TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 570 MUSKRAT, MINK, RACCOON, OPOSSUM, STRIPED SKUNK, WEASEL, RED FOX, GRAY FOX, COYOTE, BADGER, RIVER OTTER, BEAVER, BOBCAT AND WOODCHUCK (GROUNDHOG) TRAPPING
SECTION 570.20 STATEWIDE SEASON DATES


 

Section 570.20  Statewide Season Dates

 

a)         Muskrat, mink, raccoon, opossum, striped skunk, red fox, gray fox, coyote, badger, bobcat and weasel

 

            Trapping dates:  November 10 through the next following February 15.

 

b)         Beaver and River Otter

 

            Trapping:  November 10 through the next following March 31.

 

c)         Woodchuck (Groundhog)

 

Trapping dates:  June 1 through the next following September 30.

 

d)         Trapping outside the set season dates is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.30).

 

(Source:  Amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 8558, effective June 28, 2017)