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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 as follows:

6

(520 ILCS 5/2.25)

(from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
7

Sec. 2.25.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer
8
except (i) with a shotgun,
centerfire
handgun,
centerfire
9
revolver,

single shot
centerfire rifle, or muzzleloading rifle
10
or (ii) as provided by administrative rule, with a bow and
11
arrow, during the open season of not more than 14 days which
12
will be set annually by the Director between the dates of
13
November 1st and December 31st, both inclusive, or a special
14
3-day, youth-only season between the dates of September 1 and
15
October 31. For the purposes of this Section, legal handguns
16
and rifles are limited to
centerfire revolvers,
centerfire
17
handguns
capable of holding not more than 3 rounds in the
18
magazine and chamber combined,

that are either a single shot
19
or revolver
and centerfire rifles that are
capable of holding
20
not more than 3 rounds in the magazine and chamber combined

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single shot
.
If a centerfire handgun or centerfire rifle is
22
capable of holding more than 3 rounds, it shall be fitted with
23
a one-piece plug that is irremovable without dismantling the

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handgun or rifle or it shall be otherwise altered to render it
2
incapable of holding more than 3 rounds in the magazine and
3
chamber combined without dismantling the handgun or rifle.
The
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only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a
5
bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with
6
a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a
7
straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger,
8
both of which must be available as a factory load with the
9
published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a
10
capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.
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The barrel of a handgun shall be at least 4 inches. Full metal
12
jacket bullets may not be used to harvest deer.
Any other
13
standards and specifications for use of guns, ammunition, and
14
bow and arrow for deer hunting shall be established by
15
administrative rule.
16

No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not
17
authorized by administrative rule for a specific hunting
18
season when taking deer unless in accordance with the Firearm
19
Concealed Carry Act.
20

The Department shall make administrative rules concerning
21
management restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and
22
arrow season.
23

It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
24
with a bow and arrow during the open season for bow and arrow
25
set annually by the Director between the dates of September
26
1st and January 31st, both inclusive.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
2
with (i) a muzzleloading rifle or (ii) bow and arrow during the
3
open season for muzzleloading rifles set annually by the
4
Director.
5

The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting
6
forth the prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and
7
possession limits and those counties of the State where open
8
seasons are established, to be published in accordance with
9
Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
10

The Department may establish separate harvest periods for
11
the purpose of managing or eradicating disease that has been
12
found in the deer herd. This season shall be restricted to gun
13
or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department shall publicly
14
announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
15
shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting.
16

The Department is authorized to establish a separate
17
harvest period at specific sites within the State for the
18
purpose of harvesting surplus deer that cannot be taken during
19
the regular season provided for the taking of deer. This
20
season shall be restricted to gun or bow and arrow hunting only
21
and shall be established during the period of September 1st to
22
February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publicly
23
announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
24
shooting hours, and the counties and sites open to hunting.
25
The Department shall publish suitable prescribed rules and
26
regulations established by administrative rule pertaining to

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management restrictions applicable to this special harvest
2
program. The Department shall allow unused gun deer permits
3
that are left over from a regular season for the taking of deer
4
to be rolled over and used during any separate harvest period
5
held within 6 months of the season for which those tags were
6
issued at no additional cost to the permit holder subject to
7
the management restrictions applicable to the special harvest
8
program.
9

If the Department is using its sharpshooting program to
10
manage chronic wasting disease in a deer herd that is found in
11
a county in the State and if no cases of that disease have been
12
identified in that herd in the preceding 3 calendar years,
13
then the Department shall end the use of that program to manage
14
chronic wasting disease in that county. However, the program
15
may be reinstituted within the county if chronic wasting
16
disease is again identified in that herd.
17

Beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter,
18
the Department shall provide a report to the General Assembly
19
providing information regarding deer management programs
20
established by the Code or by administrative rule that
21
includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each
22
separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a
23
communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what
24
happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest season.
25
(Source: P.A. 104-58, eff. 1-1-26
.)

