Section 675.10  CWD Season

a)         Season:  One-half hour before sunrise on the first Friday after January 11 to ½ hour after sunset on the following Sunday.  Shooting hours are ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset.  Hunting prior to ½ hour before sunrise or after ½ 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, Ogle, Winnebago, LaSalle, Grundy and DeKalb counties.  Additional counties in which deer with CWD are identified subsequent to adoption of this Part shall be opened via public announcement (e.g., press release, site posting and publication in Outdoor Illinois).

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).

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 14822, effective October 18, 2007)