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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 660 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF MUZZLELOADING RIFLES › Section 660.30 - Statewide Muzzleloading Rifle Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The only legal hunting device is a single
			 or double barreled muzzleloading rifle of at least .45 caliber shooting a
			 single projectile through a barrel of at least 16 inches in length.
b) The standards and specifications for
			 muzzleloading rifles and ammunition are as follows:
1) A muzzleloading rifle is defined as a
			 rifle into which the projectile is incapable of being inserted from the breech
			 end.
2) The minimum size of the
			 muzzleloading rifle projectile shall be .44 caliber. A wad or sleeve is not
			 considered a projectile or a part of the projectile. Non-expanding,
			 military-style full metal jacket bullets cannot be used to harvest white-tailed
			 deer; only soft point or expanding bullets (including copper/copper alloy
			 rounds designed for hunting) are legal ammunition.
3) Only black powder or a "black powder
			 substitute" such as Pyrodex may be used. Modern smokeless powders
			 (nitrocellulose-based) are an approved blackpowder substitute only in
			 muzzleloading rifles that are specifically designed for their use.
4) Only percussion (cap or primer),
			 wheellock, matchlock, flintlock or electronic ignition may be used.
5) The following shall constitute an unloaded
			 muzzleloading rifle:
A) removal of percussion
			 cap/primer;
B) removal of prime
			 powder from frizzen pan with frizzen open and hammer all the way
			 down;
C) removal of prime powder
			 from flashpan and wheel unwound;
D)
			 removal of prime powder and match with match not lit; or
E) removal of the battery from the electronic
			 ignition.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 660 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF MUZZLELOADING RIFLES › Section 660.40 - Statewide Deer Hunting Rules

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
			 bag limit is one deer per legally authorized either-sex, antlered-only or
			 antlerless-only permit. All either-sex permits and antlered-only permits are
			 subject to the following restriction: no hunter, regardless of the quantity or
			 type of permits in his/her possession, may harvest more than 2 antlered deer
			 during a year, including the youth, archery, muzzleloader, and firearm seasons.
			 For purposes of this Section, deer seasons are considered to be in the same
			 year if their opening dates fall within the same 12-month period that begins on
			 July 1. A hunter in possession of an either-sex permit after having harvested 2
			 antlered deer during a year, as defined above, may only use the permit to
			 harvest an antlerless deer. Subject to this restriction, an either-sex permit
			 holder is allowed to take a deer with or without antlers and an antlered-only
			 permit holder is allowed to take only a deer having at least one antler of a
			 length of 3 or more inches. An antlerless only permit holder is allowed to take
			 only a deer without antlers or a deer having antlers less than 3 inches long.
b) Recipients of the Muzzleloading
			 Rifle Deer Hunting Permit shall record their signature on the permit prior to
			 hunting and must carry it on their person while hunting.
c) The temporary harvest tag shall be
			 attached and properly sealed immediately upon kill and before the deer is
			 moved, transported or field dressed. No person shall leave any deer that has
			 been killed without properly attaching the temporary harvest tag to the deer in
			 the manner prescribed on the permit.
d) Hunters shall not have in their
			 possession, any deer permit issued to another person, while in the field during
			 muzzleloading rifle deer season (permits are non-transferable).
e) Permits will not be re-issued in cases
			 involving deer taken which are found to be diseased or spoiled due to previous
			 injury. Legal disposal of unfit deer taken shall be the responsibility of the
			 hunter. For those hunters participating in the Department's Chronic Wasting
			 Disease Surveillance Program, a free permit for the same county or special hunt
			 area will be made available the subsequent year if their tested deer is
			 determined to have chronic wasting disease.
f) Unlawful take or possession of one deer is
			 a Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.4 ); unlawful take or possession of 2 or more deer
			 in a 90-day period is a Class 4 felony (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.36a ); unlawful take or possession of 2 or more
			 deer as a single act or single course of conduct is a Class 3 felony (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.36 ); and any other violation of this Section is a
			 Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.24 ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 660 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF MUZZLELOADING RIFLES › Section 660.45 - Reporting Harvest

