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Sept 18, 2013 16:51:40 GMT -6
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Post by lvalley on Sept 18, 2013 16:51:40 GMT -6
Trying to find out if its legal to skin animals in the timber or not on public land
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Sept 18, 2013 18:09:10 GMT -6
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Post by medicdano on Sept 18, 2013 18:09:10 GMT -6
You can skin anywhere. But the carcass must be properly disposed of: buried, land fill, renderer.
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Sept 18, 2013 18:11:48 GMT -6
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Post by lvalley on Sept 18, 2013 18:11:48 GMT -6
Thank u
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Post by ~ADC~ on Sept 18, 2013 20:47:56 GMT -6
You can skin anywhere. But the carcass must be properly disposed of: buried, land fill, renderer. I think there's lots of people skinning a coon here and there in the timber and leaving the carcasses where they lay. I don't think its illegal. Is it? ~ADC~
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Post by TRapper on Sept 18, 2013 20:52:08 GMT -6
Correct me if I am wrong but most coon hunters skin where they shoot em...they don't carry out the carcass
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Post by littlehawk on Sept 18, 2013 23:22:19 GMT -6
Those who skin and just leave in the woods for someone to finds give Trappers a bad name. If it is legal it should be illegal.. I bury my catch.
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Post by ridgeview72 on Sept 19, 2013 0:04:10 GMT -6
Retrieval and Waste of Game While taking or attempting to take game or furbearing animals, you cannot abandon the injured animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve it from the field. You cannot leave a usable portion of the game or furbearing animal in the field. “Usable portion” in this instance means the following: 1) for game, that part of an animal that is customarily processed for consumption; and 2) for furbearing animals, the fur or hide of the animal.
I agree you need to know where your at & if on public ground use common sense not leaving a carcass on a hiking trail or near a parking area or along a used public trout stream in the public eye for non trappers or hunters to find. Feel nothing wrong with throwing them in thick brush well off the beaten path.
Above is what I found in the regulations booklet for 2013 which clearly states you simply cannot leave behind the customary "usable portion" of furbearing animals...in this case refers to the fur or hide. The carcass is not traditionally thought of as a usable portion of a furbearing animal in my understanding, therefore should be & believe it is legal to skin animal in the field on public or private land leaving the carcass behind.
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Sept 19, 2013 2:56:24 GMT -6
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Post by medicdano on Sept 19, 2013 2:56:24 GMT -6
Ridgeview, I guess your right. I am thinking of ADC laws, in that case carcasses have to disposed of in certain ways, not just "dumped". That being said, being smart about it and inconspicuous would be in everybodies best interests.
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Post by bradphillips on Sept 19, 2013 20:07:31 GMT -6
I have run a few coon, 90% skinned at the tree when they are warm and easy.
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Post by trapp on Sept 19, 2013 21:00:24 GMT -6
Interesting. We encourage trappers to return carcases to the land feeding birds and other fur bearers. Much of it is used at bait stations for snares. It feeds the birds and smaller fur bearers while snares can be set at a distance for coyotes or wolves.
Some trappers in marten or fisher areas will hang beaver carcases higher in the trees for these critters at a time when they most need it before denning up to produce a new litter.
Of course most of our Registered Traplines are not frequented by the general public. We do discourage bait piles in areas where the public frequents.
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Post by iayogi17 on Sept 20, 2013 6:43:30 GMT -6
What about looking at it in this concept deer hunters leave gut piles all over during season and most don't even think twice about that
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Post by Linejumper on Sept 20, 2013 11:15:32 GMT -6
I believe if common sense is used it's OK to leave carcasses in the woods. Don't leave them next to roads, trails, parking areas. If people see them they get offended and give us the bad name. Hide them in brush if available. Nothing goes to waste in the wild, better to leave them for the critters IMO.
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