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trapping and hunting restrictions may be obtained from the secretary, Audubon 

 Society of North Carolina, Raleigh.] 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



Open seasons. — Mink and muskrat, November 16 to April 14; otter, no 

 open season; beaver, January 10 to March 10. Only licensed trapper may take 

 beaver, but not upon posted lands. Possession of green hides of mink or muskrat 

 illegal after April 19. 



Trapping. — Licenses are required of persons over 16 years of age to trap 

 except on their own lands; fee, resident, $2; nonresident (mink and muskrat 

 only), #25. The protected fur animals are mink, muskrat, otter, and beaver; 

 but minks and muskrats may be killed at any time by owner of property destroyed 

 by them. Muskrat houses are protected at all times. 



Propagation. — The State game and fish board issues permits (fee, #5) to 

 breed and domesticate mink, muskrat, skunk, and raccoon, and also permits to sell 

 or ship them when raised in captivity. Under permit from board and #500 bonds 

 wild fur animals may be taken at any time for breeding purposes. Annual reports 

 are required of licensed breeders. 



Bounties. — Wolf or coyote (killed within State), $2.50 each; paid from fund 

 raised by direct taxation on all property. 



OHIO. 



Open seasons. — Raccoon, mink, skunk, and opossum, November 1 to February 

 1; muskrat, December 1 to March 1; fox, October 2 to January 1. Protected 

 animals may be destroyed by owner of premises (except on Sunday) when dam- 

 aging property. 



Trapping. — Hunting and trapping license required; fees, resident, $1 ; non- 

 resident, #15. License not required of owners, managers, tenants, or their chil- 

 dren to trap during open season on own land. Written permission from owner 

 or authorized agent required to trap on lands of another. The close season for 

 certain fur animals does not prohibit owners or tenants of land from destroying 

 them to protect property. Digging out dens or smoking, or drowning the animals 

 therefrom is unlawful, as is also the destruction of the house, den, or burrow of any 

 fur animal. 



Propagation. — No restrictions, except those which prevent capture of wild 

 stock in close season. 



Bounties. — Townships pay a bounty of $1 each on certain hawks and great- 

 horned owl; 20 cents per dozen on English sparrows; and, under certain condi- 

 tions, 10 cents each on ground hogs. 