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Successful
			 hunters must register their harvest by 10:00 p.m. on the same calendar day the
			 deer was taken by calling the toll-free telephone check-in system at
			 1-866-ILCHECK or by accessing the on-line check-in system at
www.dnr.illinois.gov
. If a hunter is
			 not able to locate a harvested deer in sufficient time to enable reporting the
			 harvest by 10:00 p.m., the hunter must immediately report the harvest upon
			 retrieving it. The hunter will be provided with a confirmation number to verify
			 that he or she checked in the harvest. This number must be written by the
			 hunter onto the temporary harvest tag (leg tag). If the condition of the tag
			 precludes writing on the tag in the appropriate space (i.e., bloody, etc.), the
			 confirmation number shall be written elsewhere on the tag, or onto a piece of
			 paper and attached to the deer along with the temporary harvest tag. The deer
			 must remain whole (or field dressed) until it has been checked in. In instances
			 where deer are checked in while the hunter is still afield, the deer may not be
			 dismembered while afield beyond quartering the animal. If quartered, all parts
			 of the carcass (except the entrails removed during field dressing) must be
			 transported together and evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to one
			 quarter. Evidence of sex is:
1) For a buck:
			 head with antlers attached to carcass, or attached testicle, scrotum, or
			 penis.
2) For a doe: head attached
			 to carcass, or attached udder (mammary) or vulva.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 660 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF MUZZLELOADING RIFLES › Section 660.50 - Rejection of Application/Revocation of Permits

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) In the event that an applicant is in
			 violation of one of the following subsections, the application shall be held in
			 suspension, and the application fees shall be deposited, pending a
			 determination by the permit office of whether the violation was knowing. If the
			 permit office determines the violation was knowing, the application shall be
			 rejected and the fee shall be retained by Natural Resources. The applicant may
			 request a hearing on this decision pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530. Should
			 it be determined that the violation was without the knowledge of the applicant,
			 the permit office will process only the number of applications allowed by
			 administrative rule with additional applications rejected and fees returned.
1) Using hunting rights lease, or mineral
			 rights lease or other lease for land which does not evidence a genuine farm
			 tenancy to obtain a landowner or tenant firearm deer permit. Violation is a
			 Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.38 ).
2) Submitting more applications in the same
			 name or by the same person for Muzzleloading Rifle Deer Permits than the number
			 of legally authorized permits. Violation is a Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.24 ).
3) Providing false and/or deceptive
			 information on the deer permit application form. Violation is a Class A
			 misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24 ).
4) Submitting an application when the
			 applicant has a license or permit currently revoked pursuant to Section 3.36 of
			 the Wildlife Code. Violation is a Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.36 ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 670 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF BOW AND ARROW › Section 670.10 - Statewide Open Seasons and Counties

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 All regulations set forth in Section 2.26 of the Wildlife Code apply in this
			 Part.
b) For Cook, DuPage and Lake
			 counties, and that portion of Kane County east of State Route 47 - October 1
			 through the first Sunday after January 13.
c) For all other counties, or parts of
			 counties - October 1 through the first Sunday after January 13, closed during
			 the period when deer hunting with a firearm is permitted as set out in 17 Ill.
			 Adm. Code 650, except Department of Natural Resources owned or managed sites
			 designated in Section
			 670.60
			 by an asterisk (*) shall be open to archery deer hunting without regard to
			 firearm deer season (no firearm deer hunting pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 650
			 allowed).
d) Hunting prior to 1/2
			 hour before sunrise or after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A misdemeanor
			 with a minimum $500 and maximum $5,000 fine, in addition to other statutory
			 penalties (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.33(y) ). Hunting during the
			 closed season is a Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.24 ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 670 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF BOW AND ARROW › Section 670.20 - Statewide Deer Permit Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 All archery deer hunters must have a current, valid Illinois archery deer
			 permit. Archery deer permits (except landowner/tenant hunting permits and
			 nonresident permits issued to clients of outfitters as detailed in Section
			 670.20(c)) will authorize the holder to hunt in any of the open counties of the
			 State, on property where permission to hunt has been obtained from the property
			 owner. Nonresident archery deer permits issued to outfitter clients who
			 received a permit based on the preference given to outfitter clients are valid
			 only on property controlled by the outfitter used to gain preference.
b) Resident Permits
1) Resident archery deer permits are
			 available over-the-counter (OTC) from agents designated by the Department
			 (pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2520) as combination permits, each consisting of
			 one either-sex permit and one antlerless-only permit, or as a single
			 antlerless-only permit. The fee for a resident archery combination permit shall
			 be $25; a resident archery single antlerless-only permit shall be $15. While
			 there is no limit to the number of archery deer permits that an individual
			 resident may purchase, no one may harvest more deer than allowed by the
			 restrictions prescribed in Section
			 670.40.
			 Lifetime licenses issued after August 15, 2006 shall not qualify a nonresident
			 of Illinois for a resident deer permit.
2) In addition to the permits listed in
			 subsection (b)(1), resident hunters have the option of purchasing a maximum of
			 one resident single either-sex permit for a fee of $15. Applicants must submit
			 an application to the Permit Office using the official current Resident Single
			 Either-Sex Archery Deer Permit application form by September 1. Applications
			 are available from the DNR website at
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov
.
			 Applications submitted on forms from previous years will be returned.
			 Applicants must complete all portions of the permit application form.
			 Incomplete applications and fees will be returned. Each applicant must submit a
			 personal check or money order with an individual's application.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 670 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF BOW AND ARROW › Section 670.21 - Deer Permit Requirements - Landowner/Tenant Permits

