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Unlawful to use spear or similar device for hunting or taking fur-bearing 

 animals, or explosives, chemicals, or mechanical devices or smokers of any kind 

 to drive them out of their burrows, dens, or houses. Houses and dens of fur- 

 bearing animals protected except when they obstruct a public or private ditch or 

 v watercourse. Use of automobile or vehicle propelled by mechanical power, or the 

 lights thereof, or ferret in hunting or taking fur-bearing animal prohibited. Un- 

 lawful to trap on lands of another without permission from owner, agent, or occu- 

 pant. 



Propagation. — Permit is required to conduct a fur farm on which protected 

 animals are reared ; fee, $2. 



Bounties. — None paid by State. Counties may at their discretion pay bounty 

 on ground hog and crow. 



INDIANA. 



Open seasons. — Beaver, raccoon, fox, otter, opossum, and skunk, November 

 20 to February I ; mink and muskrat, November i to March 31. Muskrat houses 

 protected at all times except when obstructing ditches or watercourses. 



Trapping. — Nonresident trapper requires license (fee, #15.50). Trapping on 

 lands of another without written consent of owner, occupant, or lessee is unlawful. 

 Traps set on such lands must be placed within burrow of animal or a hollow log 

 and must be visited at least once in each 36 hours. Protected fur animals may be 

 killed at any time on one's own premises to protect property. 



Propagation. — All birds and animals raised in captivity are considered 

 domestic stock, and the owner may possess, sell, ship, transport, or otherwise 

 dispose of them without regard to laws regulating the killing and disposition of 

 wild birds and animals. 



Bounties. — Crow, 10 cents each ; may be paid by counties. Boards of county 

 commissioners are authorized at their discretion to pay bounty on wolf, fox, wood- 

 chuck, owl, or hawk. 



IOWA. 



Open seasons. — Beaver, mink, otter and muskrat, November 15 to March 15; 

 may be destroyed at any time to protect public or private property. Muskrat 

 houses are protected at all times. Possession of beaver, mink, otter, or muskrat 

 is lawful only during open season and first five days of close season. 



Trapping. — Hunting license required for trapping; fee, resident, $1; non- 

 resident, #10.50. 



Propagation. — No restrictions except as to possession of protected species. 



Bounties. — Adult wolf, #20; wolf cub, #4; wildcat, $1 ; paid by county. 

 Boards of supervisors of counties may allow bounty on crow, ground hog, pocket 

 gopher, or rattlesnake. 



