Your states seasons and rules.

cjdavis618

cjdavis618

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I live in Arkansas and our predator numbers are really high in areas that I hunt. We have 2 Coyote seasons per year. Day only. And not very many predator hunters in our hunting populace.

Seasons here start on Sept 1st through Feb 28th for Fall. No limit then Spring April 8 - May 5th. No limit.
Limits were 2 per day until public outcry by predator hunters last year.

We are trying to get some restrictions lifted that do not allow night hunting and would like to have year round hunting for them.

I need some information on your seasons and whether your state has rules for night hunting and how the enforcment is handled. The defacto excuse is poaching and this has become the standard response on what decisions are made by our Game and Fish department. Our honest hunters are "Guilty until proven innocent" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif

Any information you could provide would be helpful. Any programs your state or province uses that we may be able to recommend as support would help also. IE permits, Check stations, etc. A brief desciption is fine.


Thanks
Chris Davis.
 
Quote:
Our honest hunters are "Guilty until proven innocent"



Sounds like WI.We're in the process of getting a bill to use lights at nite.We can nite hunt but cant use a light for coyotes. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif

Other than that we can hunt coyotes year round except during the firearm season for deer,supposedly to protect the wolves from accidently getting shot.I see it helps too,because every year we're getting more and more of a coyote population.
 
No limits on yotes here, they can be hunted year round with a small game tag. BObs, Fox etc. Are limited to Dec. 1st to Feb 28th and you must have a Fur Bearers Lic.
 
In addition to what elks said,
You have to goto the DOW and get a spotlight permit, they are free and are good for 30 days, you can not spotlight the night before or during any big game season. With the permit you also are required to call the local game warden in the area you are hunting. They give you a list of names and numbers. They say it helps them out on calls people place to them about shiners in hills, so they dont have to chase after you if they know you are there. I have never been bothered by the wardens while out spotlighting. From what I have been told and read nightvision is no longer legal method of take. I dont know about private property? Like elks said, its open season on the yotes year around! You can shoot a truck load in one day if you want /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Utah; no season on coyotes or jackrabbits. no license either. no limit either. Other animals check with DWR. or proclamations. I can not say for certain because our night hunting laws are kind of scattered and it depends on who you talk to. You are allowed to night hunt; however,you must be able to "prove" that you were only going after coyote. Another guilty until proven innocent senario. I believe it is best also to check with the local sherrif of the area that you plan on hunting because they have a say in whether you are allowed to night hunt or not. It can vary from county to county. Also it helps them to know you are out there hunting predators and not poaching. Hope this all makes sense, my typing and train of thought is not the best.
 
Texas= no limits, seasons, hunt whenever and however we want day or night. You do need a trapping license if you intend on selling hides.
 
From the Oklahoma wildlife Site:

RACCOON, BADGER, MINK, MUSKRAT, OPOSSUM & WEASEL
Dates & Open Areas
Dec. 1, 2005 - Jan. 31, 2006; statewide.

Limits
Raccoon: Daily limit six (6), season limit 30, possession limit 30 per license.
Other species: No limit.

BOBCAT
Dates & Open Areas: Dec. 1, 2005 - Feb. 28, 2006; statewide.

Limits: No daily limit, season limit 20, possession limit 20 per license.

BEAVER, NUTRIA & STRIPED SKUNK
Dates & Open Areas: Year-round; statewide.

Limits: No daily, season or possession limit.

COYOTE
Dates & Open Areas: Open year-round, except it shall be unlawful to hunt, take or attempt to take coyotes from dark to daylight with the aid of any artificial light and any sight dog.

Limits: No daily, season or possession limit.

GRAY FOX
Dates & Open Areas: Dec. 1, 2005 - Jan. 31, 2006, east of I-35. Closed year-round west of I-35.

Limits: Daily limit two (2), season limit six (6), possession limit six (6) per license.

BLACK BEAR, MOUNTAIN LION, RED FOX, RIVER OTTER, SWIFT FOX, SPOTTED SKUNK & RINGTAIL
Dates & Open Areas: Closed year-round; statewide.

That was easier than typing all of it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
cjdavis618,

Give me a call sometime. I've been working on similar issues here in Minnesota with some success. I can discuss a few things we did that worked. Too much to type.

