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Agency 571 - NATURAL RESOURCE COMMISSIONTitle VIII - SEASONS, LIMITS, METHODS OF TAKE
Chapter 108 - MINK, MUSKRAT, RACCOON, BADGER, OPOSSUM, WEASEL, STRIPED SKUNK, FOX (RED AND GRAY), BEAVER, COYOTE, RIVER OTTER, BOBCAT, GRAY (TIMBER) WOLF AND SPOTTED SKUNK SEASONS
Rule 571-108.10 - Trapping restrictions

Iowa Admin. Code r. 571-108.10

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, October 2, 2024
Rule 571-108.10 - Trapping restrictions

Trapping for all furbearers will be restricted as follows:

(1)Exposed bait. No person shall set or maintain any leghold, body-clasping trap, or snare within 20 feet of exposed bait on land anywhere in the state or over water in the following areas:
a. Mississippi River corridor-Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Des Moines and Lee Counties.
b. Missouri River corridor-Those portions of Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills and Fremont Counties west of Interstate 29.
c. Des Moines River corridor-Boone, Dallas, Polk, Marion, Mahaska, Wapello and Van Buren Counties.

Exposed bait means meat or viscera or any animal, bird, fish, amphibian, or reptile with or without skin, hide, or feathers visible to soaring birds.

(2)Trapping near beaver lodges and dens.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 571-108.10

Adopted by IAB May 3, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 22, effective 6/7/2023