Laws Relating to Fur-Bearing Animals, 1915 Page: 4
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FARMERS' BULLETIN 706.
Open seasons.-No open season on beaver or sea otter. Seals and sea lions
are protected at all times in game district 19, which includes ocean waters
adjacent to the Santa Barbara Islands, except Catalina (Penal Code, sec.
637c). No close season on other fur animals.
Propagation.-No legal restrictions.
Bounties.-Mountain lion, $20, paid by State game commission. Boards of
supervisors of counties may at their discretion fix the rate and pay bounty on
coyote, wildcat, fox, lynx, bear, or mountain lion. Many counties now pay
a bounty on some of these animals, especially on coyotes.1
COLORADO.
Trapping.-Hunting -license required for trapping; fee, resident, $1; non-
resident, $12. Beavers may not be trapped for fur at any time, but the owner
of property damaged by the animals may apply to the State game and fish
commissioner for a permit to kill them under such regulations as he may provide
as to the disposition of the skins (Rev. Stat., 1909, secs. 2753, 2759b).
Open seasons.-No close season for fur animals, except beaver.
Propagation.-No legal restrictions, except as to beaver and game animals.
Bounties.-None paid by State since 1895. On petition of 50 freeholders,
county commissioners may levy a tax to pay a bounty on coyote, wolf, and
mountain lion.
CONNECTICUT.
Trapping.-Unlawful to trap with scented baits (1903, ch. 56); to trap on
lands of another without owner's permission (1909, ch. 37); and to take
animals with a snare (1913, ch. 79). Hunting license is required for trapping
(except on land owned by trapper) ; fee, resident, $1; nonresident, $10; alien,
$15; with an additional 25 cents recording fee for each license. Persons under
16 years of age, while denied a hunting license, may obtain one for taking fur
animals only (1907, ch. 153; 1915, ch. 240).
Open seasons.-Otter, November 1 to April 1 (1905, ch. 5) ; raccoon, Septem-
ber 2 to March 1, but landowner may kill raccoons at any time to protect
crops (1915, ch. 130). No close season for other fur animals.
Propagation.-No restrictions on possession or sale of fur animals raised in
captivity.
Bounties.-State bounty on fox repealed (1915, ch. 114), and also town bounty
on raccoon (1915, ch. 130). Towns are permitted to pay bounty on wildcat
(not over $5), skunk, fox, weasel, wild Belgian hare, or wild German rabbit
(not over $1 on each) (1915, ch. 46).
DELAWARE.
Trapping.-Unlawful to use pitfall, deadfall, scaffold, cage, snare, trap, net,
pen, baited hook, or baited field or any other similar device, or any drug, poison,
chemicals, or explosives for taking birds or animals protected by the laws of
this State, except muskrats, skunks, minks, and otters, and except as otherwise
expressly provided. Traps or other devices unlawfully set are subject to con-
fiscation (Rev. Stat. 1914, sec. 2378). Muskrats may not be taken during the
time of any flood or freshet when such flood or freshet may cause them to leave
their usual places of shelter and protection (sec. 2387). Muskrats may not be
1 For information in regard to bounties in any county, application should be made to
the county clerk.4
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Lantz, David E. (David Ernest). Laws Relating to Fur-Bearing Animals, 1915, pamphlet, 1916; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96376/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.