

except as noted in subsection (b)(2), and except these restrictions do not

apply after October 31.

2)         Only U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved non-toxic shot

may be possessed for doves on the following areas:

Anderson Lake State

Conservation Area

Banner Marsh State

Fish and Wildlife Area

Big Bend State

Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Big River

State Forest

Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife

Area

Cache River

State Natural Area

Cape Bend

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Carlyle Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area

Chain O'Lakes

State Park

Clinton Lake

State Recreation Area (dove management fields only)

Coffeen Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Copperhead

Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area

Crawford

County State Fish and Wildlife Area

Des Plaines State

Conservation Area

Dixon Springs State Park

Double T State

Fish and Wildlife Area

Edward Madigan State Park (dove

management fields only)

Eldon Hazlet

State Park

Fox Ridge

State Park

Green River

State Wildlife Area

Harry "Babe" Woodyard

State Natural Area

Hennepin Canal

Parkway State Park

Horseshoe Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County)

Horseshoe Lake

State Park (Madison County)

Horseshoe Lake

State Park (Madison County) Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit

Jim Edgar Pant

ark (dove

management fields only)

Eldon Hazlet

State Park

Fox Ridge

State Park

Green River

State Wildlife Area

Harry "Babe" Woodyard

State Natural Area

Hennepin Canal

Parkway State Park

Horseshoe Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County)

Horseshoe Lake

State Park (Madison County)

Horseshoe Lake

State Park (Madison County) Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit

Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish

and Wildlife Area

Johnson-Sauk

Trail State Park

Jubilee College

State Park

Kankakee River

State Park

Kaskaskia

River State Fish and Wildlife Area (designated areas)

Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Lake Le Aqua Na State Park

Mackinaw River

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Marshall State Fish and Wildlife

Area

Matthiessen

State Park

Mautino State

Fish and Wildlife Area

Middle Fork State Fish and

Wildlife Area

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17 and

18

Mississippi

River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Pools 25 and 26)

Moraine View

State Park

Mt. Vernon

Game Propagation Center

Peabody River

King State Fish and Wildlife Area

Pere Marquette State Park

Pyramid State

Park – Captain, Denmark, East Conant and Galum Units

Ramsey Lake State Park

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife

Area

Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife

Area and Corps of Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake

Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife

Area

Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife

Area

Sand Prairie

Pheasant Habitat Area

Sanganois

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Sangchris Lake

State Park

Shabbona Lake

State Park

Shelbyville

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Siloam Springs

State Park

Siloam Springs

State Park – Buckhorn Unit

Silver Springs

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Skinner Farm State

Habitat Area

Snakeden Hollow

State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area

Spoon River

State Forest

Starved Rock

State Park

Stephen A

h and Wildlife Area

Sangchris Lake

State Park

Shabbona Lake

State Park

Shelbyville

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Siloam Springs

State Park

Siloam Springs

State Park – Buckhorn Unit

Silver Springs

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Skinner Farm State

Habitat Area

Snakeden Hollow

State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area

Spoon River

State Forest

Starved Rock

State Park

Stephen A.

Forbes State Recreation Area

Ten Mile Creek

State Fish and Wildlife Area (areas posted as rest area)

Union County State

Fish and Wildlife Area

Weinberg-King

State Park

3)         On areas where hunters are required to hunt from marked or

staked sites, hunters must hunt within 10 feet of the marked site.

4)         No hunting is allowed within 100 yards of a designated dove

management field except for hunters who are part of the hunter quota for that

field.

5)         At sites indicated by (#), hunters are required to check in

and/or sign out as provided in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510. Sites that require use of

windshield cards by hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10 are

followed by (1).

6)         At sites where additional regulations apply, they are noted in

parentheses after the site name.

7)         Hunting hours and hunting dates at all sites that are open

during the upland game season shall coincide with hunting hours and hunting

dates listed for the respective sites listed in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 530

by hunters as specified in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10 are

followed by (1).

6)         At sites where additional regulations apply, they are noted in

parentheses after the site name.

