Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 14-22

Sec. 12. (a) An individual may hunt:

1. (1) red foxes (Vulpes vulpes); and
2. (2) gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus);

from October 15 through February 28 of the following year.

(b) An individual may trap:

1. (1) red foxes (Vulpes vulpes); and
2. (2) gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus);

from October 15 through January 31 of the following year.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), an individual may take coyotes (Canis latrans) and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) from October 15 through March 15 of the following year.

(d) A person who possesses land, or another person designated in writing by that person, may take coyotes on that land at any time. A live coyote taken under this subsection from March 16 through October 14:

1. (1) must be euthanized within twenty-four (24) hours of capture; and

2. (2) shall not be:

   1. (A) possessed for more than twenty-four (24) hours;
   2. (B) sold;
   3. (C) traded;
   4. (D) bartered; or
   5. (E) gifted.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-3-12; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2706; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Sep 23, 2004, 3:00 p.m.: 28 IR 539; filed Jun 23, 2006, 2:24 p.m.: 20060719-IR-312050214FRA; filed Apr 4, 2008, 2:56 p.m.: 20080430-IR-312070659FRA; filed Jul 31, 2008, 4:06 p.m.: 20080827-IR-312070749FRA; errata filed Oct 30, 2008, 10:56 a.m.: 20081119-IR-312080832ACA; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Mar 12, 2010, 1:28 p.m.: 20100407-IR-312090479FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Jun 21, 2018, 1:45 p.m.: 20180718-IR-312170436FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)