Pest birds illinois, Blackbirds and Crows Doing Damage

[Mosin Marine]

As for hunting crows i have all my credentials for waterfowl. License and stamp. I can hunt them come October i just need to get a hold of a officer to figure out what it means no for recreational hunting. I emailed the legal department at the idnr. I will get a response then ask for it in writing.

  Hunters digest's or guides are not the law and often contradict the law.

In illinois the hunter digest is published by the Illinois department of Natural Resources. Its to assist you in determining what is the law and what laws are new and what laws are no longer laws.

[Mosin Marine]

And that's where IL stupid shows its ugly head. While the headline says crows, the specific text says Grackles, blackbirds and cowbirds.  I'm all for you plugging a noisy crow, I would just advise checking with an actual DNR agent before letting the lead fly.

I admit I'm a little paranoid.  It's Illinois.

I fully agree with you 100% and i am also paranoid, It also states after that recreational hunting of crows is illegal. Does that mean i have to eat them?

No, that means you cannot go into the woods or state land to seek them out and shoot them, or shoot them in your backyard for fun or any other reason.  Only if they are doing damage to or affecting crops, livestock, etc. like it states.  Of course some of it is open to interpretation, but you have to keep in mind that most of these laws are written for farmers to protect the land, crops and livestock that they make a living from, not for most people.

This is also why we have similar rules here in the Hunting Gate.  The only time you can post a kill of a bird or animal that is out of season or has no season and is protected, is when you are in the act of protecting crops and livestock on a farm.

Harry

Thank you harry, Makes more sense to me now. Always hearing the farmers next to me complaining about the crows. I dont think i will be going out of my way to hunt them. Only when there in season.

[Mosin Marine]

I got a email back from legal department at illinois department of natural resource. reads as follows

Your email regarding crow hunting was forwarded to me for a reply.  We do have a hunting season on crows this year in IL, the dates are 10/2/178 – 2/28/18.  A recreational hunt is one that is conducted to take and utilize game, what we think of as a typical hunt.  As to your question about crows, etc doing damage, yes, what we have printed in the Digest of Hunting Regulations is true, they can be taken under the circumstances indicated in the Digest and also by an air gun.  Please let me know if you have additional questions.
 

Roy S. Domazlicky
Urban Waterfowl Project Manager
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
2050 W. Stearns Rd.
Bartlett, IL 60103
(847) 608-3167
FAX (847) 608-3109
 

[mobilemail]

Bam! There ya go!  Now you need some very offensive crows.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I got a email back from legal department at illinois department of natural resource. reads as follows

Your email regarding crow hunting was forwarded to me for a reply.  We do have a hunting season on crows this year in IL, the dates are 10/2/178 – 2/28/18.  A recreational hunt is one that is conducted to take and utilize game, what we think of as a typical hunt.  As to your question about crows, etc doing damage, yes, what we have printed in the Digest of Hunting Regulations is true, they can be taken under the circumstances indicated in the Digest and also by an air gun.  Please let me know if you have additional questions.
 

Roy S. Domazlicky
Urban Waterfowl Project Manager
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
2050 W. Stearns Rd.
Bartlett, IL 60103
(847) 608-3167
FAX (847) 608-3109

Save and Print That One !        Your Good to Go Brandon !          Best Wishes  -  Tom

[Tater]

Nicely done Brandon.

[anti-squirrel]

I got a email back from legal department at illinois department of natural resource. reads as follows

Your email regarding crow hunting was forwarded to me for a reply.  We do have a hunting season on crows this year in IL, the dates are 10/2/178 – 2/28/18.  A recreational hunt is one that is conducted to take and utilize game, what we think of as a typical hunt.  As to your question about crows, etc doing damage, yes, what we have printed in the Digest of Hunting Regulations is true, they can be taken under the circumstances indicated in the Digest and also by an air gun.  Please let me know if you have additional questions.
 

Roy S. Domazlicky
Urban Waterfowl Project Manager
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
2050 W. Stearns Rd.
Bartlett, IL 60103
(847) 608-3167
FAX (847) 608-3109

exemplary proof.  This is all you need.  Be sure to print that and laminate it.  Heck, I'd skip laminating and get it notarized.

[Mosin Marine]

Thanks guys, i have to give them credit response time was incredibly fast.

[beemangh950]

We can hunt/ shoot starlings in Illinois anytime correct, I don't think they're protected anywhere in the US are they

[Mosin Marine]

We can hunt/ shoot starlings in Illinois anytime correct, I don't think they're protected anywhere in the US are they

Correct EUROPEAN STARLING, HOUSE SPARROW, AND PIGEON, are all free game

http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pcbirds.htm