Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 950 - DOG TRAINING ON DEPARTMENT-OWNED, -LEASED OR -MANAGED SITES
Section 950.40 - Dog Training Seasons and Regulations
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Dog training is prohibited on Department sites except in designated areas.
b) The use of horses for dog training purposes is prohibited except at the sites designated by (1).
c) Only handguns and shotguns with blank cartridges shall be used on Department sites except shotguns with shot shells may be used only for shoot-to-retrieve training using domestic pigeons and/or captive-reared ring-necked pheasants, bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, and mallard ducks at the sites designated by (2).
d) Dog training at the following sites will be open from September 1-March 31, except closed during site upland game season; additional exceptions in parenthesis:
Carlyle Lake Lands and Waters
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Edward R. Madigan State Park
Eldon Hazlet State Park (closed September 1 through the first Sunday of the controlled pheasant hunting season; dog training is open on Mondays and Tuesdays during the Controlled Pheasant Hunting Season and from the close of the upland game hunting season through March 31)
Hamilton County Conservation Area
Hidden Springs State Forest
Horseshoe Lake State Park (dog training is open during the upland game season)
Iroquois County Wildlife Management Area
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (during the Controlled Pheasant Hunting Season, training is open on Mondays and Tuesdays) (1)
Kankakee River State Park
Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area (water dog training only is open all year) (1)
Kickapoo State Park (1)
Lake Shelbyville - Eagle Creek State Park
Lake Shelbyville - Eagle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Lake Shelbyville - Kaskaskia and West Okaw Wildlife Management Area
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during September, October and March)
Middle Fork Fish and Wildlife Management Area (1)
Peabody River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (water dog training only is open all year)
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area
Saline County Conservation Area
Sam Parr State Park
Sand Ridge State Forest (during the Controlled Pheasant season, training is open on Mondays and Tuesdays) (1)
Sangchris Lake State Park (water dog training is open all year)
Shabbona Lake State Park (closed during archery deer season)
Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area
Skinner Farm State Habitat Area (area south and west of I-24 open only from October 1-March 31)
Stephen A. Forbes State Fish and Wildlife Area
Ten Mile Creek Fish and Wildlife Area
Trail of Tears State Forest
Washington County Conservation Area
Weinberg-King State Park (1)
World Shooting and Recreational Complex
e) Dog training at the following sites will be allowed throughout the year; exceptions in parentheses:
Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area (closed 7 days before through end of waterfowl season)
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Parnell Unit Designated Area
Des Plaines Conservation Area (closed during site's upland game season) (1) (2)
Eldon Hazlet State Park north of Allen Branch Public Hunting Area
Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area, Area C2 (East of Main office; except when controlled pheasant hunting is occurring) and all water dog training
Mississippi River Fish and Waterfowl Management Area (Pools 25 and 26) (1)
Pyramid State Park (closed during site's upland game and waterfowl hunting seasons) (1) (2)
Randolph County Conservation Area
Rock Cut State Park
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area (closed October 1 through the Central Zone Goose Hunting Season)
