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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2.25, 2.26, and 2.33 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
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7 | Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | except (i) with
a shotgun, handgun, or muzzleloading rifle or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (ii) as provided by
administrative rule,
with a bow and arrow, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | or crossbow device for handicapped persons and persons age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or older as defined
in Section 2.33, during the open season of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | not more than 14 days which will
be set annually by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Director between the dates of
November 1st and December 31st, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | both inclusive.
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15 | For the purposes of this Section, legal handguns include | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | any centerfire
handguns of .30
caliber or larger with a minimum | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | barrel length of 4 inches. The only legal
ammunition
for a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | centerfire handgun is a cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | a
capability of at least
500 foot pounds of energy at the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | muzzle. Full metal jacket bullets may not be
used to
harvest | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | deer.
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22 | The Department shall make administrative rules concerning | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | management
restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | arrow season.
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25 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | with a bow and
arrow, or crossbow device for handicapped | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | persons and persons age 65 or older (as defined in Section
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28 | 2.33), during the open season for bow and arrow set annually by | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | the Director
between the dates of September 1st and January | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 31st, both inclusive.
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31 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | with (i) a
muzzleloading rifle, or (ii) bow and arrow, or |
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1 | crossbow device for
handicapped persons and persons age 65 or | ||||||
2 | older as defined in Section 2.33, during the open season for
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3 | muzzleloading rifles set annually by the Director.
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4 | The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting | ||||||
5 | forth the
prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and | ||||||
6 | possession limits and
those counties of the State where open | ||||||
7 | seasons are established, to be
published in accordance with | ||||||
8 | Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
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9 | The Department may establish separate harvest periods for | ||||||
10 | the purpose of
managing or eradicating disease that has been | ||||||
11 | found in the deer herd. This
season shall be restricted to gun | ||||||
12 | or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department
shall publicly | ||||||
13 | announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
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14 | shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting, permit | ||||||
15 | requirements,
application dates, hunting rules, legal weapons, | ||||||
16 | and reporting requirements.
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17 | The Department is authorized to establish a separate | ||||||
18 | harvest period at
specific sites within the State for the | ||||||
19 | purpose of harvesting
surplus deer that cannot be taken during | ||||||
20 | the regular season provided for
the taking of deer. This season | ||||||
21 | shall be restricted to gun or bow and
arrow hunting only and | ||||||
22 | shall be established during the period of September 1st
to | ||||||
23 | February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publish | ||||||
24 | suitable
prescribed rules and regulations established by | ||||||
25 | administrative rule pertaining
to management restrictions | ||||||
26 | applicable to this special harvest program.
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27 | (Source: P.A. 93-37, eff. 6-25-03; 93-554, eff. 8-20-03; | ||||||
28 | revised 9-15-03.)
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29 | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
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30 | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. In this Section,
"bona | ||||||
31 | fide equity shareholder" means an individual who (1) purchased, | ||||||
32 | for
market price, publicly sold stock shares in a corporation,
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33 | purchased shares of a privately-held corporation for a value
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34 | equal to the percentage of the appraised value of the corporate | ||||||
35 | assets
represented by the ownership in the corporation, or is a |
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1 | member of a
closely-held family-owned corporation and has | ||||||
2 | purchased or been gifted with
shares of stock in the | ||||||
3 | corporation accurately reflecting his or her
percentage of | ||||||
4 | ownership and (2) intends to retain the ownership of the
shares | ||||||
5 | of stock for at least 5 years.
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6 | In this Section, "bona fide equity member" means an | ||||||
7 | individual who (1) (i)
became a member
upon
the formation of | ||||||
8 | the limited liability company or (ii) has purchased a
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9 | distributional interest in a limited liability company for a | ||||||
10 | value equal to the
percentage of the appraised value of the LLC | ||||||
11 | assets represented by the
distributional interest in the LLC | ||||||
12 | and subsequently becomes a member of the
company
pursuant to | ||||||
13 | Article 30 of the Limited Liability Company Act and who (2)
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14 | intends to retain the membership for at least 5 years.
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15 | Any person attempting to take deer shall first obtain a | ||||||
16 | "Deer
Hunting Permit" in accordance with prescribed | ||||||
17 | regulations set forth in an
Administrative Rule. Deer Hunting | ||||||
18 | Permits shall be issued by the Department.
The fee for a Deer | ||||||
19 | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
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20 | shall not exceed $15.00 for residents of the State. The | ||||||
21 | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident | ||||||
22 | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $200 | ||||||
23 | except as provided below for non-resident landowners
and | ||||||
24 | non-resident archery hunters. The Department may by
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25 | administrative rule provide for a non-resident archery deer | ||||||
26 | permit consisting
of not more than 2 harvest tags at a total | ||||||
27 | cost not to exceed $225.
