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Alabama - Hunter Education

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person born on or after August 1, 1977, and of 16 years of age or older, or his or her agent, to procure any annual, trip, or wildlife heritage hunting license unless the person has been issued and exhibits to the…

Alabama - Hunter Education

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As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary: (1) FUND. The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund provided for in Section…

Alabama - Hunter Education

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person born on or after August 1, 1977, and of 16 years of age or older, or his or her agent, to procure any annual, trip, or wildlife heritage hunting license unless the person has been issued and exhibits to the…

Alabama - Hunter Education

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As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary: (1) FUND. The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund provided for in Section…

Alaska - Hunter Education

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(a) Beginning August 1, 2002, a person born after January 1, 1986 that is (1) required to have a hunting license must have successfully completed a certified hunter education course in order to hunt in Units 7, 13, 14, 15, and 20; (2) not required to…

Alaska - Hunter Education

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(a) Beginning August 1, 2002, a person born after January 1, 1986 that is (1) required to have a hunting license must have successfully completed a certified hunter education course in order to hunt in Units 7, 13, 14, 15, and 20; (2) not required to…

Arizona - Hunter Education

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A. Licenses and license materials shall be prepared by the department and may be furnished and charged to dealers that are authorized to issue licenses. The license shall be issued in the name of the department. Except as provided by rule adopted by…

Arizona - Hunter Education

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(3) Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur…

Arizona - Hunter Education

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A. Licenses and license materials shall be prepared by the department and may be furnished and charged to dealers that are authorized to issue licenses. The license shall be issued in the name of the department. Except as provided by rule adopted by…

Arizona - Hunter Education

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(3) Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur…

Arizona - Trapper Education

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A. A person applying for a trapping license must successfully complete a trapping education course conducted or approved by the department before being issued a trapping license. The department shall conduct or approve an educational course of…

Arkansas - Hunter Education

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It is unlawful for persons born after 1968 to hunt wildlife without having on the person a valid Arkansas hunter education certificate. EXCEPTIONS: (1) Youths hunting under direct supervision of an adult at least 21 years of age.

Arkansas - Hunter Education

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It is unlawful for persons born after 1968 to hunt wildlife without having on the person a valid Arkansas hunter education certificate. EXCEPTIONS: (1) Youths hunting under direct supervision of an adult at least 21 years of age.

California - Hunter Education

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(a) No hunting license may be issued to any person unless he or she presents to the person authorized to issue that license any of the following: (1) Evidence that he or she has held a hunting license issued by this state in a prior year. (

California - Hunter Education

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(a) A hunting license, granting the privilege to take birds and mammals, shall be issued to any of the following: (1) A resident of this state, 18 years of age or older, upon the payment of a base fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents…

California - Trapper Education

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person, other than a fur dealer, who traps fur-bearing mammals or nongame mammals, designated by the commission or who sells raw furs of those mammals, shall procure a trapping license. “Raw…

Colorado - Hunter Education

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(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in articles 1 to 6 of this title or by rule of the commission, a person shall not procure or use more than one license of a certain type in a calendar year. A person who violates this subsection (1) is guilty of a…

Colorado - Hunter Education

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.6) of this section, the division is authorized to issue the following resident and nonresident licenses and shall collect the following fees therefor: Fees Resident Nonresident (a) to (p) Repealed by…

Colorado - Hunter Education

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(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in articles 1 to 6 of this title or by rule of the commission, a person shall not procure or use more than one license of a certain type in a calendar year. A person who violates this subsection (1) is guilty of a…

Colorado - Hunter Education

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.6) of this section, the division is authorized to issue the following resident and nonresident licenses and shall collect the following fees therefor: Fees Resident Nonresident (a) to (p) Repealed by…

Connecticut - Trapper Education

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In addition to the regulations in subsections (a) to (d) inclusive of section 26-66-5, the following regulations are in effect: (a) Definitions: As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or his…

Delaware - Hunter Education

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(a) Every resident of this State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping and/or fishing in this State; and every resident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after January…

Delaware - Hunter Education

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(a) Every nonresident, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping, fishing, clamming, or crabbing in this State. Every nonresident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after…

Delaware - Hunter Education

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(a) Every resident of this State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping and/or fishing in this State; and every resident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after January…

Delaware - Hunter Education

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(a) Every nonresident, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping, fishing, clamming, or crabbing in this State. Every nonresident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after…

Delaware - Trapper Education

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(a) Every resident of this State, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall obtain a general license before hunting, trapping and/or fishing in this State; and every resident required to obtain a hunting license who was born after January…

Florida - Hunter Education

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(1) This section may be cited as the Senator Joe Carlucci Hunter Safety Act. (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person born on or after June 1, 1975, may not be issued a license to take wild animal life with the use of a firearm, gun, bow,…

Florida - Hunter Education

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(a) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors.