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(520 ILCS 5/2.26)

(from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
2

Sec. 2.26.
Deer hunting permits.
Any person attempting to
3
take deer shall first obtain a "Deer Hunting Permit" issued by
4
the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
5
Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following
6
types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination
7
permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one
8
antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit,
9
and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer
10
Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
11
shall not exceed $25 for residents of the State. The
12
Department may by administrative rule provide for non-resident
13
deer hunting permits for which the fee will not exceed $300 in
14
2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as
15
provided below for non-resident landowners and non-resident
16
archery hunters. The Department may by administrative rule
17
provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting of
18
not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325
19
in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter. The
20
fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit
21
shall be the same.
22

The Department shall create a pilot program during the
23
special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season to allow for
24
youth deer hunting permits that are valid statewide, excluding
25
those counties or portions of counties closed to firearm deer
26
hunting. The Department shall adopt rules to implement the

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pilot program. Hunters qualifying to participate in a
2
youth-only deer season shall be eligible for one either-sex
3
permit and one antlerless-only permit. Nothing in this
4
paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the Department from
5
issuing Special Hunt Area Permits for the youth-only deer
6
hunting season or establishing, through administrative rule,
7
additional requirements pertaining to the youth-only deer
8
hunting season on Department-owned or Department-managed
9
sites, including site-specific quotas or drawings. The
10
provisions of this paragraph are inoperative on and after
11
January 1, 2023.
12

The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow
13
and arrow for deer hunting shall be established by
14
administrative rule.
15

No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not
16
authorized by administrative rule for a specific hunting
17
season when taking deer unless in accordance with the Firearm
18
Concealed Carry Act.
19

Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be
20
permitted to take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
21
before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those
22
days for which an open season is established for the taking of
23
deer by use of shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzle loading
24
rifle.
25

Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be
26
permitted to take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour

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before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those
2
days for which an open season is established for the taking of
3
deer by use of bow and arrow.
4

It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of
5
dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft, or other vehicles, or by
6
the use or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes
7
of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or
8
solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products,
9
except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered
10
in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer.
11
"Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract
12
deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence of
13
and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait.
14
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to
15
track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking
16
wounded deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all
17
times by means of a maximum 50-foot lead attached to the dog's
18
collar or harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at
19
night, but at no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or
20
seasons shall any person handling or accompanying a dog being
21
used for tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm
22
or archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog
23
during the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange or
24
solid blaze pink color as required. Dog handlers tracking
25
wounded deer with a dog are exempt from hunting license and
26
deer permit requirements so long as they are accompanied by

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the licensed deer hunter who wounded the deer.
2

It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer
3
which has been injured or killed in any manner upon a public
4
highway or public right-of-way of this State unless exempted
5
by administrative rule.
6

Persons hunting deer must have the gun unloaded and no bow
7
and arrow device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked
8
position during hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
9

It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the
10
legal limit of deer by gun, to further participate with a gun
11
in any deer hunting party.
12

It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the
13
legal limit of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate
14
with bow and arrow in any deer hunting party.
15

The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the
16
gun deer season by administrative rule.
17

The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident,
18
either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
19

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
20
Section, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a
21
Class B misdemeanor.
22

For the purposes of calculating acreage under this
23
Section, the Department shall, after determining the total
24
acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round
25
remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal
26
to half of an acre up to the next whole acre.

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For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in
2
this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation,
3
including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal
4
agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or
5
normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting,
6
and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products
7
designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or
8
liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or
9
lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking
10
white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative
11
rule.
12
(Source: P.A. 104-361, eff. 1-1-26; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25
.)

13

(520 ILCS 5/2.33)
14

Sec. 2.33.
Prohibitions.
15

(a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any State
16
refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
17

(b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or
18
snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any
19
species, except that snares not powered by springs or other
20
mechanical devices may be used to trap fur-bearing mammals, in
21
water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose is
22
located underwater at all times.
23

(c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a
24
wild mammal protected by this Act from its den by means of any
25
mechanical device, spade, or digging device or to use smoke or

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other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except as
2
provided in Section 2.37.
3

(d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small
4
mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for which
5
ferrets are used for the purpose of frightening or driving any
6
mammals from their dens or hiding places.
7

(e) (Blank).
8

(f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks, or any like
9
device to take any species protected by this Act.
10

(g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals, or
11
explosives for the purpose of taking any species protected by
12
this Act.
13

(h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat,
14
grass, brush, or other inflammable substance when it is
15
burning.
16

(i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass
17
or disturb in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or
18
aid of any vehicle, conveyance, or unmanned aircraft as
19
defined by the Illinois Aeronautics Act, except as permitted
20
by the Code of Federal Regulations for the taking of
21
waterfowl; except that nothing in this subsection shall
22
prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft in the inspection of a
23
public utility facility, tower, or structure or a mobile
24
service facility, tower, or structure by a public utility, as
25
defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, or a
26
provider of mobile services as defined in Section 153 of Title

