Full Text of HB2549 102nd General Assembly
HB2549 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB2549 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney and Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 520 ILCS 5/1.2m-0.5 new | | 520 ILCS 5/2.25 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 | 520 ILCS 5/2.26 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.26 | 520 ILCS 5/2.33 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.33 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Permits deer hunting with a rifle. Provides that current ammunition and caliber restrictions on handguns that may be used for hunting deer also apply to rifles. Provides that current restrictions limiting deer hunting to persons having a firearm deer hunting permit to taking deer only during the period from 1/2 hour before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those days for which an open season is
established for the taking of deer by use of shotgun, handgun, or bow and arrow also apply to the taking of deer with a rifle. Repeals a provision prohibiting the possession of a rifle while in the field during firearm deer season. Defines "rifle".
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2.25, 2.26, and 2.33 and by adding Section 1.2m-0.5 | 6 | | as follows: | 7 | | (520 ILCS 5/1.2m-0.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 1.2m-0.5. Rifle. "Rifle" means any firearm designed, | 9 | | made, or adapted to be fired from the shoulder that uses the | 10 | | energy of an explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a | 11 | | projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of the | 12 | | trigger.
| 13 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
| 14 | | Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer | 15 | | except : (i) with
a shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzleloading | 16 | | rifle ; or (ii) as provided by
administrative rule,
with a bow | 17 | | and arrow, during the open season of not more than 14 days | 18 | | which will
be set annually by the Director between the dates of
| 19 | | November 1st and December 31st, both inclusive, or a special | 20 | | 3-day, youth-only season between the dates of September 1 and | 21 | | October 31.
For the purposes of this Section, legal handguns | 22 | | and rifles include any bottleneck centerfire
cartridge |
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| 1 | | handguns of .30
caliber or larger with a case length not | 2 | | exceeding 1.4 inches or any straight walled minimum barrel | 3 | | length of 4 inches. The only legal
ammunition
for a centerfire | 4 | | handgun is a cartridge of .30 caliber or larger both of which | 5 | | must be available as a load with the published ballistic | 6 | | tables of the manufacturer showing a with a
capability of at | 7 | | least
500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. The barrel of a | 8 | | handgun shall be at least 4 inches. Full metal jacket bullets | 9 | | may not be
used to
harvest deer.
| 10 | | The Department shall make administrative rules concerning | 11 | | management
restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and | 12 | | arrow season.
| 13 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except | 14 | | with a bow and
arrow during the open season for bow and arrow | 15 | | set annually by the Director
between the dates of September | 16 | | 1st and January 31st, both inclusive.
| 17 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except | 18 | | with : (i) a
muzzleloading rifle ; or (ii) bow and arrow during | 19 | | the open season for
muzzleloading rifles set annually by the | 20 | | Director.
| 21 | | The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting | 22 | | forth the
prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and | 23 | | possession limits and
those counties of the State where open | 24 | | seasons are established, to be
published in accordance with | 25 | | Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
| 26 | | The Department may establish separate harvest periods for |
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| 1 | | the purpose of
managing or eradicating disease that has been | 2 | | found in the deer herd. This
season shall be restricted to gun | 3 | | or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department
shall publicly | 4 | | announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
| 5 | | shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting, permit | 6 | | requirements,
application dates, hunting rules, legal weapons, | 7 | | and reporting requirements.
| 8 | | The Department is authorized to establish a separate | 9 | | harvest period at
specific sites within the State for the | 10 | | purpose of harvesting
surplus deer that cannot be taken during | 11 | | the regular season provided for
the taking of deer. This | 12 | | season shall be restricted to gun or bow and
arrow hunting only | 13 | | and shall be established during the period of September 1st
to | 14 | | February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publish | 15 | | suitable
prescribed rules and regulations established by | 16 | | administrative rule pertaining
to management restrictions | 17 | | applicable to this special harvest program. The Department | 18 | | shall allow unused gun deer permits that are left over from a | 19 | | regular season for the taking of deer to be rolled over and | 20 | | used during any separate harvest period held within 6 months | 21 | | of the season for which those tags were issued at no additional | 22 | | cost to the permit holder subject to the management | 23 | | restrictions applicable to the special harvest program.
| 24 | | Beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter, | 25 | | the Department shall provide a report to the General Assembly | 26 | | providing information regarding deer management programs |
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| 1 | | established by the Code or by administrative rule that | 2 | | includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each | 3 | | separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a | 4 | | communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what | 5 | | happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest season.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 101-66, eff. 7-12-19.)
| 7 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
| 8 | | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to | 9 | | take deer shall first obtain a "Deer
Hunting Permit" issued by | 10 | | the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
| 11 | | Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following | 12 | | types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination | 13 | | permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one | 14 | | antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit, | 15 | | and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer | 16 | | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
| 17 | | shall not exceed $25.00 for residents of the State. The | 18 | | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident | 19 | | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in | 20 | | 2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as | 21 | | provided below for non-resident landowners
and non-resident | 22 | | archery hunters. The Department may by
administrative rule | 23 | | provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting
of | 24 | | not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325 | 25 | | in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter.
