Did you bring back an animal whole (not de-boned)?????
I am heading out to Colorado next week. In years past people had got used to skirting the check station in Truckee. I assume the new station out by Boca is up and running?
I know Kali has tried to scare hunters into not returning with heads, backbones, and skulls, was this the case at the check station or was it simply a check? Did you have to fill out any paperwork?
Here is the "code"
California Code of Regulations
Title 14, section 712. Restriction of Importation of Hunter-Harvested Deer and Elk Carcasses.
No hunter harvested deer or elk (cervid) carcass or parts of cervid carcass shall be imported into the State, except for the following body parts:
(a) boned-out meat and commercially processed cuts of meat.
(b) portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached.
(c) hides with no heads attached.
(d) clean skull plates (no meat or tissue attached) with antlers attached.
(e) antlers with no meat or tissue attached.
(f) finished taxidermy heads.
(g) upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, ivories).
I talked to my butcher and he says he is still accepting out of state animals. I have always brought back skinned deer (headless), and bull quarters. Am I going to get pinched if it is not bone out? are they asking questions regarding importation.
The DFG website states that this is a "strict code"
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/07-08-mammal-regs.pdf
(page 3, "CWD")
?No Skull, No Backbone?
When returning home with
deer and elk harvested out of state,
hunters must follow California?s
strict regulations to avoid bringing
CWD into our state. The California
regulations can be summarized
in one phrase: ?No skull, no
backbone.?
Here si a press release from 2006. It talks about fines and jail time.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news06/06086.html
Any thoughts?????
five_point_buck
C.B.C.S.