CSV.2.8.180 Specific Trapping Regulations

No member shall:

(a) Set out traps, snares, or restraining snares except during the open season.

(b) Set out bait or scent for attracting furbearing animals except during the open season.

(c) Use sight-exposed bait, visible from above, consisting of feathers, animal flesh, fur, hide or entrails within 25 feet of any trap, snares, or restraining snares.

(d) Use water sets except during the open season for muskrat, beaver or otter.

(e) Fail to check all dry land sets, snares, or restraining snares and to remove all animals therein at least once each day.

(f) Place on the ice any artificial house or den, or place therein any trap or snare, which has the purpose or may have the effect of taking furbearers.

(g) Set, place, or operate any trap other than a body-gripping or conibear type trap, enclosed trigger trap, snare, restraining snare, steel-jawed trap, or live-trap capable of capturing only one animal in a single setting for the purpose of taking furbearing animals, or a colony trap except for muskrat as follows, except incidentally harvested mink may be retained from a lawfully set colony trap:.

(1) The colony trap is set entirely underwater at all times.

(2) The colony trap is not placed within three feet of any culvert.

(3) The colony trap and set does not utilize bait.

(4) The trap is not used in conjunction with any fencing, netting or other material that creates an underwater obstruction designed to force or channel any wild animal into the trap.

(h) Set, place or operate except as a water set at least half submerged in water any body- gripping or conibear type trap larger than 7.5 inches x 7.5 inches as measured from the maximum outside points of the effective width and height of the jaws of the trap.

(i) Set, place or operate any steel-jawed trap with a spread width of more than 8 inches.

(j) Set, place or operate any steel-jawed trap with teeth except as a water set.

(k) Set, place or operate any body-gripping or conibear type greater than 7.5 inches x 7.5 inches as measured from the maximum outside points of the effective width and height of the jaws of the trap or 7.5 inches in diameter in the following locations:

(1) Within 3 feet of any federal, state or county road right-of-way culvert unless completely submerged in water.

(2) Within 3 feet of any woven or welded wire mesh type fence.

(3) Within 100 yards of any building devoted to human occupancy without the owner's consent.