Full Text of HB0352 99th General Assembly
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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 2.30, 2.30b, 2.33, and 2.33a and by adding Section | 6 | | 2.30c as follows:
| 7 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.30) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.30)
| 8 | | Sec. 2.30. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap or | 9 | | to hunt
with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, | 10 | | red fox,
raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, and | 11 | | opossum except during
the open season which will be set | 12 | | annually by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1 to | 13 | | 12:00 midnight, February 15, both inclusive.
| 14 | | It is unlawful for any person to take bobcat
in this State | 15 | | at any time.
| 16 | | It is unlawful to pursue any fur-bearing mammal with a dog | 17 | | or dogs
between the hours of sunset and sunrise during the 10 | 18 | | day period
preceding the opening date of the raccoon hunting | 19 | | season and the 10 day
period following the closing date of the | 20 | | raccoon hunting season except
that the Department may issue | 21 | | field trial permits in accordance with Section
2.34 of this | 22 | | Act. A non-resident from a state with more restrictive
| 23 | | fur-bearer pursuit regulations for any particular species than |
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| 1 | | provided for
that species in this Act may not pursue that | 2 | | species in Illinois except
during the period of time that | 3 | | Illinois residents are allowed to pursue
that species in the | 4 | | non-resident's state of residence. Hound running areas | 5 | | approved by the Department shall be exempt from the
provisions | 6 | | of this Section.
| 7 | | It shall be unlawful to take beaver, river otter, weasel, | 8 | | mink, or muskrat except during
the open season set annually by | 9 | | the Director, and then, only with traps, except that a firearm, | 10 | | pistol, or airgun of a caliber not larger than a .22 long rifle | 11 | | may be used to remove the animal from the trap.
| 12 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to trap beaver or river | 13 | | otter with traps except during
the open season which will be | 14 | | set annually by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1st | 15 | | and 12:00 midnight, March 31, both inclusive.
| 16 | | Coyote may be taken by trapping methods only during the | 17 | | period from
September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | 18 | | hunting methods at any time.
| 19 | | Striped skunk may be taken by trapping methods only during | 20 | | the period
from September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | 21 | | hunting methods at
any time.
| 22 | | Muskrat may be taken by trapping methods during an open | 23 | | season set annually by the Director. | 24 | | For the purpose of taking fur-bearing mammals, the State | 25 | | may be
divided into management zones by administrative rule.
| 26 | | It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the |
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| 1 | | season limit or possession limit of fur-bearing mammals that | 2 | | shall be set annually by the Director. The season limit for | 3 | | river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per | 4 | | season. The season limit for bobcat shall not exceed one bobcat | 5 | | per permit. Possession limits shall not apply to fur buyers, | 6 | | tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists, as defined by this | 7 | | Act, who possess fur-bearing mammals in accordance with laws | 8 | | governing such activities. | 9 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the taking or | 10 | | possessing of fur-bearing mammals found dead or | 11 | | unintentionally killed by a vehicle along a roadway during the | 12 | | open season provided the person who possesses such fur-bearing | 13 | | mammals has all appropriate licenses, stamps, or permits; the | 14 | | season for which the species possessed is open; and that such | 15 | | possession and disposal of such fur-bearing mammals is | 16 | | otherwise subject to the provisions of this Section. | 17 | | The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | 18 | | by administrative rule. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-19, eff. 6-28-11; 97-31, eff. 6-28-11; 97-628, | 20 | | eff. 11-10-11; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-924, eff. 8-15-14.)
| 21 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.30b) | 22 | | Sec. 2.30b. River otter and bobcat pelts. The pelts of | 23 | | river otters and bobcats shall be tagged in accordance with | 24 | | federal regulation 50 CFR 23.69(e). The Department may require | 25 | | harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for |
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| 1 | | registration, and the process of tagging pelts in | 2 | | administrative rules. Fees for registration and tagging shall | 3 | | not exceed $5 per pelt.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-31, eff. 6-28-11.) | 5 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.30c new) | 6 | | Sec. 2.30c. Bobcat hunting and trapping permit; fee. Before | 7 | | any person may lawfully hunt or trap a bobcat, he or she shall | 8 | | first obtain a "Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Permit" in | 9 | | accordance with regulations set forth in an administrative rule | 10 | | of the Department. The fee for a Bobcat Hunting and Trapping | 11 | | Permit, if any, shall not exceed $5. The Department may limit | 12 | | the number of Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Permits that are made | 13 | | available each season and take other actions to regulate | 14 | | harvest in accordance with Sections 1.3 and 2.30 of this Act. | 15 | | The harvest of bobcats in this State shall be non-detrimental, | 16 | | as defined by federal regulations (50 CFR 23.61), and as | 17 | | determined by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in | 18 | | accordance with 50 CFR 23.69.
