CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 730 DOVE HUNTING
SECTION 730.20 REGULATIONS AT VARIOUS DEPARTMENT-OWNED OR -MANAGED SITES
Section 730.20 Regulations at Various Department-Owned or -Managed Sites
a) All the regulations in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510 General Hunting and Trapping apply in this Section, unless this Section is more restrictive.
b) General Regulations
1) Hunters shall possess only bismuth or lead shot size #7½, 8, 9 or size #6 steel or smaller for taking of doves, except as noted under subsection (b)(2), and except these restrictions do not apply during the November portion of dove season.
2) Only non-toxic 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 on the following areas:
Anderson Lake Conservation Area
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area
Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Cache River State Natural Area
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area (subimpoundments only)
Chain O'Lakes State Park
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (dove management fields only)
Des Plaines Conservation Area
Double T State Fish and Wildlife Area
Eldon Hazlet State Park (#)
Green River State Wildlife Area
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area (Alexander County)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (#)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) Gabaret,
Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Unit (#)
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park
Jubilee College State Park
Kankakee River State Park (#)
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (designated areas)
Lake Shelbyville Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Areas (waterfowl management units and designated non-toxic shot units only)
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area
Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
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
Pyramid State Park Captain Unit
Pyramid State Park Denmark Unit
Pyramid State Park East Conant Unit
Pyramid State Park Galum Unit
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area and Corps of Engineers managed areas of Rend Lake
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
Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area/Victoria Pheasant Habitat Area
Spoon River State Forest
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (areas posted as rest area on the Eads and Belle Rive Units)
Union County Conservation Area
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.
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 rule shall apply at the following sites:
Argyle Lake State Park (season opens day after Labor Day) (#)
Cache River State Natural Area (#)
Campbell Pond Wildlife Management Area (#)
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters Corps of Engineers managed lands (#)
Chauncey Marsh (permit required; may be obtained at Red Hills State Park headquarters; permits must be returned by 15 February)
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
Dog Island Wildlife Management Area (#)
Ferne Clyffe State Park (#)
Ft. de Chartres State Historic Site (muzzleloading shotgun only) (#)
Ft. Massac State Park (#)
Freeman Mine (permit required)
Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area (season closes September 30) (#)
Meeker State Habitat Area (permit required; may be obtained at Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area headquarters; must be returned by February 15)
Mermet Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Mississippi River Pools 16, 17 and 18
Mississippi River Pools 21, 22, 24
Mississippi River State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area (Pools 25 and 26)
Oakford Conservation Area
Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Red Hills State Park (#)
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Sand Ridge State Forest (permit required; must be returned by February 15)
Sangamon County Conservation Area
Sielbeck Forest Natural Area (#)
Spoon River State Forest (#)
Trail of Tears State Forest (#)
Weinberg-King State Park Spunky Bottoms Unit (#)
Wildcat Hollow State Forest
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; black powder firearms only on September 2) (#)
Double T State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Hennepin Canal State Park (#)
Iroquois County Wildlife Management Area (#)
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 (#)
Sam Dale Lake Conservation Area (#)
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area
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 Conservation Area (#)
Big Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Big River State Forest (#)
Carlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area (#)
Chain O'Lakes State Park (closes September 5) (#)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (dove management fields only) (#)
Eldon Hazlet State Park (closes October 14) (#)
Fox Ridge State Park (dove management fields only)
Harry "Babe" Woodyard State Natural Area (permit required) (#)
Hidden Springs State Forest (dove management fields only)
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) (season closes at the end of the first statewide split season) (#)
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 (#)
Lake Shelbyville Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Areas (dove management fields only)
Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (after Labor Day, site is closed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through October; hunters must leave their guns at the stake site when retrieving downed birds; unauthorized personnel may not be on the site outside of the posted check station operating hours; hunters may only enter the site from designated parking lots) (#)
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (dove management fields only) (#)
Moraine View State Park (dove management fields only; season closes October 14) (#)
Newton Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (dove management units) (#)
Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (east subunit closes October 14) (#)
Pyramid State Park (no dove hunting is allowed September 1-5 within 200 yards of a designated dove management field, except for hunters who are part of the hunter quota for that field; all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a hunter's name may only appear on one lottery card; the lottery card shall be in the possession of the hunter or group while hunting) (#)
Pyramid State Park Captain Unit (permit required; permit must be returned by February 15; successful lottery participants must report their daily harvest during September 1-5 in harvest boxes on each management unit; unsuccessful lottery participants and other hunters not participating in the lottery drawing may only hunt in designated areas during September 1-5 (i.e., all land west of the Western Haul Road and all land east of the Eastern Haul Road to the shore of Super Lake to South Haul Road); all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a hunter's name may only appear on one lottery card; the lottery card shall be in the possession of the hunter or group while hunting)