Florida - Hunter Education

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(1) The state hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and for other purposes,” approved September 2, 1937 (Pub. L. No. 415, 75th…

Florida - Hunter Education

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(1) The state hereby assents to the provisions of the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act of August 9, 1950, as amended. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall perform such activities as are necessary to conduct wildlife and sportfish…

Georgia - Hunter Education

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(b) The ownership of, jurisdiction over, and control of all wildlife, as defined in this title, are declared to be in the State of Georgia, in its sovereign capacity, to be controlled, regulated, and disposed of in accordance with this title.…

Georgia - Hunter Education

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(1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors.

Georgia - Hunter Education

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The State of Georgia assents to the provisions of P.L. 75-415 and P.L. 81-681. The department is authorized, empowered, and directed to perform such acts as may be necessary to establish and conduct cooperative wildlife restoration projects as…

Hawaii - Hunter Education

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The lands granted to the State of Hawaii by Section 5(b) of the Admission Act and pursuant to Article XVI, Section 7, of the State Constitution, excluding therefrom lands defined as “available lands” by Section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission…

Hawaii - Hunter Education

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The State assents to the provisions of the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 917, 16 U.S.C. § 669), as amended. The department shall perform those acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of…

Hawaii - Hunter Education

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The State hereby assents to the provisions of the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration (Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux) Act (64 Stat. 430, 16 U.S.C. § 777), as amended. The department shall perform those acts as may be necessary to the conduct and…

Idaho - Hunter Education

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(a) Hunter education. No hunting license shall be issued to a person born after January 1, 1975, unless the person has previously held a valid hunting license in this or another state or unless such person presents to the department of fish and game…

Idaho - Hunter Education

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(a) Hunter education. No hunting license shall be issued to a person born after January 1, 1975, unless the person has previously held a valid hunting license in this or another state or unless such person presents to the department of fish and game…

Idaho - Trapper Education

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No person shall hunt, trap, or fish for or take any wild animal, bird or fish of this state, without first having procured a license as hereinafter provided. Provided that no license shall be required: (a) 1. For children under the age of fourteen…

Illinois - Hunter Education

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§ 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. Before the Department or any county, city, village, township, incorporated town clerk or his duly designated agent or any other person authorized or designated by the Department to issue hunting…

Illinois - Hunter Education

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§ 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses for residents of the State of Illinois shall be as follows: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or spearing devices as defined…

Illinois - Trapper Education

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§ 3.3. Trapping license required. Before any person shall trap any of the mammals protected by this Act, for which an open trapping season has been established, he shall first procure a trapping license from the Department to do so. No traps shall be…

Illinois - Trapper Education

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§ 3.1-9. Youth Hunting and Trapping Licenses. (a) Any resident youth age 18 and under may apply to the Department for a Youth Hunting License, which extends limited hunting privileges. The Youth Hunting License shall be a renewable license that…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to an individual issued an apprentice license under IC 14-22-12-1.7. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), in addition to other requirements for obtaining a hunting license, a person born after December 31,…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a course of instruction in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. (b) To carry out subsection (a), the department may cooperate with a reputable association or organization having as…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 1.7. (a) As used in this section, “apprentice hunter” means an individual who hunts under an apprentice hunting license issued under this section. (b) The department may issue an apprentice hunting license to a resident or nonresident in lieu…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to an individual issued an apprentice license under IC 14-22-12-1.7. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), in addition to other requirements for obtaining a hunting license, a person born after December…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a course of instruction in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. (b) To carry out subsection (a), the department may cooperate with a reputable association or organization having as…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 1.7. (a) As used in this section, “apprentice hunter” means an individual who hunts under an apprentice hunting license issued under this section. (b) The department may issue an apprentice hunting license to a resident or nonresident in lieu of…

Indiana - Hunter Education

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Sec. 1.8. (a) As used in this section, “individual with special circumstances” means an individual who: (1) has a developmental disability (as defined by IC 12-7-2-61); (2) is determined to be a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8);…

Indiana - Trapper Education

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Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a trapper training program, including a course of instruction in trapping wild animals, that emphasizes methods, laws, ethics, responsibilities, natural history, wildlife management, and other matters…

Indiana - Trapper Education

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Sec. 2. The director shall designate one (1) of the divisions of the department to administer the trapper training program.

