IL Bowhunting regulation
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HENDERSON,IL
Posts: 39
IL Bowhunting regulation
I have a landowner 100yds from my house that has 20 acres and a tree farm. He had a big buck mess up 50 trees last year. I need some documentation that says that bowhunting is legal outside a specified distance from an inhabited dwelling. He says that as long as it's legal I am good to go. I looked through the Hunting and trapping regs and did not see anything specific. Please help.
This will be the perfect place to take my kids early season and harvest a deer together.
P.S. Is anybody else starting to twich and take long stares into every field or is it just me!!!!??????
This will be the perfect place to take my kids early season and harvest a deer together.
P.S. Is anybody else starting to twich and take long stares into every field or is it just me!!!!??????
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: illinois
Posts: 2,019
RE: IL Bowhunting regulation
for bow hunting it is 100 yards from a dwelling and for shotgun it is 300 yards , also for either you can hunt inside those limits if you have written permission from the occupants of the house
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 612
RE: IL Bowhunting regulation
Page 9 of the regulations:
Hunting near Inhabited Dwellings
It is unlawful to
hunt or allow a dog to
hunt within 300 yards of an inhabited
dwelling without first obtaining permission
of the owner or tenant of the dwelling.
EXCEPT
:
While trapping, hunting with bow
and arrow, or hunting with shotgun using
shotshells only, or on licensed game
breeding and hunting preserve areas, on
federally-owned and -managed lands, on
Department-owned, -managed, -leased or
-controlled lands and areas operated
under a Waterfowl Hunting Area permit, a
100-yard restriction shall apply.
#4
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HENDERSON,IL
Posts: 39
RE: IL Bowhunting regulation
Thank you Don.....I missed it!!!!! Too excited about finding a new place to hunt!!!! Now I just need to close the deal on 1 and all this will be worth it. I will keep you posted with results.