(520 ILCS 5/2.35) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.35)
Sec. 2.35. (a) Migratory game birds, or any part or parts thereof, may be possessed only in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Government.
(b) Except as provided in Sections 3.21, 3.23, 3.27, 3.28 and 3.30 it is unlawful to possess wild game birds or wild game mammals or any parts thereof in excess of the legally established daily limit or possession limit, whichever applies.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 3.11, 3.12, 3.15, 3.18, 3.21 and 3.25, it is unlawful to have in possession the green hides of fur-bearing mammals during the period within which it is unlawful to take such fur-bearing mammals in the State where taken, except during the open season provided and for an additional 20 days next succeeding such open season.
(d) Failure to establish proof of the legality of the possession in another state or country and of importation into the State of Illinois, shall be prima facie evidence that migratory game birds and game birds or any parts thereof, and fur-bearing mammals or any parts thereof, were taken within the State of Illinois.
(e) For all those species to which a daily or possession limit shall apply, each hunter shall maintain his bag of such species separately and distinctly from those of all other hunters.
(f) No person shall receive or have in custody any protected species belonging to another person, except in the personal abodes of the donor or donee, unless such protected species are tagged with the hunter's name, his address, the total number of species, and the date such species were taken.
(Source: P.A. 88-416; 89-341, eff. 8-17-95.)
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