Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 712 - Restriction of Importation of Hunter-Harvested Deer and Elk Carcasses

It is unlawful to import, or possess any hunter harvested cervid carcass or parts of any cervid carcass imported into the State, such as deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and other species of the Family Cervidae, except for the following:

(a) portions of meat with no part of the spinal column, brain or head attached (other bones, such as legs and shoulders, may be attached).

(b) hides and capes (no spinal column, brain tissue or head may be attached).

(c) clean skull plates (no brain tissue may be present, pursuant to Section 714 of these regulations) with antlers attached, if present. For the purpose of this section, the skull plate is defined as the paired bones (frontal, parietal, and temporal bones) that make up the top portion of the skull surrounding the brain and, in antlered animals, from which the paired antlers extend.

(d) antlers with no meat or tissue attached, except legally harvested and possessed antlers in the velvet stage are allowed, if no meat, brain or other tissue is attached.

(e) finished taxidermy mounts with no meat or tissue attached (antlers in the velvet stage are allowed if no meat, brain or other tissue is attached).

(f) upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, ivories).

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 712

Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 203 and 2355, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 200, 203 and 2355, Fish and Game Code.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 203, 240 and 2355, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 200, 203 and 2355, Fish and Game Code.

1. New section filed 9-9-2002 as an emergency; operative 9-9-2002 (Register 2002, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-7-2003 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 2003, No. 23).
3. New section filed 6-5-2003; operative 6-5-2003 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2003, No. 23).
4. Amendment filed 6-20-2008; operative 6-20-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(Register 2008, No. 25).
5. Amendment of first paragraph and subsection (c) and amendment of NOTE filed 7-1-2024; operative 7/1/2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 27).