What if it Snows?

The classes actually exist. We have two government hunters based near here, one state and one federal. They offer yearly classes on live trapping. They're pretty sharp and have a lot of good advice. The only animal they don't advise to live-trap are skunks.
Check your local county ag department for details.
I'm not sure if our local Chinese Buffet owner took the class or not. Probably did but I can't prove it.

 

What's illegal? Trapping animals for food? Really? I'll have to look that one up.
As far as enforcing laws go, we try to apply common sense whenever we have a choice.

 

A friend of mine was having a problem with feral cats so he borrowed a live trap I have. He lives on the edge of town and he called one morning telling me he went out to check the trap and there was a skunk in it. Asked me how to get it out of the trap. I was laughing so hard all I could say is the same way you would let a cat out and for him to keep the trap until the smell went away. From him, I meant.

 

I don't know this for a fact but the old timers say that once a skunk has sprayed a live trap no other animal but a skunk will ever go near it. We may not be able to smell the skunk after a while but the critters sure can.