Indiana - Trapper Education

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Sec. 3. The department may prepare the reports that are necessary to obtain federal or other assistance for the trapper training program.

Iowa - Hunter Education

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1. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed a hunter education course approved by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an approved…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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1. Notwithstanding section 483A.27, a person who is sixteen years of age or older may purchase a hunting license with an apprentice hunter designation on the license without first completing a hunter education course if the person meets all the…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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The state board shall adopt rules under chapter 17A and a procedure for accrediting all public and nonpublic schools in Iowa offering instruction at any or all levels from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve.

Iowa - Hunter Education

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6. a. A pupil is not required to enroll in either physical education or health courses, or meet the requirements of paragraph “b” or “c”, if the pupil's parent or guardian files a written statement with the school principal that the course or…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”. However, the scheduled fine specified in section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”, does not…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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1. A person born after January 1, 1972, shall not obtain a hunting license unless the person has satisfactorily completed a hunter education course approved by the commission. A person who is eleven years of age or more may enroll in an approved…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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1. Notwithstanding section 483A.27, a person who is sixteen years of age or older may purchase a hunting license with an apprentice hunter designation on the license without first completing a hunter education course if the person meets all the…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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The state board shall adopt rules under chapter 17A and a procedure for accrediting all public and nonpublic schools in Iowa offering instruction at any or all levels from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve.

Iowa - Hunter Education

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6. a. A pupil is not required to enroll in either physical education or health courses, or meet the requirements of paragraph “b” or “c”, if the pupil's parent or guardian files a written statement with the school principal that the course or…

Iowa - Hunter Education

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A person who violates this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”. However, the scheduled fine specified in section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph “e”, does not…

Iowa - Trapper Education

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12.37(1) The fur harvester education program is designed to teach trappers safe and ethical trapping techniques and to instill responsible attitudes toward people, wildlife, and the environment.

Kansas Hunter Education

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(a) Except as provided by subsections (d) and (e), no person who is born on or after July 1, 1957, and is 16 or more years of age shall hunt in this state on land other than such person's own land unless the person has been issued a certificate of…

Kansas - Hunter Education

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(a) The secretary shall prescribe a course of instruction in hunter education. Except as provided in subsection (c), such course of instruction shall be not less than a total of 10 hours and shall be for persons 11 or more years of age. (b) The…

Kansas - Hunter Education

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(a) The secretary shall institute and coordinate a statewide course of instruction in hunter education and, in so doing, may cooperate with local subdivisions of government, with reputable individuals, or with any reputable organization having hunter…

Kansas - Hunter Education

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The secretary shall issue a certificate of completion of an approved hunter education course to any resident of this state upon submission of evidence of successful completion of a hunter education course approved by the secretary prior to July 1,…

Kansas - Hunter Education

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(a) There is hereby created within and as a part of the department the Kansas wildlife, parks and tourism commission which shall be composed of seven members. The governor shall appoint residents of this state to be members of the commission.

Kansas - Hunter Education

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(a) The secretary is authorized to adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, rules and regulations fixing the amount of fees for the following items, subject to the following limitations and subject to the requirement that no…

Kansas - Trapper Education

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No person born on or after July 1, 1966, shall furharvest in this state on land other than such person's land unless the person has been issued a furharvester certificate of competency. If such person is required by law to obtain a furharvester…

Kentucky - Hunter Education

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Section 1. Definitions. (1) “Adult” means a person who is at least eighteen (18) years old. (2) “Hunter education card” means a card or similar document that verifies a person has successfully completed a: (a) Kentucky hunter education course; or (b)…

Kentucky - Hunter Education

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(1) Except as provided in the following subsections of this section, and subject to administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, no person, resident, or nonresident shall do any act authorized by any kind of license or permit or assist…

Louisiana - Hunter Education

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The commission shall adopt rules to regulate firearm and hunter education which shall: (1) Provide for firearm and hunter education courses to be taught or approved by the department. (2) Provide for the testing and certification by the department…

Louisiana - Hunter Education

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A. (1) No person born on or after September 1, 1969, shall hunt unless that person has first been issued a certificate of satisfactory completion of a firearm and hunter education course approved by the department. (2) However, a person under…

