CALIFORNIA TRAPPING REGULATIONS
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS !!!
Body-grip trap
✔✔ A trap with jaws that clamp shut when triggered, designed so an animal’s
head, neck, or body enters the opening and is held by jaw compression.
Cable restraint
✔✔ A cable noose used to restrain fur-bearing animals, set so neither the trap nor
the animal can reach unfrozen water.
Cage or box trap
✔✔ A trap that captures animals alive by allowing them to enter and remain inside
until released or taken by the trapper. This trap cannot be set in water or combined
with other trap types.
Colony trap
✔✔ An enclosure designed to catch one or more fur-bearing animals at once,
typically used as a submersion (underwater) set.
Enclosed trigger trap
✔✔ A trap with a trigger inside a recessed enclosure at least 1 ¼ inches deep, with
an opening no larger than 1 ¾ inches in diameter, activated by push or pull.
Foot-activated cable restraint
✔✔ A passive or spring-loaded cable noose set to catch animals by the foot,
designed so the trap and animal cannot access unfrozen water.
, Furbearing animals - ANSWER✔✔Bobcat
Fisher
Otter
Coyote
Raccoon
Red fox
Gray fox
Mink
Muskrat
Beaver
Skunk
Weasel
Woodchuck
Opossum
Jawed trap - ANSWER✔✔A trap designed to catch an animal by the foot, but does
not include enclosed trigger traps, cable restraints, or body-gripping traps
Non-submersion set - ANSWER✔✔Any trap that is capable of capturing an
animal and not capable of submersing the captured animal
Sight Exposed bait - ANSWER✔✔Any bait that can be seen from above
Snare - ANSWER✔✔A wire noose used for restraining furbearing animals in a
water set
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS !!!
Body-grip trap
✔✔ A trap with jaws that clamp shut when triggered, designed so an animal’s
head, neck, or body enters the opening and is held by jaw compression.
Cable restraint
✔✔ A cable noose used to restrain fur-bearing animals, set so neither the trap nor
the animal can reach unfrozen water.
Cage or box trap
✔✔ A trap that captures animals alive by allowing them to enter and remain inside
until released or taken by the trapper. This trap cannot be set in water or combined
with other trap types.
Colony trap
✔✔ An enclosure designed to catch one or more fur-bearing animals at once,
typically used as a submersion (underwater) set.
Enclosed trigger trap
✔✔ A trap with a trigger inside a recessed enclosure at least 1 ¼ inches deep, with
an opening no larger than 1 ¾ inches in diameter, activated by push or pull.
Foot-activated cable restraint
✔✔ A passive or spring-loaded cable noose set to catch animals by the foot,
designed so the trap and animal cannot access unfrozen water.
, Furbearing animals - ANSWER✔✔Bobcat
Fisher
Otter
Coyote
Raccoon
Red fox
Gray fox
Mink
Muskrat
Beaver
Skunk
Weasel
Woodchuck
Opossum
Jawed trap - ANSWER✔✔A trap designed to catch an animal by the foot, but does
not include enclosed trigger traps, cable restraints, or body-gripping traps
Non-submersion set - ANSWER✔✔Any trap that is capable of capturing an
animal and not capable of submersing the captured animal
Sight Exposed bait - ANSWER✔✔Any bait that can be seen from above
Snare - ANSWER✔✔A wire noose used for restraining furbearing animals in a
water set
