Ill. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 650.40 - Statewide Deer Hunting Rules
a)
The bag limit is one deer per legally authorized either-sex, antlered-only or
antlerless-only permit. All either-sex permits and antlered-only permits are
subject to the following restriction: no hunter, regardless of the quantity or
type of permits in his/her possession, may harvest more than 2 antlered deer
during a year, including the youth, archery, muzzleloader, and firearm seasons.
For purposes of this Section, deer seasons are considered to be in the same
year if their opening dates fall within the same 12-month period that begins on
July 1. A hunter in possession of an either-sex permit after having harvested 2
antlered deer during a year, as defined above, may only use the permit to
harvest an antlerless deer. Subject to this restriction, an either-sex permit
holder is allowed to take a deer with or without antlers and an antlered-only
permit holder is allowed to take only a deer having at least one antler of a
length of 3 or more inches. An antlerless only permit holder is allowed to take
only a deer without antlers or a deer having antlers less than 3 inches long.
b) Recipients of the Firearm Deer
Hunting Permit shall record their signature on the permit prior to hunting and
must carry it on their person while hunting.
c) The temporary harvest tag shall be
attached and properly sealed immediately upon kill and before the deer is
moved, transported or field dressed. No person shall leave any deer that has
been killed without properly attaching the temporary harvest tag to the deer in
the manner prescribed on the permit.
d) Hunters shall not have in their
possession, while in the field during firearm deer season, any deer permit
issued to another person (permits are non-transferable).
e) Permits will not be re-issued in cases
involving deer taken which are found to be diseased or spoiled due to previous
injury. Legal disposal of unfit deer taken shall be the responsibility of the
hunter. For those hunters participating in the Department's Chronic Wasting
Disease Surveillance Program, a free permit for the same county or special hunt
area will be made available the subsequent year if their tested deer is
determined to have chronic wasting disease.
f) Violation of this Section is a Class B
misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24 ), except
unlawful take or possession of 2 or more deer within 90 days is a Class 4
felony, and unlawful take of 2 or more deer as a single act or possession or
single course of conduct is a Class 3 felony (see
520 ILCS
5/2.36(a) ).
Notes
Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 11534, effective July 27, 2009
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