TITLE 17: CONSERVATION CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE PART 550 RACCOON, OPOSSUM, STRIPED SKUNK, RED FOX, GRAY FOX, COYOTE, BOBCAT AND WOODCHUCK (GROUNDHOG) HUNTING The General Assembly's Illinois Administrative Code database includes only those rulemakings that have been permanently adopted. This menu will point out the Sections on which an emergency rule (valid for a maximum of 150 days, usually until replaced by a permanent rulemaking) exists. The emergency rulemaking is linked through the notation that follows the Section heading in the menu. View Entire Part Section 550.10 General Regulations Section 550.20 Statewide Regulations Section 550.25 Permit and Tagging Requirements - Bobcat Section 550.26 Limits on Total Harvest – Bobcat Section 550.30 Raccoon, Opossum, Striped Skunk, Red Fox, Gray Fox, Coyote, Bobcat and Woodchuck (Groundhog) Hunting on Department-Owned, -Leased or -Managed Sites

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 1.3, 1.4, 1.10, 2.1, 2.2, 2.30, 2.30b, 2.33 and 3.5 of the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS 5].

SOURCE: 5 Ill. Reg. 8833, effective August 25, 1981; codified at 5 Ill. Reg. 10636; emergency amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 11593, effective October 20, 1981, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired March 17, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 10714, effective August 20, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 10782, effective August 24, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 16098, effective November 22, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 21593, effective October 23, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 16204, effective October 9, 1985; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 18151, effective November 12, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired April 11, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 16649, effective September 22, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 9540, effective May 5, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 11730, effective June 30, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 10598, effective June 19, 1989; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 10798, effective June 20, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11598, effective August 2, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 11078, effective June 30, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 10795, effective July 1, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 10090, effective June 21, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 11787, effective August 3, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 10874, effective August 5, 1996; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 9077, effective June 26, 1997; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 14836, effective August 3, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 9066, effective July 28, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 8938, effective June 19, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 9895, effective July 17, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 14680, effective September 20, 2002; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 11873, effective July 27, 2004; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 12471, effective July 28, 2005; amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 12133, effective June 28, 2006; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 13106, effective August 30, 2007; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 10093, effective June 30, 2008; amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 9680, effective June 26, 2009; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 12808, effective August 20, 2010; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 13137, effective July 26, 2011; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 20642, effective December 12, 2013; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 11360, effective August 3, 2015; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 8549, effective June 13, 2016; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 8542, effective June 28, 2017; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 2834, effective January 24, 2018; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 13087, effective June 22, 2018; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 9430, effective August 23, 2019; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 12621, effective September 24, 2021; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 18562, effective November 2, 2022; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 3871, effective March 1, 2024; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 15529, effective October 17, 2024.