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Requirements and procedures for obtaining landowner/tenant
				permits are provided in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 528.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 670 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF BOW AND ARROW › Section 670.30 - Statewide Legal Bow and Arrow

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
			 only legal hunting devices to take, or attempt to take, deer are:
1) Longbows, recurve bows or compound bows
			 with minimum pull of 30 pounds at some point within a 28-inch draw. Minimum
			 arrow length is 20 inches.
2)
			 Crossbows shall meet all of the following specifications:
A) use a bowstring to propel the bolt or
			 arrow and have a minimum peak draw weight of 125 pounds;
B) have a minimum length (from butt of stock
			 to front of limbs) of 24 inches;
C)
			 have a working safety; and
D) be
			 used with fletched bolts or arrows of not less than 14 inches in length (not
			 including point).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 670 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF BOW AND ARROW › Section 670.50 - Rejection of Application/Revocation of Permits

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) In the event that an applicant for one of
			 the permits available from the Permit Office is in violation of one of
			 subsections (a)(1)-(4), in addition to other penalties the application shall be
			 held in suspension, and any application fees shall be deposited, pending a
			 determination by the permit office of whether the violation was knowing. If the
			 permit office determines the violation was knowing, the application shall be
			 rejected and any fee collected shall be retained by DNR. The applicant may
			 request a hearing on this decision pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530. Should
			 it be determined that the violation was without the knowledge of the applicant,
			 the permit office will process only the number of applications allowed by
			 Section
			 670.20
			 or
			 670.21
			 with additional applications rejected and fees returned.
1) Using a hunting rights lease, mineral
			 rights lease or other lease for land that does not evidence a genuine farm
			 tenancy to obtain an archery deer permit;
2) Submitting more applications in the same
			 name or by the same person for an archery deer permit than allowed for in
			 Section
			 670.20
			 or 670.21;
3) Providing false
			 and/or deceptive information on the deer permit application form;
4) Submitting an application when the
			 applicant has a license or permit currently revoked pursuant to Section 3.36 of
			 the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS
			 5/3.36 ].
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 670 - WHITE-TAILED DEER HUNTING BY USE OF BOW AND ARROW › Section 670.55 - Reporting Harvest

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Successful
			 hunters must register their harvest by 10:00 p.m. on the same calendar day the
			 deer was taken by calling the toll-free telephone check-in system at
			 1-866-ILCHECK or by accessing the on-line check-in system at
www.dnr.illinois.gov
. If a hunter is
			 not able to locate a harvested deer in sufficient time to enable reporting the
			 harvest by 10:00 p.m., the hunter must immediately report the harvest upon
			 retrieving it. The hunter will be provided with a confirmation number to verify
			 that he or she checked in the harvest. This number must be written by the
			 hunter onto the temporary harvest tag (leg tag). If the condition of the tag
			 precludes writing on the tag in the appropriate space (i.e., bloody, etc.), the
			 confirmation number shall be written elsewhere on the tag, or onto a piece of
			 paper and attached to the deer along with the temporary harvest tag. The deer
			 must remain whole (or field dressed) until it has been checked in. In instances
			 where deer are checked in while the hunter is still afield, the deer may not be
			 dismembered while afield beyond quartering the animal. If quartered, all parts
			 of the carcass (except the entrails removed during field dressing) must be
			 transported together and evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to one
			 quarter. Evidence of sex is:
1) For a buck:
			 head with antlers attached to carcass, or attached testicle, scrotum, or
			 penis.
2) For a doe: head attached
			 to carcass, or attached udder (mammary) or vulva.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.10 - Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Season