| 19 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.33) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
| 20 | | Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
| 21 | | (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any
State | 22 | | refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
| 23 | | (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or | 24 | | snare-like device,
deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any |
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| 1 | | species, except that snares not
powered by springs or other | 2 | | mechanical devices may be used to trap
fur-bearing mammals, in | 3 | | water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare
noose is | 4 | | located underwater at all times.
| 5 | | (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a | 6 | | wild mammal
protected by this Act from its den by means of any | 7 | | mechanical device,
spade, or digging device or to use smoke or | 8 | | other gases to dislodge or
remove such mammal except as | 9 | | provided in Section 2.37.
| 10 | | (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small | 11 | | mammal which is
used in the same or similar manner for which | 12 | | ferrets are used for the
purpose of frightening or driving any | 13 | | mammals from their dens or hiding places.
| 14 | | (e) (Blank).
| 15 | | (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like | 16 | | device to
take any species protected by this Act.
| 17 | | (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives | 18 | | for the
purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
| 19 | | (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat, | 20 | | grass,
brush or other inflammable substance when it is burning.
| 21 | | (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass | 22 | | or disturb
in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or | 23 | | aid of any vehicle or
conveyance, except as permitted by the | 24 | | Code of Federal Regulations for the
taking of waterfowl. It is | 25 | | also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle
or conveyance or | 26 | | any light from or any light connected to the
vehicle or |
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| 1 | | conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
| 2 | | accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in | 3 | | this
Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the | 4 | | purpose of driving
upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, red | 5 | | fox, gray
fox, raccoon , bobcat, and coyote may be taken during | 6 | | the open season by use of a small
light which is worn on the | 7 | | body or hand-held by a person on foot and not in any
vehicle.
| 8 | | (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge | 9 | | while
taking or attempting to take any of the species protected | 10 | | by this Act.
| 11 | | (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any | 12 | | shotgun shell loaded
with a shot size larger than lead BB or | 13 | | steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or
attempting to take any | 14 | | species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed
deer), | 15 | | wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds | 16 | | protected
by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided for | 17 | | in Section 2.26 and other
species as provided for by subsection | 18 | | (l) or administrative rule.
| 19 | | (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
| 20 | | white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun | 21 | | loaded with slugs unless otherwise
provided for by | 22 | | administrative rule.
| 23 | | (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding | 24 | | more than 3
shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except | 25 | | on game breeding and
hunting preserve areas licensed under | 26 | | Section 3.27 and except as permitted by
the Code of Federal |
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| 1 | | Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun
is | 2 | | capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being | 3 | | used on an
area other than a game breeding and shooting | 4 | | preserve area licensed
pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted with | 5 | | a one piece plug that is
irremovable without dismantling the | 6 | | shotgun or otherwise altered to
render it incapable of holding | 7 | | more than 3 shells in the magazine and
chamber, 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 be | 15 | | carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or
to have | 16 | | or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless | 17 | | such bow
or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or | 18 | | otherwise made
inoperable.
| 19 | | (o) It is unlawful to use any crossbow for the purpose of | 20 | | taking any
wild birds or mammals, except as provided for in | 21 | | Section 2.5.
| 22 | | (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game birds | 23 | | or
migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or | 24 | | airgun.
| 25 | | (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or | 26 | | airgun on,
over or into any waters of this State, including |
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| 1 | | frozen waters.
| 2 | | (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow | 3 | | device
along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or | 4 | | highway in this State.
| 5 | | (s) It is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to | 6 | | muffle or
mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting | 7 | | from the firing of
any gun.
| 8 | | (t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to | 9 | | take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, intentionally or | 10 | | wantonly allow a dog to
hunt, within or upon the land of | 11 | | another, or upon waters flowing over or
standing on the land of | 12 | | another, or to knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at | 13 | | any wildlife physically on or flying over the property of | 14 | | another without first obtaining permission from
the owner or | 15 | | the owner's designee. For the purposes of this Section, the | 16 | | owner's designee means anyone who the owner designates in a | 17 | | written authorization and the authorization must contain (i) | 18 | | the legal or common description of property for such authority | 19 | | is given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is | 20 | | authorized to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take | 21 | | or attempt to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, | 22 | | and (iii) the owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing | 23 | | this
Section the law enforcement officer must have received | 24 | | notice from the
owner or the owner's designee of a violation of | 25 | | this Section. Statements made to the
law enforcement officer | 26 | | regarding this notice shall not be rendered
inadmissible by the |
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| 1 | | hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
| 2 | | required notice.
