Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area
Site Contact Info
Office phone: 818-447-2353
Office address: c/o Lake DePue SFWA, Box 52, DePue, IL 61322
Site coordinates: 41.289505 -89.325827
County: Putnam
Site Maps
Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 676
Habitat: Site is comprised of hardwood bluffs, riparian floodplain habitat, and the impounded backwaters of Coleman Lake. Active habitat management will occur throughout the year on the site, including prescribed burning.
Site Specific Regulations
Statewide and associated species regulations apply at the site unless noted hereafter.
No outboard motors are allowed by the public. Only authorized IDNR personnel may use outboard motors
Severe weather and safety conditions may result in closing all or part of the site
Persons must not enter the waterfowl refuge unless given permission from an authorized IDNR representative
Deer
Not available at this site.
Turkey
Not available at this site.
Waterfowl
Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Waterfowl hunting at the site observes the North Zone waterfowl season, but hunting is prohibited on Tuesdays and Wednesdays except on opening day.
- No teal season exists outside of the regular statewide duck season.
- Hunting hours are the legal opening time until 1 pm.
- Waterfowl hunting is conducted from designated blinds which have been built by site personnel.
- Blinds are allocated daily, one hour prior to shooting time at the check station via a random draw.
- All hunters must report to the check station for blind assignments.
- A $10.00 daily usage stamp must be purchased to hunt this area.
- No more than 3 people shall occupy a blind at any one time.
- Refilling or changing blinds is not permitted.
- Waterfowl hunting parties must hunt over a minimum of 6 decoys. A maximum of 48 decoys may be used. Decoys must be removed upon termination of the hunt.
- Hunting parties are required to report to the check station within 1 hour after termination of the hunt or no later than 2 pm.
- While attempting to take migratory waterfowl or coots, hunters must not have in possession any shotgun shells not approved as non-toxic by federal regulations.
- Hunters must not possess any shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than T or BBB composed of steel other kinds of non-toxic shot.
Goose
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Waterfowl hunting at the site observes the North Zone waterfowl season, but hunting is prohibited on Tuesdays and Wednesdays except on opening day.
- No goose season exists outside of the regular statewide duck season.
- Hunting hours are the legal opening time until 1 pm.
- Waterfowl hunting is conducted from designated blinds which have been built by site personnel.
- Blinds are allocated daily, one hour prior to shooting time at the check station via a random draw.
- All hunters must report to the check station for blind assignments.
- A $10.00 daily usage stamp must be purchased to hunt this area.
- No more than 3 people shall occupy a blind at any one time.
- Refilling or changing blinds is not permitted.
- Waterfowl hunting parties must hunt over a minimum of 6 decoys. A maximum of 48 decoys may be used. Decoys must be removed upon termination of the hunt.
- Hunting parties are required to report to the check station within 1 hour after termination of the hunt or no later than 2 pm.
- While attempting to take migratory waterfowl or coots, hunters must not have in possession any shotgun shells not approved as non-toxic by federal regulations.
- Hunters must not possess any shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than T or BBB composed of steel other kinds of non-toxic shot.
Snipe & Rail
Not available at this site.
Youth Waterfowl
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- First weekend and the third Saturday of the regular duck season. There is no charge for youth on these days.
- Those blinds not allocated to youth hunting parties shall be available to adults on those days during the regular duck season.
- Hunters under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
- For youth hunt, blind capacity is no more than 2 youth hunters age 15 and under.
Upland & Small Game
Not available at this site.
Furbearers
Hunting
Not available at this site.
Trapping
Not available at this site.
Amenities
Boat ramp
Fishing
Hiking
Hunting