Originally posted by Gilley: [b] Brew, They're talking about keeping the furs past the date you have to sell them by. Taxi can keep them in freezer past date.
I thought that was done though a signed form ...
*Possession of Hides/Carcasses
It is illegal to possess the untanned hides or unprocessed carcasses of furbearers, except for coyotes, after May 15 of the year the hunting or trapping season ended or after June 15 if you submit a signed form to the DNR by May 15 of the number of untanned hides and unprocessed carcasses still in your possession by species. [/b]
That is correct Brew. For the individual TRAPPER However:
For instance: As a licensed taxidermist, you bring me a coyote or coon or whatever to mount or tan. I skin it, and stick it in my freezer to mount. There is NO rule that says I have to mount that coyote, have it tanned by May/June of that year. I have it tagged and logged in my "book" properly, as the rule requires. That would be NO different than me, as a trapper with a taxidermy license, having my own coyote in my freezer past that date….as long as it is tagged and logged as required by the taxidermy rule. Who is to say I am not going to get those hides tanned either by myself or a professional tannery to sell later????
