Post by lonniep on Aug 30, 2011 14:13:27 GMT -5
the following are new rules that will be in effect for the 2011 hunting and trapping season
"The language that the Natural Resources Commission approved back in May that governs furbearers is now in effect.
The rule language is attached, and the changes are summarized as follows:
1) Allows untanned hides and unprocessed carcasses of furbearers to be possessed until May 15 of the year the season ends and until June 15 of the year the season ends if a report is submitted to the DNR (312 IAC 9-3-14.5d). This allows trappers additional time to process the fur and sell it. I will have a form available later this year.
2) Allows only raccoons, red foxes, gray foxes and coyotes to be possessed live during the trapping season (312 IAC 9-3-14.5g). All other furbearers that are trapped need to be released within the county of capture or euthanized within 24 hours of capture (312 IAC 9-3-14.5e).
3) Establishes housing requirements for raccoons, red foxes, gray foxes, and coyotes kept alive during the trapping season (312 IAC 9-3-14.5h). The language includes
requirements for proper cage sizes, food, water, and adequate lighting and ventilation. These requirements are very similar to those for furbearers kept under other types of licenses from the department.
4) Requires furbearers kept alive during the trapping season to be euthanized at the end of the trapping season or be kept under a game breeder license (312 IAC 9-3-14.5h).
If they want to retain raccoons, foxes, or coyotes alive after the trapping season ends, they must apply for a game breeder’s license within 5 days after the close of the season. This provision would prohibit these furbearers from being released into the wild after being retained in captivity.
5) Removes the requirement for resident landowners or tenants to notify a conservation officer within 72 hours of taking a nuisance mammal listed in this rule (312 IAC 9-3-
15). This eliminates the need for thousands of Hoosiers to call conservation officers every time they capture one of these species of nuisance wild animals and clarifies that
the animal that is captured cannot be kept as a pet, sold, traded, bartered or gifted.
This information can also be found on our website at: www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/6031.htm "
"The language that the Natural Resources Commission approved back in May that governs furbearers is now in effect.
The rule language is attached, and the changes are summarized as follows:
1) Allows untanned hides and unprocessed carcasses of furbearers to be possessed until May 15 of the year the season ends and until June 15 of the year the season ends if a report is submitted to the DNR (312 IAC 9-3-14.5d). This allows trappers additional time to process the fur and sell it. I will have a form available later this year.
2) Allows only raccoons, red foxes, gray foxes and coyotes to be possessed live during the trapping season (312 IAC 9-3-14.5g). All other furbearers that are trapped need to be released within the county of capture or euthanized within 24 hours of capture (312 IAC 9-3-14.5e).
3) Establishes housing requirements for raccoons, red foxes, gray foxes, and coyotes kept alive during the trapping season (312 IAC 9-3-14.5h). The language includes
requirements for proper cage sizes, food, water, and adequate lighting and ventilation. These requirements are very similar to those for furbearers kept under other types of licenses from the department.
4) Requires furbearers kept alive during the trapping season to be euthanized at the end of the trapping season or be kept under a game breeder license (312 IAC 9-3-14.5h).
If they want to retain raccoons, foxes, or coyotes alive after the trapping season ends, they must apply for a game breeder’s license within 5 days after the close of the season. This provision would prohibit these furbearers from being released into the wild after being retained in captivity.
5) Removes the requirement for resident landowners or tenants to notify a conservation officer within 72 hours of taking a nuisance mammal listed in this rule (312 IAC 9-3-
15). This eliminates the need for thousands of Hoosiers to call conservation officers every time they capture one of these species of nuisance wild animals and clarifies that
the animal that is captured cannot be kept as a pet, sold, traded, bartered or gifted.
This information can also be found on our website at: www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/6031.htm "
