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Shabbona Lake State Park

State Recreation Area · DeKalb County · Reported manager: State Department of Natural Resources (unverified)

1,531
Reported acres
Higher recorded trips
Hunter pressure (92.2th pctl statewide)
37.8 / 100
DeKalb Co. FDR Index
66↓
County Trophy Index

Hunting access and regulations

Hunting access requires site verification. Catalog identity, public ownership, and reported area do not establish hunting permission. Verify current site-specific rules with the managing agency.

IDNR hunter fact sheet ↗Permits / public hunting areas ↗

Source dates and site rules can change. Verify the current managing-agency rules before treating a record as huntable.

Harvest history (2011–2024) →

View Shabbona Lake State Park on the Scout map

The map opens at this catalog record's reference point. The point is not a legal entrance or hunting boundary.

Open site reference on ScoutDeKalb County deer report

More public-land records in DeKalb County

Kishwaukee River State Natural Area · 546 reported acParkside Preserve · 135 reported acMerritt Prairie Forest Preserve · 53 reported acWilkinson-Renwick Marsh Nature Preserve · 48 reported acPrairie Oaks Forest Preserve · 43 reported ac

Sources: Illinois DNR public harvest and public-land records; qualifying trophy bucks, each counted once, as the Trophy Index. Public-record data only: no private contact information, no landowner lists.

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