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Dublin Highlands Pheasant Habitat Area
Site Contact Info
Office phone: 815-369-4282
Office address: c/o Lake Le-Aqua-Na, 8542 N Lake Road, Lena, IL 61048
Site coordinates: 42.29207 -89.7683
County: Stephenson
Site Superintendent (Lake Le-Aqua-Na parent site)
Site Maps
Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 122
Habitat: This area provides high quality permanent habitat for ring-necked pheasants and hunting opportunities for Illinois sportsmen. 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.
Site requires use of windshield card, displayed on vehicle dashboard, to report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
All hunting must be with shotgun or bow and arrow.
Deer
Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Due to this site being located in a CWD positive county, all successful deer hunters must provide a CWD sample within 48 hours of harvest. See the CWD testing locations and results.
- Must register with name and date prior to hunting
- Registration will be at site parking lot
- No more than 2 hunters can hunt concurrently at Dublin Highlands HA.
- Season closes at the end of shooting hours on the day preceding the opening of the upland hunting season for the north zone and will reopen at legal shooting hours the day following the close of the north zone upland season at this site.
- Hunters should sign out and record harvest upon completion of the hunt.
- One non-piercing, portable tree stand is allowed per hunter. Tree stands must be removed at the end of the hunting day.
Firearm
Not available at this site.
Late Winter Antlerless
Not available at this site.
Muzzleloader
Not available at this site.
Special CWD
Not available at this site.
Youth Firearm
Not available at this site.
Turkey
Not available at this site.
Waterfowl
Not available at this site.
Upland & Small Game
Dove
Not available at this site.
Rabbits
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Hunting by permit only. Must have a valid permit for the date on which they are hunting. Permit applications will be available at Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park or on the IDNR web site in August, prior to the hunting season.
- Rabbit may be hunted during the statewide pheasant hunt area’s dates.
- Hunters must sign-in before hunting at the sign-in station on Heitter Road.
- Permit holders may bring three hunting partners to the area.
- Hunters must sign-out/report harvest numbers at the station on Heitter Road.
- Hunters must wear a cap and upper outer-garment of solid blaze orange, of at least 400 square inches.
Squirrels
Not available at this site.
Upland Birds
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Requires a lottery-based Free Upland Game Permit that you can apply online for between Aug 1 – Aug 31. Harvest reporting materials will be mailed to successful permit holders via the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS). You must report your harvest to INHS by February 15th to avoid losing hunting privileges for the following year.
- Upland game may be hunted on the first weekend in November and on Wednesdays and Saturdays in November, and then in December on Thursdays and Sundays.
- Hunters must sign-in, sign-out and report harvest numbers at the hunter sign-in station on Heitter Road.
- Permit holders may bring three hunting partners to the area.
- Hunters must wear a cap and upper outer-garment of solid blaze orange, of at least 400 square inches.
Woodcock
Not available at this site.
Furbearers
Hunting
Not available at this site.
Trapping
Not available at this site.
Amenities
Hunting