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Trapping. — Hunting license required; fees, resident, county license, $1.10; 

 State, #3.10; nonresident, #15.25. No license required of landowner, member 

 of his family or, under his written permission, an employee to take fur animals 

 on own land during open season. Unlawful to hunt on lands of another without 

 consent of owner or manager. 



Propagation. — No legislation. 



Bounties. — None paid. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Open seasons. — Mink, muskrat, skunk, from noon December 1 to noon March 

 I. Otter and beaver, no open season. 



Trapping. — Trapping license required of residents over 14 years of age; fee, 

 $5. No license required of landowners trapping on own lands during open season. 

 Nonresident's trapping license, fee, #25. 



No person shall set or operate more than 75 traps at any one time. Unlawful 

 to shoot muskrats, or to destroy or molest muskrat houses, except they may be 

 opened without injury thereto for the purpose of placing traps therein during open 

 season. Unlawful to buy, sell, ship, or have in possession raw skins of protected 

 fur animals during close season. 



Skunk doing damage around buildings may be killed at any time, and, under 

 permit from State game warden, muskrats or beaver damaging irrigation ditches, 

 embankments, or public highways may be taken at any time. 



Propagation. — No restrictions, except that protected animals may not be taken 

 for breeding purposes in close season. 



Bounties. — Counties shall pay #4 for coyote and $8 for wolf, killed within 

 the county. 



TENNESSEE. 



Open seasons. — For trapping fur bearers off one's own land, from noon Octo- 

 ber 15 to noon January 15. 



Trapping. — Owner of land may hunt or trap on such land at any time ; others 

 may do so only with written consent of owner. Steel traps must be placed at least 

 12 inches within the entrance to a hole, cave, den, or hollow log. Traps and dead- 

 falls must be inspected within each 36 hours, and captured animals removed ; 

 does not apply to trapping wildcats in Lauderdale County. 



Propagation. — No legislation. 



Bounties. — Wolf or panther, $2 certificate issued by county court, the amount 

 to be applied on payment of taxes. 



Local laws of counties: 



Blount County. — Unlawful to shoot fox, to trap or injure young foxes, or to destroy 

 their dens. 