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| 1 | | fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit | 2 | | shall be the same.
| 3 | | The Department shall create a pilot program during the | 4 | | special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season to allow for | 5 | | youth deer hunting permits that are valid statewide, excluding | 6 | | those counties or portions of counties closed to firearm deer | 7 | | hunting. The Department shall adopt rules to implement the | 8 | | pilot program. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to | 9 | | prohibit the Department from issuing Special Hunt Area Permits | 10 | | for the youth-only deer hunting season or establishing, | 11 | | through administrative rule, additional requirements | 12 | | pertaining to the youth-only deer hunting season on | 13 | | Department-owned or Department-managed sites, including | 14 | | site-specific quotas or drawings. The provisions of this | 15 | | paragraph are inoperative on and after January 1, 2023. | 16 | | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | 17 | | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | 18 | | administrative rule.
| 19 | | No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not | 20 | | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting | 21 | | season when taking deer.
| 22 | | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | 23 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 24 | | before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those | 25 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 26 | | deer by use of shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzleloading |
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| 1 | | muzzle
loading
rifle.
| 2 | | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | 3 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 4 | | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | 5 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 6 | | deer by use of bow and arrow.
| 7 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | 8 | | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | 9 | | the use
or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes | 10 | | of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or | 11 | | solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products, | 12 | | except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered | 13 | | in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer. | 14 | | "Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract | 15 | | deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence
of | 16 | | and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait. | 17 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to | 18 | | track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking | 19 | | wounded deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all | 20 | | times by means of a maximum 50 foot lead attached to the dog's | 21 | | collar or harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at | 22 | | night, but at no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or | 23 | | seasons shall any person handling or accompanying a dog being | 24 | | used for tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm | 25 | | or archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog | 26 | | during the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange or |
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| 1 | | solid blaze pink color as required. Dog handlers tracking | 2 | | wounded deer with a dog are exempt from hunting license and | 3 | | deer permit requirements so long as they are accompanied by | 4 | | the licensed deer hunter who wounded the deer.
| 5 | | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | 6 | | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | 7 | | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted | 8 | | by administrative rule.
| 9 | | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | 10 | | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | 11 | | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
| 12 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the | 13 | | legal limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in | 14 | | any deer hunting party.
| 15 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the | 16 | | legal limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate | 17 | | with bow and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
| 18 | | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | 19 | | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
| 20 | | The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident, | 21 | | either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
| 22 | | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this | 23 | | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | 24 | | Class B misdemeanor.
| 25 | | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this | 26 | | Section, the Department shall, after determining the total |
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| 1 | | acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round | 2 | | remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal | 3 | | to half of an acre up to the next whole acre. | 4 | | For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in | 5 | | this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation, | 6 | | including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal | 7 | | agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or | 8 | | normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting, | 9 | | and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products | 10 | | designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or | 11 | | liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or | 12 | | lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking | 13 | | white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative | 14 | | rule. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-691, eff. 1-1-19; 100-949, eff. 1-1-19; | 16 | | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-444, eff. 6-1-20 .)
| 17 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.33) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
| 18 | | Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
| 19 | | (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any
State | 20 | | refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
| 21 | | (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or | 22 | | snare-like device,
deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any | 23 | | species, except that snares not
powered by springs or other | 24 | | mechanical devices may be used to trap
fur-bearing mammals, in | 25 | | water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare
noose is |
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| 1 | | located underwater at all times.
| 2 | | (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a | 3 | | wild mammal
protected by this Act from its den by means of any | 4 | | mechanical device,
spade, or digging device or to use smoke or | 5 | | other gases to dislodge or
remove such mammal except as | 6 | | provided in Section 2.37.
| 7 | | (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small | 8 | | mammal which is
used in the same or similar manner for which | 9 | | ferrets are used for the
purpose of frightening or driving any | 10 | | mammals from their dens or hiding places.
| 11 | | (e) (Blank).
| 12 | | (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like | 13 | | device to
take any species protected by this Act.
| 14 | | (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives | 15 | | for the
purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
| 16 | | (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat, | 17 | | grass,
brush or other inflammable substance when it is | 18 | | burning.
