Bill Text: IL HB4184 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person with a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, or an off-duty law enforcement official or officer, may carry a handgun on or about his or her person while hunting. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4184 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4184-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2.26 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
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7 | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | take deer shall first obtain a "Deer
Hunting Permit" issued by | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
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10 | Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
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16 | shall not exceed $25.00 for residents of the State. The | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | provided below for non-resident landowners
and non-resident | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | archery hunters. The Department may by
administrative rule | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting
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23 | 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.
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2 | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | ||||||
3 | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | ||||||
4 | administrative rule.
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5 | No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not | ||||||
6 | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting season | ||||||
7 | when taking deer. However, a person with a valid concealed | ||||||
8 | carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, or | ||||||
9 | an off-duty law enforcement official or officer, may carry a | ||||||
10 | handgun on or about his or her person while hunting.
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11 | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | ||||||
12 | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | ||||||
13 | before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those | ||||||
14 | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | ||||||
15 | deer by use of shotgun, handgun, or muzzle
loading
rifle.
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16 | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | ||||||
17 | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | ||||||
18 | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | ||||||
19 | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | ||||||
20 | deer by use of bow and arrow.
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21 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | ||||||
22 | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | ||||||
23 | the use
or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes | ||||||
24 | of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or | ||||||
25 | solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products, | ||||||
26 | except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered |
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1 | in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer. | ||||||
2 | "Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract | ||||||
3 | deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence
of | ||||||
4 | and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait. | ||||||
5 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to | ||||||
6 | track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking wounded | ||||||
7 | deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all times by | ||||||
8 | means of a maximum 50 foot lead attached to the dog's collar or | ||||||
9 | harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at night, but at | ||||||
10 | no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or seasons shall | ||||||
11 | any person handling or accompanying a dog being used for | ||||||
12 | tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm or | ||||||
13 | archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog during | ||||||
14 | the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange as required. | ||||||
15 | Dog handlers tracking wounded deer with a dog are exempt from | ||||||
16 | hunting license and deer permit requirements so long as they | ||||||
17 | are accompanied by the licensed deer hunter who wounded the | ||||||
18 | deer.
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19 | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | ||||||
20 | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | ||||||
21 | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted by | ||||||
22 | administrative rule.
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23 | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | ||||||
24 | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | ||||||
25 | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
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26 | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal |
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1 | limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any | ||||||
2 | deer hunting party.
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3 | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | ||||||
4 | limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow | ||||||
5 | and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
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6 | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | ||||||
7 | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
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8 | The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident, | ||||||
9 | either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
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10 | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this | ||||||
11 | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | ||||||
12 | Class B misdemeanor.
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13 | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this Section, | ||||||
14 | the Department shall, after determining the total acreage of | ||||||
15 | the applicable tract or tracts of land, round remaining | ||||||
16 | fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of | ||||||
17 | an acre up to the next whole acre. | ||||||
18 | For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in | ||||||
19 | this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation, | ||||||
20 | including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal | ||||||
21 | agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or | ||||||
22 | normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting, | ||||||
23 | and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products | ||||||
24 | designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or | ||||||
25 | liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or | ||||||
26 | lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking |
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1 | white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative | ||||||
2 | rule. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 98-180, eff. 8-5-13; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
4 | 99-869, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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