| 3 | | (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm | 4 | | for the purpose
of taking any of the species protected by this | 5 | | Act, or hunt with gun or
dog, or intentionally or wantonly | 6 | | allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling | 7 | | without
first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant, | 8 | | except that while
trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting | 9 | | with dog and shotgun using shot
shells only, or hunting with | 10 | | shotgun using shot shells only, or providing outfitting | 11 | | services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or
on licensed | 12 | | game breeding and hunting preserve areas, as defined in Section
| 13 | | 3.27, on
federally owned and managed lands and on Department | 14 | | owned, managed, leased, or
controlled lands, a 100 yard | 15 | | restriction shall apply.
| 16 | | (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing | 17 | | mammals from, or
to move or disturb in any manner, the traps | 18 | | owned by another person without
written authorization of the | 19 | | owner to do so.
| 20 | | (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or | 21 | | wantonly allow
his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer, | 22 | | except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the tracking | 23 | | of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the provisions of | 24 | | Section 2.26 of this Code.
| 25 | | (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or carelessly | 26 | | injure
or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any real or |
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| 1 | | personal property on
the land of another while engaged in | 2 | | hunting or trapping thereon.
| 3 | | (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act | 4 | | between one
half hour after sunset and one half hour before | 5 | | sunrise, except that
hunting hours between one half hour after | 6 | | sunset and one half hour
before sunrise may be established by | 7 | | administrative rule for fur-bearing
mammals.
| 8 | | (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild | 9 | | turkeys and
crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight and | 10 | | otherwise irretrievable)
protected by this Act when not flying. | 11 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
a person from carrying | 12 | | an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in pursuit
of a | 13 | | crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of normal | 14 | | flight, for the
purpose of attempting to reduce the migratory | 15 | | waterfowl to possession, provided
that the attempt is made | 16 | | immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and
is done | 17 | | within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory | 18 | | waterfowl was
downed. This exception shall apply only to | 19 | | migratory game birds that are not
capable of normal flight. | 20 | | Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken
only with a | 21 | | shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
| 22 | | shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
| 23 | | (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may | 24 | | be used for
tree climbing or cutting, while hunting fur-bearing | 25 | | mammals, excluding coyotes.
| 26 | | (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game |
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| 1 | | breeders,
pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or | 2 | | possess alive in this
State any species of wildlife taken | 3 | | outside of this State, without
obtaining permission to do so | 4 | | from the Director.
| 5 | | (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
| 6 | | possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act | 7 | | during the season
closed for taking.
| 8 | | (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this | 9 | | Act and retain
it alive except as provided by administrative | 10 | | rule.
| 11 | | (ee) It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in the field | 12 | | during gun
deer season except as provided in Section 2.26 and | 13 | | administrative rules.
| 14 | | (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species | 15 | | protected by
this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the | 16 | | gun deer hunting season in
those counties open to gun deer | 17 | | hunting, unless he or she wears, when in
the field, a cap and | 18 | | upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color, with
such | 19 | | articles of clothing displaying a minimum of 400 square inches | 20 | | of
blaze orange material.
| 21 | | (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any | 22 | | person to take
upland game with a firearm unless he or she | 23 | | wears, while in the field, a
cap of solid blaze orange color. | 24 | | For purposes of this Act, upland game is
defined as Bobwhite | 25 | | Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern
| 26 | | Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
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| 1 | | (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species | 2 | | protected by
this Act for which there is a bag limit without | 3 | | making a reasonable
effort to retrieve such species and include | 4 | | such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any person | 5 | | having control over harvested game mammals, game birds, or | 6 | | migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to wantonly | 7 | | waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except this shall | 8 | | not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or 3.22 of this | 9 | | Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable meat" means the | 10 | | breast meat of a game bird or migratory game bird and the hind | 11 | | ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It shall be unlawful | 12 | | for any person to place, leave, dump, or abandon a wildlife | 13 | | carcass or parts of it along or upon a public right-of-way or | 14 | | highway or on public or private property, including a waterway | 15 | | or stream, without the permission of the owner or tenant. It | 16 | | shall not be unlawful to discard game meat that is determined | 17 | | to be unfit for human 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 | | disabled persons who meet the
requirements set forth in |
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| 1 | | administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle
as provided | 2 | | by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in accord with | 3 | | 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. 97-645, eff. 12-30-11; 97-907, eff. 8-7-12; | 25 | | 98-119, eff. 1-1-14; 98-181, eff. 8-5-13; 98-183, eff. 1-1-14; | 26 | | 98-290, eff. 8-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-914, eff. |
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| 2 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.33a) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33a)
| 3 | | Sec. 2.33a. Trapping. | 4 | | (a) It is unlawful to fail to visit and remove all animals
| 5 | | from traps staked out, set, used, tended, placed or maintained | 6 | | at least
once each calendar day.
