Section 20-16-16. – Digging or smoking out animals — Use of probes.
§ 20-16-16. Digging or smoking out animals — Use of probes. No person or persons shall remove, or attempt to remove, a live muskrat, raccoon, mink, otter, skunk, or fox from any hole in the ground, from any stone wall, from within any ledge or from under any stone, from any den or house, or […]
Section 20-16-17. – Prohibition against hunting or killing otter.
§ 20-16-17. Prohibition against hunting or killing otter. No person shall hunt, trap, take, or kill an otter in this state. Any person violating the provision of this section shall be guilty of a civil violation and be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. Jurisdiction over violations of this […]
Section 20-16-18. – Unlawful possession or sale of furbearers.
§ 20-16-18. Unlawful possession or sale of furbearers. It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any furbearer, or any part of a furbearer, unless it has been legally taken under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 17 of this title, or shall have been legally imported from another […]
Section 20-16-1. – Furbearers protected.
§ 20-16-1. Furbearers protected. (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, shoot, or trap, or attempt so to do, the following furbearing mammals in this state, except in accordance with rules and regulations governing seasons, bag limits, and methods of taking adopted by the director pursuant to § 20-1-12. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, […]
Section 20-16-2. – Landowners — Nuisance furbearers.
§ 20-16-2. Landowners — Nuisance furbearers. Any person owning or leasing and operating any property, and any employee of that person, may, while on that person’s premises, kill and take a furbearer that is worrying, wounding, or killing the domestic animals or livestock on the property, or destroying or mutilating agricultural crops or fruit trees […]
Section 20-16-3. – Possession of ferrets prohibited.
§ 20-16-3. Possession of ferrets prohibited. No person shall own or have in his or her possession in this state a European ferret, nor shall any person use ferrets in hunting any game in this state. In addition to the penalties provided in § 20-1-16, any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit […]
Section 20-16-4. – Raccoon hunting.
§ 20-16-4. Raccoon hunting. Raccoons may be taken and possessed with the use of a gun, when the taker is accompanied by a dog. No person shall hunt raccoons at night by the use of rifle larger than a twenty-two (22) caliber rim fire long rifle or by the use of shotgun shells carrying shot […]
Section 20-16-5. – Possession of live raccoons.
§ 20-16-5. Possession of live raccoons. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a person from keeping a live raccoon or raccoons for either breeding or other purposes while having in his or her possession a permit or license issued by the department to do so. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § […]
Section 20-16-6. – Prohibited methods of taking.
§ 20-16-6. Prohibited methods of taking. No person shall erect, set, repair, maintain, or tend any snare, or spread any poison, for the purpose of catching or killing any animal, except within buildings located on land owned or occupied by him or her, unless specifically allowed by regulations adopted under § 20-1-12. History of Section.P.L. […]
Section 20-16-7. – License required for trapping — Marking of traps.
§ 20-16-7. License required for trapping — Marking of traps. No person shall set, maintain, or tend any trap for the purpose of taking, killing, or destroying any furbearing animal without first obtaining a trapping license from the department of environmental management; provided, however, that a resident of this state, or a member of the […]