Ran into this while bird hunting

[Vader8]

Ran into this skull out on field while bird hunting nice 4X4 whitetail skull..too bad cause he would've been a dandy for 2015..

[MP123]

That's still a pretty nice find.     Are you going to clean it up and keep it?

[724wd]

That's still a pretty nice find.     Are you going to clean it up and keep it?

only if he found it in idaho... 

[jrebel]

That's still a pretty nice find.     Are you going to clean it up and keep it?

Only if he was bird hunting in Idaho....doing so in Washington would be against the law.   

Nice find though to bad he didn't make it another couple years. 

[Vader8]

My buddy found it and was goin to clean it as you can tell it's been dead for a while now..

[Vader8]

It's illegal in Washington? I didn't know that someone explain?

[jrebel]

It's illegal in Washington? I didn't know that someone explain?

It is illegal to pick up dead heads in Washington.   They have to be naturally shed antlers in order to pick them up and keep them. 

[Vader8]

That's good to know thank you

[Hunterman]

Nice find     What "ANOTHER STATE " did you find it in. Washington is so screwed in their laws.

Hunterman(Tony)

[Vader8]

This was in Oregon but I live in Washington

[jrebel]

Nice find     What "ANOTHER STATE " did you find it in. Washington is so screwed in their laws.

Hunterman(Tony)

Totally agree!!

[Ricochet]

Deadheads are illegal to pick up in Oregon also.

[jrebel]

Deadheads are illegal to pick up in Oregon also.

    I think if I were him I would advise my friend  to take them back to the field.   

[Bean Counter]

We can take them in Arizona but you're supposed to call a Gamie if it might look suspicious. I think an obviously long-dead one wouldn't raise too much ire.

[Vader8]

Ya I'll have to tell him to put back where he found or just call the game warden about it

[Bullkllr]

Ya I'll have to tell him to put back where he found or just call the game warden about it

I'm sure he already has.

[mfswallace]

Are there any instances where a person can keep dead heads? Deer caught or strangled in wire, cat/wolf kill??  If you call a Leo do they have any freedom to make a judgement call on whether you can keep it? If not who gets the head when they take it into their possession??

Can you former or current LEO types answer??

[BOWHUNTER45]

Those laws are so stupid  why even admit where you found it  Doubt DNA will work now 

[huntandjeep]

Are there any instances where a person can keep dead heads? Deer caught or strangled in wire, cat/wolf kill??  If you call a Leo do they have any freedom to make a judgement call on whether you can keep it? If not who gets the head when they take it into their possession??

Can you former or current LEO types answer??

I have asked a few gammies while up hunting about a couple dead heads I found. They followed me to them looked around for anything suspicious than said go ahead and take them, if another warden stops you have him give me a call?

[Band]

Deadheads are illegal to pick up in Oregon also.

You have to consider the very real possibility that he was standing on the extreme eastern edge of oregon and picked up the deadhead on the extreme western edge of Idaho.  That should be legal.