Jackrabbits may not be taken at any time.
Carcasses may not be sold.
You may take rabbits with a cage-type trap at any hour during the open hunting season if you possess a hunting permit. The cage-type trap must be labeled with your full name and address, or Conservation ID number; must be attended daily; and have an opening of 144 square inches or smaller.
Limits
Daily limit: 6, only 2 may be swamp rabbits
Possession limit: 12, only 4 may be swamp rabbits
Valid Permits
Allowed & Prohibited Methods
Furbearers: Trapping: Allowed Methods
Methods
Traps must have smooth or rubber jaws only
Foot-hold trap
Conibear or other killing-type trap
Foot-enclosing trap
Cage-type trap
Colony traps with openings no greater than 6 inches in height and 6 inches wide
Cable restraint devices
Snares set underwater, have a loop 15 inches or less in diameter when set, have a stop device that prevents snare from closing to less than 2 1/2 inches in diameter, made with cable that is between 5/64 inch and 1/8 inch in diameter, and have a mechanical lock and anchor swivel.
From March 1 through April 14 only foot-hold traps, foot-enclosing traps, and cage-type traps may be used to trap coyote, opossum, raccoon, and striped skunk.
From August 1 through October 15 only foot-enclosing traps and cage-type traps may be used to trap opossum, raccoon,
Additional Info
Within communities having 10,000 or more inhabitants, only cage-type or foot-enclosing traps, may be set within 150 feet of any residence or occupied building.
Traps must have smooth or rubber jaws only
Foot-hold trap
Conibear or other killing-type trap
Foot-enclosing trap
Cage-type trap
Colony traps with openings no greater than 6 inches in height and 6 inches wide
Cable restraint devices
Snares set underwater, have a loop 15 inches or less in diameter when set, have a stop device that prevents snare from closing to less than 2 1/2 inches in diameter, made with cable that is between 5/64 inch and 1/8 inch in diameter, and have a mechanical lock and anchor swivel.
From March 1 through April 14 only foot-hold traps, foot-enclosing traps, and cage-type traps may be used to trap coyote, opossum, raccoon, and striped skunk.
From August 1 through October 15 only foot-enclosing traps and cage-type traps may be used to trap opossum, raccoon,
Within communities having 10,000 or more inhabitants, only cage-type or foot-enclosing traps, may be set within 150 feet of any residence or occupied building.
Furbearers: Trapping: Prohibited Methods
Methods
Dogs may not be used for aquatic furbearers (beaver, muskrat, mink, otter)
Snares on land
Pitfalls
Deadfalls
Nets
Traps may not be set in paths made or used by people or domestic animals.
Killing-type traps may not be set along public roadways.
Traps may not be placed or set before midnight of the first day of the applicable trapping season and must be removed by midnight of the last day of the applicable trapping season.
Additional Info
Dogs may not be used for aquatic furbearers (beaver, muskrat, mink, otter)
Snares on land
Pitfalls
Deadfalls
Nets
Traps may not be set in paths made or used by people or domestic animals.
Killing-type traps may not be set along public roadways.
Traps may not be placed or set before midnight of the first day of the applicable trapping season and must be removed by midnight of the last day of the applicable trapping season.