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47 of the United States Code. It is also unlawful to use the
2
lights of any vehicle or conveyance, any light connected to
3
any vehicle or conveyance, or any other lighting device or
4
mechanism from inside or on a vehicle or conveyance in any area
5
where wildlife may be found except in accordance with Section
6
2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in this Section shall
7
prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the purpose of
8
driving upon a roadway. For purposes of this Section, any
9
other lighting device or mechanism shall include, but not be
10
limited to, any device that uses infrared or other light not
11
visible to the naked eye, electronic image intensification,
12
active illumination, thermal imaging, or night vision. Striped
13
skunk, opossum, red fox, gray fox, raccoon, bobcat, and coyote
14
may be taken during the open season by use of a small light
15
which is worn on the body or hand-held by a person on foot and
16
not in any vehicle.
17

(j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge
18
while taking or attempting to take any of the species
19
protected by this Act.
20

(k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any
21
shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than lead BB or
22
steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or attempting to take any
23
species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed deer),
24
wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds
25
protected by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided
26
for in Section 2.26 and other species as provided for by

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subsection (l) or administrative rule.
2

(l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
3
white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun
4
loaded with slugs unless otherwise provided for by
5
administrative rule.
6

(m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding
7
more than 3 shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except
8
on game breeding and hunting preserve areas licensed under
9
Section 3.27 and except as permitted by the Code of Federal
10
Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun is
11
capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being
12
used on an area other than a game breeding and shooting
13
preserve area licensed pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted
14
with a one-piece plug that is irremovable without dismantling
15
the shotgun or otherwise altered to render it incapable of
16
holding more than 3 shells in the magazine and chamber,
17
combined.
18

(n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who
19
possess a permit to hunt from a vehicle as provided in this
20
Section and persons otherwise permitted by law, to have or
21
carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance, or aircraft,
22
unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that
23
at field trials authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act,
24
unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank cartridges only may be
25
carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or to have
26
or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless

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such bow or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or
2
otherwise made inoperable unless in accordance with the
3
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
4

(o) (Blank).
5

(p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game
6
birds or migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver,
7
or air rifle.
8

(q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver, or
9
air rifle on, over, or into any waters of this State, including
10
frozen waters.
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.
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.
17

(t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to
18
take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, or allow a dog
19
to hunt, within or upon the land of another, or upon waters
20
flowing over or standing on the land of another, or to
21
knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at any wildlife
22
physically on or flying over the property of another without
23
first obtaining permission from the owner or the owner's
24
designee. For the purposes of this Section, the owner's
25
designee means anyone who the owner designates in a written
26
authorization and the authorization must contain (i) the legal

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or common description of property for which such authority is
2
given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is authorized
3
to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take or attempt
4
to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, and (iii) the
5
owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing this Section,
6
the law enforcement officer must have received notice from the
7
owner or the owner's designee of a violation of this Section.
8
Statements made to the law enforcement officer regarding this
9
notice shall not be rendered inadmissible by the hearsay rule
10
when offered for the purpose of showing the required notice.
11

(u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm
12
for the purpose of taking any of the species protected by this
13
Act, or hunt with gun or dog, or allow a dog to hunt, within
14
300 yards of an inhabited dwelling without first obtaining
15
permission from the owner or tenant, except that while
16
trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting with dog and
17
shotgun using shot shells only, or hunting with shotgun using
18
shot shells only, or providing outfitting services under a
19
waterfowl outfitter permit, or on licensed game breeding and
20
hunting preserve areas, as defined in Section 3.27, on
21
federally owned and managed lands and on Department owned,
22
managed, leased, or controlled lands, a 100 yard restriction
23
shall apply.
24

(v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing
25
mammals from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the traps
26
owned by another person without written authorization of the

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owner to do so.
2

(w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to allow his or
3
her dog to pursue, harass, or kill deer, except that nothing in
4
this Section shall prohibit the tracking of wounded deer with
5
a dog in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.26 of this
6
Code.
7

(x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or
8
carelessly injure or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any
9
real or personal property on the land of another while engaged
10
in hunting or trapping thereon.
11

(y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act
12
between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
13
sunrise, except that hunting hours between one-half hour after
14
sunset and one-half hour before sunrise may be established by
15
administrative rule for fur-bearing mammals.
16

