Call of the Wild
12-17-2012, 05:32 PM
He guys I’m planning to bring my stone sheep and grizzly hide to a taxidermist in the Edmonton area tomorrow, leaving very early in the morning. I just talked to the taxidermist and he informed me to verify if I’m required an out of province export permit. I can’t find a single clear answer to my question and I don’t want to take chances of having my sheep and bear seized.
From the regulation book here’s what I found:
1) It is unlawful to export wildlife from BC unless you have a valid export permit or are exempted from holding an export permit
2) An export permit is required if the animal is exported more than 1 year after the date of kill.
- Which is not my current situation, both animals were harvested in October of this year.
3) An export permit is not required if the hunter accompanies their animal within 1 year of the kill AND provides the cancelled species licence and (where Compulsory Inspection is required) the Compulsory Inspection Data Sheet.
- Conflict with the first bullet and I’m bringing my hunting license, tag booklet and CI papers.
4) When a big game animal has been processed by a taxidermist, a tanner or meatcutter, it may be exported with an export permit to the hunter who lives in another province or in another country.
- That’s if the taxidermist operates within BC. I’ll contact the Ministry to know if I need a permit/or a new permit to bring my BC grizzly and sheep back into BC when they’re mounted since I’m sending them to a shop in Edmonton.
I’m asking because I don’t want to take a chance to put the taxidermist in trouble and myself plus the possibility of loosing these two animals for something stupid if a check is ever done in either province. From what I understand it’s not clear with 1 and 3, I’ll postpone my trip if I don’t have an answer. I understand I’m last minute on this but I never tough of the export permit and the provincial offices are now close to get an answer.
Hopefully someone in the know can provide a valid answer.
From the regulation book here’s what I found:
1) It is unlawful to export wildlife from BC unless you have a valid export permit or are exempted from holding an export permit
2) An export permit is required if the animal is exported more than 1 year after the date of kill.
- Which is not my current situation, both animals were harvested in October of this year.
3) An export permit is not required if the hunter accompanies their animal within 1 year of the kill AND provides the cancelled species licence and (where Compulsory Inspection is required) the Compulsory Inspection Data Sheet.
- Conflict with the first bullet and I’m bringing my hunting license, tag booklet and CI papers.
4) When a big game animal has been processed by a taxidermist, a tanner or meatcutter, it may be exported with an export permit to the hunter who lives in another province or in another country.
- That’s if the taxidermist operates within BC. I’ll contact the Ministry to know if I need a permit/or a new permit to bring my BC grizzly and sheep back into BC when they’re mounted since I’m sending them to a shop in Edmonton.
I’m asking because I don’t want to take a chance to put the taxidermist in trouble and myself plus the possibility of loosing these two animals for something stupid if a check is ever done in either province. From what I understand it’s not clear with 1 and 3, I’ll postpone my trip if I don’t have an answer. I understand I’m last minute on this but I never tough of the export permit and the provincial offices are now close to get an answer.
Hopefully someone in the know can provide a valid answer.