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Trapping License Examination, Laws
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(Complete) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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§263 Prohibition Against Night Hunting - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔In Monterey and San Benito counties, hunting wildlife at night
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is prohibited
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§264 Use of Lights While Hunting (a) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔"Within Zone 1 and Zone 2:
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- Do not use lights during deer season
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- Only use lights operated from a parked vehicle on a private
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road"
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§264.5 Use of Lights While Hunting - Remainder of State (a) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Within the remainder of the state:
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- All lights must be 9V or smaller
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- Persons using lights must be on foot
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- Lights cannot be externally powered
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- A landowner may permit an individual to use larger lights, so
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long as they notify the fish and game office"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(a) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You cannot use dogs:
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- During archery season for deer or bear
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,- On bear, bobcat, elk, sheep, or antelope
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- On mountain lions
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- In the four Dog Control Zones between April and the start of
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deer season"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(b) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You can use dogs:
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- In the four Dog Control zones from the start of deer season
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through March
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- Outside the Dog Contol zones, except where otherwise
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prohibited
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- At all times if issued under a depradation permit
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- So long as pursuit is not started within 400 yards of any bait"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(b(A)) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Dog Training is ""breaking"" or
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""practicing"" a dog such that no animals will be harmed.
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Regarding dog training:
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- You cannot have a firearm on your person during dog training
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- You cannot start dog training within 400 yards of a baited area
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- You cannot train dogs on any threatened or big game animals
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- For seasonal animals, you can only train dogs during the
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applicable hunting season"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(c) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"The following restrictions on the
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number of dogs per hunter are in place:
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, - During deer season, only 1 dog is allowed per hunter
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- In pursuit of wild pigs, up to three dogs per hunter may be
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used"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(d) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"The following equipment is illegal:
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- Dogs may not be equipped with treeing switches
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- Dogs may not be equipped with GPS equipment"
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§401 Issuance of Permit to Take Animals Causing Damage (a) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You may apply for permits for the
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following:
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- Elk, bear, bobcat, beaver, wild pigs, deer, wild turkeys, grey
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squirrels
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- Animals must be damaging, destroying or threatening to
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damage property
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- Bobcats harming livestock may be taken so long as a permit is
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requested the next working day"
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§401 Issuance of Permit to Take Animals Causing Damage (b) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Permit periods are as follows:
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- Beaver, pigs, gray squirrels: 1 year
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- Bobcat, elk, bear, turkey, deer: 60 days
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- Use of dogs for bear or bobcat: 20 days
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- Any permit can be renewed if the damage continues"
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Trapping License Examination, Laws
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(Complete) QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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§263 Prohibition Against Night Hunting - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔In Monterey and San Benito counties, hunting wildlife at night
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is prohibited
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§264 Use of Lights While Hunting (a) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔"Within Zone 1 and Zone 2:
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- Do not use lights during deer season
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- Only use lights operated from a parked vehicle on a private
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road"
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§264.5 Use of Lights While Hunting - Remainder of State (a) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Within the remainder of the state:
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- All lights must be 9V or smaller
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- Persons using lights must be on foot
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- Lights cannot be externally powered
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- A landowner may permit an individual to use larger lights, so
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long as they notify the fish and game office"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(a) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You cannot use dogs:
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- During archery season for deer or bear
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,- On bear, bobcat, elk, sheep, or antelope
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- On mountain lions
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- In the four Dog Control Zones between April and the start of
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deer season"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(b) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You can use dogs:
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- In the four Dog Control zones from the start of deer season
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through March
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- Outside the Dog Contol zones, except where otherwise
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prohibited
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- At all times if issued under a depradation permit
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- So long as pursuit is not started within 400 yards of any bait"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(b(A)) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Dog Training is ""breaking"" or
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""practicing"" a dog such that no animals will be harmed.
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Regarding dog training:
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- You cannot have a firearm on your person during dog training
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- You cannot start dog training within 400 yards of a baited area
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- You cannot train dogs on any threatened or big game animals
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- For seasonal animals, you can only train dogs during the
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applicable hunting season"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(c) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"The following restrictions on the
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number of dogs per hunter are in place:
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, - During deer season, only 1 dog is allowed per hunter
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- In pursuit of wild pigs, up to three dogs per hunter may be
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used"
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§265 Use of Dogs for Pursuit/Take of Mammals or for Dog Training
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(d) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"The following equipment is illegal:
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- Dogs may not be equipped with treeing switches
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- Dogs may not be equipped with GPS equipment"
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§401 Issuance of Permit to Take Animals Causing Damage (a) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"You may apply for permits for the
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following:
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- Elk, bear, bobcat, beaver, wild pigs, deer, wild turkeys, grey
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squirrels
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- Animals must be damaging, destroying or threatening to
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damage property
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- Bobcats harming livestock may be taken so long as a permit is
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requested the next working day"
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§401 Issuance of Permit to Take Animals Causing Damage (b) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"Permit periods are as follows:
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- Beaver, pigs, gray squirrels: 1 year
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- Bobcat, elk, bear, turkey, deer: 60 days
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- Use of dogs for bear or bobcat: 20 days
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- Any permit can be renewed if the damage continues"
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