New York § 11-1103 Open trapping seasons

New York Statutes

§ 11-1103 — Open trapping seasons

New York § 11-1103

Law ENVEnvironmental Conservation

Title 11Trapping

Art. 11Fish and Wildlife

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N.Y. Environmental Conservation § 11-1103 (2026).

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§ 11-1103. Open trapping seasons.\n  1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,\notter, bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, opossum, weasel, skunk, muskrat,\npine marten and mink, or any of them, in specified areas, and may\nregulate the taking, possession and disposition of such animals.  The\nperiods in which trapping of such animals is so permitted are open\nseasons for the trapping of the species for which the period is fixed,\nin the area or areas for which it is so fixed.\n  2. When an investigation made by the department in the month of March\nof any year reveals that during the current open season for muskrats in\nany county or part thereof in the Southern Zone, reasonable\nopportunities were not afforded to trappers to harvest the muskrat crop\nof such season

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§ 11-1103. Open trapping seasons.\n 1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,\notter, bobcat, coyote, fox, raccoon, opossum, weasel, skunk, muskrat,\npine marten and mink, or any of them, in specified areas, and may\nregulate the taking, possession and disposition of such animals. The\nperiods in which trapping of such animals is so permitted are open\nseasons for the trapping of the species for which the period is fixed,\nin the area or areas for which it is so fixed.\n 2. When an investigation made by the department in the month of March\nof any year reveals that during the current open season for muskrats in\nany county or part thereof in the Southern Zone, reasonable\nopportunities were not afforded to trappers to harvest the muskrat crop\nof such season because of abnormal trapping conditions, the department\nshall have power to extend by regulation the open season in such county\nor part thereof for a period not to exceed twenty days.\n