Is SHINING illegal where you live?
07-13-2004, 08:40 AM
#24
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Corning, NY
Posts: 806
RE: Is SHINING illegal where you live?
We call it spotlighting also, and I’ve never heard it called shinning!
The DEC has a robotic buck they put in fields that gets shot up all the time around deer season. Just to tell you about the caliber of hunters around here.[:@]
Tazman, Jack lighting means poaching with a light around here.
The DEC has a robotic buck they put in fields that gets shot up all the time around deer season. Just to tell you about the caliber of hunters around here.[:@]
Tazman, Jack lighting means poaching with a light around here.
07-13-2004, 09:17 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
RE: Is SHINING illegal where you live?
in illinois are you allowed to shine a q-beam at a deer just to watch it if you dont have a weapon?
It is unlawful to use lights of, any light from, or any light connected to a vehicle or conveyance in any area where wildlife can be found. This does not prohibit normal use of headlamps for driving upon a roadway. EXCEPT: Skunk, opossum, red or gray fox, coyote and raccoon may be taken during the open season by the use of a small hand-operated light by a person who is on foot and not in any vehicle.
My interpretation of this is that you can NEVER use a spotlight attached to a vehicle (or conveyance like mountain bike) but CAN use battery powered lights for other legal hunting of Coyote etc. Coyote is legal to hunt at night with a spotlight between Nov 10th and Jan 31st (same as Red and Gray Fox) but is closed during whitetail firearm season. However, if a conservation officer saw you spotlighting a deer at any time I would expect a prompt ticket!
07-13-2004, 09:30 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,672
RE: Is SHINING illegal where you live?
yes double creek is correct.
hazcon,
so it is legal for me to take a q-beam [that runs off a battery.] anytime of the year as long as i dont have a weapon just to look at a deer as long as i am not in a vehcile or on a mountain bike?
im confused[&:]
hazcon,
so it is legal for me to take a q-beam [that runs off a battery.] anytime of the year as long as i dont have a weapon just to look at a deer as long as i am not in a vehcile or on a mountain bike?
im confused[&:]
07-13-2004, 09:51 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
RE: Is SHINING illegal where you live?
The way I understood it - you may only have a light if you are legally hunting for raccoons, coyotes, red and gray fox, etc.
Otherwise you are considered poaching - weapon or not.
Otherwise you are considered poaching - weapon or not.
07-13-2004, 02:49 PM
#30
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Palmyra PA USA
Posts: 292
RE: Is SHINING illegal where you live?
In PA, spotlighting is legal year-round between sunrise and 11 pm, except during the general (gun) deer season. You cannot be in possession of a bow or gun, and cannot shine your light onto buildings or streetlights.
Too bad we can't at least have a bow in the truck. It would be fun to spotlight fields on the way home from hunting, but that's a no-can-do. The PGC must think there's a pacel full of poachers who might try to shoot their bows out of their windows at deer across a field...
Too bad we can't at least have a bow in the truck. It would be fun to spotlight fields on the way home from hunting, but that's a no-can-do. The PGC must think there's a pacel full of poachers who might try to shoot their bows out of their windows at deer across a field...