§9-11-247. Taking, keeping, etc., of raccoons for use in "coon on the log" contests.

Any sportsman association in Alabama which has a paid up membership of not less than 25 members and has become incorporated as a nonprofit association or organization shall have the right to have in its possession not more than 10 raccoons at one time during any season of the year. The said association shall have the right to keep the said raccoons caged and to use the same for the purpose of demonstrating to its members and the general public the respective abilities of the raccoon to resist being retrieved or taken from a log in a lake, river or other body of water by a dog and the ability of the respective dogs to retrieve raccoons. Such an association acting through its membership may take, trap or capture raccoons for the purpose of the demonstrations as provided for in Sections 9-11-247 to 9-11-249. In no instance shall any one association have more than 10 raccoons in captivity at any one time. Raccoons which are held in captivity for the purpose of such demonstrations may be taken, trapped, caught or captured only during the open season on same as established by law or by regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources duly made and promulgated. Raccoons may be taken only by licensed hunters; and, if same are taken by trap, they must be taken only by licensed trappers.

(Acts 1951, No. 779, p. 1374, §1.)