Section 685.80  Youth White-Tailed Deer Hunt

Statewide regulations shall apply except as noted in parentheses at the following sites by special permit allocated through the regular statewide drawing.  Shooting is allowed from elevated tree stands, except as noted in parentheses.  Applicants must not have reached their 16th birthday, have completed a State-approved Hunter Education course and have a hunting license, unless exempt, by the start of the Youth Deer Season.  Only one tree stand is allowed per person.  Tree stands must comply with restrictions listed in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 510.10(c)(3) and must be portable.  Tree stands may be set up the day before the hunt and shall be removed the day after.  All tree stands must be marked with a site assigned identification number.  Check-in, check-out and report of harvest is required.  Violation of a site-specific regulation is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24).

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (public hunting area only, except area north of Route 13 is closed to firearm deer hunting)

Dixon Springs State Park

Lake Le Aqua Na State Park (hunting from Department established ground blinds only; first season only; permits shall be antlerless only; youth hunters may purchase a $5 either sex permit after harvesting an antlerless deer; supervisors may hunt, but may only take antlerless deer)

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 10115, effective June 30, 2008)