Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 730 - DOVE HUNTING › Section 730.20 - Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 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 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. 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.