Trapping regulations

[ottert]

SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS

RECREATIONAL HARVEST
September 1-August 31
Fur-bearing animals taken as a result of recreational harvest may not be sold
No bag or possession limit

COMMERCIAL HARVEST
Nutria: September 1-August 31
Beaver: October 1-May 31
All other furbearers: November 1-March 31
No bag or possession limit


MEANS AND METHODS

Fur-bearing animals may be legally taken with firearms; foothold, conibear style, live or box traps; dogs; snares; lawful archery equipment; electronic or hand-held calls; artificial light; or by falconry except as prohibited below.

EXCEPTIONS

It is illegal to:

Take fur-bearing animals with a foothold or conibear-style trap except during the season for commercial harvest.

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NUISANCE FUR-BEARING ANIMALS

Landowners or their agents may take nuisance fur-bearing animals in any number by any means at any time on that person's land without the need for a hunting or trapping license. However, fur-bearing animals or their pelts taken for these purposes may not be retained or possessed by anyone at any time except licensed trappers during the lawful open season and possession.



Does this mean recreational trappers can only use foot-hold and connibears during commercial season? With perhaps an exception for nuisance trapping?

[BTLowry]

Does this mean recreational trappers can only use foot-hold and connibears during commercial season? With perhaps an exception for nuisance trapping?

The way I read it, YES

[ottert]

Thanks for the reply BT.
We have otters in the crawfish ponds bad. Plan on using connibears.
They turn over a whole row of traps when they go thru.

[BTLowry]

I think that would be considered a "nuisance" if they are eating crawfish

[Tuffbroadhead]

If I was you, I would contact TPWD and have a biologist come out and trap and release the otters... they would do it for free..

Give Derek Broman a call, he is our local urban state biologist and can get you pointed in the right direction 972-293-3841

[smokin feathers]

I would trap those otters n season where i could get a cites tag on them n sell them!!! Otter usually brings good $