Louisiana - Hunter Education

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The provisions of R.S. 56:699.5 shall not apply to any active or veteran member of the United States armed services or to any POST-certified law enforcement officer or to any individual with current POST-certification. The commission may adopt rules…

Maine - Hunter Education

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1. Hunter safety course requirements. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person who applies for a Maine license to hunt with firearms other than a junior license or an apprentice hunter license issued under section 11108-B must submit proof of…

Maine - Hunter Education

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1. On certain land. Notwithstanding section 11109, subsection 1 as it applies to this subchapter, and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, a resident and a member of the resident's immediate family, as long as the hunter's license to hunt…

Maine - Trapper Education

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1. License required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part, a person may not trap unless that person has a valid license issued under this section. Each day a person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E crime for…

Maine - Trapper Education

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1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “In the presence of” means in visual and voice contact without the use of visual or audio enhancement devices,…

Maine - Trapper Education

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1. Training in firearm safety. The commissioner shall establish a program for training individuals in the safe handling of firearms and for this purpose may cooperate with any public or private association or organization having as one of its…

Maryland - Hunter Education

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(a)(1)(i) On or after July 1, 1977 a person under 18 years of age may not procure a hunting license or hunt in the State, unless the person has first been issued a certificate of competency in firearms and hunter safety. (ii) On or after July 1,…

Maryland - Trapper Education

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A. Certificate Required. (1) Except as provided in §A(2) of this regulation, on or after August 1, 2007, an individual shall obtain a certificate of trapper education from the Service or a designee of the Service before trapping or attempting to…

Massachusetts - Hunter Education

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Currentness It shall be unlawful for any resident or non-resident to hunt for any bird or mammal in the commonwealth unless such person has successfully completed a hunter education course as prescribed by this section, or unless such person has held…

Massachusetts - Hunter Education

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Upon the application of any person entitled to receive a sporting, hunting, fishing or trapping license and upon payment of the fee specified therefor in this chapter, and the furnishing of an affidavit by any non-resident desiring to be classified…

Massachusetts - Trapper Education

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A person shall not fish in any inland waters of the commonwealth, unless he is a minor under fifteen years of age, nor hunt or trap any bird or mammal except as otherwise provided in sections four, fourteen, fifteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three…

Massachusetts - Trapper Education

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In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 131, § 11, as amended by Chapter 495, St. 1993, the following classes of hunting, fishing, sporting, and trapping licenses are hereby established: Fishing: F1 Resident Citizen/Alien Fishing, to be issued…

Michigan - Hunter Education

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Sec. 43520. (1) Subject to other requirements of this part, the department may issue a hunting license to a minor child if all of the following requirements are met: (a) A parent or legal guardian of the minor child applies for the license on behalf…

Michigan - Hunter Education

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Sec. 43517. (1) A parent or legal guardian of a minor child shall not permit or allow the minor child to hunt game under the authority of a license issued under this part except under 1 of the following conditions: (a) The minor child hunts only on…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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(a) Except as provided in this section and section 97A.451, subdivisions 3 and 3b, a person born after December 31, 1979, may not obtain an annual license to take wild animals by firearms unless the person has:

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, “accompanied” means to stay within a distance of another person that permits uninterrupted visual contact and unaided verbal communication. Subd. 2. Apprentice-hunter-validation…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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(a) The commissioner may establish education courses for hunters. The commissioner shall collect a fee from each person attending a course. A fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be collected for issuing a duplicate…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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Subdivision 1. Repealed by Laws 1988, c. 437, § 6, eff. April 2, 1988. Subd. 2. Residents under age 16; fishing. (a) A resident under the age of 16 years may take fish without a license. (b) A resident under the age of 16 may net ciscoes and…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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Subdivision 1. License; contents and design. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, the department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a license designating the type or class of vehicles the applicant is authorized to drive as applied for.…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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(a) A rule adopted, amended, or repealed by an agency, under a statute enacted after January 1, 1997, authorizing or requiring rules to be adopted but excluded from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 or from the definition of a rule, has the…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an executive branch state agency may not impose a new fee or increase an existing fee unless the new fee or increase is approved by law. For purposes of this section, a fee is any charge for goods,…

Minnesota - Hunter Education

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Subdivision 1. Powers and duties. The commissioner of natural resources shall be the administrative and executive head of the department. Subject to the provisions hereof and other applicable laws, the commissioner shall have the powers and duties…

Minnesota - Trapper Education

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A person born after December 31, 1989, and who has not been issued a trapping license in a previous license year, may not obtain a trapping license unless the person has been issued a trapper education certificate under section 97B.025, paragraph…