Permits shall be issued without charge | ||||||
28 | to:
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29 | (a) Illinois landowners residing in Illinois who own at | ||||||
30 | least 40 acres of
Illinois land and wish to hunt their land | ||||||
31 | only,
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32 | (b) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of commercial | ||||||
33 | agricultural land
where they will hunt, and
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34 | (c) Bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation or | ||||||
35 | bona fide
equity
members of a limited liability
company
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36 | which owns at least 40 acres of land
in a county in |
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1 | Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's or company's
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2 | land only.
One permit shall be issued without charge to one | ||||||
3 | bona fide equity
shareholder
or one bona fide equity member
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4 | for each 40
acres of land owned by the corporation or | ||||||
5 | company in
a county; however, the number of
permits issued | ||||||
6 | without charge to bona fide equity shareholders of any
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7 | corporation or bona fide equity members
of a limited
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8 | liability company in any
county shall not exceed 15.
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9 | Bona fide landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt | ||||||
10 | only on the land
they own, rent or lease or bona fide equity | ||||||
11 | shareholders or bona fide
equity
members who do not wish to | ||||||
12 | hunt
only on the
land owned by the corporation or limited | ||||||
13 | liability company shall be
charged the same fee as the
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14 | applicant who is not a landowner, tenant, bona fide equity
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15 | shareholder, or
bona fide equity member. Nonresidents
of
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16 | Illinois who own at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt on | ||||||
17 | their land only
shall be charged a fee set by administrative | ||||||
18 | rule. The method for
obtaining these permits shall be | ||||||
19 | prescribed by administrative rule.
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20 | The deer hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid | ||||||
21 | on
all farm lands which the person to whom it is issued owns, | ||||||
22 | leases or rents,
except that in the case of a permit issued to | ||||||
23 | a bona fide equity
shareholder
or bona fide equity member, the
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24 | permit shall
be valid on all lands owned by the corporation or | ||||||
25 | limited liability
company in the county.
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26 | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | ||||||
27 | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | ||||||
28 | administrative rule.
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29 | No person may have in his possession any firearm not | ||||||
30 | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting season | ||||||
31 | when taking deer.
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32 | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | ||||||
33 | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | ||||||
34 | before sunrise to
sunset, and only during those days for which | ||||||
35 | an open season is
established for the taking of deer by use of | ||||||
36 | shotgun, handgun, or muzzle
loading
rifle.
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1 | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | ||||||
2 | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | ||||||
3 | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | ||||||
4 | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | ||||||
5 | deer by use of bow and arrow.
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6 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | ||||||
7 | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | ||||||
8 | the use of salt
or bait of any kind. An area is considered as | ||||||
9 | baited during the presence
of and for 10 consecutive days | ||||||
10 | following the removal of bait.
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11 | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | ||||||
12 | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | ||||||
13 | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted by | ||||||
14 | administrative rule.
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15 | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | ||||||
16 | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | ||||||
17 | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
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18 | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | ||||||
19 | limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any | ||||||
20 | deer hunting party.
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21 | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | ||||||
22 | limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow | ||||||
23 | and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
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24 | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | ||||||
25 | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
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26 | It shall be legal for handicapped persons , as defined in | ||||||
27 | Section 2.33, and persons age 65 or older to
utilize a crossbow | ||||||
28 | device, as defined in Department rules, to take deer.
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29 | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this | ||||||
30 | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | ||||||
31 | Class B misdemeanor.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 92-177, eff. 7-27-01; 92-261, eff. 8-7-01; | ||||||
33 | 92-651, eff.
7-11-02; 93-554, eff. 8-20-03.)
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34 | (520 ILCS 5/2.33) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
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35 | Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
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1 | (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any
State | ||||||
2 | refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
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3 | (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or | ||||||
4 | snare-like device,
deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any | ||||||
5 | species, except that snares not
powered by springs or other | ||||||
6 | mechanical devices may be used to trap
fur-bearing mammals, in | ||||||
7 | water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare
noose is | ||||||
8 | located underwater at all times.
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9 | (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a | ||||||
10 | wild mammal
protected by this Act from its den by means of any | ||||||
11 | mechanical device,
spade, or digging device or to use smoke or | ||||||
12 | other gases to dislodge or
remove such mammal except as | ||||||
13 | provided in Section 2.37.
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14 | (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small | ||||||
15 | mammal which is
used in the same or similar manner for which | ||||||
16 | ferrets are used for the
purpose of frightening or driving any | ||||||
17 | mammals from their dens or hiding places.
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18 | (e) (Blank).
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19 | (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like | ||||||
20 | device to
take any species protected by this Act.
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21 | (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives | ||||||
22 | for the
purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
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23 | (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat, | ||||||
24 | grass,
brush or other inflammable substance when it is burning.
