CITES Tag Help

[SoCalRebelHunter]

So I've had a bobcat in my freezer since the '08-'09 season. Tagged, report card sent in the day I shot it, and I just recently skinned it and am ready to send it to a tanner. I've decided to have a trapper style hat made out of it since my wife won't stand for another animal on the wall (two bear rugs are almost too much) but need help getting the CITES tag from DFG. The (mad)hatter is up in Alaska and the tanner is one she prefers to have hides tanned by...also out of state. Called DFG on Wednesday. Went through two department transfers and then had to leave my number. Still no call back. Seems like everyone I talked to had absolutely no clue what the tag was even for.

Any ideas? Anyone know a warden they can refer me to in the San Diego area. Otherwise I'll have to go in to the office and see if I can find someone who knows what's up.

Thanks fellas.

 

[Aeon]

sounds like you need a shipping tag
§479. Bobcat Pelts.

Bobcat pelts may be taken only pursuant to the provisions of sections 465.5 and 478 of these regulations.

(a) Any person who takes a bobcat shall, at any time during the trapping season or within 14 days after the end of the bobcat season, have the following appropriate department mark or tag affixed to the pelt.
(1) Pelts from bobcats taken under a hunting license shall be tagged as provided in Section 478.1. Pelts taken by a licensed trapper for only his personal use shall, at no cost, be marked by the department. Such pelts shall not be sold.
(2) Pelts from bobcats taken for commercial purposes under a trapping license shall be tagged with a department shipping tag.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, barter, trade, purchase, transport from this state, or offer for out-of-state shipment by any common carrier any bobcat pelts, or parts thereof unless the department has affixed a shipping tag to the pelt or parts thereof.
(c) Shipping tags and marking are available from the department. All persons taking bobcat pelts under provisions established by the commission must personally present the pelt to a representative of the department for placement of the nontransferable tag or mark and shall furnish the following:
(1) Date of take;
(2) County of take and nearest major geographical landmark;
(3) Sex; and
(4) Method of take (trap, call or hounds).
The department shall mark bobcat pelts and issue bobcat shipping tags for export of pelts at designated department offices during the trapping season and for a 14-day period immediately following the trapping season.
An administrative fee of $3.00 shall be charged for the issuance of each shipping tag. There is no fee for marking bobcat pelts not for sale.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to import, receive from out-of-state, or receive for sale, any bobcat pelt, or parts thereof that is not:
(1) Marked with the current export or shipping tag from the state of origin.
(2) Accompanied by an import declaration in accordance with Section 2353 of the Fish and Game Code, and specifying the number and kind of raw pelts in the shipment, the state in which the bobcats were taken, the license number under which they were taken and attesting that they were legally taken. Demonstration of the declaration of entry, pelt ownership and proof of legal take and marking is required of anyone receiving bobcat pelts from out-of-state upon the request of the department. The provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (c) shall not apply to raw bobcat pelts, or parts thereof, which were not taken in California.

 

[SoCalRebelHunter]

I asked that but they said I need a CITES tag.

It's nice to see my tax dollars hard at work...with people in a public service position who know absolutely nothing about the job they're doing.

I'm still trying.

 

[Sdbirds]

Where r u sending it and how much I have a fox and a coyote I need done

 

[SoCalRebelHunter]

Once they're tanned they're going to alaskaspiritcrafts.com. Lady's name is Bonnie. Super cool. Even cooler is that she does it with your own fur. Tanner is in upper northeast. Can't remember the state, but it's the Alaska lady's go to tanner for garment fur.