I've actually been wondering for a while, and this seems to be a good thread to ask this question since we're discussing traveling out-of-state to trap, if there are any rules/regulations out there regarding having multiple trap tags on individual traps. Obviously it would be a state-by-state thing and rules vary wildly for individual states but I'm curious if there's anybody out there who's seen any rules prohibiting this?
In other words - all my traps have trap tags on them with my Idaho trapping number. If I wanted to take a trip to Montana, for example, pay for a nonresident trapping license and follow all the other rules/regulations regarding NR Montana trapping, could I have two trap tags on the same trap? I can't imagine they'd require you to take off your ID tag and only have a MT tag on there (but maybe). Or what if you lived in a corner of a state where you were near the intersection of ID/MT/WY, had permissions to trap in all three states, decided to pay for two NR licenses in addition to your resident trapping license - could you simply put three trap tags on every trap and have all your bases covered?
I understand that it would be slightly more work for any F&G/DNR officer to run your number if he needed to for any reason, but I can't imagine it would be THAT much extra work, so I'm not sure that any state would bother making rules prohibiting it, but I'm sure it varies from state to state. With the understanding that some states are more pro-trapping than other states, I could see a lot of states having no issue with this but some states making rules against it.
Just curious if anyone's ever run into this, seen any rules for/against it, or what most guys do in this situation if/when they travel out-of-state to do a little trapping.