Otter Season Proposed
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08/17/2014 06:32 AM
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SEYMOUR, Ind. - The state of Indiana is proposing a limited trapping season for river otters and to allow for the sale of river otter furs less than 20 years after the animals were reintroduced after becoming extinct in Indiana.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Phil Bloom tells The Tribune of Seymour that It hasn't been determined where trapping would be permitted. But he says the animals are found in 74 of Indiana's 92 counties. The animals were removed from the state's endangered species list in 2005.
Bloom says the otter reintroduction has been successful, but it's up to the state to maintain a balance between keeping a healthy population and preventing conflicts with people.
Bloom says the earliest a river otter trapping season would occur is 2015-16.
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Re: Otter Season Proposed
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08/18/2014 07:31 AM
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There is, or at least was, a den on the river probably not far from where you live Steiny. I sat on the river duck hunting many times and watched them. They pretty much ruined by smallmouth spot on the Eel up there.
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Re: Otter Season Proposed
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08/18/2014 07:44 AM
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You dont have to worry about them being in the upper Wabash River, too polluted with heavy metals, industrial run off and illegal raw sewage dumping when heavy rains occur. Plenty of rough fish but they would die from cancer from eating them. h.h.
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Re: Otter Season Proposed
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08/18/2014 02:05 PM
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Steiny, If there up this far in the Wabash Ive not seen them. Until this year I fished the Wabash on a regular bases and havent seen the first otter but that doesnt mean they are not here. I did see them in the Salamonie earlier this year. h.h.
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Re: Otter Season Proposed
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08/19/2014 04:07 AM
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likely going to be a quota though. Not sure how much this will help landowners with problems other than making the otter a game species opening the door for trapping otter under land owner damages type regulations. Originally posted by Steiny: The sooner they implement this, the better. They get in private ponds and literally wipe out all of the fish in short order.
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Re: Otter Season Proposed
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08/19/2014 05:20 PM
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I've heard of one landowner that already received otter "depredation" permits last year in Jennings County.
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