Minnesota - Trapper Education

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(a) The commissioner may establish education courses for hunters. The commissioner shall collect a fee from each person attending a course. A fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be collected for issuing a duplicate…

Mississippi - Hunter Education

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(1) It is unlawful for any person born on or after January 1, 1972, to procure any Mississippi hunting license, except a resident apprentice hunting license and a resident combination small game hunting and fishing license, unless the person has been…

Mississippi - Hunter Education

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(1)(a) To reduce hunting accidents of children under license age, to protect the safety of these children and to promote hunter safety, a child at least twelve (12) years of age and under sixteen (16) years of age must have a certificate of…

Mississippi - Trapper Education

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(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context determines otherwise: (a) “Raw fur” means the skin that has not been removed from the carcass of a fur-bearing animal or nuisance…

Missouri - Hunter Education

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PURPOSE: This rule establishes methods of obtaining permits, restrictions on use, obligations, and validity. (1) Permits may be obtained only upon satisfaction of all requirements imposed by this Code, including payment of fees, at the time of…

Missouri - Hunter Education

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(1) Any person who chases, pursues, takes, transports, ships, buys, sells, possesses, or uses wildlife in any manner must first obtain the prescribed hunting, fishing, trapping, or other permit, or be exempted under 3 CSR 10-9.110, with the following…

Missouri - Hunter Education

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PURPOSE: This rule prohibits the pursuit, taking, possession, or any use of wildlife except as provided in the Code. (1) Possession of Native Species. (A) A maximum of five (5) specimens of any native wildlife not listed in 3 CSR 10-4.110(4) or 3 CSR…

Missouri - Hunter Education

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PURPOSE: This rule specifies the types of traps that are permitted and the restrictions on their use. (1) Traps shall have smooth or rubber jaws only, and may include foot-hold traps, Conibear® or other killing-type traps, foot-enclosing-type traps,…

Missouri - Hunter Education

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As used in this chapter and chapters 631, 632, and 633, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) “Administrative entity”, a provider of specialized services other than transportation to clients of the…

Missouri - Hunter Education

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PURPOSE: This rule delineates the privileges and requirements associated with the Licensed Trout Fishing Area Permit. (1) A representative of the department shall inspect each proposed licensed trout fishing area to determine that it meets all…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) A person who is 10 years of age or older and who has not completed a hunter safety and education course pursuant to 87-2-105 is eligible to apply for an apprentice hunting certificate that entitles the holder to obtain and use hunting licenses…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) Except for a youth who qualifies for a license pursuant to 87-2-805(4) or a person who has been issued an apprentice hunting certificate pursuant to 87-2-810, a hunting license may not be issued to a person born after January 1, 1985, unless the…

Montana - Hunter Education

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In determining whether a person is a resident for the purpose of issuing resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, the following provisions apply: (1)(a) A member of the regular armed forces of the United States, a member's spouse or…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) A person born after January 1, 1985, must provide proof of completion of a hunter safety course as required by 87-2-105, MCA, to apply for a hunting license or special drawing.

Montana - Hunter Education

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A person who is designated as a hunter safety instructor or hunter education instructor by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks under 87-2-105 or certified as an instructor by a national firearms association, who trains people in the lawful…

Montana - Hunter Education

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In determining whether a person is a resident for the purpose of issuing resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, the following provisions apply: (1)(a) A member of the regular armed forces of the United States, a member's spouse or…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) A person with a diagnosed developmental disability who satisfactorily completes the classroom portion and field course of the firearms safety course but who is unable to pass the written or an alternate-format exam portion of the course because…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(9) “Developmental disability” means a disability that: (a) is attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or any other neurologically disabling condition closely related to intellectual disability; (b) requires…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) The department shall develop a remedial hunter education program for hunting law violators. (2) The program must be funded through money collected by a court pursuant to 87-6-905 through 87-6-908. (3) The department shall determine the…

Montana - Hunter Education

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Before restitution may be ordered pursuant to 87-6-906 or 87-6-907, the finder of fact at trial or the court upon entry of a guilty or nolo contendere plea shall find that the illegal killing or possession was done knowingly or purposely as defined…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) The department may offer for sale 500 B-10 nonresident big game combination licenses and 500 B-11 nonresident deer combination licenses that must be used as provided in this section and as authorized by department rules. Sale of licenses pursuant…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) Resident and nonresident minors under 12 years of age may fish without a license. (2) Resident minors who are 12 years of age or older and under 18 years of age may purchase the following for one-half the cost: (a) a Class A fishing license; (b)…

