113-291.9. Taking of beaver.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, there is an open season for taking beaver with firearms or bow and arrow during any open season for the taking of wild animals, provided that permission has been obtained from the owner or lessee of the land on which the beaver is being taken.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, it is lawful to use or sell beaver parts taken under a depredation permit issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission.
(c) Notwithstanding G.S. 113-291.6(d) or any other law, it is lawful to set traps of the conibear type that have an inside jaw spread or opening (width or height) no larger than 26 inches in width and 12 inches in height if at least one-half of the trap is covered by water, when trapping beaver during the season for trapping beaver as established by the Wildlife Resources Commission.
(d) Notwithstanding G.S. 113-291.1(b)(2) or any other law, it is lawful to use snares when trapping beaver during the season for trapping beaver as established by the Wildlife Resources Commission.
(e) Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 33, s. 1.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, landowners whose property is or has been damaged or destroyed by beaver may take beaver on their property by any lawful method without obtaining a depredation permit from the Wildlife Resources Commission, and may obtain assistance from other persons in taking the depredating beaver by giving those persons permission to take beaver on the landowner's property.
(g) Repealed by Session Laws 1997-456, s. 53. (1991, c. 483, s. 3; 1993, c. 33, s. 1; 1995, c. 509, s. 56; 1997-97, s. 1; 1997-456, s. 53; 2007-401, s. 2; 2009-120, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development
Article 22 - Regulation of Wildlife.
§ 113-291 - General restrictions.
§ 113-291.1 - Manner of taking wild animals and wild birds.
§ 113-291.1A - Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited.
§ 113-291.3 - Possession, sale, and transportation of wildlife.
§ 113-291.4 - Regulation of foxes; study of fox and fur-bearer populations.
§ 113-291.4A - Open seasons for taking foxes with firearms.
§ 113-291.4B - Taking foxes and coyotes in certain counties.
§ 113-291.5A - Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs.
§ 113-291.6 - Regulation of trapping.
§ 113-291.7 - Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons.
§ 113-291.8 - Requirement to display hunter orange.
§ 113-291.9 - Taking of beaver.
§ 113-291.10 - Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board.
§ 113-291.11 - Feeding of alligators prohibited.
§ 113-291.12 - Unlawful to remove live feral swine from traps.
§ 113-291.13 - Application of wildlife laws to opossums.
§ 113-293 - Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams.
§ 113-294 - Specific violations.
§ 113-294.1 - Wildlife Poacher Reward Fund.
§ 113-295 - Unlawful harassment of persons taking wildlife resources.
§ 113-296 - Disabled Sportsman Program.
§ 113-297 - Method exemptions for disabled persons.
§ 113-298 - Unlawful use of facilities provided for disabled sportsman.