any county, the department, upon the written request of a majority of the legislative delegation of any such county, shall declare an open season on coyotes, with the use of firearms, in the county suffering from the destruction and for such time as the delegation may consider desirable. There is no closed season for hunting or taking coyotes with weapons.” SECTION 4. Section 50112400 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 50112400. For the purpose of this article: “Section (a) and gray fox, coyote, ‘furbearing animal’ includes red raccoon, opossum, muskrat, mink, skunk, otter, bobcat, weasel, or beaver; (b) any person who purchases any whole ‘fur buyer’ means furbearing animal, raw or green furs, pelts, or hides; (c) means to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, ‘take’ or attempt to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect; (d) means taking or possessing any fur, ‘commercial purposes’ pelt, hide, or whole animal for exchange, sale, trade, or barter and taking or possessing more than five furs, pelts, hides, or whole animals is taking for commercial purposes; (e) means any person who takes or attempts to take ‘trapper’ animals by trapping; (f) means any device, other than a weapon, designed or ‘trap’ constructed for taking animals; (g) means a steeljawed, springloaded device ‘foothold trap’ designed to capture the animal by the foot; (h) means any box or cage designed for capturing ‘live trap’ and holding any animal unharmed; (i) means any person engaged in tanning or dressing ‘processor’ furs, pelts, or hides of furbearing animals for commercial purposes; (j) includes selling, bartering, exchanging, and ‘transfer’ transporting.; (k) means an individual or entity that owns property or ‘owner’ equipment; and (l) means an individual or entity appointed by the owner ‘agent’ to act in his place.” SECTION 5. Section 50112430 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
any county, the department, upon the written request of a majority of the legislative delegation of any such county, shall declare an open season on coyotes, with the use of firearms, in the county suffering from the destruction and for such time as the delegation may consider desirable. There is no closed season for hunting or taking coyotes with weapons.” SECTION 4. Section 50112400 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 50112400. For the purpose of this article: (a) ‘furbearing animal’ includes red and gray fox, coyote, raccoon, opossum, muskrat, mink, skunk, otter, bobcat, weasel, or beaver; (b) ‘fur buyer’ means any person who purchases any whole furbearing animal, raw or green furs, pelts, or hides; (c) ‘take’ means to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect; (d) ‘commercial purposes’ means taking or possessing any fur, pelt, hide, or whole animal for exchange, sale, trade, or barter and taking or possessing more than five furs, pelts, hides, or whole animals is taking for commercial purposes; (e) ‘trapper’ means any person who takes or attempts to take animals by trapping; (f) ‘trap’ means any device, other than a weapon, designed or constructed for taking animals; (g) ‘foothold trap’ means a steeljawed, springloaded device designed to capture the animal by the foot; (h) ‘live trap’ means any box or cage designed for capturing and holding any animal unharmed; (i) ‘processor’ means any person engaged in tanning or dressing furs, pelts, or hides of furbearing animals for commercial purposes; (j) ‘transfer’ includes selling, bartering, exchanging, and transporting.; (k) ‘owner’ means an individual or entity that owns property or equipment; and (l) ‘agent’ means an individual or entity appointed by the owner to act in his place.” SECTION 5. Section 50112430 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: