Selling mounted game

[normanvin]

I have heard for a few years now that it is against the lw to sell mounted game. So I did a little digging and came up with the following.

Mounts

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§ 147.146. Sale of inedible wildlife parts.
(a) Wildlife lawfully taken within this Commonwealth that has been mounted, tanned or completely prepared for study or display in accordance with generally accepted taxidermy procedures may be sold if one of the following conditions is met:

(1) The original owner is deceased.

(2) The original owner’s assets are being liquidated.

(3) The original owner’s specimen is determined to be unclaimed as provided for in subsection (b).

(b) A specimen will be considered unclaimed when the following conditions are met:

(1) The specimen was lawfully possessed when originally deposited with the taxidermist.

(2) The specimen was mounted, tanned or completely prepared for study or display in accordance with generally accepted taxidermy procedures.

(3) The taxidermist has made a reasonable effort to contact the original owner or depositor through any means generally available to inform the owner or depositor that the specimen is complete and should be picked up within a certain time period.

(4) The owner, or the original depositor of the specimen, has been notified by certified, first-class mail and has failed to contact the taxidermist within 30 days of receipt of the notice; or the taxidermist is notified by the postal authorities the certified mail is unclaimed or undeliverable. The specimen will be considered unclaimed after 30 days from the date the taxidermist was notified.

(c) Before selling a specimen, a permit shall be obtained from a Commission officer.

(d) An executed copy of the permit application (PGC-12) shall list the items to be sold. The permit is valid for 120 days.

(e) The fee for a permit issued under this section is $5.

(f) The original owner of a specimen may donate the specimen to a wildlife conservation organization, which may then sell the specimen without a permit for fund raising purposes.

(g) Second and subsequent owners of wildlife parts acquired in accordance with section 2312(c)(1) of the act (relating to buying and selling of game) may sell the parts if included as part of a manufactured or finished product.

(h) Second and subsequent owners of deer hides acquired in accordance with section 2312(c)(1) of the act may buy and sell the deer hides. Deer capes may only be sold by the original owner.

(i) A person violating this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 2312 of the act.



Authority

The provisions of this § 147.146 issued under the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. § § 2102(a) and 2312(c)(2); amended under the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. § § 2102(a), 2312(c)(2) and 2901(b).



Source

The provisions of this § 147.146 adopted November 2, 2001, effective November 3, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 6052; amended March 23, 2007, effective March 24, 2007, 37 Pa.B. 1312. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (285093) to (285094).


You see mounts for sale all the time. Are all these people breaking the law?

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

According to the statues exhibited You cant sell. I tried putting my Bear Skin rug up for sale years ago because It was just too big for the floor,wall or bed.You can donate it though ?

[Orlov556]

What about wildlife taken outside of PA? Seems like it only applies to PA Game?

[God's Country]

Have to love Pa's antiquated game laws

Let me guess it was to deter poaching and selling the mounts for $$

It's almost as if all the game laws were written in 1910 by a bunch legislators that never set foot on bare ground a day in there lives.

[normanvin]

Have to love Pa's antiquated game laws

Let me guess it was to deter poaching and selling the mounts for $$

It's almost as if all the game laws were written in 1910 by a bunch legislators that never set foot on bare ground a day in there lives.

I think it may also be about the state making a buck. No pun intended. You can get a trapping permit and sell pelts and what not.

[streaker69]

Interesting, I've been seeing lots of mounts for sale on CL recently. I wonder when the last time it was someone was prosecuted under that law.

[normanvin]

Interesting, I've been seeing lots of mounts for sale on CL recently. I wonder when the last time it was someone was prosecuted under that law.

Or if there ever was case.

[streaker69]

Or if there ever was case.

I've said it before, if a law is passed and within a certain timeframe no one is prosecuted under it, it should be automatically repealed as a useless law.

[daschnoz]

My bet is that this was enacted as an attempt to eliminate poaching for the profit of selling the mount.

Personally, I think it's a stupid law.

I suppose you could loan your mount to someone for a 1 time rental fee.

[MT1]

I see these in the newspaper, auction ads, and Craigslist frequently. Is there really much of a market? At auction I usually see them sell at very low prices unless it is something rare like a bull moose. I laugh when I see the guy that asks $1,000 for his 8-point white tail mount. I don't care that you spent $2k to get it mounted.