Ill. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 650.10 - Statewide Season and Permit Quotas
a) Season: 12:01 a.m. on Friday of the 3-day
(Friday, Saturday and Sunday) weekend immediately before Thanksgiving to 6:00
p.m. on Sunday of the 3-day weekend before Thanksgiving, and 12:01 a.m. on
Thursday of the first 4-day (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) weekend
following Thanksgiving to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday of the first 4-day weekend
following Thanksgiving. Full season permits shall be for all days. Second
season permits shall be valid for the last four days of the season only.
Hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after
sunset.
b) Permit quotas shall be
set by the Department of Natural Resources (Department) on a county or special
hunt area basis. Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties (except for Chain O'Lakes State
Park) and that portion of Kane County east of State Route 47, are closed to
firearm deer hunting.
c) Hunting
prior to 1/2 hour before sunrise or after 1/2 hour after sunset is a Class A
misdemeanor with a minimum $500 and maximum $5,000 fine, in addition to other
statutory penalties (see
520 ILCS
5/2.33(y) ). Hunting during the
closed season is a Class B misdemeanor (see
520 ILCS
5/2.24 ).
Notes
Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 9300, effective June 13, 2008
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