Incidental Take

Here are the Pennsylvania regulations regarding incidental take.

• Trappers using cable restraints intended for foxes and coyotes may keep non-target furbearers that are captured incidentally if:
  • There is an open season for that furbearer and…
  • The trapper has a license and/or permit for that furbearer.
• Bobcats may not be taken in cable restraints during the bobcat hunting season.
• Any other furbearers incidentally captured with a cable device must be released alive.
• Animals mistakenly killed with cable restraints must be reported to the Game Commission officer in the county where the kill occurred.