Full Text of HB4679 102nd General Assembly
HB4679 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB4679 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Tony McCombie 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. Defines "rifle" as any firearm designed, made, or adapted to be fired from the shoulder that uses the energy of an explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of the trigger. Permits hunting with a rifle for the taking of deer; makes related changes. Provides that legal handguns and rifles include any bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding 1.4 inches or any straight walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger both of which must be available as a load with the published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.
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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 2.6, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, and | 6 | | 2.33 and by adding Section 1.2m-0.5 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 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.
| 6 | | The Department is authorized to establish a separate | 7 | | harvest period at
specific sites within the State for the | 8 | | purpose of harvesting
surplus deer that cannot be taken during | 9 | | the regular season provided for
the taking of deer. This | 10 | | season shall be restricted to gun or bow and
arrow hunting only | 11 | | and shall be established during the period of September 1st
to | 12 | | February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publicly | 13 | | announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and | 14 | | shooting hours, and the counties and sites open to hunting. | 15 | | The Department shall publish suitable
prescribed rules and | 16 | | regulations established by administrative rule pertaining
to | 17 | | management restrictions applicable to this special harvest | 18 | | program. The Department shall allow unused gun deer permits | 19 | | that are left over from a regular season for the taking of deer | 20 | | to be rolled over and used during any separate harvest period | 21 | | held within 6 months of the season for which those tags were | 22 | | issued at no additional cost to the permit holder subject to | 23 | | the management restrictions applicable to the special harvest | 24 | | program.
| 25 | | Beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter, | 26 | | the Department shall provide a report to the General Assembly |
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| 1 | | providing information regarding deer management programs | 2 | | established by the Code or by administrative rule that | 3 | | includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each | 4 | | separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a | 5 | | communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what | 6 | | happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest season.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 101-66, eff. 7-12-19; 102-314, eff. 1-1-22 .)
| 8 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
| 9 | | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to | 10 | | take deer shall first obtain a "Deer
Hunting Permit" issued by | 11 | | the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
| 12 | | Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following | 13 | | types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination | 14 | | permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one | 15 | | antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit, | 16 | | and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer | 17 | | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
| 18 | | shall not exceed $25.00 for residents of the State. The | 19 | | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident | 20 | | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in | 21 | | 2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as | 22 | | provided below for non-resident landowners
and non-resident | 23 | | archery hunters. The Department may by
administrative rule | 24 | | provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting
of | 25 | | not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325 |
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| 1 | | in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter.
The | 2 | | fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit | 3 | | shall be the same.
| 4 | | The Department shall create a pilot program during the | 5 | | special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season to allow for | 6 | | youth deer hunting permits that are valid statewide, excluding | 7 | | those counties or portions of counties closed to firearm deer | 8 | | hunting. The Department shall adopt rules to implement the | 9 | | pilot program. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to | 10 | | prohibit the Department from issuing Special Hunt Area Permits | 11 | | for the youth-only deer hunting season or establishing, | 12 | | through administrative rule, additional requirements | 13 | | pertaining to the youth-only deer hunting season on | 14 | | Department-owned or Department-managed sites, including | 15 | | site-specific quotas or drawings. The provisions of this | 16 | | paragraph are inoperative on and after January 1, 2023. | 17 | | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | 18 | | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | 19 | | administrative rule.
| 20 | | No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not | 21 | | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting | 22 | | season when taking deer unless in accordance with the Firearm | 23 | | Concealed Carry Act.
| 24 | | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | 25 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 26 | | before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those |
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| 1 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 2 | | deer by use of shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzleloading | 3 | | muzzle
loading
rifle.
| 4 | | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | 5 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 6 | | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | 7 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 8 | | deer by use of bow and arrow.
| 9 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | 10 | | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | 11 | | the use
or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes | 12 | | of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or | 13 | | solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products, | 14 | | except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered | 15 | | in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer. | 16 | | "Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract | 17 | | deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence
of | 18 | | and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait. | 19 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to | 20 | | track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking | 21 | | wounded deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all | 22 | | times by means of a maximum 50 foot lead attached to the dog's | 23 | | collar or harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at | 24 | | night, but at no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or | 25 | | seasons shall any person handling or accompanying a dog being | 26 | | used for tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm |
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| 1 | | or archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog | 2 | | during the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange or | 3 | | solid blaze pink color as required. Dog handlers tracking | 4 | | wounded deer with a dog are exempt from hunting license and | 5 | | deer permit requirements so long as they are accompanied by | 6 | | the licensed deer hunter who wounded the deer.
| 7 | | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | 8 | | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | 9 | | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted | 10 | | by administrative rule.
| 11 | | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | 12 | | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | 13 | | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
| 14 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the | 15 | | legal limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in | 16 | | any deer hunting party.
| 17 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the | 18 | | legal limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate | 19 | | with bow and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
| 20 | | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | 21 | | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
| 22 | | The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident, | 23 | | either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
| 24 | | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this | 25 | | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | 26 | | Class B misdemeanor.
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| 1 | | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this | 2 | | Section, the Department shall, after determining the total | 3 | | acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round | 4 | | remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal | 5 | | to half of an acre up to the next whole acre. | 6 | | For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in | 7 | | this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation, | 8 | | including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal | 9 | | agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or | 10 | | normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting, | 11 | | and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products | 12 | | designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or | 13 | | liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or | 14 | | lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking | 15 | | white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative | 16 | | rule. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-444, eff. 6-1-20; | 18 | | 102-237, eff. 1-1-22 .)
| 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 | 25 | | species, except that snares not
powered by springs or other |
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| 1 | | mechanical devices may be used to trap
fur-bearing mammals, in | 2 | | water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare
noose is | 3 | | located underwater at all times.
| 4 | | (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a | 5 | | wild mammal
protected by this Act from its den by means of any | 6 | | mechanical device,
spade, or digging device or to use smoke or | 7 | | other gases to dislodge or
remove such mammal except as | 8 | | provided in Section 2.37.
| 9 | | (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small | 10 | | mammal which is
used in the same or similar manner for which | 11 | | ferrets are used for the
purpose of frightening or driving any | 12 | | mammals from their dens or hiding places.
| 13 | | (e) (Blank).
| 14 | | (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like | 15 | | device to
take any species protected by this Act.
| 16 | | (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives | 17 | | for the
purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
| 18 | | (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat, | 19 | | grass,
brush or other inflammable substance when it is | 20 | | 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 | 4 | | the purpose of driving
upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, | 5 | | red fox, gray
fox, raccoon, bobcat, and coyote may be taken | 6 | | during the open season by use of a small
light which is worn on | 7 | | the body or hand-held by a person on foot and not in any
| 8 | | vehicle.
| 9 | | (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge | 10 | | while
taking or attempting to take any of the species | 11 | | protected by this Act.
| 12 | | (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any | 13 | | shotgun shell loaded
with a shot size larger than lead BB or | 14 | | steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or
attempting to take any | 15 | | species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed
deer), | 16 | | wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds | 17 | | protected
by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided | 18 | | for in Section 2.26 and other
species as provided for by | 19 | | subsection (l) or administrative rule.
| 20 | | (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
| 21 | | white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun | 22 | | loaded with slugs unless otherwise
provided for by | 23 | | administrative rule.
| 24 | | (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding | 25 | | more than 3
shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except | 26 | | on game breeding and
hunting preserve areas licensed under |
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| 1 | | Section 3.27 and except as permitted by
the Code of Federal | 2 | | Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun
is | 3 | | capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being | 4 | | used on an
area other than a game breeding and shooting | 5 | | preserve area licensed
pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted | 6 | | with a one piece plug that is
irremovable without dismantling | 7 | | the shotgun or otherwise altered to
render it incapable of | 8 | | holding more than 3 shells in the magazine and
chamber, | 9 | | combined.
