Section 685.10  Statewide Season for White-Tailed Deer Hunting

a)         Season:  One-half hour before sunrise on Saturday of the State designated Columbus Day Holiday weekend to ½ hour after sunset on Sunday of that weekend.  Shooting hours are ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset.

b)         Open Counties:  All counties except Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties, and that portion of Kane County east of State Route 47.

c)         Hunting outside the set season dates is a Class B misdemeanor (see 520 ILCS 5/2.24); and hunting prior to ½ hour before sunrise or after ½ hour after sunset is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum $500 fine and a maximum $5,000 fine, in addition to other statutory penalties (see 520 ILCS 5/2.33(y)).

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 11609, effective July 27, 2009)