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Season: One-half hour before sunrise on the first Thursday after December 25 to
			 1/2 hour after sunset on the following Sunday, and 1/2 hour before sunrise on
			 the first Friday after January 11 to 1/2 hour after sunset on the following
			 Sunday. Shooting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.
			 Hunting prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or after 1/2 hour after sunset is a
			 Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine and a maximum $5,000 fine in
			 addition to other statutory penalties (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.33(y)).
b) Open counties: Boone, McHenry, Winnebago,
			 Stephenson, Ogle, LaSalle, JoDaviess, Grundy, Kendall, Will, Kankakee,
			 Livingston, Carroll, DeKalb and Lee counties and that portion of Kane County
			 west of State Route 47. Additional counties in which CWD foci are identified
			 subsequent to adoption of this Part shall be opened via public announcement
			 (e.g., press release and site posting).
c) Hunting outside the set season dates or
			 without a valid permit for the area hunted is a Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.24). Hunting prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or
			 after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine
			 and a maximum $5,000 fine in addition to other statutory penalties (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.33(y)).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.20 - CWD Deer Permit Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Hunters must have an unfilled deer permit
			 valid for the previous firearm, muzzleloader or youth deer season and valid for
			 one of the open counties (see Section
			 675.10(b))
			 or a valid CWD Season Deer Permit. A CWD Season Deer Permit is issued for one
			 county or special hunt area and is valid only in the county, where permission
			 to hunt has been obtained from the property owner, or special hunt area stated
			 on the permit. Unfilled firearm, muzzleloader or Youth Deer Hunt Permits are
			 valid only for the county for which they were originally issued, except that
			 Youth Deer Hunt Permits issued as part of the statewide youth-only deer hunting
			 season Pilot Program, as described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 685.20,
			 are valid for all of the open counties and unfilled landowner property-only
			 hunting firearm deer permits are valid only for the farmlands the person to
			 whom it was issued owns, leases, or rents within the open counties/portions of
			 counties.
1) Unfilled firearm, muzzleloader or
			 Youth Deer Hunt Permits that were originally issued for special hunt areas are
			 not valid during the CWD Season unless:
A)
			 the hunter's name is redrawn at the daily site lottery to hunt at the same
			 special hunt area during the CWD Season; or
B) the special hunt area is open to persons
			 with a county permit and the special hunt area does not conduct a daily site
			 lottery.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.30 - Weapon Requirements for CWD Deer Hunting Season

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Legal weapons to take, or attempt to take,
			 deer are dependent on the unused permits that are legally in the possession of
			 the hunter. Specifications for legal weapons are defined by 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 650.30.
b) Hunters with valid, unused permits from
			 the previous firearm, muzzleloader or youth seasons may use only the legal
			 firearms, as described in subsection (a), allowed by that permit in those
			 respective seasons. Hunters with a valid CWD Season Deer Permit may use any of
			 the weapons described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 650.30.
c) It shall be unlawful to use or possess any
			 firearm or ammunition other than allowed by subsection (a) in the field while
			 hunting white-tailed deer during the CWD Deer Hunting Season unless in
			 accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. The lawful possession of
			 firearms to take furbearing mammals and game mammals other than deer by persons
			 other than deer hunters shall not be prohibited during the CWD Deer Hunting
			 Season as set in Section
			 675.10.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.40 - CWD Deer Hunting Rules

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Persons using unfilled permits from the previous firearm, muzzleloader or youth
			 deer season (see Section
			 675.20(a)
			 ) may only take deer appropriate for that permit type (either-sex or
			 antlerless-only).
b) An either-sex
			 permit holder is allowed to take a deer with or without antlers, and an
			 antlerless-only permit holder is allowed to take only a deer without antlers or
			 a deer having antlers less than 3 inches long.
c) The bag limit is one deer per legally
			 authorized either-sex or antlerless-only permit. Deer taken during the CWD
			 Season are not subject to the antlered deer bag limit restrictions imposed
			 during the firearm, muzzleloader, youth and archery deer hunting
			 seasons.
d) The harvest tag must be
			 attached and properly sealed immediately upon kill and before the deer is
			 moved, transported or field dressed. No person shall leave any deer that has
			 been killed without properly attaching the harvest tag to the deer in the
			 manner prescribed in Section
			 675.50 and on
			 the permit.
e) Hunters shall not
			 have in their possession, while in the field during the CWD Deer Hunting
			 Season, any deer permit issued to another person (permits are
			 non-transferrable).
f) Permits
			 shall not be re-issued in cases involving deer taken that are found to be
			 diseased or spoiled due to previous injury. Disposal of unfit deer taken shall
			 be the responsibility of the hunter. For those hunters participating in the
			 Department's Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program, a free permit for
			 the same county or special hunt area will be made available the subsequent year
			 if their tested deer is determined to have CWD.
g) Violation of this Section is a Class B
			 misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24 ), except
			 unlawful take or possession of 2 or more deer within 90 days is a Class 4
			 felony, and unlawful take of 2 or more deer as a single act, possession or
			 course of conduct is a Class 3 felony (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.36(a) ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.50 - Reporting Harvest

