Arizona Game and Fish Commission Rules (Common Questions)

R12-4-307:

6. A trapper may only trap predatory and fur-bearing animals during trapping seasons established by Commission Order.
7. A trapper shall:
   1. Inspect traps daily;
   2. Kill or release all predatory and fur-bearing animals;
   3. Possess a choke restraint device that enables the trapper to release a javelina from a trap when trapping in a javelina hunt unit as designated by Commission Order;
   4. Possess a device that is designed or manufactured to restrain a trapped animal while it is being removed from a trap when its release is required under this Section; and
   5. Release, without additional injury, all animals that cannot lawfully be taken by trap.
   6. Subsections (G)(3) and (G)(4) do not apply when the trapper is using a confinement trap.
8. A trapper shall not:
   1. Bait a confinement trap with:
      1. A live animal;
      2. Any edible parts of small game, big game, or game fish; or
      3. Any part of any game bird or nongame bird.
   2. Set any trap within:
      1. One-half mile (880 yards) of any of the following areas developed for public use:
         1. Boat ramp or launching area,
         2. Camping area,
         3. Picnic area,
         4. Roadside rest area, or
         5. Developed wildlife viewing platform.
      2. One-half mile of any occupied farmhouse or other residence, cabin, lodge or building without permission of the owner or resident.
      3. One-hundred yards of an interstate highway or any other highway maintained by the Arizona Department of Transportation.
      4. Fifty feet of any trail maintained for public use by a government agency.
      5. Seventy-five feet of any other road as defined under A.R.S. § 17-101.
      6. Subsections (H)(2)(b), (H)(2)(c), (H)(2)(d), and (H)(2)(e) do not apply when the trapper is using a confinement trap.
   3. Set a foothold trap within 30 feet of sight-exposed bait.
   4. Use any:
      1. Body-gripping or other instant kill trap with an open jaw spread that exceeds 5 inches for any land set or 10 inches for any water set;
      2. Foothold trap with an open jaw spread that exceeds 7 1/2 inches for any water set;
      3. Snare, unless authorized under subsection (I);
      4. Trap with an open jaw spread that exceeds 6 1/2 inches for any land set; or
      5. Trap with teeth.

11. A trapper shall ensure that each trap has either the name and address or the registration number of the trapper marked on a metal tag attached to the trap. The registration number assigned by the Department is the only acceptable registration number.
12. A trapper shall immediately attach a valid bobcat transportation tag to the pelt or unskinned carcass of a bobcat taken in this state. The trapper shall validate the transportation tag by providing all of the following information on the bobcat transportation tag:
    1. Current trapping license number,
    2. Management unit where the bobcat was taken,
    3. Sex of the bobcat, and
    4. Method by which the bobcat was taken.
13. A trapper shall ensure that all bobcats taken in this state have a bobcat seal attached and locked either through the mouth and an eye opening or through both eye openings no later than April 1 of each year. The lower jaw of any bobcat trapped in Arizona is required to be submitted to the department at the time of purchasing a bobcat seal.

R12-4-321:

All city, county, and town parks and preserves are closed to hunting and trapping, unless open by Commission Order.