Furbearer Management Newsletters TRAPPER EDUCATION COURSES
Courses offered in April and September/October
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Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst Range 14 (Burlington County)Courses offered in April and September/October Additional classes will be held in October. Hackettstown Fish Hatchery (Warren County)
Fall classes will be also held as follows, dates TBD:
Modern, regulated trapping is used to manage habitat, monitor and control
animal populations, protect and reintroduce endangered species, protect
public and private property and conduct research. It is a technique
for sustainable, consumptive use of the wildlife resource.
In New Jersey there are trapping seasons for beaver, otter, mink, muskrat,
eastern coyote, fox, opossum, raccoon, skunk and weasel.
In New Jersey, a Trapper Education course must be passed and a trapping
license obtained to trap in the state. To use a snare a person must
first pass a Fish and Wildlife-approved trapper education course which
includes use of snares and carry on their person appropriate documentation
thereof. A person must be at least 12 years of age. When offered,
course announcements will be posted on this page (March/April and
September - October).
All traps set or used must bear a legible tag of durable material
with the name and address or Conservation Identification Number (CID#)
of the person setting, using and maintaining the traps. Trappers previously
assigned a Fish and Wildlife-issued trap identification number may
continue to use their assigned number in lieu of name and address
or CID to mark each trap. However, please note that the Division has
ceased this practice and will no longer be issuing trap identification
numbers.
All traps must be checked and tended at least once every 24 hours,
preferably in the morning. When trapping beaver or otter, the trap
tag must be clearly visible above the level of water or ice. Any person
(including a farmer) who traps a coyote must notify a Division law
enforcement office within 24 hours. Licensed trappers at least 18
years of age and in possession of a valid rifle permit may carry a
.22 caliber rifle, and use only .22 caliber short rimfire cartridges
to kill legally trapped animals
A lottery is held for the awarding of beaver and otter permits.
The application period is October 1-31 each year; unclaimed and leftover
permits are then sold over-the-counter at licence
agents and online.
For more information please consult the appropriate section(s) of
the 2021-22 Hunting & Trapping Digest.
The DFW Upland Game and Furbearer Project began publication of the NJ Furbearer Management Newsletter with the Fall 2011 issue. Newsletters are published periodically and contain information about the state's furbearing species, management, research and other items of interest to the trapping community.
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