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More InfoSnakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area
Site Contact Info
Office phone: 309-879-2607
Office address: 1936 State Rt 167, Victoria, IL 61485
Site coordinates: 41.030106 -90.0801
County: Knox
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Site Characteristics
Huntable acres: 2,497
Habitat: Site has a history of strip mining, now covered in a mix of grassland, wetlands, ponds, lakes, and ag fields.
Active habitat management will be occurring throughout the year on the site.



Site/Species Specific Regulations
Statewide and associated species regulations in accordance with the Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations apply at site unless noted hereafter.
All hunters (except for archery deer, snipe, and rail hunters) must report to the check station to complete information cards. If the check station is not manned, hunters must register on a sheet in the box provided.
Archery deer, snipe and rail hunters must have a windshield card displayed on vehicle dashboard and report hunting effort and harvest by 15 February.
The site closes to all use except permit and archery deer hunting starting two weeks before and continuing through the close of the Central IL Goose season.
An updated message is recorded daily during goose season.
Hunters under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Deer
Archery
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Tree stands and ground blinds may be left unattended from Sept 15 -Jan 31. Any tree stand or ground blind left unattended must be legibly marked with the owner’s name, address, and telephone number, or site assigned identification number. Tree stands must be removed from site no later than the last day of archery hunting.
- Site is open to archery deer hunting without regard to firearm deer season, but hunters must wear blaze orange.
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
Ducks/Coots/Mergansers
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Permit required for goose, duck, and coot hunting and will be available starting August 16 through lottery drawing.
- $15 Daily Usage Stamp must be purchased by anyone who is 16 or older.
- Hunting from designated blind sites only and hunting hours end at 1:00 p.m.
- The legal hunting season is the dates of the Central Zone goose season except that the area is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and on December 24, 25, and 26.
- Hunters must register at check station and sign in and sign out. Opening day through November 30: register by 5 a.m. From December 1 – 31, register by 5:30 a.m. From January 1 through season’s end, must register by 6 a.m. Permits are void after the drawing begins. No one may register after the time listed.
- All hunters must present a hunting license, or equivalent, at draw time.
- Hunters must be at least 16 years old to draw for a blind.
- Unfilled blinds may be filled until shooting time. There will be no refills. Hunters will choose their blinds as their name is drawn.
- Hunters must occupy sites within 1 hour after registering at the check station.
- One blind (G2) will be available daily by priority claim to disabled persons with an Illinois I.D. card showing a P2, P2a, H2, or H2a disability.
- All pits are accessed by foot. Pits are brushed with camo cloth and most pits are located in fields on the perimeter of the site. Several have water nearby, with 3 shooting over water. No motorized vehicles beyond the parking lots. Blind trails are marked with arrows and reflectors. Hunters should bring at least a flashlight and suitable footgear for finding blinds in the dark in muddy fields. Hunters can and should bring their own decoys. At blinds B-2, C-1, and D-1, chest waders and/or a retrieving dog are recommended.
- Only 2 hunters are allowed per blind.
- Hunting parties must hunt over a minimum of 6 decoys (standard size).
- Hunters may not possess more than 5 shotshells for every Canada goose allowed in the daily bag limit.
- During goose seasons held after the Canada goose season all restrictions regarding the use of the number of shotgun shells that hunters can possess are no longer in force.
- Upon vacating the blind sites, hunters must report to the station within 1 hour.
- No early Canada goose season or any season that occurs before the Central Zone Canada goose season is allowed at this site.
- Teal hunting follows statewide regulations for season and hours.
- Teal hunting is not restricted to designated blind sites. 6nh Hunters must sign in and sign out.
Goose
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Permit required for goose, duck, and coot hunting and will be available starting August 16 through lottery drawing.
- $15 Daily Usage Stamp must be purchased by anyone who is 16 or older.
- Hunting from designated blind sites only and hunting hours end at 1:00 p.m.
- The legal hunting season is the dates of the Central Zone goose season except that the area is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and on December 24, 25, and 26.
- Hunters must register at check station and sign in and sign out. Opening day through November 30: register by 5 a.m. From December 1 – 31, register by 5:30 a.m. From January 1 through season’s end, must register by 6 a.m. Permits are void after the drawing begins. No one may register after the time listed.
- All hunters must present a hunting license, or equivalent, at draw time.
- Hunters must be at least 16 years old to draw for a blind.
- Unfilled blinds may be filled until shooting time. There will be no refills. Hunters will choose their blinds as their name is drawn.
- Hunters must occupy sites within 1 hour after registering at the check station.
- One blind (G2) will be available daily by priority claim to disabled persons with an Illinois I.D. card showing a P2, P2a, H2, or H2a disability.
- All pits are accessed by foot. Pits are brushed with camo cloth and most pits are located in fields on the perimeter of the site. Several have water nearby, with 3 shooting over water. No motorized vehicles beyond the parking lots. Blind trails are marked with arrows and reflectors. Hunters should bring at least a flashlight and suitable footgear for finding blinds in the dark in muddy fields. Hunters can and should bring their own decoys. At blinds B-2, C-1, and D-1, chest waders and/or a retrieving dog are recommended.
- Only 2 hunters are allowed per blind.
- Hunting parties must hunt over a minimum of 6 decoys (standard size).
- Hunters may not possess more than 5 shotshells for every Canada goose allowed in the daily bag limit.
- During goose seasons held after the Canada goose season all restrictions regarding the use of the number of shotgun shells that hunters can possess are no longer in force.
- Upon vacating the blind sites, hunters must report to the station within 1 hour.
- No early Canada goose season or any season that occurs before the Central Zone Canada goose season is allowed at this site.
- Conservation Order Light Geese
- Light geese (snow geese, etc.) may be hunted after central zone Canada goose season. Statewide season and hours.
- Hunters must hunt from blinds only. Hunters must sign in and sign out.
Snipe/Rail
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except: Site closes to snipe/rail hunting on September 30.
Youth Waterfowl
Not available at this site.
Upland/Small Game
Controlled Pheasant Hunting
Not available at this site.
Crow
Not available at this site.
Dove
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Non-toxic shot only
- This site requires a site-specific permit for hunting September 1-5.
- September 1-5: Hunting hours are 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. A drawing will be held daily at 11 a.m. at the site office if there are more hunters than can be accommodated. Stand-by drawings may be held. Dove hunters must hunt from designated staked areas.
- Non-Permit Hunting
- September 6 – 30: Hunting hours are sunrise to sunset.
- Hunters must sign in and sign –out and report harvest.
Pheasant/Quail/Partridge
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Hunting opens the day after the close of the Central Illinois Zone goose season
- Hunters must sign-in and sign-out.
- Non-toxic shot required.
Rabbits
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Hunting opens the day after the close of the Central Illinois Zone goose season
- Hunters must sign-in and sign-out.
- Non-toxic shot required.
Squirrels
Not available at this site.
Woodcock
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except: Site closes to woodcock hunting on September 30.
Falconry
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except: Hunting opens the day after the close of the Central Illinois Zone goose season.
Furbearers
Furbearer Hunting
Not available at this site.
Furbearer Trapping
Available at site. Statewide regulations apply, except:
- Site permit required. Furbearer trapping permits are allotted annually by site drawing at the Snakeden Hollow SFWA office on the opening day of goose season at 10 a.m. Persons participating in the drawing must have either a current or previous year trapping license. Permit applicants must submit name and address to the site prior to drawing.
- Permits must be in possession while trapping at the site.
Amenities
Fishing
Boat ramp
Hiking