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25 | (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass | ||||||
26 | or disturb
in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or | ||||||
27 | aid of any vehicle or
conveyance, except as permitted by the | ||||||
28 | Code of Federal Regulations for the
taking of waterfowl. It is | ||||||
29 | also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle
or conveyance or | ||||||
30 | any light from or any light connected to the
vehicle or | ||||||
31 | conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
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32 | accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in | ||||||
33 | this
Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the | ||||||
34 | purpose of driving
upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, red | ||||||
35 | fox, gray
fox, raccoon and coyote may be taken during the open | ||||||
36 | season by use of a small
light which is worn on the body or |
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1 | hand-held by a person on foot and not in any
vehicle.
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2 | (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge | ||||||
3 | while
taking or attempting to take any of the species protected | ||||||
4 | by this Act.
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5 | (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any | ||||||
6 | shotgun shell loaded
with a shot size larger than lead BB or | ||||||
7 | steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or
attempting to take any | ||||||
8 | species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed
deer), | ||||||
9 | wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds | ||||||
10 | protected
by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided for | ||||||
11 | in Section 2.26 and other
species as provided for by subsection | ||||||
12 | (l) or administrative rule.
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13 | (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
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14 | white-tailed deer, with a shotgun loaded with slugs unless | ||||||
15 | otherwise
provided for by administrative rule.
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16 | (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding | ||||||
17 | more than 3
shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except | ||||||
18 | on game breeding and
hunting preserve areas licensed under | ||||||
19 | Section 3.27 and except as permitted by
the Code of Federal | ||||||
20 | Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun
is | ||||||
21 | capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being | ||||||
22 | used on an
area other than a game breeding and shooting | ||||||
23 | preserve area licensed
pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted with | ||||||
24 | a one piece plug that is
irremovable without dismantling the | ||||||
25 | shotgun or otherwise altered to
render it incapable of holding | ||||||
26 | more than 3 shells in the magazine and
chamber, combined.
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27 | (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who | ||||||
28 | possess a permit to
hunt from a vehicle as provided in this | ||||||
29 | Section and persons otherwise permitted
by law, to have or | ||||||
30 | carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
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31 | unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that | ||||||
32 | at field trials
authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act, | ||||||
33 | unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank
cartridges only, may be | ||||||
34 | carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or
to have | ||||||
35 | or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless | ||||||
36 | such bow
or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or |
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1 | otherwise made
inoperable.
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2 | (o) It is unlawful to use any crossbow for the purpose of | ||||||
3 | taking any
wild birds or mammals, except as provided for in | ||||||
4 | Section 2.33.
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5 | (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game birds | ||||||
6 | or
migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or | ||||||
7 | airgun.
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8 | (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or | ||||||
9 | airgun on,
over or into any waters of this State, including | ||||||
10 | frozen waters.
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11 | (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow | ||||||
12 | device
along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or | ||||||
13 | highway in this State.
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14 | (s) It is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to | ||||||
15 | muffle or
mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting | ||||||
16 | from the firing of
any gun.
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17 | (t) It is unlawful for any person to trap or hunt, or allow | ||||||
18 | a dog to
hunt, within or upon the land of another, or upon | ||||||
19 | waters flowing over or
standing on the land of another, without | ||||||
20 | first obtaining permission from
the owner or tenant. It shall | ||||||
21 | be prima facie evidence that a person does
not have permission | ||||||
22 | of the owner or tenant if the person is unable to
demonstrate | ||||||
23 | to the law enforcement officer in the field that permission had
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24 | been obtained. This provision may only be rebutted by testimony | ||||||
25 | of the
owner or tenant that permission had been given. Before | ||||||
26 | enforcing this
Section the law enforcement officer must have | ||||||
27 | received notice from the
owner or tenant of a violation of this | ||||||
28 | Section. Statements made to the
law enforcement officer | ||||||
29 | regarding this notice shall not be rendered
inadmissible by the | ||||||
30 | hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
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31 | required notice.
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32 | (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm | ||||||
33 | for the purpose
of taking any of the species protected by this | ||||||
34 | Act, or hunt with gun or
dog, or allow a dog to hunt, within 300 | ||||||
35 | yards of an inhabited dwelling without
first obtaining | ||||||
36 | permission from the owner or tenant, except that while
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1 | trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting with dog and | ||||||
2 | shotgun using shot
shells only, or hunting with shotgun using | ||||||
3 | shot shells only, or
on licensed game breeding and hunting | ||||||
4 | preserve areas, as defined in Section
3.27, on property | ||||||
5 | operated under a Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Area Permit, on
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6 | federally owned and managed lands and on Department owned, | ||||||
7 | managed, leased or
controlled lands, a 100 yard restriction | ||||||
8 | shall apply.
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9 | (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing | ||||||
10 | mammals from, or
to move or disturb in any manner, the traps | ||||||
11 | owned by another person without
written authorization of the | ||||||
12 | owner to do so.
