Recently I was involved in a coversation regarding hunting coyotes from a treestand here in Illinois. During it, I mentioned that I read somewhere in the law that it is illegal to shoot furbearing animals from a tree stand. I was told that wasnt the case, but I did some looking.
520 ILCS 5/2.33(aa) states that it is unlawful to use any tree climbing device in taking furbearing animals.
I posted this question to the DNR via email (from there website) and was told that there is not a definitive answer to my question. Although the orginal intent of the law was likely NOT to prevent taking coyotes from treestands, the development of CLIMBING STANDS could fall into this area. I was told that this question would be forwarded to review committee for a decision.

My point of this post is to make IL hunters aware of this gray area.