Only blackpowder or a “blackpowder substitute” such as Pyrodex may be used. Modern smokeless powders (nitrocellulose-based) are an approved blackpowder substitute only in muzzleloading firearms specifically designed for their use.
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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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• only blackpowder or a "blackpowder substitute" such as pyrodex
may be used. modern smokeless powders (nitrocellulose-based) are
an approved blackpowder substitute only in muzzleloading firearms
specifically designed for their use.
Page 19 of il_regs.pdf
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