Montana - Hunter Education

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(1) For purposes of 15-30-2114, the term “dependent” means any of the following individuals over half of whose support, for the calendar year in which the tax year of the taxpayer begins, was received from the taxpayer: (a) a son or daughter of the…

Nebraska - Hunter Education

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(1) For the purpose of establishing and administering a mandatory firearm hunter education program for persons twelve through twenty-nine years of age who hunt with a firearm or air gun any species of game, game birds, or game animals, the commission…

Nebraska - Hunter Education

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A hunting permit may be issued to any person who has a developmental disability and who has a license-purchase exemption certificate issued by the commission authorizing such person to purchase a hunting permit. The commission may adopt and…

Nebraska - Hunter Education

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Developmental disability shall mean a severe, chronic disability, including an intellectual disability, other than mental illness, which: (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment unless the impairment is solely attributable to a severe…

Nebraska - Hunter Education

(Education)

001.12 Novice Hunter Education Programs 001.12A Special events permitted by the Commission for novice hunter education programs may be held on private land for upland game birds between September 1 and March 30 of each year. 001.12A1 All participants…

Nevada - Hunter Education

(Education)

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.066, no hunting license may be obtained by any person born after January 1, 1960, unless the person presents to the Department, or one of its authorized licensing agents: (a) A certificate of successful…

Nevada - Hunter Education

(Education)

1. The Department shall issue an apprentice hunting license to a person who: (a) Is 12 years of age or older; (b) Has not previously been issued a hunting license by the Department, another state, an agency of a Canadian province or an agency of any…

Nevada - Hunter Education

(Education)

1. The Department shall certify instructors who will, with the cooperation of the Department, provide instruction in the responsibilities of hunters established by the Department to all eligible persons who, upon the successful completion of the…

New Hampshire - Hunter Education

(Education)

The legislature finds it is in the best interests of the state and its citizens to regulate, protect, restore, and conserve the wildlife resources of the state under a uniform scheme of management through the fish and game department. It is the…

New Hampshire - Hunter Education

(Education)

The state of New Hampshire shall have exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the management, preservation, protection, propagation and taking of wildlife in the state. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, no ordinance or…

New Hampshire - Hunter Education

(Education)

(1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors.

New Hampshire - Hunter Education

(Education)

All revenues accruing from sales of licenses and permits, and any other revenue received by the department, and any money reimbursed or granted to the department by the state or federal government for fish, game, and wildlife conservation or related…

New Hampshire - Trapper Education

(Education)

There is hereby established a program to provide education to the citizens of the state of New Hampshire on the practice of trapping fur-bearing animals as a recognized conservation and management tool as well as a traditional sport avocation. The…

New Hampshire - Trapper Education

(Education)

I. No trapping license shall be issued to any resident or non-resident person unless he presents to the person authorized to issue such license either: (a) A certificate of competency as provided by RSA 210:25; or (b) Satisfactory proof that he has…

New Hampshire - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) A person requesting a wildlife control operator's license shall provide: (1) Name and address; (2) Date of birth; (3) Height and weight; (4) Telephone number;

New Jersey - Hunter Education

(Education)

The State of New Jersey hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes,” approved September second, one thousand…

New Jersey - Hunter Education

(Education)

The State of New Jersey hereby assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management projects, and for other purposes,” approved August ninth, one…

New Jersey - Hunter Education

(Education)

All property of the trust is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof.

New Jersey - Hunter Education

(Education)

(1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors;

New Jersey - Trapper Education

(Education)

Notwithstanding any provisions contained in R.S. 23:3-1 to 23:3-22, concerning the issuance of a resident or nonresident trapping license, at the time an application for license is made by an applicant of the age of 12 years or over, to whom a…

New Jersey - Trapper Education

(Education)

The division shall have authority to designate duly qualified persons to act as its agents in the giving of instructions in methods of trapping and the issuance of certificates, and a certificate shall not be issued to any person until in the opinion…

New Jersey - Trapper Education

(Education)

No charge shall be made for any certificate or instructions given to a person to qualify him to purchase a trapping license.

