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Does anyone know if restraint-type leg traps are considered kill traps or live traps? Is it lawful to use them to capture nuisance animals that are harming your poultry?
 
Actually, the puppy/dog came from a shelter in Georgia. They said she was a Sheltie! I grew up with beagles, raised and hunted with them through my tend. This sure looks like it has a lot of beagle in her!
Shelter just said "young", I'm guessing under s year. She had some parasite problems I'm taking care of, but she was too sweet to see put down. All I can say is she is a lover, and still has puppy chewing and playfulness in her.
Only question is, "does that dog hunt?" lol. I don't really care, I needed a companion.
 
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LeBlackbird said:
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Does anyone know if restraint-type leg traps are considered kill traps or live traps? Is it lawful to use them to capture nuisance animals that are harming your poultry?
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They're live traps. They have to be straight edged, no teeth. I'm not sure about trapping pests. I know you can shoot animals that are destroying your poultry, including bears (which are in the top protection category for some reason), while remaining within the law. Trapping may be different though.
Call your local game commission. I love them. Very down to earth. They gave me ideas on how to deter predators and assured me that shooting the bear wouldn't get me in trouble, if it was destroying poultry or even getting too close to the house or not running away if I went outside and tried to scare it away. When I mentioned that I was unable to shoot anything (living on prison property), he said that if it did this or that, call and he'd be down to help.
 
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Actually, the puppy/dog came from a shelter in Georgia. They said she was a Sheltie! I grew up with beagles, raised and hunted with them through my tend. This sure looks like it has a lot of beagle in her!
Shelter just said "young", I'm guessing under s year. She had some parasite problems I'm taking care of, but she was too sweet to see put down. All I can say is she is a lover, and still has puppy chewing and playfulness in her.
Only question is, "does that dog hunt?" lol. I don't really care, I needed a companion.[/quo

I want to say so much but can not because this is a family site.........so I will only say,,,,,told ya so, you could only resist getting a dog for so long
 
chiques chicks said:
I would consider them kill traps, and am pretty sure they fall under game commission trapping regulations. I doubt they are technicallyl legal, jmo.
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See, that's what I thought, but I read somewhere that all bets are off when it comes to nuisance animals?
Our state doesn't show up on the prohibited list for leg traps
http://www.bornfreeusa.org/b4a4_traps.php#conibear

On the landowner's guide, not sure what the dashes on the chart mean, unless I'm having a brain fart. They're not specified in the key.
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uh140.pdf
 
Bettacreek said:
They're live traps. They have to be straight edged, no teeth. I'm not sure about trapping pests. I know you can shoot animals that are destroying your poultry, including bears (which are in the top protection category for some reason), while remaining within the law. Trapping may be different though.
Call your local game commission. I love them. Very down to earth. They gave me ideas on how to deter predators and assured me that shooting the bear wouldn't get me in trouble, if it was destroying poultry or even getting too close to the house or not running away if I went outside and tried to scare it away. When I mentioned that I was unable to shoot anything (living on prison property), he said that if it did this or that, call and he'd be down to help.
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Well, that sounds a little bit hopeful. Yes, I have straight-edged, no teeth, just standard type small game traps. Maybe I'll give them a call...
 
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Bettacreek said:
They're live traps. They have to be straight edged, no teeth. I'm not sure about trapping pests. I know you can shoot animals that are destroying your poultry, including bears (which are in the top protection category for some reason), while remaining within the law. Trapping may be different though.
Call your local game commission. I love them. Very down to earth. They gave me ideas on how to deter predators and assured me that shooting the bear wouldn't get me in trouble, if it was destroying poultry or even getting too close to the house or not running away if I went outside and tried to scare it away.
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This is interesting, because there are huge fines and loss of hunting license for shooting a bear that destroys beehives. I wonder why the GC cares more about chickens than bees?
 
beaglady said:
This is interesting, because there are huge fines and loss of hunting license for shooting a bear that destroys beehives. I wonder why the GC cares more about chickens than bees?
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The problem may lay in the technicalities or terminologies of the law??? Are bees classified as 'livestock' in the eyes of the State? I would imagine that 'farming and livestock' never extended to bees and therefore they are missed by coverage in nuisance wildlife issues.
 

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