| 19 | | (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass | 20 | | or disturb
in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or | 21 | | aid of any vehicle or
conveyance, except as permitted by the | 22 | | Code of Federal Regulations for the
taking of waterfowl. It is | 23 | | also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle
or conveyance or | 24 | | any light from or any light connected to the
vehicle or | 25 | | conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
| 26 | | accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in |
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Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for | 2 | | the purpose of driving
upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, | 3 | | red fox, gray
fox, raccoon, bobcat, and coyote may be taken | 4 | | during the open season by use of a small
light which is worn on | 5 | | the body or hand-held by a person on foot and not in any
| 6 | | vehicle.
| 7 | | (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge | 8 | | while
taking or attempting to take any of the species | 9 | | protected by this Act.
| 10 | | (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any | 11 | | shotgun shell loaded
with a shot size larger than lead BB or | 12 | | steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or
attempting to take any | 13 | | species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed
deer), | 14 | | wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds | 15 | | protected
by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided | 16 | | for in Section 2.26 and other
species as provided for by | 17 | | subsection (l) or administrative rule.
| 18 | | (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
| 19 | | white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun | 20 | | loaded with slugs unless otherwise
provided for by | 21 | | administrative rule.
| 22 | | (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding | 23 | | more than 3
shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except | 24 | | on game breeding and
hunting preserve areas licensed under | 25 | | Section 3.27 and except as permitted by
the Code of Federal | 26 | | Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun
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| 1 | | capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being | 2 | | used on an
area other than a game breeding and shooting | 3 | | preserve area licensed
pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted | 4 | | with a one piece plug that is
irremovable without dismantling | 5 | | the shotgun or otherwise altered to
render it incapable of | 6 | | holding more than 3 shells in the magazine and
chamber, | 7 | | combined.
| 8 | | (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who | 9 | | possess a permit to
hunt from a vehicle as provided in this | 10 | | Section and persons otherwise permitted
by law, to have or | 11 | | carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
| 12 | | unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that | 13 | | at field trials
authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act, | 14 | | unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank
cartridges only, may | 15 | | be carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or
to | 16 | | have or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle | 17 | | unless such bow
or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a | 18 | | case, or otherwise made
inoperable.
| 19 | | (o) (Blank).
| 20 | | (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game | 21 | | birds or
migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or | 22 | | airgun.
| 23 | | (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or | 24 | | airgun on,
over or into any waters of this State, including | 25 | | frozen waters.
| 26 | | (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow |
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along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or | 2 | | highway in this State.
| 3 | | (s) It is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to | 4 | | muffle or
mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting | 5 | | from the firing of
any gun.
| 6 | | (t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to | 7 | | take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, intentionally | 8 | | or wantonly allow a dog to
hunt, within or upon the land of | 9 | | another, or upon waters flowing over or
standing on the land of | 10 | | another, or to knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at | 11 | | any wildlife physically on or flying over the property of | 12 | | another without first obtaining permission from
the owner or | 13 | | the owner's designee. For the purposes of this Section, the | 14 | | owner's designee means anyone who the owner designates in a | 15 | | written authorization and the authorization must contain (i) | 16 | | the legal or common description of property for such authority | 17 | | is given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is | 18 | | authorized to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take | 19 | | or attempt to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, | 20 | | and (iii) the owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing | 21 | | this
Section the law enforcement officer must have received | 22 | | notice from the
owner or the owner's designee of a violation of | 23 | | this Section. Statements made to the
law enforcement officer | 24 | | regarding this notice shall not be rendered
inadmissible by | 25 | | the hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
| 26 | | required notice.
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| 1 | | (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm | 2 | | for the purpose
of taking any of the species protected by this | 3 | | Act, or hunt with gun or
dog, or intentionally or wantonly | 4 | | allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling | 5 | | without
first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant, | 6 | | except that while
trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, | 7 | | hunting with dog and shotgun using shot
shells only, or | 8 | | hunting with shotgun using shot shells only, or providing | 9 | | outfitting services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or
on | 10 | | licensed game breeding and hunting preserve areas, as defined | 11 | | in Section
3.27, on
federally owned and managed lands and on | 12 | | Department owned, managed, leased, or
controlled lands, a 100 | 13 | | yard restriction shall apply.
| 14 | | (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing | 15 | | mammals from, or
to move or disturb in any manner, the traps | 16 | | owned by another person without
written authorization of the | 17 | | owner to do so.
| 18 | | (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or | 19 | | wantonly allow
his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer, | 20 | | except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the | 21 | | tracking of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the | 22 | | provisions of Section 2.26 of this Code.
| 23 | | (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or | 24 | | carelessly injure
or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any | 25 | | real or personal property on
the land of another while engaged | 26 | | in hunting or trapping thereon.