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13 | (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or | ||||||
14 | wantonly allow
his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer.
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15 | (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or carelessly | ||||||
16 | injure
or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any real or | ||||||
17 | personal property on
the land of another while engaged in | ||||||
18 | hunting or trapping thereon.
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19 | (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act | ||||||
20 | between one
half hour after sunset and one half hour before | ||||||
21 | sunrise, except that
hunting hours between one half hour after | ||||||
22 | sunset and one half hour
before sunrise may be established by | ||||||
23 | administrative rule for fur-bearing
mammals.
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24 | (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild | ||||||
25 | turkeys and
crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight and | ||||||
26 | otherwise irretrievable)
protected by this Act when not flying. | ||||||
27 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
a person from carrying | ||||||
28 | an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in pursuit
of a | ||||||
29 | crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of normal | ||||||
30 | flight, for the
purpose of attempting to reduce the migratory | ||||||
31 | waterfowl to possession, provided
that the attempt is made | ||||||
32 | immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and
is done | ||||||
33 | within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory | ||||||
34 | waterfowl was
downed. This exception shall apply only to | ||||||
35 | migratory game birds that are not
capable of normal flight. | ||||||
36 | Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken
only with a |
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1 | shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
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2 | shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
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3 | (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may | ||||||
4 | be used for
tree climbing or cutting, while hunting fur-bearing | ||||||
5 | mammals.
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6 | (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game | ||||||
7 | breeders,
pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or | ||||||
8 | possess alive in this
State any species of wildlife taken | ||||||
9 | outside of this State, without
obtaining permission to do so | ||||||
10 | from the Director.
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11 | (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
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12 | possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act | ||||||
13 | during the season
closed for taking.
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14 | (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this | ||||||
15 | Act and retain
it alive.
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16 | (ee) It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in the field | ||||||
17 | during gun
deer season except as provided in Section 2.26 and | ||||||
18 | administrative rules.
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19 | (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species | ||||||
20 | protected by
this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the | ||||||
21 | gun deer hunting season in
those counties open to gun deer | ||||||
22 | hunting, unless he or she wears, when in
the field, a cap and | ||||||
23 | upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color, with
such | ||||||
24 | articles of clothing displaying a minimum of 400 square inches | ||||||
25 | of
blaze orange material.
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26 | (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any | ||||||
27 | person to take
upland game with a firearm unless he or she | ||||||
28 | wears, while in the field, a
cap of solid blaze orange color. | ||||||
29 | For purposes of this Act, upland game is
defined as Bobwhite | ||||||
30 | Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern
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31 | Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
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32 | (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species | ||||||
33 | protected by
this Act for which there is a daily bag limit | ||||||
34 | without making a reasonable
effort to retrieve such species and | ||||||
35 | include such in the daily bag limit.
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36 | (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species |
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1 | protected by this
Act taken within the State. Any species or | ||||||
2 | any parts thereof, legally taken
in and transported from other | ||||||
3 | states or countries, may be possessed
within the State, except | ||||||
4 | as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36
and 3.21.
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5 | (jj) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | ||||||
6 | use of bow
and arrow, or prevent the Director from issuing | ||||||
7 | permits to use a crossbow
to handicapped persons and persons | ||||||
8 | age 65 or older as provided by administrative rule. As used | ||||||
9 | herein,
"handicapped persons" means those persons who have a | ||||||
10 | permanent physical
impairment due to injury or disease, | ||||||
11 | congenital or acquired, which renders
them so severely disabled | ||||||
12 | as to be unable to use a conventional bow and arrow
device. | ||||||
13 | Permits will be issued only after the receipt of a physician's
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14 | statement confirming the applicant is handicapped as defined | ||||||
15 | above or upon appropriate verification of an applicant's age, | ||||||
16 | as provided by administrative rule .
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17 | (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | ||||||
18 | Director
from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other | ||||||
19 | disabled persons who meet the
requirements set forth in | ||||||
20 | administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle
as provided | ||||||
21 | by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in accord with | ||||||
22 | this
Act.
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23 | (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the | ||||||
24 | taking of aquatic
life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life | ||||||
25 | Code or birds and mammals
protected by this Act, except deer | ||||||
26 | and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not
camouflaged or | ||||||
27 | disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
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28 | of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power. | ||||||
29 | However, only
shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller | ||||||
30 | than .410 bore loaded with not
more than 3 shells of a shot | ||||||
31 | size no larger than lead BB or steel T (.20
diameter) may be | ||||||
32 | used to take species protected by this Act.
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33 | (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use | ||||||
34 | of a shotgun,
not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20 | ||||||
35 | gauge, with a rifled barrel.
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36 | (Source: P.A. 91-654, eff. 12-15-99; 92-325, eff. 8-9-01;
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1 | 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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