New Jersey - Trapper Education

(Education)

No license agent shall issue a trapping license to a person of the age of 12 years or over, who has not submitted his trapping license of a previous year, or a certificate showing that he has successfully completed a course in trapping methods given…

New Jersey - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) All traps set or used in this State must bear a durable and legible tag with the name and address of the person setting, using and maintaining the traps. A Division-issued trap identification number or Conservation Identification Number (CID) may…

New Mexico - Hunter Education

(Education)

The state game commission of the state of New Mexico is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest or lease; and to hold, develop and improve lands for fish hatcheries, game farms, game refuges, bird refuges, resting and…

New Mexico - Hunter Education

(Education)

(1) wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all of their residents and visitors;

New Mexico - Hunter Education

(Education)

The state of New Mexico hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress of the United States of America entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes,”…

New Mexico - Hunter Education

(Education)

The state of New Mexico hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress of the United States of America entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in fish restoration and management projects, and for other…

New York - Hunter Education

(Education)

The State of New York owns all fish, game, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea and protected insects in the state, except those legally acquired and held in private ownership. Any person who kills, takes or possesses such fish, game, wildlife, shellfish,…

New York - Hunter Education

(Education)

(1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors.

New York - Hunter Education

(Education)

The state of New York hereby assents to the provision of the act of congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes,” approved September second, nineteen…

New York - Trapper Education

(Education)

1. a. In the circumstances described in paragraph b of this subdivision the department may revoke any license, bowhunting privilege, or muzzle-loading privilege, of any person, to hunt, fish or trap, defined in section 11-0701 of this title or issued…

New York - Trapper Education

(Education)

1. a. All licenses, bowhunting privileges, muzzle-loading privileges, tags, permits, registrations, and permit applications authorized by this title or section 13-0355 of this chapter, and any additional privileges authorized by the department shall…

North Carolina - Hunter Education

(Education)

It shall be the policy of this State to conserve and protect its lands and waters for the benefit of all its citizenry, and to this end it shall be a proper function of the State of North Carolina and its political subdivisions to acquire and…

North Carolina - Hunter Education

(Education)

(1) Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors.

North Carolina - Hunter Education

(Education)

(b) The State of North Carolina hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes,” approved September 2, 1937…

North Carolina - Hunter Education

(Education)

(c) Assent is hereby given to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in fish restoration and management projects, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1950 (Public

North Dakota - Hunter Education

(Education)

The ownership of and title to all wildlife within this state is in the state for the purpose of regulating the enjoyment, use, possession, disposition, and conservation thereof, and for maintaining action for damages as herein provided. Any person…

North Dakota - Hunter Education

(Education)

a. Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors.

North Dakota - Hunter Education

(Education)

North Dakota assents to the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects and for other purposes” [Pub. L. 75-415; 50 Stat. 917; 16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.], and the Act of…

Ohio - Hunter Education

(Education)

The ownership of and the title to all wild animals in this state, not legally confined or held by private ownership legally acquired, is in the state, which holds such title in trust for the benefit of all the people. Individual possession shall be…

Ohio - Hunter Education

(Education)

(B) The chief shall adopt rules to enter into a reciprocal agreement with participating states for the enhancement of compliance with hunting, fishing, and other wildlife laws. The agreement is named the wildlife violators compact. The agreement and…

Ohio - Hunter Education

(Education)

The state hereby assents to the provisions of the act of congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes,” approved September 2, 1937, Public Law Number 415, as…

Ohio - Trapper Education

(Education)

Except as provided in this section or division (A)(2) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, no person shall hunt or trap fur-bearing animals on land of another without first obtaining some type of an annual fur taker permit. Each applicant for a…

Ohio - Trapper Education

(Education)

The chief of the division of wildlife may sell gift certificates that may be used to obtain hunting and fishing licenses, fur taker, deer, and wild turkey permits, and wetlands habitat stamps. For the purposes of this section, the chief shall adopt…

Ohio - Trapper Education

(Education)

First-time fur taker permit buyers wanting to trap furbearing animals shall complete a trapper education course or other course of instruction as prescribed by the division of wildlife. The approved courses of instruction, shall include, but not be…

Ohio - Trapper Education

(Education)

(P) “Certificate of competency” means a card certifying a student has successfully completed a hunter safety course administered by a state or provincial wildlife agency or the “National Rifle Association”; or a card certifying the person listed…

Oklahoma - Hunter Education

(Education)

All wildlife found in this state is the property of the state.

