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1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
52.33 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/2.33)  (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
7    Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
8    (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any State
9refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
10    (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or
11snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any
12species, except that snares not powered by springs or other
13mechanical devices may be used to trap fur-bearing mammals, in
14water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose is
15located underwater at all times.
16    (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a
17wild mammal protected by this Act from its den by means of any
18mechanical device, spade, or digging device or to use smoke or
19other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except as
20provided in Section 2.37.
21    (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small
22mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for which
23ferrets are used for the purpose of frightening or driving any

 

 

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1mammals from their dens or hiding places.
2    (e) (Blank).
3    (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like
4device to take any species protected by this Act.
5    (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives
6for the purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
7    (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat,
8grass, brush or other inflammable substance when it is burning.
9    (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass
10or disturb in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or
11aid of any vehicle or conveyance, except as permitted by the
12Code of Federal Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. It is
13also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle or conveyance or
14any light from or any light connected to the vehicle or
15conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
16accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in
17this Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the
18purpose of driving upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, red
19fox, gray fox, raccoon and coyote may be taken during the open
20season by use of a small light which is worn on the body or
21hand-held by a person on foot and not in any vehicle.
22    (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge
23while taking or attempting to take any of the species protected
24by this Act.
25    (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any
26shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than lead BB or

 

 

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1steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or attempting to take any
2species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed deer),
3wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds
4protected by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided for
5in Section 2.26 and other species as provided for by subsection
6(l) or administrative rule.
7    (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
8white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun
9loaded with slugs unless otherwise provided for by
10administrative rule.
11    (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding
12more than 3 shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except
13on game breeding and hunting preserve areas licensed under
14Section 3.27 and except as permitted by the Code of Federal
15Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun is
16capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being
17used on an area other than a game breeding and shooting
18preserve area licensed pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted with
19a one piece plug that is irremovable without dismantling the
20shotgun or otherwise altered to render it incapable of holding
21more than 3 shells in the magazine and chamber, combined.
22    (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who
23possess a permit to hunt from a vehicle as provided in this
24Section and persons otherwise permitted by law, to have or
25carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
26unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that

 

 

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1at field trials authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act,
2unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank cartridges only, may be
3carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or to have
4or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless
5such bow or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or
6otherwise made inoperable.
7    (o) It is unlawful to use any crossbow for the purpose of
8taking any wild birds or mammals, except as provided for in
9Section 2.5.
10    (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game birds
11or migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or
12airgun.
13    (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or
14airgun on, over or into any waters of this State, including
15frozen waters.
16    (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow
17device along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or
18highway in this State.
19    (s) It is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to
20muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting
21from the firing of any gun.
22    (t) It is unlawful for any person to trap or hunt, or
23intentionally or wantonly allow a dog to hunt, within or upon
24the land of another, or upon waters flowing over or standing on
25the land of another, without first obtaining permission from
26the owner or tenant. It shall be prima facie evidence that a

 

 

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1person does not have permission of the owner or tenant if the
2person is unable to demonstrate to the law enforcement officer
3in the field that permission had been obtained. This provision
4may only be rebutted by testimony of the owner or tenant that
5permission had been given. Before enforcing this Section the
6law enforcement officer must have received notice from the
7owner or tenant of a violation of this Section. Statements made
8to the law enforcement officer regarding this notice shall not
9be rendered inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered for
10the purpose of showing the required notice.
11    (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm
12for the purpose of taking any of the species protected by this
13Act, or hunt with gun or dog, or intentionally or wantonly
14allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling
15without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant,
16except that while trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting
17with dog and shotgun using shot shells only, or hunting with
18shotgun using shot shells only, or on licensed game breeding
19and hunting preserve areas, as defined in Section 3.27, on
20property operated under a Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Area
21Permit, on federally owned and managed lands and on Department
22owned, managed, leased or controlled lands, a 100 yard
23restriction shall apply.
24    (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing
25mammals from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the traps
26owned by another person without written authorization of the

 

 

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1owner to do so.
2    (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or
3wantonly allow his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer,
4except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the tracking
5of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the provisions of
6Section 2.26 of this Code.
7    (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or carelessly
8injure or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any real or
9personal property on the land of another while engaged in
10hunting or trapping thereon.
11    (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act
12between one half hour after sunset and one half hour before
13sunrise, except that hunting hours between one half hour after
14sunset and one half hour before sunrise may be established by
15administrative rule for fur-bearing mammals.
16    (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild
17turkeys and crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight and
18otherwise irretrievable) protected by this Act when not flying.
19Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from carrying
20an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in pursuit of a
21crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of normal
22flight, for the purpose of attempting to reduce the migratory
23waterfowl to possession, provided that the attempt is made
24immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and is done
25within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory
26waterfowl was downed. This exception shall apply only to

 

 

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1migratory game birds that are not capable of normal flight.
2Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken only with a
3shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
4shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
5    (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may
6be used for tree climbing or cutting, while hunting fur-bearing
7mammals, excluding coyotes.
8    (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game
9breeders, pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or
10possess alive in this State any species of wildlife taken
11outside of this State, without obtaining permission to do so
12from the Director.
13    (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
14possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act
15during the season closed for taking.
16    (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this
17Act and retain it alive except as provided by administrative
18rule.
19    (ee) It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in the field
20during gun deer season except as provided in Section 2.26 and
21administrative rules.
22    (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species
23protected by this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the
24gun deer hunting season in those counties open to gun deer
25hunting, unless he or she wears, when in the field, a cap and
26upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color, with such

 

 

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1articles of clothing displaying a minimum of 400 square inches
2of blaze orange material.
3    (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any
4person to take upland game with a firearm unless he or she
5wears, while in the field, a cap of solid blaze orange color.
6For purposes of this Act, upland game is defined as Bobwhite
7Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern
8Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
9    (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species
10protected by this Act for which there is a daily bag limit
11without making a reasonable effort to retrieve such species and
12include such in the daily bag limit.
13    (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species
14protected by this Act taken within the State. Any species or
15any parts thereof, legally taken in and transported from other
16states or countries, may be possessed within the State, except
17as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36 and 3.21.
18    (jj) (Blank).
19    (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
20Director from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other
21disabled persons who meet the requirements set forth in
22administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle as provided
23by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in accord with
24this Act.
25    (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
26taking of aquatic life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life

 

 

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1Code or birds and mammals protected by this Act, except deer
2and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not camouflaged or
3disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
4of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power.
5However, only shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller
6than .410 bore loaded with not more than 3 shells of a shot
7size no larger than lead BB or steel T (.20 diameter) may be
8used to take species protected by this Act.
9    (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use
10of a shotgun, not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20
11gauge, with a rifled barrel.
12(Source: P.A. 96-390, eff. 8-13-09; 97-645, eff. 12-30-11;
1397-907, eff. 8-7-12.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.