COYOTE HUNTING IN ILLINOIS





 Coyotes can be hunted 24 hours a


day from 1/2 hour before sunrise on


November 10 through 12 midnight on


February 15 and electronic calling devices


may be used at night as well during


this period. During the rest of the year


hunting hours for coyotes are 1/2 hour


before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.





 Hunters need a hunting license and


habitat stamp unless exempt (Illinois


no longer has a "furbearer stamp").





 Coyotes may be hunted on private


property using dogs,


archery devices, any type


and caliber of handgun,


any type of legal rifle


including large


capacity semi-automatic rifles, and


shotguns using any type of shell except


for slugs (note... there are exceptions


for slugs during the firearm


deer seasons when coyote hunting is


closed except to deer hunters with


unfilled firearm deer permits in their


possession). When hunting with a


shotgun, make sure that the magazine


has been fitted with a plug which


makes the shotgun incapable of firing


more than three consecutive shots.





Electronic calling devices are legal


for coyote hunting.





 It is legal to bait coyotes as long


as any wild game that is used was


legally taken (a road kill deer can be


used as bait without first reporting the


road kill).





 Illinois does not restrict the type of


sights or scopes that are used (including


laser sights and night vision


scopes).





 Lights with any color of lense can be


used while hunting coyotes as long as


the lights are not used from any vehicle


or conveyance (including ATVs and


horses) and as long as the lights are


not connected to the vehicle or conveyance.





 Even though a coyote hunter can't be


charged if his dogs get away from


him and go onto property without the


landowner's permission, the coyote


hunter DOES NOT have the legal right


to follow the dogs onto the property


without landowner permission.





 Coyote hunters are required to keep


their guns unloaded and in a case while


in a vehicle or on a conveyance (including


but not limited to ATVs and


horseback) unless exempt by special


Department permit .





 Guns must remain unloaded until the


hunter is clear of the road as well as


the right of way alongside the road.





 Coyote hunters must wear 400 square


inches of solid blaze orange when


hunting in a county when there is any


firearm deer season in progress including


youth seasons, muzzle loaderonly,


late-winter, and CWD seasons.





 Before coyote hunting at public hunting


areas, check with the site office for site


specific regulations.

Quoted:


I was thinking of going yote hunting.  I'm going to start looking for where they are creating trouble.

Quoted:
You guys are acting like this changes something. I've been yote hunting with AR's for years.

Quoted:


Well apparently you weren't killing enough of them cause they're still all over the place...

Quoted:
I'll be getting out the call tonight and see if I can't get a few in range...anyone who wants to call and go tonight, give me a call.

Phone number is on my website.

Bob

Quoted:
HOLY SH*T!!! A HUNTING REGULATION THAT MAKES SENSE?

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