Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part V - Wild Quadrupeds and Wild Birds
Chapter 1 - Wild Quadrupeds
Section V-129 - Fur Trapping Seasons

1. To obtain federal approval to export bobcat and river otter out of the United States, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is required to ensure that only Louisiana trapped river otter and bobcat are tagged with Louisiana export tags. To accomplish this, a special possession tag will be made available to fur buyers, fur dealers and trappers.

2. A blue tag for river otter and a red tag for bobcat must be filled out by the trapper at the time the pelt is sold. The information required includes trapper name, trapper license number, parish caught in and date trapped. No bobcat or river otter pelts shall be purchased from a trapper or be in the possession of a fur buyer without a possession tag until they are submitted to the department in exchange for export tags. Dealers shall not purchase bobcat or river otter pelts without an accompanying possession tag.

3. No bobcat or river otter pelt shall be shipped from the state without an export tag attached. Dealers will obtain export tags for bobcat and river otter by providing the department with one completed possession tag for each pelt to be shipped from the state. It shall be illegal to falsify possession tags or attach Louisiana export tags to out-of-state bobcat and river otter pelts. Once possession tags have been received and counted by department personnel, export tags will be mailed immediately. Trappers shipping bobcat and river otter out-of-state must provide completed possession tags to the department in order to receive export tags.