Restrictions: Except in Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman and Stanley counties where these laws do not apply for muskrats, no person may:. Trapping South Dakota is home to many species of furbearing animals. Seasons begin at sunrise of opening day and end at sunset of closing day. Muskrat Restrictions: No trapping on or in muskrat houses of any size after Mar.
Only landowners and lessees, including School and Public land surface lease holders, on land they own or operate and state, county or township highway officials wihin public road right-of-ways are allowed to shoot muskrats, statewide.
Only rimfire cartridges of. Body grip traps may be used as water sets, with all of the bottom surface of these traps below the water's edge, for beaver year-round West River, except in the Black hills Fire Protection District. Bobcat restrictions hunting and trapping : Any person taking a bobcat must present the whole carcass and pelt to GFP personnel for registration and tagging of the pelt within 5 days of harvest.
No person may possess, purchase, or sell raw bobcat pelts that are not legally tagged. Body Grip Traps: commonly known as conibears Body grip traps with a jaw spread greater than eight inches are permitted only as water sets.
All of the bottom surface of these traps must remain completely below the water's edge at all times. On all public lands and public road rights-of-way statewide, no person may set or operate a body grip trap when used in conjunction with any bait, lure, or scent with a jaw spread greater than six and three-quarter inches i.
Note: a single overhang on the top of the cubby does not meet this recess requirement. Permission Required: No person may attach a trap, including snares, to any part of a fence along a public road right of way adjacent to private land without permission from the adjoining landowner No person, except the adjoining landowner or a person receiving written permission from the adjoining landowner, may trap on public road right of ways within feet of a home, church or schoolhouse Snares may not be set within fenced pastures, cropland, feedlots or fenced areas containing domestic livestock without permission of the landowner or the operator A person must have a permit issued by the park manager to trap in a state park or recreation area.
The free permits are valid Nov. Snares must be attached by the swivel directly to the anchoring device or by chain or cable between the swivel and the anchoring device. The swivel may not be more than four inches long, and must operate freely when set. Attaching snares to a drag is prohibited.
Exempt from the above restriction that requires the use of permanent stop are snares that have a lock or device with a breaking strength of pounds of pressure or less. Trappers who use these types of snares must submit the snare for breaking strength testing if requested by a GFP representative. It is unlawful to possess or transport snares not properly equipped, except manufacturers may obtain a free Shipping and Transportation Permit from a GFP Conservation Officer to ship or transport snares to another area that does not require the same equipment as South Dakota.
Snares are prohibited May 1 - Nov. No snare with a spring or other device that applies pressure to the locking mechanism commonly referred to as: kill springs, choke springs, compression springs, dispatch springs, ram snares, or similar devices may be place on a Game Production Area or Waterfowl Production Area unless the snare is placed below the surface of the water or ice.
Landowners also can kill muskrats without permits if the rodents are causing property damage, said Gary Rankin, district game warden for Game and Fish in Larimore, N.
Muskrats aren't exactly in short supply in northwestern Minnesota, either. Highway 2 has especially high numbers. A lot of muskrats, he said, get killed on the highways when they get too close to vehicles in an effort to protect their turf. Bensen said he talked to one person who recently counted road-killed muskrats in a mile stretch of Highway 59 between Erskine and Detroit Lakes, Minn. They go up and hiss at cars and think they're going to take on the car, but 2 pounds doesn't do very well against 2 tons, so they're splattered all over the roads.
Minnesota only allows trapping for muskrats, Bensen said, and the season ended Feb. The muskrats must be turned over to the DNR within 24 hours, Bensen said. Beyond the road-kill incidents, Bensen said he hasn't heard of the muskrats causing any real problems. Because muskrats are so abundant, Tucker said she's gotten requests to extend North Dakota's season.
But that's not likely to happen, she said. In Walsh County, Shirek said he's worried about the muskrats' impact on roads, now that farming season is in full swing after a late start.
The water keeps working in those tunnels and just keeps getting softer and softer until the road will just give way. Lipsh, the Walsh County highway superintendent, said there's not much the department can do aside from offering the countywide control permit.
Neither the county nor any of the townships pay bounties on the muskrats, she said. Food Habits Muskrats are primarily herbivorous and eat aquatic vegetation such as cattails, reeds and bulrushes. Fun Facts Similar to beavers, the lips on a muskrat close behind the incisors, which enables them to chew and feed underwater.
Return to North Dakota Rodents. Back to Top. Muskrats are a small, aquatic rodent with short limbs and a long, nearly hairless tail. Muskrats are found throughout North Dakota, but are most common east of the Missouri River.
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