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BOBCAT
Season dates, hunt and trap – Dec. 1, 2024 – Feb. 28, 2025
Season dates, running – March 1 – Nov. 30, 2024; no harvest
Remarks – Fur harvest permit is required during running and harvest seasons.
Tagging – Contact the nearest conservation officer or go to the nearest Game and Parks office
to have a bobcat tagged; also:
• All bobcats harvested must be registered and tagged by Game and Parks within two
business days of the close of the season.
• All bobcats harvested must be tagged before the pelt is sold.
• To prepare a carcass for tagging, create a small hole and insert a Popsicle stick, pencil or
similar object between the lower eyelid and the eye, so the stick exits behind the upper lip.
This will allow the bobcat to be tagged even when frozen.
• Otherwise, bring bobcats in thawed or skinned.
RACCOON, VIRGINIA OPOSSUM
Season dates, hunt only – Sept. 1 – Oct. 31, 2024
Season dates, hunt and trap – Nov. 1, 2024 – Feb. 28, 2025
Season dates, running – March 1 – Aug. 17, 2024; no harvest
Remarks – Fur harvest permit required during running and harvest seasons. Organized
coonhound clubs may conduct United States Kennel Club or American Coonhound Association
licensed or sanctioned field trials, when approved by written authorization from the Commission,
during the two-week period between the end of the running season and the beginning of the
take season.
STRIPED SKUNK
Season dates, hunt and trap – year-round
RED FOX
Season dates, hunt and trap – Nov. 1, 2024 – Feb. 28, 2025
Season dates, running – March 1 – Oct. 31, 2024; no harvest
Remarks – Fur harvest permit required during running and harvest seasons.
GRAY FOX
Season dates, hunt and trap – Nov. 1, 2024 – Feb. 28, 2025
Tagging – Contact Game and Parks or a conservation officer to have a gray fox tagged; also:
• Gray foxes harvested must be registered and tagged by Game and Parks within two
business days of the close of the season.
• Gray foxes must be tagged before the pelt is sold.
