Section 147.141. Sale of wildlife and wildlife parts

(a) Wildlife or parts of wildlife accidentally killed on the highway or by other causes, illegally taken, shot for crop damage or live deer removed from the wild, may be sold to a person under the following minimum fee schedule:

(1) Deer antlers—$10 per point.

(2) Deer cape—to include entire hide—$25.

(3) Doe or spike buck head and hide—$25.

(4) Fawn deer—$75.

(5) Any live deer—$150.

(6) Deer hide only—$5.

(7) Pheasant, grouse, quail, squirrel, rabbit, hare, woodchuck, mink, muskrat, opossum, skunk, weasel and raccoon—$25.

(8) Other small mammals—$25.

(9) Turkey, beaver and fox—$50.

(10) Bobcat, otter and fisher—$100.

(11) Bears—minimum of $100.

(12) Cow or spike elk head and hide—$100.

(13) Elk cape—to include entire head—$100 plus $20 per point.

(14) Elk antlers—$20 per point.

(15) Elk hide—$25.

(16) Live elk—minimum of $100.

(17) Any other species may be sold at public auction or through sealed bid.

(b) An official Commission receipt shall serve as a person’s permit to possess and retain the wildlife sold under authority of subsection (a).

(c) Live deer may only be sold to persons holding an existing and current Wildlife Propagation or Wildlife Menagerie Permit.

(d) Except those accidentally killed by a vehicle, sales of wildlife or wildlife parts may not be made to the person who caused the death or removal from the wild of the bird or animal or a member of the immediate household, or a person acting on their behalf.

The provisions of this § 147.141 adopted June 19, 1987, effective July 1, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 2464; amended March 10, 1989, effective March 11, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 1020; amended June 6, 1997, effective June 7, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 2743; amended September 27, 2002, effective September 28, 2002, 32 Pa.B. 4715. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (285092) and (242891).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 147.141 amended under the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. § § 103(a) and 2102(a).

Cross References

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 147.42 (relating to possession of deer accidentally killed by a motor vehicle).