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Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area

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    Site Characteristics

    • Huntable acres: 676
    • Habitat: Hunting takes place at Coleman Lake, where the surroundings are wooded bluffs, marshland, the Hennepin Canal trail area, and bottomland woods

    Site Specific Regulations

    • All statewide hunting regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.
    • Use Hunt Planner to find hunting seasons open at this site
    • 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
    • Species-specific rules:

    Deer

    • Deer hunting not permitted

    Turkey

    • Turkey hunting not permitted

    Waterfowl

    • 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 or goose seasons exists outside of the regular statewide duck season
    • Youth waterfowl
      • 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 youths age 15 and under
    • 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

    Squirrels/Rabbits

    • Squirrels
      • Squirrel hunting not permitted
    • Rabbits
      • Rabbit hunting not permitted

    Upland Birds

    • Upland bird hunting not permitted

    Furbearers

    • Trapping
      • Furbearer trapping not permitted
    • Hunting
      • Furbearer hunting not permitted

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