312 IAC 9-2-4 Restrictions on the placement of traps

Sec. 4. (a) An individual must not set or place a stake, a chain, a drag, a trap, any other portion of a trap, or a net that is designed to take a wild animal except: (1) during a season established for trapping that wild animal; (2) for coyotes, during any time of year by a person who possesses that land or has permission from the person who possesses that land; (3) for wild animals that are damaging property and taken by a resident landowner or tenant under 312 IAC 9-3-15; (4) for raptors with a falconry license in accordance with 312 IAC 9-10-13.1; (5) with a scientific purposes license in accordance with 312 IAC 9-10-6; or (6) with a nuisance wild animal control permit in accordance with 312 IAC 9-10-11. (b) A person must not place or cause to be placed a trap (set or unset) capable of taking a migratory bird on a pole or post, unless the person possesses a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under 50 CFR 21, Subpart D and one (1) of the following that authorizes the taking of a migratory bird: (1) A scientific purposes license issued by the department under 312 IAC 9-10-6. (2) A migratory bird depredation permit issued by the department under 312 IAC 9-10-23.