3.1 (1) The following persons who lawfully kill a furbearing mammal during the open season for the furbearing mammal may possess the pelt of the furbearing mammal during the remainder of the open season: 1. A person who holds a trapping licence. 2. A person who holds a small game licence. 3. A person who kills the furbearing mammal under subsection 6 (3) of the Act and who holds a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses. O. Reg. 172/13, s. 3. (2) A person referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection (1) may, after the end of the open season for a species of furbearing mammal, continue to possess the pelts of the members of that species that he or she lawfully killed during the open season, if the person completes the season-end harvest report required under the Act. O. Reg. 172/13, s. 3. (3) A person referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) may, after the end of the open season for a species of furbearing mammal, continue to possess the pelt of the member of that species that he or she lawfully killed during the open season, if the Minister has issued a licence to possess the pelt to the person. O. Reg. 172/13, s. 3. (4) A person who holds a trapping licence or a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses and who, despite the exercise of all due diligence, kills a furbearing mammal during the closed season for the species or contrary to the conditions of his or her licence may keep the pelt of the furbearing mammal if the Minister has issued a licence to possess the pelt to the person. O. Reg. 172/13, s. 3. (4.0.1)  Despite subsection (4), if a person who holds a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses and who is trapping under subsection 6 (3) of the Act or a person who holds a trapping licence kills an otter during the closed season despite the exercise of all due diligence, the person may possess the pelt of the otter if: (a) the person incidentally kills the otter while lawfully trapping beaver during the open season for beaver; and (b) the person records the incidentally killed otter on the season-end harvest report required under section 13 of Ontario Regulation 667/98 (Trapping) within 24 hours of the close of the relevant open season for beaver. O. Reg. 88/17, s. 1. (4.1) Despite subsection 64 (1) of the Act and for the purposes of subsection (4), a licence to possess a pelt may be issued to a person under 16 years of age who holds a trapping licence. O. Reg. 217/13, s. 1. (5) A person who kills a furbearing mammal under subsection 6 (3) of the Act and who does not hold a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses may, (a) in the case of a species of furbearing mammal that the person killed during the open season for the species, keep possession of the pelt of the furbearing mammal during the remainder of the open season and, if the person obtains a licence to possess the pelt, continue to keep possession of the pelt after the end of the open season; and (b) in the case of a species of furbearing mammal that the person killed during the closed season for the species despite the exercise of all due diligence, keep possession of the pelt of the furbearing mammal if the Minister has issued a licence to possess the pelt to the person. O. Reg. 172/13, s. 3. (6) A licence to possess a pelt shall specify the number of pelts and the species for which the licence is issued. O. Reg. 172/13, s. 3.