after season fox

[darinfry]

i have a fox that is reeking havoc on our ducks and chickens. do i need a special permit to shoot him now that season is over?

[morrison]

The Indiana Administrative Code allows for a landowner to take a wild animal listed in the administrative code, if the animal is found to be causing damage, threatens to cause damage, or is a public safety risk at any time as long as the landowner complies with the administrative code. I have posted the administrative code that governs this issue below.


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.