Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. Except as
prohibited by Federal law or regulations of the Wildlife Commission, any person
may sell, barter or trade nonedible portions of wildlife (fur, feathers, hides,
hair, teeth, claws, hooves, horns, antlers, skulls and bones) which were
legally taken or acquired.
1. It shall be
illegal to sell, trade, barter or offer to sell, trade or barter bear gall
bladders, bighorn sheep ram skulls or horns, bighorn sheep capes and velvet
antlers. Velvet antlers attached to mounted deer, elk or moose heads and
bighorn sheep skulls and horns marked in accordance with Commission Regulation
#220(C), may be sold, bartered or traded.
a.
Wildlife and wildlife parts legally possessed under a valid commercial parks
license may be sold, bartered or traded in accordance with Chapter 11 of
Commission Regulations.
b. For the
purpose of these regulations velvet antlers are those deer, elk and moose
antlers completely enveloped by soft vascular skin.
B. State employees may receive
wildlife, or portions thereof, which have been deemed scrap provided:
1. State employees who are responsible for
making determinations that wildlife, or portions thereof, are scrap are not
eligible to receive same; and
2.
State employees receiving scrapped wildlife, or portions thereof, may not sell,
barter or trade same or otherwise receive anything of value in exchange
therefore.
C. The
possession of wild game meat received by a commercial meat processing facility
shall be documented. The possession of undocumented wild game is prohibited.
Records shall be retained by the meat processing facility for a period of one
year following date of release or disposal of the meat. As used herein
"Documented" means that the wild game meat shall be accompanied by the carcass
tag, donation certificate, or other document as required by these regulations.
1. For the purposes of this regulation, the
disposal of game meat by commercial meat processing facilities shall be
permitted as follows:
a. Legally taken wild
game meat (other than migratory birds) not claimed or for which fees are unpaid
within 60 days of completion of processing may be disposed of, after
notification of the owner, by the meat processing facility for the balance of
the processing fee charged.
b. No
later than June 30 of each year, all unclaimed migratory birds and any
remaining wild game meat from the preceding year must be legally donated or
released to the Division. Possession of such meat after June 30 is prohibited.
This regulation shall not be construed as requiring such disposition by meat
storage facilities by June 30.
2. Meat processing facility records shall
contain the following information:
a. Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Licensee
b. Carcass Tag Number and Species
c. Date of Receipt and Disposition
d. All meat processing facilities which
process wild game meat shall allow any peace officer authorized to enforce
these regulations to inspect records during normal business hours.