| 7 | | (b) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or | 8 | | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction on land, | 9 | | that has a jaw spread
of larger than 6 1/2 inches (16.6 CM), or | 10 | | a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction having a | 11 | | jaw spread larger than 7 inches (17.8 CM) on
a side if square | 12 | | and 8 inches (20.4 CM) if round.
| 13 | | (c) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or | 14 | | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction in | 15 | | water, that has a jaw spread
of larger than 7 1/2 inches (19.1 | 16 | | CM), or a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction | 17 | | having a jaw spread larger than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on
a side | 18 | | if square and 12 inches (30.5 CM) if round.
| 19 | | (d) It is unlawful to use any trap with saw-toothed, | 20 | | spiked, or toothed jaws.
| 21 | | (e) It is unlawful to destroy, disturb or in any manner | 22 | | interfere with
dams, lodges, burrows or feed beds of beaver | 23 | | while trapping for beaver or
to set a trap inside a muskrat | 24 | | house or beaver lodge, except that this shall
not apply to | 25 | | Drainage Districts who are acting pursuant to the provisions
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| 1 | | Section 2.37.
| 2 | | (f) It is unlawful to trap beaver or river otter with: (1) | 3 | | a leghold trap or one of similar
construction having a jaw | 4 | | spread of less than 5 1/2 inches (13.9 CM) or
more than 7 1/2 | 5 | | inches (19.1 CM), or (2) a body-gripping trap or one of
similar | 6 | | construction having a jaw spread of less than 7 inches (17.7 | 7 | | CM) or
more than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on a side if square and 12 | 8 | | inches (30.5 CM) if
round, except that these restrictions shall | 9 | | not apply during
the open season for trapping raccoons.
| 10 | | (g) It is unlawful to set traps closer than 10 feet (3.05 | 11 | | M) from any
hole or den which may be occupied by a game mammal | 12 | | or fur-bearing mammal
except that this restriction shall not | 13 | | apply to water sets.
| 14 | | (h) It is unlawful to trap or attempt to trap any | 15 | | fur-bearing mammal
with any colony, cage, box, or stove-pipe | 16 | | trap designed to take more than one
mammal at a single setting.
| 17 | | (i) It is unlawful for any person to set or place any trap | 18 | | designed to
take any fur-bearing mammal protected by this Act | 19 | | during the closed
trapping season. Proof that any trap was | 20 | | placed during the closed trapping
season shall be deemed prima | 21 | | facie evidence of a violation of this provision.
| 22 | | (j) It is unlawful to place, set, or maintain any leghold | 23 | | trap or one of
similar construction within thirty (30) feet | 24 | | (9.14 m) of bait placed in
such a manner or position that it is | 25 | | not completely covered and concealed
from sight, except that | 26 | | this shall not apply to underwater sets. Bait shall
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| 1 | | include any bait composed of mammal, bird, or fish flesh, fur,
| 2 | | hide, entrails or feathers.
| 3 | | (k) (Blank). It shall be unlawful for hunters or trappers | 4 | | to have the green hides
of fur-bearing mammals, protected by | 5 | | this Act, in their possession except
during the open season and | 6 | | for an additional period of 10 days succeeding
such open | 7 | | season.
| 8 | | (l) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use or | 9 | | maintain a
snare trap or one of similar construction in water, | 10 | | that has a loop
diameter exceeding 15 inches (38.1 CM) or a | 11 | | cable or wire diameter of more
than 1/8 inch (3.2 MM) or less | 12 | | than 5/64 inch (2.0 MM), that is constructed
of stainless steel | 13 | | metal cable or wire, and that does not have a mechanical
lock, | 14 | | anchor swivel and stop device to prevent the mechanical lock | 15 | | from
closing the noose loop to a diameter of less than 2 1/2 | 16 | | inches (6.4 CM).
| 17 | | (m) It is unlawful to trap muskrat or mink with (1) a | 18 | | leghold trap or one of similar construction or (2) a | 19 | | body-gripping trap or one of similar construction unless the | 20 | | body-gripping trap or similar trap is completely submerged | 21 | | underwater when set. These restrictions shall not apply during | 22 | | the open season for trapping raccoons. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-19, eff. 6-28-11; 97-31, eff. 6-28-11; 97-813, | 24 | | eff. 7-13-12.)
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