Raccoons

[trapperdave]

Can raccoons be hunted and killed year round like coyotes with land owner permission?

[morrison]

No. Raccoon have a taking season and a running season. Raccoon can only be taken during the taking season unless the particular raccoon is determined to be a nuisance. To take a raccoon under the nuisance regulations, certain requirements must be met. I have posted the Indiana Administrative Code pertaining to this information below. Let me know if you have additional questions.


312 IAC 9-3-14 Opossums and raccoons
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47-2
Sec. 14. (a) An individual may do the following:
(1) Take raccoons and Virginia opossums from November 8 through January 31 of the following year.
(2) Chase raccoons and Virginia opossums from February 1 through October 25.
(b) An individual must not remove, attempt to remove, dislodge, or attempt to dislodge a raccoon or Virginia opossum from:
(1) a tree hollow;
(2) a hole;
(3) a den;
(4) a pocket;
(5) a cavity;
(6) a burrow;
(7) a tile; or
(8) any other place;
where the raccoon or Virginia opossum has secreted itself for security or protection or in which the raccoon maintains a nest or den.



312 IAC 9-3-15 Taking beavers, minks, muskrats, long-tailed weasels, red foxes, gray foxes, opossums, skunks, raccoons,squirrels, or mute swans on private property
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-8-2-202; IC 14-22
Sec. 15. (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of this rule, a resident landowner or a tenant may take the following species of wild animals, without a permit at any time, if the wild animal is causing damage or threatening to cause damage to property or is posing a health or safety threat to persons or domestic animals:
(1) A beaver.
(2) A mink.
(3) A muskrat.
(4) A long-tailed weasel.
(5) A red fox.
(6) A gray fox.
(7) An opossum.
(8) A skunk.
(9) A raccoon.
(10) A fox squirrel.
(11) A gray squirrel.
(12) A mute swan.
(b) An individual who takes a wild animal under subsection (a) must comply with section 18 of this rule and do one (1) of the following:
(1) Release the wild animal on land in the county where the wild animal was captured only with permission of the landowner or property manager.
(2) Euthanize the wild animal within twenty-four (24) hours of capture.
(c) An individual who takes a wild animal under subsection (a) must not do the following:
(1) Possess the wild animal for more than twenty-four (24) hours.
(2) Sell, trade, barter, or gift the wild animal.
(3) Use a method prohibited in section 18 of this rule.
(d) An individual may take a wild animal listed in subsection (a) for a resident landowner or tenant with written permission from the landowner or tenant and with no compensation of any kind.
(e) As used in this section, a landowner or tenant is a person as defined in IC 14-8-2-202.