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| 1 | | (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act | 2 | | between one
half hour after sunset and one half hour before | 3 | | sunrise, except that
hunting hours between one half hour after | 4 | | sunset and one half hour
before sunrise may be established by | 5 | | administrative rule for fur-bearing
mammals.
| 6 | | (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild | 7 | | turkeys and
crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight | 8 | | and otherwise irretrievable)
protected by this Act when not | 9 | | flying. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
a person from | 10 | | carrying an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in | 11 | | pursuit
of a crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of | 12 | | normal flight, for the
purpose of attempting to reduce the | 13 | | migratory waterfowl to possession, provided
that the attempt | 14 | | is made immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and
| 15 | | is done within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory | 16 | | waterfowl was
downed. This exception shall apply only to | 17 | | migratory game birds that are not
capable of normal flight. | 18 | | Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken
only with a | 19 | | shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
| 20 | | shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
| 21 | | (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may | 22 | | be used for
tree climbing or cutting, while hunting | 23 | | fur-bearing mammals, excluding coyotes.
| 24 | | (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game | 25 | | breeders,
pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or | 26 | | possess alive in this
State any species of wildlife taken |
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| 1 | | outside of this State, without
obtaining permission to do so | 2 | | from the Director.
| 3 | | (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
| 4 | | possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act | 5 | | during the season
closed for taking.
| 6 | | (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this | 7 | | Act and retain
it alive except as provided by administrative | 8 | | rule.
| 9 | | (ee) (Blank). It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in | 10 | | the field during gun
deer season except as provided in Section | 11 | | 2.26 and administrative rules.
| 12 | | (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species | 13 | | protected by
this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the | 14 | | gun deer hunting season in
those counties open to gun deer | 15 | | hunting, unless he or she wears, when in
the field, a cap and | 16 | | upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color or solid | 17 | | blaze pink color, with
such articles of clothing displaying a | 18 | | minimum of 400 square inches of
blaze orange or solid blaze | 19 | | pink color material.
| 20 | | (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any | 21 | | person to take
upland game with a firearm unless he or she | 22 | | wears, while in the field, a
cap of solid blaze orange color or | 23 | | solid blaze pink color. For purposes of this Act, upland game | 24 | | is
defined as Bobwhite Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked | 25 | | Pheasant, Eastern
Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
| 26 | | (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species |
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| 1 | | protected by
this Act for which there is a bag limit without | 2 | | making a reasonable
effort to retrieve such species and | 3 | | include such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any | 4 | | person having control over harvested game mammals, game birds, | 5 | | or migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to | 6 | | wantonly waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except | 7 | | this shall not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or | 8 | | 3.22 of this Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable | 9 | | meat" means the breast meat of a game bird or migratory game | 10 | | bird and the hind ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It | 11 | | shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump, or | 12 | | abandon a wildlife carcass or parts of it along or upon a | 13 | | public right-of-way or highway or on public or private | 14 | | property, including a waterway or stream, without the | 15 | | permission of the owner or tenant. It shall not be unlawful to | 16 | | discard game meat that is determined to be unfit for human | 17 | | consumption.
| 18 | | (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species | 19 | | protected by this
Act taken within the State. Any species or | 20 | | any parts thereof, legally taken
in and transported from other | 21 | | states or countries, may be possessed
within the State, except | 22 | | as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36
and 3.21.
| 23 | | (jj) (Blank).
| 24 | | (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | 25 | | Director
from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other | 26 | | persons with disabilities who meet the
requirements set forth |
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| 1 | | in administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle
as | 2 | | provided by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in | 3 | | accord with this
Act.
| 4 | | (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the | 5 | | taking of aquatic
life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life | 6 | | Code or birds and mammals
protected by this Act, except deer | 7 | | and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not
camouflaged or | 8 | | disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
| 9 | | of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power. | 10 | | However, only
shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller | 11 | | than .410 bore loaded with not
more than 3 shells of a shot | 12 | | size no larger than lead BB or steel T (.20
diameter) may be | 13 | | used to take species protected by this Act.
| 14 | | (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use | 15 | | of a shotgun,
not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20 | 16 | | gauge, with a rifled barrel.
| 17 | | (nn) It shall be unlawful to possess any species of | 18 | | wildlife or wildlife parts taken unlawfully in Illinois, any | 19 | | other state, or any other country, whether or not the wildlife | 20 | | or wildlife parts is indigenous to Illinois. For the purposes | 21 | | of this subsection, the statute of limitations for unlawful | 22 | | possession of wildlife or wildlife parts shall not cease until | 23 | | 2 years after the possession has permanently ended. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 99-33, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; | 25 | | 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-489, eff. 9-8-17; 100-949, eff. | 26 | | 1-1-19 .)
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