218-338-4868

Randy
 
Here is what Pennsylvania says:

COYOTES: No closed season. Unlimited. Outside of any deer or bear season, coyotes may be taken with a hunting license or a furtakers license, and without wearing orange. During any archery deer season, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deer or with a furtaker's license. During the regular firearms deer and any bear seasons, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deer or bear, or with a furtaker's license while wearing 250 square inches of fluorescent orange. During the spring gobbler season, may be taken by persons who have valid tag and meet fluorescent orange and shot size requirements.

That is a direct copy of what is in the 2005-2006 PA Game Commission site info.

Hope this helps some.
 
Also in CO if you have a big game license...unfilled you don't need to purchase a small game license to shoot coyotes. Another little tidbit.....if you are shooting coyotes on private land (your property) you can shoot them without any license as long as it is to protect your interests. DOW rules 325 A and 325 B. But you still have to give notice and make the call to shoot them at night.
 
Montana: No limit,No season,No liscense needed,spotlighting is legal but I would inform the local F&G warden in the area you plan to hunt or you will see him during the evening.
 
Hi R Buker thanks for helping cjdavis618 out.We have tried talking to the G&F. But they dont want it. They are having a meeting in Jan. I am hoping to go. To talk some more. VM
 
Good luck. I've butted my head against the AG&FC until it is bloody. As one Wildlife officer told me, "Every hunter is is a poacher it is my job to catch you." /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif
What I would like to see change in AR is the ability to use adequate firearms in management areas. Most of the area around where I live is WMAs. Hundreds of thousands of acres on which I am restricted to a shotgun with shot no larger that #4 or .22 rimfire rifle or handgun. I have tried without success to get .22 centerfires and #4 buck OK'e but again, the idea that we are all deer poachers is the driving force of AG&FC.
Again good luck in you efforts. If I can help in any what just give a yell.
Ozark Charlie
 
Ozark, I understand your pain. I am to seeing a pattern that the enforcement division are given to much power to make decisions when it is not their role.

Our commision needs to start ruling in favor of the honest hunters instead of the poachers percieved limitations. There are some changes that need to be made in the decision making process in the AGFC.

I will be gathering this information as evidence that it can be done and not infringe on rights that we should be granted as the ethical and upstanding hunters of our state. I truly believe that if the laws that we have currently were acted upon when they are broken, there would be more help from the general hunting public in curtailing poaching and other infringments. I see very little need to turn someone in if they can not be prosecuted in a equal fashion to the crime.

But instead, The Enforcement division is able to set rules and make it "easier" on them so they have less work. While the sport and land that we pay to have are not availible to us in the manner that would give more success. Our Game and Fish does not have a biologist that monitors predation and the seasons are not given serious consideration in light of the other game seasons we have such as the waterfowl and deer. Each season should be given the same amount of scrutiny so that a fair balance can be achieved.

Instead, several areas of the state have very low turkey and deer numbers, but no formal study of predation is being considered. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif I would think that if they would study the predation more, they would find the general areas of poaching as well.

There are a couple of our commissioners that will answer our questions, but some more reclusive ones are not willing to discuss the matter outside of the "Official Chains". I feel as though our tax dollars pay for the commissions and its employees and we should be heard. Poaching as the default answer needs to end in Arkansas and it needs to end now. Like I told the commissioner I spoke with. If the poaching is that much of a problem, they need new enforcement and need to stop letting them decide the rules. Because what they have done is not working for them or us.
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All you that have responded. Thank you so much for your time and effort. It will not be wasted I assure you. Hopefully the changes that may be made with your help can be enjoyed by all in the future here. We have plenty of predators here for sure.

 
Hi cjdavis618 you know i am behide you 100% any way i can help. I think you can talk to Mike and that s about as far's as it goes. I think if he said something about it at one of his meeting they would want to look down on him. So i dont think he will say any thing. Now if it was about deer or ducking they would jump right on it. I ask him and he said that would let the poachers kill all the deer out. And like i told him look at TX deer heard it hasnt hurt it. Maybe we need a few TX W/O's to come you and show Arkansas G&F W/O's how to run things. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif VM
 
Iowa-Coyote

Open all yr around. No bag limit or firearm type. No hunting by spotlight. No use of mobile radios, during Deer-season.
 
Thanks for the help. I am going to our "Public Input" meeting on the 3rd of January with the info you have given me. I will also give you a call here soon Mr. Buker. I appreciate the help on this.
 
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