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BOBCAT, COYOTE, FOX, MINK, MUSKRAT, NUTRIA, OPOSSUM, OTTER, RACCOON & STRIPED SKUNK

November 10 – February 28

BEAVER

No Closed Season

COYOTE

No Closed Trapping Season on Private Lands with Landowner Permission

BOBCAT & OTTER

All bobcat and otter, regardless of method of harvest, are required to be tagged by a representative of the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division within 14 days of harvest or may be left with a taxidermist with a completed tagging form, and the taxidermist is required to have the bobcat or otter tagged within 14 days of receipt.

FOX, BOBCAT, COYOTE & FERAL SWINE:

Species	Bag Limit	Daytime			Nighttime
Species	Bag Limit	Legal Arms (No Dogs)	Dogs Only (No Weapons)	Legal Arms (With Dogs)	Dogs Only (No Weapons)
Fox	1 a day 1 in possession	Bow & Arrow: Oct. 15 – Jan. 31 Gun, Bow & Arrow: Nov. 17 – Jan. 31 and during and in areas of spring turkey season.	No closed season except during and in areas of spring turkey season.	Bow & Arrow: Oct. 15 – Jan. 31 Gun: Nov. 17 – Jan. 31	No closed season except no running of dogs after 3:00 a.m. during and in areas of spring turkey season.
Bobcat1	No bag limit	Bow & Arrow: Oct. 15 – April 30 Gun: Nov. 17 – April 30		Bow & Arrow: Oct. 15 – March 14 Gun: Nov. 17 – March 14
Coyote	No bag limit	Gun, Bow & Arrow: No Closed Season		Gun, Bow & Arrow: Only in areas of and during dog deer season
Feral Swine/ Wild Hogs2,3,4	No bag limit	Gun, Bow & Arrow, and Spear: No Closed Season	No closed season except during and in areas of stalk only deer season (which includes counties and areas listed under the dog deer hunting exceptions) and during and in areas of spring turkey season.	Gun, Bow & Arrow, and Spear: No closed season except during and in areas of stalk only deer season (which includes counties and areas listed under the dog deer hunting exceptions) and during and in areas of spring turkey season.
1 See Tagging Requirements under Trapping above. 2 Once reduced to personal possession of the landowner or agent, feral swine will no longer be considered a game animal. However, feral swine will be treated as a game animal at any time they are hunted. 3 Trapping by Landowner or his Agent. No bag limit — No Closed Season. 4 It shall be unlawful to transport feral swine alive beyond the boundaries of the property from which they are taken.

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