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Successful
			 hunters must register their harvest by 10:00 p.m. on the same calendar day the
			 deer was taken by calling the toll-free telephone check-in system at
			 1-866-ILCHECK or by accessing the on-line check-in system at
www.dnr.illinois.gov
. If a hunter is
			 not able to locate a harvested deer in sufficient time to enable reporting the
			 harvest by 10:00 p.m., the hunter must immediately report the harvest upon
			 retrieving it. They will be provided with a confirmation number to verify that
			 they checked in their harvest. This number must be written by the hunter on the
			 harvest tag (leg tag). If the condition of the tag precludes writing on the tag
			 in the appropriate space (i.e., bloody, etc.), the confirmation number shall be
			 written elsewhere on the tag or onto a piece of paper and attached to the deer
			 along with the temporary harvest tag. The deer must remain whole (or field
			 dressed) until it has been checked in. In instances in which deer are checked
			 in while the hunter is still afield, the deer may not be dismembered while
			 afield beyond quartering the animal. If quartered, all parts of the carcass
			 (except the entrails removed during field dressing) must be transported
			 together and evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to one quarter.
			 Evidence of sex is:
1) For a buck: head with
			 antlers attached to carcass or attached testicle, scrotum, or penis.
2) For a doe: head attached to carcass or
			 attached udder (mammary) or vulva.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.60 - Rejection of Application/Revocation of Permits

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) In the event that the purchaser of a CWD
			 Season Deer Permit is in violation of either subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the
			 permit will be revoked in addition to any other penalties. The applicant may
			 request a hearing on this decision pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530.
1) Providing false and/or deceptive
			 information on the deer permit form, which is a Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.38 ).
2) Purchasing a CWD Season Deer Permit when
			 the applicant has a license or permit currently revoked pursuant to Section
			 3.36 of the Wildlife Code, which is a Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/3.36 ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL › Section 675.70 - Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Sites will be opened to the CWD Deer Hunting Season only if the
				site is announced as being open via a public announcement. A drawing may be
				held at 5:00 a.m. at the site if more hunters show up than can be accommodated
				at sites announced as having a daily hunter quota (e.g., press release and/or
				site posting). Notice of any standby drawing modification will be posted at the
				site and 17 Ill. Adm. Code
				510.10(d)(3)
				shall apply.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.10 - Statewide Season

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Season:
			 One-half hour before sunrise on the first Thursday after December 25 to 1/2
			 hour after sunset on the following Sunday, and 1/2 hour before sunrise on the
			 first Friday after January 11 to 1/2 hour after sunset on the following Sunday.
			 Shooting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. Hunting
			 prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A
			 misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine and a maximum $5,000 fine in addition to
			 other statutory penalties (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.33(y) ).
b) For the purpose of removing surplus deer,
			 the Department of Natural Resources (Department) shall open select counties and
			 sites to firearm deer hunting during the Late-Winter Deer Season. The
			 Department shall notify the public of the counties that are projected to have
			 surplus deer populations via a public announcement.
c) Hunting outside the set season dates or
			 without a valid permit for the county hunted in is a Class B misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.24 ). Hunting prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or
			 after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine
			 and a maximum $5,000 fine in addition to other statutory penalties (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.33(y) ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.20 - Statewide Deer Permit Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Illinois resident hunters must have an unfilled deer permit valid for the
			 previous firearm, muzzleloader or youth deer season and valid for one of the
			 open counties or a valid Late-Winter Deer Season permit ($17.50) . Nonresident
			 hunters must have an unfilled deer permit valid for the previous firearm,
			 muzzleloader or youth deer season and valid for one of the open counties. A
			 Late-Winter Deer Season Permit is issued for one county or special hunt area
			 and is valid only in the county, where permission to hunt has been obtained
			 from the property owner, or special hunt area stated on the permit. Unfilled
			 firearm, muzzleloader or Youth Deer Hunt Permits are valid only for the county
			 for which they were originally issued, except that Youth Deer Hunt Permits
			 issued as part of the statewide youth-only deer hunting season Pilot Program,
			 as described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 685.20,
			 are valid for all of the open counties and unfilled landowner property-only
			 hunting firearm deer permits are valid only for the farmlands that the person
			 to whom it was issued owns, leases, or rents within the open counties/portions
			 of counties.
1) Unfilled firearm,
			 muzzleloader or Youth Deer Hunt Permits that were originally issued for special
			 hunt areas are not valid during the Late-Winter Season unless:
A) the hunter's name is redrawn at the daily
			 site lottery to hunt at the same special hunt area during the Late-Winter
			 Season; or
B) the special hunt area
			 is open to persons with a county permit and the special hunt area does not
			 conduct a daily site lottery.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.40 - Statewide Firearm Requirements for Late-Winter Deer Hunting

