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Description
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2008-2009 Season Dates
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Limits
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Hunting
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Gray Fox, Mink, Red Fox and Striped Skunk
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Sunrise
, September 1, 2008–Sunset, February 28, 2009.
Day hunting only.
No bag limit on Striped Skunk
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Limit 2 per day
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Opossum
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Sunrise
, September 1, 2008–Sunset, February 28, 2009.
Day or night hunting; dogs are required to hunt at night. |
Limit 2 per day
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Bobcat
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Sunrise
, October 1, 2008–Sunset, February 28, 2009 and from the first day of Spring Turkey Season through June 14.
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Limit 2 per day
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Coyote
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Sunrise
, July 1, 2008–Sunset, February 28, 2009 and from the first day of Spring Turkey Season through June 14. |
No daily limit
on coyotes.
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River Otter
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Sunrise
, November 15, 2008 – Sunset, February 28, 2008. |
Limit 2 per day
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Raccoon
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Sunset, July 1–Sunrise, August 31, 2008 (Night hunting only. Dogs required). |
Limit one |
Raccoon
Day or Night Hunting
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Sunrise
, September 1, 2008–Sunset, March 31, 2009 (Day or night hunting. Dogs are required for hunting at night).
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Bag Limit 9/1-11/16
is 2 per day.
No limit from 11/17
through 03/31/08 |
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Beaver, Muskrat and Nutria
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Sunrise
, September 1, 2008 - Sunset, March 31, 2009. |
No Limit |
Information
During furbearer season, only snares, box traps, smooth-jawed steel leg-hold or Conibear-type traps may be used for trapping. Furbearers cannot be hunted with rifled slugs, shot larger than size T or any ammunition for rifle or handgun other than .22 caliber rimfire except during the daylight hours of modern gun deer seasons. |
Badger, Spotted Skunk (Civet Cat),
and Weasel
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Hunting Closed |
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Trapping
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Furbearer Trapping (Other than Beaver, Coyote, Muskrat, and Nutria):
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Sunrise
, November 15, 2008–Sunset, February 22, 2009 |
No Limit |
For recommended methods of trapping red fox and raccoon, please refer to Best Management Practices for Trapping Red Fox in the Eastern U.S. Best Management Practices for Trapping Raccoon in the Eastern U.S. |
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Coyote
Trapping
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Sunrise
, August 1, 2008–Sunset, March 31, 2009 |
No Limit |
For recommended methods of trapping coyote, please refer to Best Management Practices for Trapping Coyotes in the Eastern U.S |
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Beaver, Muskrat, and Nutria
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Sunrise
, November 15, 2008 –Sunset, March 31, 2009 |
No Limit |
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During the extended beaver and raccoon trapping seasons other species are sometimes accidentally captured. Tips on avoiding the capture of other species such as otter may be found in "Avoiding Otter while trapping Beaver and Raccoon" published by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
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