7)         Hunting hours and hunting dates at all sites that are open

during the upland game season shall coincide with hunting hours and hunting

dates listed for the respective sites listed in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 530.

c)         Statewide season regulations as provided for in this Part

shall apply at the following sites:

Argyle Lake

State Park (season opens day after Labor Day) (1)

Burning Star

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Cache River

State Natural Area (#)

Campbell Pond State

Wildlife Management Area (1)

Cape Bend

State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Carlyle Lake

Lands and Waters – Corps of Engineers managed lands (#)

Carlyle Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Chauncey Marsh

State Natural Area (permit required; may be obtained at Red Hills State Park

headquarters; permits must be returned by 15 February) (1)

Clinton Lake

State Recreation Area (except dove management fields; hunting hours are 12:00

to 5:00 p.m. from September 1 – 5; statewide hours/season thereafter) (1)

Copperhead

Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Corps of

Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake

Cypress Pond

State Natural Area (#)

Deer Pond

State Natural Area (#)

Devil's Island

State Fish and Wildlife Area

Dixon Springs

State Park (#)

Dog Island State

Wildlife Management Area (1)

Ferne Clyffe

State Park (#)

Ft. de

Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotgun only) (#)

Ft. Massac

State Park (1)

Freeman Mine

(permit required)

Giant City

State Park (#)

Hidden Springs State Forest (1)

Horseshoe Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) (shooting hours from noon to

5:00 p.m

rea

Dixon Springs

State Park (#)

Dog Island State

Wildlife Management Area (1)

Ferne Clyffe

State Park (#)

Ft. de

Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotgun only) (#)

Ft. Massac

State Park (1)

Freeman Mine

(permit required)

Giant City

State Park (#)

Hidden Springs State Forest (1)

Horseshoe Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) (shooting hours from noon to

5:00 p.m. September 1 through 5; sunrise to sunset thereafter to October 28)

(#)

Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife

Area (after Labor Day closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday through October) (#)

Marshall State

Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Meeker State Habitat

Area (1)

Mermet Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Mississippi

River Pools 16, 17 and 18

Mississippi

River Pools 21, 22, 24

Moraine View

State Park (dove management fields only; shooting hours from noon to 5 p.m.,

September 1-5 and sunrise to sunset from September 6 through October 15) (1)

Nauvoo State Park – Max Rowe Unit (1)

Oakford State Conservation

Area

Pere Marquette State Park (1)

Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife

Area (1)

Red Hills

State Park (1)

Sahara Woods

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Saline County

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Sand Ridge

State Forest (season open from opening day of dove season through October 31)

(1)

Sangamon

County State Conservation Area

Sanganois

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Sielbeck

Forest State Natural Area (1)

Siloam Springs

State Park (1)

Siloam Springs

State Park – Buckhorn Unit (1)

Spoon River

State Forest (1)

Trail of Tears

State Forest (#)

Union County

State Fish and Wildlife Area – Controlled Hunting Area (shooting hours from

noon to 5 p.m., September 1-5 and sunrise to sunset from September 6-October

28) (#)

Weinberg-King

State Park (1)

Weinberg-King

State Park – Scripps and Spunky Bottoms Units (1)

Wildcat Hollow

State Forest (1)

Wise Ridge State Natural Area

d)         Statewide regulations as provided in this Part shall apply at

the following sites except that hunting hours are 12 noon t

(shooting hours from

noon to 5 p.m., September 1-5 and sunrise to sunset from September 6-October

28) (#)

Weinberg-King

State Park (1)

Weinberg-King

State Park – Scripps and Spunky Bottoms Units (1)

Wildcat Hollow

State Forest (1)

Wise Ridge State Natural Area

d)         Statewide regulations as provided in this Part shall apply at

the following sites except that hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m. daily

September 1-5; season closes September 30. A drawing will be held at 11 a.m. if

more hunters show up than can be accommodated.

