Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 675 - SPECIAL WHITE-TAILED DEER SEASON FOR DISEASE CONTROL
Section 675.10 - Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Season

Universal Citation: 17 IL Admin Code ยง 675.10

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024

a) Season: One-half hour before sunrise on the first Thursday after December 25 to 1/2 hour after sunset on the following Sunday, and 1/2 hour before sunrise on the first Friday after January 11 to 1/2 hour after sunset on the following Sunday. Shooting hours are 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset. Hunting prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine and a maximum $5,000 fine in addition to other statutory penalties (see 520 ILCS 5/2.33(y)).

b) Open counties: Boone, McHenry, Winnebago, Stephenson, Ogle, LaSalle, JoDaviess, Grundy, Kendall, Will, Kankakee, Livingston, Carroll, DeKalb and Lee counties and that portion of Kane County west of State Route 47. Additional counties in which CWD foci are identified subsequent to adoption of this Part shall be opened via public announcement (e.g., press release and site posting).

c) Hunting outside the set season dates or without a valid permit for the area hunted is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24). Hunting prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine and a maximum $5,000 fine in addition to other statutory penalties (see 520 ILCS 5/2.33(y)).

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