Illinois OC Designation

[junglebob]

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Lockman, Seems to me if I check a trap on my property and then walked down the road to check one I'd set on a neighbors land I'd be "engaged in checking my traps" , just like I'd be engaged in hunting if I was hunting on my property and then walked across the road to a neighbors property. They don't expect you to unload and encase your firearm when doing that (well there may be some Illinois cop that does or the ISP) so why should trapping be different. I'm sure it would be good to have your trapping license/permit on you.

 

[lockman]

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They don't expect you to unload and encase your firearm when doing that

That is exactly what "they" expect. The question: Are you legally required to do so?

I say no, but I am not the one going from trap to trap.

 

[junglebob]

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Why put an exemption in the UUW and agravated UUW for those engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing if this doesn't cover you off your own land on a public road. You don't need an exemption to carry on your own land and you don't to carry on someone elses, with their permission.

Rest assured when I open carry while trapping I'll dot all my i's and cross all my t's. I have a friend who is a conservation officer who mentioned stopping someone who had an unloaded handgun in his vehicle in a Seagram's 7 bag. He issued no citation, made no arrest, because it was "a container". I'll get his advice on all the i's that need to be dotted and all the t's that need to be crossed. He's someone who enforces the law and doesn't try to write it. He knows about "six seconds from safety" as well, BTW.

 

[junglebob]

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Deer hunting season is coming up. Does anyone here open carry a handgun while deer hunting? There isn't a prohibition because it is a shot gun only season, is there?

 

[ilbob]

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junglebob wrote:

Deer hunting season is coming up. Does anyone here open carry a handgun while deer hunting? There isn't a prohibition because it is a shot gun only season, is there?

google is your friend.


http://dnr.state.il.us/admin/pdf/season_dates.pdf

[align=left]Sidearms and Rifle Regulations
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[align=left] have in possession any other firearm when hunting deer with a shotgun, handgun, muzzleloader or bow and arrow. However, more than one firearm may be possessed by a deer hunter provided it is a lawful gun for that particular season.
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[align=left] possess any rifle in the field during gun deer season except muzzleloading rifles used by deer hunters only. NOTE: The lawful possession of rifles to take furbearing mammals and game mammals other than deer shall not be prohibited during the youth deer hunting season (Oct. 10-11, 2009) muzzleloading rifle-only deer season (Dec.11-13, 2009), and CWD and late-winter antlerless only deer season (Dec. 31, 2009 - Jan. 3, 2010 and Jan. 15-17, 2010).[/align]

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