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a) Legal weapons to
			 take, or attempt to take, deer are dependent on the unused permits that are
			 legally in the possession of the hunter. Specifications for legal weapons are
			 defined in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 650.30.
			 Hunters with a valid Late-Winter Season Deer Permit may also use single-shot
			 muzzleloading handguns (handguns into which the projectile is incapable of
			 being loaded through the breech end) of .50 calliber or larger. Single-shot
			 muzzleloading handguns must use a projectile of .44 caliber or larger with
			 sufficient blackpowder or "blackpowder substitute" (such as Pyrodex) to produce
			 at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. A wad or sleeve is not
			 considered a projectile or part of a projectile.
b) Hunters with valid, unused permits from
			 previous firearm, muzzleloader or youth seasons may use only the legal
			 firearms, as described in subsection (a) that are allowed by the season for
			 which the hunter possess an unused permit. Hunters with a valid Late-Winter
			 Season Deer Permit may use any of the weapons described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 650.30.
c) It shall be unlawful to
			 use or possess any other firearm or ammunition in the field while hunting
			 white-tailed deer during the Late-Winter Deer Season unless in accordance with
			 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. The lawful possession of firearms to take
			 furbearing mammals and game mammals other than deer by persons other than deer
			 hunters shall not be prohibited during the Late-Winter deer season as set in
			 Section
			 680.10.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.50 - Statewide Deer Hunting Rules

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a) The
			 bag limit is one antlerless deer per legally authorized permit. Persons using
			 unfilled permits from the previous firearm, muzzleloader or youth deer season
			 (see Section
			 680.20(a)
			 ) may only harvest antlerless deer even when using an either-sex permit. An
			 antlerless deer is a deer without antlers or a deer having antlers less than 3
			 inches long.
b) The harvest tag
			 must be attached and properly sealed immediately upon kill and before the deer
			 is moved, transported or field dressed. No person shall leave any deer that has
			 been killed without properly attaching the harvest tag to the deer in the
			 manner prescribed in Section
			 680.60 and on
			 the permit.
c) Hunters shall not
			 have in their possession, while in the field during the Late-Winter deer
			 season, any deer permit issued to another person (permits are
			 non-transferrable).
d) Permits
			 shall not be re-issued in cases involving deer taken which are found to be
			 diseased or spoiled due to previous injury. Disposal of unfit deer taken shall
			 be the responsibility of the hunter. For those hunters participating in the
			 Department's Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program, a free permit for
			 the same county or special hunt area will be made available the subsequent year
			 if their tested deer is determined to have chronic wasting disease.
e) Violation of this Section is a Class B
			 misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24 ), except
			 unlawful take or possession of 2 or more deer within 90 days is a Class 4
			 felony, and unlawful take of 2 or more deer as a single act or possession or
			 single course of conduct is a Class 3 felony (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.36(a) ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.60 - Reporting Harvest

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a) Successful
			 hunters must register their harvest by 10:00 p.m. on the same calendar day the
			 deer was taken by calling the toll-free telephone check-in system at
			 1-866-ILCHECK or by accessing the on-line check-in system at
www.dnr.illinois.gov
. If a hunter is
			 not able to locate a harvested deer in sufficient time to enable reporting the
			 harvest by 10:00 p.m., the hunter must immediately report the harvest upon
			 retrieving it. They will be provided with a confirmation number to verify that
			 they checked in their harvest. This number must be written by the hunter on the
			 harvest tag (leg tag). If the condition of the tag precludes writing on the tag
			 in the appropriate space (i.e., bloody, etc.), the confirmation number shall be
			 written elsewhere on the tag or onto a piece of paper and attached to the deer
			 along with the temporary harvest tag. The deer must remain whole (or field
			 dressed) until it has been checked in. In instances where deer are checked in
			 while the hunter is still afield, the deer may not be dismembered while afield
			 beyond quartering the animal. If quartered, all parts of the carcass (except
			 the entrails removed during field dressing) must be transported together and
			 evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to one quarter. Evidence of sex
			 is:
1) For a buck: head with antlers attached
			 to carcass or attached testicle, scrotum, or penis.
2) For a doe: head attached to carcass or
			 attached udder (mammary) or vulva.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.70 - Rejection of Application/Revocation of Permits

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a) In the event that the purchaser of a
			 Late-Winter Deer Permit is in violation of either subsection (a)(1) or (2), the
			 permit will be revoked in addition to any other penalties. The applicant may
			 request a hearing on this decision pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530.
1) Providing false and/or deceptive
			 information on the deer permit application form is a Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.38 ).
2) Purchasing a Late-Winter Deer Permit when
			 the applicant has a license or permit currently revoked pursuant to Section
			 3.36 of the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS
			 5/3.36 ] is a Class A misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS
			 5/3.36).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 680 - LATE-WINTER DEER HUNTING SEASON › Section 680.80 - Regulations at Various Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