| 10 | | (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who | 11 | | possess a permit to
hunt from a vehicle as provided in this | 12 | | Section and persons otherwise permitted
by law, to have or | 13 | | carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
| 14 | | unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that | 15 | | at field trials
authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act, | 16 | | unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank
cartridges only, may | 17 | | be carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or
to | 18 | | have or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle | 19 | | unless such bow
or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a | 20 | | case, or otherwise made
inoperable unless in accordance with | 21 | | the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
| 22 | | (o) (Blank).
| 23 | | (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game | 24 | | birds or
migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or | 25 | | airgun.
| 26 | | (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or |
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| 1 | | airgun on,
over or into any waters of this State, including | 2 | | frozen waters.
| 3 | | (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow | 4 | | device
along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or | 5 | | highway in this State.
| 6 | | (s) It is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to | 7 | | muffle or
mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting | 8 | | from the firing of
any gun.
| 9 | | (t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to | 10 | | take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, intentionally | 11 | | or wantonly allow a dog to
hunt, within or upon the land of | 12 | | another, or upon waters flowing over or
standing on the land of | 13 | | another, or to knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at | 14 | | any wildlife physically on or flying over the property of | 15 | | another without first obtaining permission from
the owner or | 16 | | the owner's designee. For the purposes of this Section, the | 17 | | owner's designee means anyone who the owner designates in a | 18 | | written authorization and the authorization must contain (i) | 19 | | the legal or common description of property for such authority | 20 | | is given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is | 21 | | authorized to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take | 22 | | or attempt to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, | 23 | | and (iii) the owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing | 24 | | this
Section the law enforcement officer must have received | 25 | | notice from the
owner or the owner's designee of a violation of | 26 | | this Section. Statements made to the
law enforcement officer |
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| 1 | | regarding this notice shall not be rendered
inadmissible by | 2 | | the hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
| 3 | | required notice.
| 4 | | (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm | 5 | | for the purpose
of taking any of the species protected by this | 6 | | Act, or hunt with gun or
dog, or intentionally or wantonly | 7 | | allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling | 8 | | without
first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant, | 9 | | except that while
trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, | 10 | | hunting with dog and shotgun using shot
shells only, or | 11 | | hunting with shotgun using shot shells only, or providing | 12 | | outfitting services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or
on | 13 | | licensed game breeding and hunting preserve areas, as defined | 14 | | in Section
3.27, on
federally owned and managed lands and on | 15 | | Department owned, managed, leased, or
controlled lands, a 100 | 16 | | yard restriction shall apply.
| 17 | | (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing | 18 | | mammals from, or
to move or disturb in any manner, the traps | 19 | | owned by another person without
written authorization of the | 20 | | owner to do so.
| 21 | | (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or | 22 | | wantonly allow
his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer, | 23 | | except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the | 24 | | tracking of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the | 25 | | provisions of Section 2.26 of this Code.
| 26 | | (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or |
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| 1 | | carelessly injure
or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any | 2 | | real or personal property on
the land of another while engaged | 3 | | in hunting or trapping thereon.
| 4 | | (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act | 5 | | between one
half hour after sunset and one half hour before | 6 | | sunrise, except that
hunting hours between one half hour after | 7 | | sunset and one half hour
before sunrise may be established by | 8 | | administrative rule for fur-bearing
mammals.
| 9 | | (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild | 10 | | turkeys and
crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight | 11 | | and otherwise irretrievable)
protected by this Act when not | 12 | | flying. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
a person from | 13 | | carrying an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in | 14 | | pursuit
of a crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of | 15 | | normal flight, for the
purpose of attempting to reduce the | 16 | | migratory waterfowl to possession, provided
that the attempt | 17 | | is made immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and
| 18 | | is done within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory | 19 | | waterfowl was
downed. This exception shall apply only to | 20 | | migratory game birds that are not
capable of normal flight. | 21 | | Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken
only with a | 22 | | shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
| 23 | | shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
| 24 | | (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may | 25 | | be used for
tree climbing or cutting, while hunting | 26 | | fur-bearing mammals, excluding coyotes.
