Illinois HB4504 amends the Wildlife Code to regulate deer hunting, limiting legal firearms and ammunition, and prohibiting certain hunting practices.
HB4504 amends the Illinois Wildlife Code to regulate deer hunting by limiting the types of firearms and ammunition that can be used. Legal firearms are restricted to centerfire revolvers, centerfire handguns capable of holding no more than 3 rounds in the magazine and chamber combined, and centerfire rifles capable of holding no more than 3 rounds. The bill also specifies that the only legal ammunition for these firearms 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.
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