Banner Marsh State

Fish and Wildlife Area (sunrise to noon daily September 1-5, drawing one hour

before sunrise) (#)

Chain O'Lakes

State Park (1)

Double T State

Fish and Wildlife Area (sunrise to noon daily September 1-5, drawing one hour

before sunrise) (#)

Hennepin Canal

State Park (#)

Jubilee College State Park

(hunting allowed only on opening day, Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and

holidays) (#)

Mautino State

Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Morrison

Rockwood State Park (#)

Rice Lake

State Fish and Wildlife Area (sunrise to noon daily September 1-5, drawing one

hour before sunrise) (#)

Sam Dale Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Shabbona Lake State Park (1)

Snakeden

Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area

e)         Statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply

at the following sites, except that hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m. daily

September 1-5. A drawing will be held at 11 a.m. if more hunters show up than

can be accommodated

le Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Shabbona Lake State Park (1)

Snakeden

Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area

e)         Statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply

at the following sites, except that hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m. daily

September 1-5. A drawing will be held at 11 a.m. if more hunters show up than

can be accommodated.

Anderson Lake State

Conservation Area (#)

Big River

State Forest (1)

Clinton Lake

State Recreation Area (dove management fields only) (1)

Fox Ridge

State Park (dove management fields only) (1)

Harry "Babe"

Woodyard State Natural Area (permit required) (1)

Kaskaskia

River State Fish and Wildlife Area (Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area closes

October 14; the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed) (#)

Kinkaid State

Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Middle Fork State

Fish and Wildlife Area (dove management fields only) (1)

Newton Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area (dove management units) (1)

Peabody River

King State Fish and Wildlife Area (East Subunit closes October 14) (#)

Randolph

County State Conservation Area (#)

Shelbyville

State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Skinner Farm

State Habitat Area (#)

Turkey Bluffs

State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Washington

County State Conservation Area (closes October 14) (#)

World Shooting

and Recreation Complex (designated dove management fields only) (#)

f)         Statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply

at the following sites, except that hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m. daily

September 1-30. A drawing will be held at 11 a.m. if more hunters show up than

can be accommodated.

Crawford

County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Hamilton

County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Lake Le Aqua

Na State Park (#)

Sam Parr State

Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

g)         Statewide regulations apply except that hunting hours are 12

noon to 5 p.m

ng hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m. daily

September 1-30. A drawing will be held at 11 a.m. if more hunters show up than

can be accommodated.

Crawford

County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Hamilton

County State Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

Lake Le Aqua

Na State Park (#)

Sam Parr State

Fish and Wildlife Area (1)

g)         Statewide regulations apply except that hunting hours are 12

noon to 5 p.m. from September 1-5; hunters must obtain a free permit from the

Department; permits must be in possession while hunting on the site. Permit

must be returned and harvest reported by February 15 or hunter will forfeit

hunting privileges for that site for the following season.

Fox Ridge

State Park (except dove management units; shooting hours after September 5 are

12 noon to sunset) (1)

Kickapoo State

Recreation Area (1)

Lake

Shelbyville – Eagle Creek State Park (season opens day after Labor Day; closes

October 14; shooting hours are 12 noon to sunset) (1)

Middle Fork

State Fish and Wildlife Area (except dove management units) (1)

Newton Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area (except dove management units) (1)

h)         Statewide regulations as provided for in this Part shall apply

at the following sites, except that hunting hours are sunrise to 11:30 a.m.

daily September 1-5; season closes September 30. A drawing will be held one

hour before sunrise if more hunters show up than can be accommodated.

Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Eldon Hazlet State Park (1)

Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (#)

Pyramid State Park (All hunting

units) (all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a

hunter’s name may only appear on one draw card and cards shall be in possession

of the hunters or group while hunting) (1)

Ramsey Lake State Park (#)

Rend Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Stephen A

ldlife Area (#)

Eldon Hazlet State Park (1)

Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (#)

Pyramid State Park (All hunting

units) (all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a

hunter’s name may only appear on one draw card and cards shall be in possession

of the hunters or group while hunting) (1)

Ramsey Lake State Park (#)

Rend Lake State

Fish and Wildlife Area (#)

Stephen A. Forbes

State Park (1)

Ten Mile Creek State Fish and

Wildlife Area (season closes on statewide closing date) (1)

i)          Permit Areas

1)         Permit Season Regulations

A)        Permit season dates shall be September 1-5 and hunting hours

are 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the sites listed in subsection (i)(3). At sites

designated as (a), hunting hours are sunrise to 11:30 a.m.

