Section 570.20  Statewide Season Dates

a)         Muskrat, mink, raccoon, opossum, striped skunk, red fox, gray fox, coyote, badger and weasel

1)         Northern Zone:  November 5 through the next following January 20.

2)         Southern Zone:  November 10 through the next following January 25.

b)         Beaver

1)         Northern Zone:  November 5 through the next following March 31.

2)         Southern Zone:  November 10 through the next following March 31.

c)         Woodchuck (Groundhog)

Northern and Southern Zones:  June 1 through the next following September 30.

d)         Trapping outside the set season dates is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.30).

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 9643, effective June 27, 2005)