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HB 575 Trapping; exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely submerged.

Introduced by: Samuel A. Nixon, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Trapping; penalty. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to allow governmental employees and persons holding a commercial Nuisance Annual Permit to visit conibear-style traps once every 72 hours.  However, private trappers would continue to be required to visit their conibear traps every day. The bill also clarifies that a trapper can shoot an animal caught in his trap without having to obtain a hunting license and allows the shooting to occur every day of the week, including Sundays during the prescribed seasons.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Trapping; penalty.  Exempts trappers using body grip traps that are completely underwater from having to visit these traps once each day. Instead they will have to inspect these traps once every 72 hours. Under current law when the trapper removes the animal from a trap he is to immediately report to the landowner the type of animal he has caught. The bill would remove the requirement that the trapper report his catch immediately. The bill also clarifies that a trapper can shoot an animal caught in his trap without having to obtain a hunting license and allows the shooting to occur every day of the week, including Sundays during the prescribed seasons.