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Post by joen on Nov 10, 2014 8:49:05 GMT -5
I had a guy at work tell me that it was illegal to hunt coon after dark without a dog. swears up and down that's the way its always been. I told him he was full of excrement. which of us is right? I may have to buy a pocket dog to hunt with a call and a light.
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Post by morrison on Nov 10, 2014 10:54:53 GMT -5
I have never heard of a dog being a requirement. An individual is required to have a continuous shining light between sunset and sunrise and they cannot be hunted from a boat.
312 IAC 9-3-14 Opossums and raccoons
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47-2
Sec. 14. (a) An individual may do the following:
(1) Take raccoons and Virginia opossums from 8 a.m. on November 8 until noon on January 31 of the following year.
(2) Chase raccoons and Virginia opossums from noon on February 1 until noon on October 25.
(b) An individual must not remove, attempt to remove, dislodge, or attempt to dislodge a raccoon or Virginia opossum from:
(1) a tree hollow;
(2) a hole;
(3) a den;
(4) a pocket;
(5) a cavity;
(6) a burrow;
(7) a tile; or
(8) any other place; where the raccoon or Virginia opossum has secreted itself for security or protection or in which the raccoon maintains a nest or den.
(h) A person must not disturb the den or house of a wild animal:
(1) by shooting, digging, cutting, or chipping into the:
(A) leaf nest;
(B) hole;
(C) burrow;
(D) tree;
(E) cavity;
(F) pocket; or
(G) den; or
(2) with:
(A) the aid of:
(i) smoke;
(ii) fire;
(iii) fumes;
(iv) chemicals;
(v) a ferret; or
(vi) another small animal; or
(B) any mechanical device, other than a trap set lawfully, introduced into the:
(i) hole;
(ii) burrow;
(iii) tree; or
(iv) den;
where the animal is hidden or sheltered.
(i) A person must not wear or use a device to climb poles or trees for the purpose of dislodging a wild animal from a location:
(1) where the animal has secreted itself for security or protection; or
(2) in which the animal maintains a nest or den.
(j) A person must not possess an ax, a saw, or a device to climb poles or trees while in the field or woods at night for the
purpose of dislodging a wild animal from a location:
(1) where the animal has secreted itself for security or protection; or
(2) in which the animal maintains a nest or den.
(k) A person must not chase or take a furbearing mammal between sundown and sunrise without carrying a continuous
shining light that is visible for at least five hundred (500) feet.
(l) A person must not hunt a furbearing mammal from a boat.
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