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Sites will be opened to Late-Winter deer hunting only if the
				site is announced as being open via a public announcement. A drawing may be
				held at 5:00 a.m. at the site if more hunters show up than can be accommodated
				at sites announced as having a daily site lottery (e.g., press release and/or
				site posting). Notice of any standby drawing modifications will be posted at
				the site and 17 Ill. Adm. Code
				510.10(d)(3)
				shall apply.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.10 - Statewide Season for White-Tailed Deer Hunting

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a) Season: One-half hour before sunrise on
			 Saturday of the State designated Columbus Day Holiday weekend to 1/2 hour after
			 sunset on the Monday immediately following that weekend. Shooting hours are 1/2
			 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. A hunter with an unfilled, valid
			 Youth Deer Permit may also hunt during the first firearm deer season (the 3-day
			 weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) immediately before Thanksgiving), subject
			 to the following restrictions:
1) Unfilled
			 Youth Deer Permits are not valid for hunting during the first firearm deer
			 season on public land sites that limit the number of hunters during the firearm
			 season via the use of a site permit quota (i.e., only public sites that allow
			 unrestricted access may be hunted);
2) the hunter must use only firearms allowed
			 in Section
			 685.30;
			 and
3) hunters must abide by
			 Section
			 650.60
			 when hunting on Department-owned or -managed sites.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.20 - Statewide Deer Permit Requirements

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a)
			 All eligible youth hunters must have a current, valid "Youth Deer Hunt Permit"
			 ($10). The Youth Deer Season is only open to hunters who have not reached their
			 18th birthday prior to the opening date of the
			 season. Hunters must have an apprentice or youth hunting license, or they must
			 have completed a State-approved Hunter Education course and have a hunting
			 license, unless exempt. Pursuant to the statewide youth-only deer hunting
			 season Pilot Program created in Section 2.26 of the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS 5],
			 the following will apply to all Youth Deer Hunt Permits beginning with the 2020
			 Youth Deer Season:
1) Youth Deer Hunt Permits
			 will authorize the holder to hunt in any of the open counties of the State, on
			 property where permission to hunt has been obtained from the property
			 owner.
2) On or after January 1,
			 2023, the Department may analyze the effects of the Pilot Program on the Youth
			 Deer Season, including its effects on hunter participation, hunter
			 satisfaction, hunter distribution and deer harvest.
3) If the Department finds, after thorough
			 analysis, negative impacts to wildlife management associated with the Pilot
			 Program, the Department may amend this Part to prohibit the statewide use of
			 Youth Deer Hunt Permits and resume issuance of county-specific
			 permits.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.30 - Statewide Firearm Requirements for Hunting the Youth Deer Season

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a) Legal weapons to
			 take or attempt to take deer during Youth Deer Season are prescribed in 17 Ill.
			 Adm. Code
			 650.30.
b) Archery deer hunters in possession of a
			 valid archery deer permit may hunt during this season provided that, in
			 counties open to youth deer hunting, they wear the orange garments required of
			 gun deer hunters. The otherwise lawful possession of firearms to take
			 furbearing mammals and game mammals other than deer by persons other than youth
			 deer hunters or their supervisors shall not be prohibited during the Youth Deer
			 Hunting Season as set in Section
			 685.10.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.40 - Statewide Deer Hunting Rules

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a) Bag
			 limits: One deer per legally authorized permit. All either-sex permits are
			 subject to the following restrictions: no hunter, regardless of the quantity or
			 type of permits in his/her possession, may harvest more than 2 antlered deer
			 during a year, including the youth, archery, muzzleloader and firearm seasons.
			 For purposes of this Section, deer seasons are considered to be in the same
			 year if their opening dates fall within the same 12-month period that begins on
			 July 1.
b) Supervision of Youth
			 Hunters
1) Each hunter participating in the
			 Youth Deer Hunting Season while using an Apprentice Hunter License or a Youth
			 Hunting License must be accompanied by a non-hunting, validly-licensed
			 (Illinois hunting license) adult who is 21 years of age or older. All other
			 hunters (using other types of hunting licenses or license-exempt) participating
			 in the Youth Deer Hunting Season must each be accompanied by a non-hunting
			 supervisor (parent, guardian or responsible adult). A nonresident supervisor
			 must have a valid Illinois hunting license.
2) The non-hunting supervisor must wear the
			 solid blaze orange/pink garments required of gun deer hunters, and must remain
			 with the hunting youth so as to have the youth under immediate control. Youths
			 participating in the first firearm deer season using only an unfilled Youth
			 Deer Permit (i.e., youths without a firearm deer season permit for that county)
			 must be accompanied by a supervisor as described in this subsection (b), but,
			 during the firearm deer season, that supervisor may also hunt so long as he/she
			 has the appropriate licenses and permits. Each supervisor may only accompany a
			 single youth at any given time during the hunt. The supervising adult shall be
			 criminally liable for the actions of the youth in the hunting party, and be
			 subject to the criminal penalties provided by law.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.50 - Reporting Harvest of Deer