Oklahoma - Hunter Education

(Education)

1. Wildlife resources are managed in trust by the respective states for the benefit of all residents and visitors;

Oklahoma - Hunter Education

(Education)

A. The State of Oklahoma hereby assents to the provisions of: 1. The Act of Congress which was approved September 2, 1937, and is found at 16 U.S.C. § 669,1 as amended;

Oregon - Trapper Education

(Education)

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, shall prescribe and administer a trapper education program to provide instruction in the proper use of trapping equipment. The program may also include instruction on wildlife and natural resource…

Oregon - Trapper Education

(Education)

Persons successfully completing the exam and submitting an appropriate application will be issued a trapping brand number. This number will serve as the person's certificate of course completion.

Oregon - Trapper Education

(Education)

The course of study will include but is not limited to appropriate skills, knowledge and values relating to responsible trapping. The Department will supply study materials for the course.

Oregon - Trapper Education

(Education)

An examination covering the course material must be successfully completed in order to qualify for a trapping brand number. Testing will take place under he auspices of Department of Fish and Wildlife personnel and at prearranged locations.

Pennsylvania - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) Course registration fees. Upon application for enrollment in each fee-based hunter education course, a student shall remit the associated, nonrefundable course registration fee in the form of cash, credit card, check or money order. Checks or…

Pennsylvania - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) Cable restraint devices may be used from December 26 until the end of the established trapping season to harvest red fox, gray fox and coyote. Nontarget furbearing species incidentally captured in cable restraint devices during an open trapping…

Pennsylvania - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) General rule.--Persons meeting the requirements of this title who have reached or will reach their 12th birthday in the calendar year of application or who are older, whose hunting and furtaking privileges are valid and who shall meet the…

Pennsylvania - Trapper Education

(Education)

Except for section 2704(c)1 (relating to furtaker's certificate of training), the remaining provisions of this title shall not be construed to prevent or prohibit any person under 12 years of age from trapping furbearers. Persons covered by this…

South Carolina - Trapper Education

(Education)

(A) In addition to a valid state hunting license, an annual commercial fur license is required of all persons who sell or take by any means, for commercial purposes, and all persons who trap or who attempt to trap any fur bearing animals. The license…

Utah - Trapper Education

(Education)

(1) The division shall provide a course of instruction in safe and responsible trapping, including instruction in: (a) the use of trapping devices; (b) trapping laws; (c) trapping ethics; (d) techniques in safely releasing nontarget animals;

Utah - Trapper Education

(Education)

R657-11-1. Purpose and Authority. (1) Under authority of Sections 23-14-18 and 23-14-19, the Wildlife Board has established this rule for taking furbearers and trapping. (2) Specific dates, areas, number of permits, limits, and other administrative…

Vermont - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) A resident, resident youth aged 17 or under on the date of license purchase, or nonresident trapping license may be issued to any person, provided that the applicant prior to issue first presents: (1) a certificate of satisfactory completion of…

Washington - Trapper Education

(Education)

Persons purchasing a state trapping license for the first time shall present certification of completion of a course of instruction in safe, humane, and proper trapping techniques or pass an examination to establish that the applicant has the…

Washington - Trapper Education

(Education)

For purposes of training individuals to assist landowners with employing nonlethal management techniques, or to harass, kill, trap, release, wildlife that is causing damage to private property, the director or his/her designee may certify wildlife…

Washington - Trapper Education

(Education)

(2) Participation requirements: (a) To be issued your first Washington state trapping license an individual must pass the Washington state trapper education exam. (b) Licensed trappers must comply with reporting requirements in WAC 220-417-020.

West Virginia - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) Any nonresident hunter, angler or trapper licensed to hunt, fish or trap in this state, in addition to a Class E, EE, F, H, LL or XXJ license, shall have a Class CS/LE nonresident conservation, law-enforcement and sports education stamp. The fee…

Wisconsin - Trapper Education

(Education)

(1) Establishment; program requirements. (a) The department shall establish and supervise the administration of a trapper education program funded from the appropriations under s. 20.370(1)(Lq) and (ma). Except with respect to the online course of…

Wisconsin - Trapper Education

(Education)

The department may receive, retain, and use for the hunter education programs under ss. 29.591 and 29.595, the trapper education program under s. 29.597, or other educational hunting, fishing, trapping, or conservation activities the department…

Wisconsin - Trapper Education

(Education)

The fee for the course of instruction under the Wisconsin cooperative trapper education program shall be $12.00 per student. The fee for correspondence trapper education certification program shall be $12.00 per student for correspondence programs…

Wisconsin - Trapper Education

(Education)

Whenever application is made to the department by a person interested in becoming certified to instruct as a volunteer all-terrain vehicle, boating, bow hunter, hunter education, Wisconsin cooperative trapper education program or snowmobile safety…

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