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BUY A LICENSECHECK IN GAME

In Season: Coyote (Hunting: Year-round), Skunk, Opossum, Woodchuck, Weasel, English Sparrow, European Starling, and Pigeon (Hunting: Year-round), Beaver (Trapping: through March 31).

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