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Applications for 2021 Firearm and Muzzleloader Deer Permit Lotteries are open!

Dog Island State Wildlife Management Area

Office phone: 618-949-3304
Office address: RR2, Box 178, Golconda, IL 62938
- Main office is at Dixon Springs SP
Site coordinates: 37.16545 -88.4442
County: Pope
Site Superintendent
District Wildlife Biologist
Conservation Police

Huntable acres: 221
Habitat: The habitat at Dog Island provides for many recreational hunting opportunities. Wetland area is managed to attract ducks and geese in the fall. The majority of the site is forested with a combination of pine plantation, mixed hardwood forest and reforestation areas. Topography is variable across the site with some areas being moderately steep.
Digital Map
Printable Map

All statewide hunting regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.
Site requires use of windshield card, displayed on vehicle dashboard, to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
Use Hunt Planner to find hunting seasons open at this site.
Hunters may leave stands unattended from September 15 – January 31. Stands must be legibly marked with owner’s name, address and telephone number.
Species-specific rules:

Hunting
- Statewide regulations
- Rimfire rifles .22 caliber and smaller may be used from sunset to sunrise.
- Furbearer hunting closed during Firearm Deer Season
  - Hunters with a valid, unfilled firearm deer permit for the hunt area may take coyotes during legal hours of the firearm deer season. Otherwise, the use of shotgun slugs to take furbearing mammals is prohibited on state sites.
- Coyote and striped skunk season coincides with the statewide fox season.
- Windshield Card required
Trapping
- Trappers must obtain permission from site. Contact site for more information.