Section 730.40 Youth Dove Hunting

TITLE 17: CONSERVATION

CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE

PART 730 DOVE HUNTING

SECTION 730.40 YOUTH DOVE HUNTING

Section 730.40  Youth Dove Hunting

a)         A

one-day Youth Dove Hunt will be held the first weekend day in September or

Labor Day, whichever comes first, at the following sites:

Horseshoe Lake State

Park (Madison County)

b)         A one-day

youth/adult dove hunt will be held the first weekend day in September or Labor

Day, whichever comes first, where both the youth and adult will be permitted to

hunt at the following sites:

Jim Edgar Panther

Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area

Jubilee College

State Park

Kankakee

River State Park

Mackinaw River

State Fish and Wildlife Area (only nontoxic shot, as defined by the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service in 50 CFR 20, #6 steel shot or #7½ bismuth shot or smaller

may be possessed)

Mt.

Vernon Game Farm

Ramsey

Lake State Park

Sam

Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area

Sangchris Lake

State Park

Silver Springs

State Fish and Wildlife Area

c)         Hunting

hours are from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Check-in time is from 10:00

a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

d)         Hunter

quota will be announced by public news release.  Hunter quota is determined by

the formula: one hunter per 10 to 40 huntable acres.  Huntable acres are

determined by, but not limited to, the biological studies on the number of the

species available; the condition, topography, and configuration of the land at

the site; and the number of employees available to work at the site.

e)         All

hunters must have a hunting permit and wear a back patch while hunting.

Stand-by permits will be available at the site by lottery drawing if vacancies

occur.

f)         Applicants

must be between the ages of 10-17 inclusive, with a valid Illinois hunting

license.

g)         Each

youth must be accompanied by a supervising adult

umber of employees available to work at the site.

e)         All

hunters must have a hunting permit and wear a back patch while hunting.

Stand-by permits will be available at the site by lottery drawing if vacancies

occur.

f)         Applicants

must be between the ages of 10-17 inclusive, with a valid Illinois hunting

license.

g)         Each

youth must be accompanied by a supervising adult.  If the hunter does not have

a valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card, the supervising adult is

required to have a FOID card.  Only one supervising adult in a hunting party is

required to have a valid FOID card if the hunters in the hunting party stay

under the immediate control (accompany youth hunters at all times) of the

supervising adult possessing the valid FOID card.  All adult hunters must have

a valid FOID card.  The supervising adults shall be criminally liable for the

actions of the youth in the hunting party and be subject to the criminal penalties

provided by law.

h)         Applicants

must contact the Department to obtain a permit reservation.  Starting dates and

methods for making reservations will be publicly announced.  Multiple

reservations for the same person will not be accepted and that person will

forfeit his right to acquire a reservation for the season.