New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Fis - Executive Director, Fish and Game Department
Chapter Fis 300 - WILDLIFE SEASONS AND RULES
Part Fis 308 - WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATORS
Section Fis 308.02 - Licensing Requirements

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Fis 308.02

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) A wildlife control operator shall obtain a level I or level II wildlife control operator's license.

(b) All wildlife control operators shall meet the requirements of RSA 214:11-b relative to education.

(c) Wildlife control operators may trap, in the performance of their licensed activities, nuisance wildlife outside the regular trapping seasons.

(d) Wildlife control operators shall not trap endangered or threatened species, protected birds, deer, moose, bear, or turkey.

(e) Wildlife control operators may only trap the following:

(1) Beaver;

(2) Otter;

(3) Mink;

(4) Fisher;

(5) Porcupine;

(6) Raccoon;

(7) Bobcat;

(8) Grey and red fox;

(9) Weasel;

(10) Skunk;

(11) Muskrat;

(12) Grey, red and flying squirrel;

(13) Rabbit and hare;

(14) Coyote;

(15) Opossum;

(16) Woodchuck;

(17) Chipmunks;

(18) Mice, rats, voles, moles, and shrews; and

(19) Snakes.

(f) Bats shall be controlled by exclusion techniques as described in Fis 1001.05(d) and (e).

(g) Wildlife control operators may remove individual bats from portions of structures occupied by humans or livestock at any time of year.

(h) Any person trapping under a wildlife control operator license shall be exempt from the written landowner permission required under RSA 210:11, but shall be restricted to the property of that landowner for whom they are working.

(i) Wildlife control operator licenses shall expire on June 30 each year.

#7801, eff 6-1-03; ss by #8385, eff 6-25-05; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12

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