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Dogs may, however, be used to track wounded deer if the following conditions are met: Tracking wounded deer is permissible at night, but at no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or seasons shall any person handling or accompanying a dog being used for tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm or archery device.

rule · row 128 of the record

The document

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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• tracking wounded deer is permissible at night, but at no time
outside of legal deer hunting hours or seasons shall any person
handling or accompanying a dog being used for tracking wounded
deer be in possession of any firearm or archery device.
dogs may, however, be used to track wounded deer if the following
conditions are met:

Page 18 of il_regs.pdf

page 18 of il_regs.pdf

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