Pyramid State Park Denmark Unit (permit required; permit must be returned by February 15; successful lottery participants must report their daily harvest during September 1-5 in harvest boxes on each management unit; unsuccessful lottery participants and other hunters not participating in the lottery drawing may only hunt in designated areas during September 1-5 (i.e., all land south of Quonset Hut Road to Tangen Cemetery Road to Brushy Creek Road); all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a hunter's name may only appear on one lottery card; the lottery card shall be in the possession of the hunter or group while hunting)
Pyramid State Park East Conant Unit (permit required; permit must be returned by February 15; successful lottery participants must report their daily harvest during September 1-5 in harvest boxes on each management unit; no dove hunting is allowed September 1-5 within 200 yards of a designated dove management field except for hunters who are part of the hunter quota for that field; all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a hunter's name may only appear on one lottery card; the lottery card shall be in the possession of the hunter or group while hunting)
Pyramid State Park Galum Unit (permit required; permit must be returned by February 15; successful lottery participants must report their daily harvest during September 1-5 in harvest boxes on each management unit; no dove hunting is allowed September 1-5 within 200 yards of a designated dove management field except for hunters who are part of the hunter quota for that field; all hunters must register as a group not to exceed 4 names per card; a hunter's name may only appear on one lottery card; the lottery card shall be in the possession of the hunter or group while hunting)
Randolph County State Conservation Area (#)
Siloam Springs State Park (#)
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (season closes at the end of the first statewide split season) (#)
Washington County Conservation Area (closes October 14) (#)
Weinberg-King State Park (#)
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 (#)
Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Lake Le Aqua Na State Park (#)
Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Shabbona Lake State Park (#)
Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (#)
Stephen A. Forbes State Park (season opens day after Labor Day) (#)
g) 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. Hunting is allowed on opening day, Wednesday, and Saturday only. A drawing will be held at 11 a.m. if more hunters show up than can be accommodated.
Giant City State Park (#)
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
h) 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.
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (except dove management fields)
Fox Ridge State Park (except dove management units; shooting hours after September 5 are 12 noon to sunset)
Hidden Springs State Forest (except dove management fields)
Kickapoo State Park
Lake Shelbyville Eagle Creek State Park (season opens day after Labor Day; closes October 14; shooting hours are 12 noon to sunset)
Lake Shelbyville Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Areas (except dove management fields; shooting hours after September 5 are 12 noon to sunset)
Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area (except dove management units)
Moraine View State Park (except dove management fields; season closes October 14)
Newton Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (except dove management units)
i) 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.
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area (#)
Mt. Vernon Game Propagation Center (#)
Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (#)
Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (season closes on statewide closing date; permit required; must be returned by February 15)
j) 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 at the end of this subsection.
B) Permit Applications
Applicants must contact the Department to obtain a permit reservation. Starting dates and methods for making reservations will be publicly announced. Applicants making reservations will be sent confirmation. Up to 6 reservations, but only one per applicant, may be made. Multiple reservations for the same person will not be accepted; further, persons attempting to make multiple reservations will forfeit the privilege to obtain a reservation for that season.
C) Each person may apply for only one area and receive one permit per season. An applicant may reapply only if his previous application was unsuccessful.
D) 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, except at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area as indicated in subsection (i)(3). All permits will be issued from Springfield and not from the site, except at Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area as indicated in subsection (i)(3).
E) Check in time for registration shall be between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. each day. Openings after 11 a.m. will be filled by drawing for standbys if more hunters register than there are vacancies.
F) 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
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (non-permit hunting hours are 12 noon to 5:00 p.m.)
Des Plaines Conservation Area (non-permit hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m.)
Edward R. Madigan State Park
Green River State Wildlife Area/Sand Prairie Habitat Area (non-permit hunting hours are sunrise to sunset)
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)
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (for days 6 through 10 of the season, hunting hours are noon to 6:00 p.m. and hunters must check in and out at the site office; permit required as indicated in subsection (i) for days 11 through the end of the statewide dove season; hunting hours for days 11 through the end of the statewide dove season are sunrise to sunset; 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)
Kankakee River State Park
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area (non-permit hunting hours sunrise to sunset; each permit authorizes the holder to bring one hunting partner)
Matthiessen State Park (non-permit hunting hours are sunrise to sunset)
Ramsey Lake State Park (non-permit hunting hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m.)
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 6th day of the dove season)
Silver Springs State Park (closed during National Hunting and Fishing Day Weekend)
k) Violation of a site specific regulation is a petty offense (see 520 ILCS 5/2.20).
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 9702, effective June 26, 2009)