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LEGAL TRAPS AND SETS
• Furbearers may be trapped only with snares, metal-spring traps with smooth jaws or box traps�
• Body-gripping traps with a jaw-spread larger than 8 inches may not be used unless they are placed under
water or at least 6 feet above the ground�
• During upland game bird seasons, it is unlawful to use snares on any land owned or controlled by Game
and Parks, on Open Fields and Waters Program lands, on U�S� Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl
production areas or on U�S� Army Corps of Engineers land at Harlan County Reservoir unless the snare is
set completely underwater�
• It is unlawful to use any bait in plain sight within 30 feet of foothold traps set on dry land� Bait is defined
as fish, animal flesh, fur, hide, entrails or feathers�
• Body-gripping traps with a jaw-spread larger than 5 inches may be used only when placed under water
or at least 6 feet above the ground in the following areas:
• Land owned or controlled by the Game and Parks
• Open Fields and Waters Program lands
• U�S� Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl production areas
• U�S� Army Corps of Engineers land at Harlan County Reservoir
• County road right-of-ways
• For restrictions on U�S� Forest Service lands, contact the Bessey Ranger District at 308-533-8115�
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS
Artificial lights may be used only while hunting on foot to take unprotected species, including coyotes and the
following furbearers: badger, bobcat, gray fox, long-tailed weasel, mink, Virginia opossum, raccoon, red fox
and striped skunk� They may not be used to take any of these species if used from or attached to a vehicle or
boat�
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