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Trapping
Regulations
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A trapping license is required and a
Trapper Education course must be
passed . See page 10 for license information
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All traps set or used must bear a legible
tag of durable material with the name
and address of the person setting, using
and maintaining the traps .
A trap identification number issued by
Fish and Wildlife may be used in lieu of
a name / address tag . A photocopy of
your current and valid trapping license
plus a daytime telephone number will
be required . Contact the Bureau of
Wildlife Management at (609) 292-
6685 for more information .
No traps or trap stakes are to be set
prior to times indicated in this section .
All traps must be checked and tended
at least once every 24 hours, preferably
in the morning .
Beaver and River Otter
Beaver may be taken only by properly
licensed trappers in possession of a special
beaver trapping permit valid for an entire
management zone, or a special site-specific
beaver permit valid as designated on the
permit . River otter may only be taken by
properly licensed trappers in possession
of a special river otter trapping permit
valid for an entire management zone .
Application can be made at license agents
or via Fish and Wildlife’s Internet license
sales site www .WildlifeLicense .com/NJ .
Applicants must have a current and valid
trapping license to apply .
Zone maps, boundary descriptions and
permit quotas are available on our Web
site or call (609) 292-1473 . Applicants
must have a current and valid trapping
license to apply . The application period is
October 1-31 . Applicants may apply for
only one beaver trapping permit and/or
one otter trapping permit . If the number
of applications exceeds the permit quota,
a random lottery drawing will be held
to determine permit holders . Successful
beaver permit applicants will be given
first opportunity for otter permits in their
respective zone .
Beaver trappers may indicate on their
application if they wish to be considered
for a site-specific beaver permit within
your chosen zone . Site-specific permits
are issued for properties where confirmed
beaver damage or nuisance problems exist .
A separate, random lottery will determine
A Fish and Wildlife-issued Beaver
Transportation Tag or Otter
Transportation Tag must be affixed
to the beaver or otter carcass immediately
upon removal from the trap .
• All successful trappers (or their
agents) must present their beaver
and/or otter pelts at a designated
check station for examination where
pelt tags will be affixed . All otter
carcasses must be surrendered when
pelts are registered, as required
by the Game Code. Trappers are
strongly encouraged to properly flesh
and stretch all pelts for examination .
Additional information on check stations
will be provided to all permit
holders .
• Division staff will man check-in
stations at the Assunpink WMA,
Clinton WMA, Flatbrook WMA,
Tuckahoe WMA, Winslow WMA
and Newfoundland Fire Company on
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 (tentative .)
Pelts may also be registered at Space
Farms, Sussex County, in conjunction
with the NJ Trappers Association’s
January Fur Auction . Successful
trappers that can not attend on the
scheduled dates should contact either
Joseph Garris at (908) 735-7040 or
Andrew Burnett at (609) 748-2058
prior to February 21 to make alternate
arrangements .
Traps, Body gripping Restraining
Type (Snares)
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No trap shall be permitted to remain
set on any property at the close of the
trapping season .
No person shall steal or attempt to take
site-specific permit holders; however,
applicants who did not receive a zonewide
beaver permit will have first opportunity
for a site-specific permit .
• No person shall set, use or maintain
any type of snare unless they have
first passed a Fish and Wildlifeapproved
trapper education course
traps of another, or remove a trapped Other beaver/otter rules and regula-
and carry on their person appropriate
animal without permission of the trap tions:
certification thereof .
owner .
• Holders of a beaver trapping zone per- • All natural baits consisting of fish,
• Any person (including a farmer) who
mit may use a maximum of five traps
bird or mammal carcasses or flesh
traps a coyote must notify a Fish and
daily .
used in trapping with body gripping
Wildlife Law Enforcement office within
24 hours .
• Holders of a site-specific permit may use
an additional five traps daily only at the
restraining snares must be covered
or concealed from view except when
• Licensed trappers at least 18 years of
location specified on the permit .
placed at least 30 feet from any trap
age and in possession of a valid rifle permit
may carry a .22 caliber rifle and use
only .22 caliber short rimfire cartridges
to kill legally trapped animals other
than muskrat . Firearms may not be
loaded with more than three rounds .
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Holders of a river otter trapping permit
may use a maximum of three traps
daily .
All beaver and otter trap tags must be
clearly visible above the water or ice .
set .
Body gripping restraining snares
set for mink, muskrat and nutria
are subject to the following requirements:
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August 2008 For more information contact New Jersey New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Digest | 67
Division of Fish and Wildlife at (609)292-2965 2008 Hunting and Trapping Issue