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a)
			 Successful hunters must register their harvest by 10:00 p.m. on the same
			 calendar day the deer was taken by calling the toll-free telephone check-in
			 system at 1-866-ILCHECK or by accessing the on-line check-in system at
www.dnr.illinois.gov
. If a hunter is
			 not able to locate a harvested deer in sufficient time to enable reporting the
			 harvest by 10:00 p.m., the hunter must immediately report the harvest upon
			 retrieving it. They will be provided with a confirmation number to verify that
			 they checked in their harvest. This number must be written by the hunter on the
			 temporary harvest tag (leg tag). If the condition of the tag precludes writing
			 on the tag in the appropriate space (i.e., bloody, etc.), the confirmation
			 number shall be written elsewhere on the tag, or onto a piece of paper and
			 attached to the deer along with the temporary harvest tag. The deer must remain
			 whole (or field dressed) until it has been checked in. In instances where deer
			 are checked in while the hunter is still afield, the deer may not be
			 dismembered while afield beyond quartering the animal. If quartered, all parts
			 of the carcass (except the entrails removed during field dressing) must be
			 transported together and evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to one
			 quarter. Evidence of sex is:
1) For a buck:
			 head with antlers attached to carcass or attached testicle, scrotum, or
			 penis.
2) For a doe: head attached
			 to carcass or attached udder (mammary) or vulva.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.60 - Rejection of Application/Revocation of Deer Permits

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a) In the event that the purchaser of a Youth
			 Deer Permit is in violation of either subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the permit
			 will be revoked in addition to any other penalties. The purchaser may request a
			 hearing on this decision pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530.
1) Providing false and/or deceptive
			 information on the deer permit form, which is a Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/2.38 ).
2) Purchasing a Youth Deer Permit when the
			 purchaser has a license or permit currently revoked pursuant to Section 3.36 of
			 the Wildlife Code, which is a Class A misdemeanor (see
			 520 ILCS
			 5/3.36 ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 685 - YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS › Section 685.110 - Youth Waterfowl Hunting

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a)
			 Permit Requirements
1) Permit reservations
			 shall be accepted starting in September. Initial acceptance dates shall be
			 publicly announced. Applicants must be between the ages of 10-17 inclusive on
			 the date of the hunt.
2) Only one
			 permit per person shall be issued for the hunt on December 28 at Horseshoe Lake
			 State Fish and Wildlife Area (Alexander County) and Union County State Fish and
			 Wildlife Area and on the second Sunday in November of the Illinois Central Zone
			 Waterfowl season at Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - Spring Lake
			 Bottoms Unit.
3) The permit shall
			 be for the use of the entire blind and it shall be the responsibility of the
			 permit holder to bring one supervising adult who may also hunt if the regular
			 season is open at the date and location of the youth permit hunt. Adults may
			 not hunt during special youth hunts held prior to the opening of the regular
			 waterfowl season. The supervising adult shall be criminally liable for the
			 actions of the youth in the hunting party, and be subject to the criminal
			 penalties provided by law. Each youth and supervising adult may be accompanied
			 by a non-hunting guide. The maximum number of people in a blind is 2 hunting
			 youth, 2 hunting adults and a non-hunting guide.
4) Permit Reservations and Transferability
A) All duplicate permit reservations shall be
			 rejected and the hunter shall forfeit his or her rights to a permit. Permits
			 are not transferable. Previous participants are ineligible to apply for a
			 permit.
B) For other information
			 write to:
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Youth Waterfowl Hunt
One Natural Resources Way
P.O. Box 19457
Springfield IL 62794-9457
5) Permits for the Illinois Youth Waterfowl
			 Hunt will be issued from the Springfield Permit Office.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 690 - SQUIRREL HUNTING › Section 690.10 - Hunting Seasons

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Season dates: August 1 through February 15 (except closed
				during firearm deer seasons, as set by 17 Ill. Adm. Code 650, in those counties
				open to firearm deer hunting). Hunting outside the set season dates is a petty
				offense (see 520 ILCS 5/2.28
				).