Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Site Contact Info
Office phone: 618-785-2555
Office address: 10981 Conservation Rd, Baldwin, IL 62217
Site coordinates: 38.2328 -89.89736
County: Randolph, Monroe and St. Clair
Site Map
Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 14,000
Habitat: This site is a complex area of channelized river, oxbows, sloughs, backwater lakes, bottomland timber, cultivated fields, native grass patches, brushy areas, and fallow fields. The site also contains the 2,000 acre Baldwin Lake and surrounding area which is managed as a waterfowl refuge and public fishing area. The public waterfowl hunting area is Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area (DCWMA). Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.
Site Specific Regulations
Statewide and associated species regulations apply at the site unless noted hereafter.
Hunters may leave stands unattended but they must be legibly marked with the owner’s name, address and telephone number.
All hunters must check in and out and report their harvest at one of the check stations each day following their hunt.
The Doza Creek WMA is closed to all public use 7 days prior to the duck season, only archery deer/turkey and waterfowl hunters during duck season.
No turkey hunting east of and within 50 yards of the defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area’s main north-south road, within 100 yards of any house or building, or south of the Dry Lake access road.
Deer
Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Archery hunting is prohibited within 50 yards of the main north/south road through the Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area.
- Within this defined waterfowl rest area, hunters must take an antlerless deer before harvesting an antlered deer.
Firearm
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except Doza Creek is open to a special draw for firearm deer hunting during the second season
Late Winter Antlerless
Not available at this site.
Muzzleloader
Not available at this site.
Special CWD
Not available at this site.
Youth Firearm
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Turkey
Fall Archery
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Fall Shotgun
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Spring
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Youth Spring
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Waterfowl
Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
No waterfowl hunters may remain in the area after 3:00 p.m. During the second firearm deer season, no waterfowl hunters may remain in the area after 12:00 p.m. For those lands lying south of Illinois Route 154 and north of Illinois Route 13, the legal hunting hours shall be from statewide opening hour until statewide closing hour.
Kaskaskia River follows statewide regulations except in the Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area (DCWMA) during the regular season.
Areas outside of DCWMA
- Statewide hunting hours except between Hwys 13 & 154, which closes at 1 pm
- Must use a minimum of 6 decoys
- Waterfowl hunters must maintain a distance of 200 yards between parties
DCWMA
- For the first four days of the duck season, all waterfowl hunting must occur within 10 yards of an assigned, numbered stake.
- Staked locations shall be allocated on a daily draw at the Highway 154 boat ramp at 4 am
- No less than 2 hunters and no more than 4 may register as a party
- On the 5th day of the season hunting is on a first-come, first-serve basis and need not occur at a stake
- No waterfowl hunters may remain in the area after 3 pm, except during the last 3 days of the duck and Canada goose season, which are statewide hours
Goose
Available at this site. Follows the same regulations as Ducks, Coots, & Mergansers. See section above for more information.
Snipe & Rail
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except hunters must wear a solid blaze orange cap and vest while hunting snipe
Youth Waterfowl
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Upland & Small Game
Dove
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- September 1-5 hunting hours are noon-5 p.m. After September 5 hunting hours are statewide hours
- DCWMA closes to dove hunting on October 14
- Non-toxic shot required
Rabbits
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply.
Squirrels
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except .17 and .22 caliber rimfire and .25 caliber or smaller air rifles allowed.
Upland Birds
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except quail hunting allowed only.
Woodcock
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except hunters must wear a cap and upper outer garment of solid and vivid blaze orange of at least 400 square inches.
Furbearers
Hunting
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Doza Creek Waterfowl Management Area closed 7 days prior to and during duck season.
- The defined Baldwin Lake Waterfowl Rest Area is closed.
- 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.
Trapping
Available at this site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Must have windshield card.
- Trappers must report their harvest online by February 15, or two weeks after the season closes for those seasons ending after February 1
- Water sets only, with the exception of Egg Traps, D-P (Dog Proof) traps, cage traps and traps of similar design may ONLY be used for land sets.
Amenities
Boat ramps
Hunting
Trapping