ORIGINAL: HNI_Christine
In IL you aren't considered hunting when you're walking out of the woods at night... as long as you don't have an arrow nocked.
I've stayed in my stand past legal shooting hours if deer are around. I just put the arrow in the quiver and lower my bow. Then I usually end up scaring them off anyhow because they just hang around and tease me. Stupid deer. [>:]
HNI CHRISTINE----I agree with you on the "no nocked arrow" --thats how I read the law. Think back a few years ,Didnt the law in Illinois at one timesay the bow had to be in a case or somehow made inopperable[padlock on string]. Just wondering because for some reason I think I remember that.