# 17 Ill. Adm. Code 7300.730.20: Section 730.20 Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

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## Section

- **Citation:** 17 Ill. Adm. Code 7300.730.20
- **Heading:** Section 730.20 Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 17  /  / Part 7300  / Section 730.20 Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

## Text

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

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