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| 1 | | (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game | 2 | | breeders,
pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or | 3 | | possess alive in this
State any species of wildlife taken | 4 | | outside of this State, without
obtaining permission to do so | 5 | | from the Director.
| 6 | | (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
| 7 | | possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act | 8 | | during the season
closed for taking.
| 9 | | (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this | 10 | | Act and retain
it alive except as provided by administrative | 11 | | rule.
| 12 | | (ee) (Blank). It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in | 13 | | the field during gun
deer season except as provided in Section | 14 | | 2.26 and administrative rules.
| 15 | | (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species | 16 | | protected by
this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the | 17 | | gun deer hunting season in
those counties open to gun deer | 18 | | hunting, unless he or she wears, when in
the field, a cap and | 19 | | upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color or solid | 20 | | blaze pink color, with
such articles of clothing displaying a | 21 | | minimum of 400 square inches of
blaze orange or solid blaze | 22 | | pink color material.
| 23 | | (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any | 24 | | person to take
upland game with a firearm unless he or she | 25 | | wears, while in the field, a
cap of solid blaze orange color or | 26 | | solid blaze pink color. For purposes of this Act, upland game |
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| 1 | | is
defined as Bobwhite Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked | 2 | | Pheasant, Eastern
Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
| 3 | | (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species | 4 | | protected by
this Act for which there is a bag limit without | 5 | | making a reasonable
effort to retrieve such species and | 6 | | include such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any | 7 | | person having control over harvested game mammals, game birds, | 8 | | or migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to | 9 | | wantonly waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except | 10 | | this shall not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or | 11 | | 3.22 of this Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable | 12 | | meat" means the breast meat of a game bird or migratory game | 13 | | bird and the hind ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It | 14 | | shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump, or | 15 | | abandon a wildlife carcass or parts of it along or upon a | 16 | | public right-of-way or highway or on public or private | 17 | | property, including a waterway or stream, without the | 18 | | permission of the owner or tenant. It shall not be unlawful to | 19 | | discard game meat that is determined to be unfit for human | 20 | | consumption.
| 21 | | (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species | 22 | | protected by this
Act taken within the State. Any species or | 23 | | any parts thereof, legally taken
in and transported from other | 24 | | states or countries, may be possessed
within the State, except | 25 | | as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36
and 3.21.
| 26 | | (jj) (Blank).
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| 1 | | (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | 2 | | Director
from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other | 3 | | persons with disabilities who meet the
requirements set forth | 4 | | in administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle
as | 5 | | provided by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in | 6 | | accord with this
Act.
| 7 | | (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the | 8 | | taking of aquatic
life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life | 9 | | Code or birds and mammals
protected by this Act, except deer | 10 | | and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not
camouflaged or | 11 | | disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
| 12 | | of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power. | 13 | | However, only
shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller | 14 | | than .410 bore loaded with not
more than 3 shells of a shot | 15 | | size no larger than lead BB or steel T (.20
diameter) may be | 16 | | used to take species protected by this Act.
| 17 | | (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use | 18 | | of a shotgun,
not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20 | 19 | | gauge, with a rifled barrel.
| 20 | | (nn) It shall be unlawful to possess any species of | 21 | | wildlife or wildlife parts taken unlawfully in Illinois, any | 22 | | other state, or any other country, whether or not the wildlife | 23 | | or wildlife parts is indigenous to Illinois. For the purposes | 24 | | of this subsection, the statute of limitations for unlawful | 25 | | possession of wildlife or wildlife parts shall not cease until | 26 | | 2 years after the possession has permanently ended. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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