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HB 2099 Fur-bearing animals; landowner may trap, etc., upon his land during closed season if damaging.

Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Shooting of muskrats and raccoons. Allows a landowner to trap or shoot fur-bearing animals including muskrats and raccoons upon his own land during the closed season when these animals are causing damage to his crops or property, or are posing a threat to human health or safety, or are causing a nuisance.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Shooting of muskrats and raccoons. Allows a landowner to (i) shoot muskrats and raccoons upon his own land during the closed season without having to obtain a kill permit from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and (ii) trap beaver, muskrat, and raccoons upon his own land during the closed season.