The only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, both of which must be available as a factory load with the published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.
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il_regs.pdf · identification: verified
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations 2026-2027 ("Use through July 31, 2027"), printed p. 2 and the whole of the DEER HUNTING section, printed pp. 12-21, for the deer rows published here; printed pp. 22, 25, 27, 28, 36, 39 and 42 read and ruled out by species
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• the only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a
bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a case
length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a straight-walled
centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger, both of which must be
available as a factory load with the published ballistic tables of the
manufacturer showing a capability of at least 500 foot pounds of
energy at the muzzle. full metal jacket bullets may not be used to
harvest deer.
Page 17 of il_regs.pdf
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