(520 ILCS 20/16) (from Ch. 61, par. 233)
Sec. 16.
Should a seriously wounded game bird or game animal enter a refuge
area, the hunter who wounded it, if he wishes to retrieve it, shall report
to a duly commissioned officer or authorized agent of the Department, who
may investigate, accompanied by the hunter without firearms or bows and
arrows, and if the bird or animal is found to be seriously crippled it may
be secured by the officer or agent and turned over to the hunter.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1409.)
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