Section 11-1103. Open trapping seasons

1. The department may by regulation permit trapping of beaver, fisher,
  otter,  bobcat,  coyote,  fox, raccoon, opossum, weasel, skunk, muskrat,
  pine marten and mink, or any  of  them,  in  specified  areas,  and  may
  regulate  the  taking,  possession and disposition of such animals.  The
  periods in which trapping of such  animals  is  so  permitted  are  open
  seasons  for  the trapping of the species for which the period is fixed,
  in the area or areas for which it is so fixed.
    2. When an investigation made by the department in the month of  March
  of  any year reveals that during the current open season for muskrats in
  any  county  or  part  thereof  in   the   Southern   Zone,   reasonable
  opportunities  were not afforded to trappers to harvest the muskrat crop
  of such season because of abnormal trapping conditions,  the  department
  shall  have power to extend by regulation the open season in such county
  or part thereof for a period not to exceed twenty days.