Poacher's Auction

Poacher's Auction

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
I've done a number of stories recently about what I feel are the worst of the worst as it relates to the outdoors and that is poachers. However, there is an interesting angle to items seized from poachers that include furs, whole carcasses, antlers, skulls and other items. All items were either seized as evidence or salvaged. All carcasses are considered unfit for human consumption and are sold for use of the non-edible portions only. In Idaho, they are auctioned off. Elk, deer and moose antlers may be sold as small bundles by weight or as single sets attached to skull plates.A taxidermist-fur buyer license is required in advance to bid on bear parts, mountain lion parts or any furbearer for anyone in the business of buying and selling hides or animal mounts. Buyers for personal use are not required to have a taxidermist-furbuyer license.??Nonresident purchasers should be aware that their state may not allow import of the hides or parts of bear, mountain lion, bobcat or otter. Be sure to check state regulations before purchasing these items. A person who has killed an animal illegally and that animal has been confiscated and put up for sale at the auction, may not buy that animal or any part of it at the auction. Nor may another person buy the animal or any part of it on their behalf. A violation would be considered an illegal purchase of wildlife.?
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