Section Fis 308.03 - Trapping Restrictions(a) Traps shall be checked at least once in a calendar day pursuant to RSA 210:13 and the landowner or their agent may check box traps only for the wildlife control operator.(b) Snares shall only be used by wildlife control operators after completing a training course in the use of snares.(c) Wildlife control operators shall have held a New Hampshire trapping or wildlife control operator license for at least 3 years since 2000 before enrolling in the snaring course.(d) A training course for the use of snares shall be approved by the executive director and include legal requirements, equipment review, methods and techniques for use, target selection, and humane considerations.(e) Snares shall be non-locking, relaxing snares equipped with a deer stop and a durable tag with the name of the person setting them stamped or engraved in a legible manner.(f) Any domestic pet killed in a trap or a snare shall be reported to the department within 24 hours.(g) Body gripping traps shall be set in accordance with Fis 303.12.(h) Any non-targeted wildlife, incidentally killed, that has no open season shall be reported to the department within 72 hours.(i) Fisher and otter taken by wildlife control operators shall be sealed within 10 days and may be sold.(j) During the open season for otter and fisher, the limit for otter and fisher shall be in accordance with the season limits specified in Fis 303.02(c) and Fis 303.04(c), respectively.(k) Bobcat shall only be captured in live traps and released unharmed.(l) The wildlife control operator may relocate and release wildlife only after the wildlife control operator has obtained written permission of the landowner where the wildlife is to be released.(m) Wildlife control operators may release wildlife on state owned or managed lands for which they hold a valid trapping permit issued pursuant to Fis 303.13.N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 308.03
#7801, eff 6-1-03; ss by #8385, eff 6-25-05; amd by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12
Amended byVolume XXXIV Number 24, Filed June 12, 2014, Proposed by #10619, Effective 6/2/2014, Expires6/2/2024.Amended by Number 24, Filed June 13, 2024, Proposed by #13970, Effective 6/1/2024, Expires 6/1/2034.