(z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild
17
turkeys and crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight
18
and otherwise irretrievable) protected by this Act when not
19
flying. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from
20
carrying an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in
21
pursuit of a crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of
22
normal flight, for the purpose of attempting to reduce the
23
migratory waterfowl to possession, provided that the attempt
24
is made immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and
25
is done within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory
26
waterfowl was downed. This exception shall apply only to

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migratory game birds that are not capable of normal flight.
2
Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken only with a
3
shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
4
shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
5

(aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may
6
be used for tree climbing or cutting while hunting fur-bearing
7
mammals, excluding coyotes. However, coyotes may not be hunted
8
utilizing these devices during open season for deer except by
9
properly licensed deer hunters.
10

(bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game
11
breeders, pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or
12
possess alive in this State any species of wildlife taken
13
outside of this State, without obtaining permission to do so
14
from the Director.
15

(cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
16
possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act
17
during the season closed for taking.
18

(dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this
19
Act and retain it alive except as provided by administrative
20
rule.
21

(ee) It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in the field
22
during gun deer season except as provided in Sections 2.25 and
23
2.26 and administrative rules.
24

(ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species
25
protected by this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the
26
gun deer hunting season in those counties open to gun deer

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hunting, unless he or she wears, when in the field, a cap and
2
upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color or solid
3
blaze pink color, with such articles of clothing displaying a
4
minimum of 400 square inches of blaze orange or solid blaze
5
pink color material.
6

(gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any
7
person to take upland game with a firearm unless he or she
8
wears, while in the field, a cap of solid blaze orange color or
9
solid blaze pink color. For purposes of this Act, upland game
10
is defined as Bobwhite Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked
11
Pheasant, Eastern Cottontail, and Swamp Rabbit.
12

(hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species
13
protected by this Act for which there is a bag limit without
14
making a reasonable effort to retrieve such species and
15
include such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any
16
person having control over harvested game mammals, game birds,
17
or migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to
18
wantonly waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except
19
this shall not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or
20
3.22 of this Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable
21
meat" means the breast meat of a game bird or migratory game
22
bird and the hind ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It
23
shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump, or
24
abandon a wildlife carcass or parts of it along or upon a
25
public right-of-way or highway or on public or private
26
property, including a waterway or stream, without the

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permission of the owner or tenant. It shall not be unlawful to
2
discard game meat that is determined to be unfit for human
3
consumption.
4

(ii) This Section shall apply only to those species
5
protected by this Act taken within the State. Any species or
6
any parts thereof, legally taken in and transported from other
7
states or countries, may be possessed within the State, except
8
as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36, and 3.21.
9

(jj) (Blank).
10

(kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
11
Director from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other
12
persons with disabilities who meet the requirements set forth
13
in administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle as
14
provided by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in
15
accord with this Act.
16

(ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
17
taking of aquatic life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life
18
Code or birds and mammals protected by this Act, except deer
19
and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not camouflaged or
20
disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
21
of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power.
22
However, only shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller
23
than .410 bore loaded with not more than 3 shells of a shot
24
size no larger than lead BB or steel T (.20 diameter) may be
25
used to take species protected by this Act.
26

(mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use

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of a shotgun, not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20
2
gauge, with a rifled barrel.
3

(nn) It shall be unlawful to possess any species of
4
wildlife or wildlife parts taken unlawfully in Illinois, any
5
other state, or any other country, whether or not the wildlife
6
or wildlife parts are indigenous to Illinois. For the purposes
7
of this subsection, the statute of limitations for unlawful
8
possession of wildlife or wildlife parts shall not cease until
9
2 years after the possession has permanently ended.
10

(oo) It is unlawful while deer hunting
: (1)
to possess
,

or
11
be in close proximity to a rifle that is not centerfire; or (2)

12
be in close proximity to, or

to be in possession of or in close
13
proximity to a magazine that is capable of making a rifle not a
14
single shot.

use a rifle, handgun, revolver, or muzzleloading
15
rifle or a magazine that is not in compliance with Section 2.25
16
or administrative rules adopted pursuant to this Act.

17
(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-837, eff. 5-13-22;
18
102-932, eff. 1-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

19

(520 ILCS 5/1.2bb rep.)
20

Section 10.
The Wildlife Code is amended by repealing
21
Section 1.2bb.

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