B)        Permit Applications

Permit

applications will be accepted starting in June. Initial acceptance dates and

methods for making applications will be publicly announced. A hunter can obtain

up to 2 dove permits as follows:  Only applications submitted by Illinois

residents will be processed during the first lottery to apply for up to one

dove permit. Non-residents and residents who did not receive a permit or did

not apply in the first lottery will be eligible to participate in the second

lottery to apply for their first dove permit. Residents will have priority in

the 2

nd

lottery. Residents and non-residents can apply for a 2

nd

permit during the phone-in reservation period to be held after the lottery. Successful

applicants will be sent confirmation via email or can access the Reservation

Inquiry System to see if they were awarded a permit.

C)        Drawings for permits at specific sites may be canceled at any

time due to flooding, inclement weather, staff shortages or other adverse conditions

beyond the Department's control. Hunters are urged to select a second choice of

sites on their permit application.

D)        Permits are not transferrable

l or can access the Reservation

Inquiry System to see if they were awarded a permit.

C)        Drawings for permits at specific sites may be canceled at any

time due to flooding, inclement weather, staff shortages or other adverse conditions

beyond the Department's control. Hunters are urged to select a second choice of

sites on their permit application.

D)        Permits are not transferrable.

E)        Permits will be issued from the Springfield Permit Office for

permit controlled sites. For other information, go to www.dnr.illinois.gov.

F)         Hunting at these areas is by special permit only for the first

five days of the season; thereafter, no permits are required for hunting these

sites. All permits will be issued from Springfield and not from the site.

G)        Check in time for registration shall be between 9 a.m. and 11

a.m. each day. Openings after 11 a.m. may be filled by drawing for standbys if

more hunters register than there are vacancies. At sites designated as (b),

check in time for registration shall be between 4:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. each

day.  Openings after 5:30 a.m. may be filled by drawing for standbys if more

hunters register than there are vacancies.  If standby drawings are not held

then 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(d)(3) shall apply.

H)        All hunters must wear a DNR issued backpatch.

2)         Non-Permit Season Regulations

A)        Non-permit season shall be September 6-30 except as indicated

in parentheses.

B)        Non-permit hunting hours shall be 12 noon to sunset except as

indicated in parentheses.

C)        No permits are required except as indicated in parentheses.

D)        Check in and check out is required except as indicated in

parentheses.

E)        Hunter quotas will be filled on a first-come, first-served

basis.

3)         Sites

Big Bend State

Fish and Wildlife Area (non-permit hunting hours sunrise to sunset)

Des Plaines State

Conservation Area

Edward R

ndicated in parentheses.

C)        No permits are required except as indicated in parentheses.

D)        Check in and check out is required except as indicated in

parentheses.

E)        Hunter quotas will be filled on a first-come, first-served

basis.

3)         Sites

Big Bend State

Fish and Wildlife Area (non-permit hunting hours sunrise to sunset)

Des Plaines State

Conservation Area

Edward R.

Madigan State Park

Green River

State Wildlife Area/Sand Prairie Habitat Area (non-permit hunting hours are

sunrise to sunset) (1)

Horseshoe Lake

State Park (Madison County) (non-permit hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m.)

Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison

County) − Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit (non-permit hunting

hours are 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. September 6 through October 14)

Iroquois County State Wildlife

Area (1)

Jim Edgar

Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (on the Controlled Unit only those

hunters engaged in the controlled pheasant hunting program may take doves

during the November portion of the dove season; on the Quail Management Unit

only those hunters with Quail Management Unit Permits may take doves during the

November portion of the dove season) (1)

Johnson Sauk

Trail State Park (non-permit hunting hours are sunrise to sunset) (1) (a) (b)

Kankakee River

State Park (1)

Mackinaw River

State Recreation Area (non-permit hunting hours sunrise to sunset; each permit

authorizes the holder to bring one hunting partner) (1)

Matthiessen

State Park

Sangchris Lake

State Park (closed after Sunday of the third weekend in September; designated

fields will be open from sunrise to 12 noon starting the 6

th

day of

the dove season)

Silver Springs

State Park (closed during National Hunting and Fishing Day Weekend)

Snakeden

Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area (non-permit

hunting hours sunrise to sunset)

Starved Rock

State Park