TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 685 YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS
SECTION 685.30 STATEWIDE FIREARM REQUIREMENTS FOR HUNTING THE YOUTH DEER SEASON


 

Section 685.30  Statewide Firearm Requirements for Hunting the Youth Deer Season

 

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.

 

(Source:  Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 18749, effective November 2, 2022)