Skull with antlers still attached...can you take it?

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Was hoping the guy who kicked the horns off that buck in late February would comment

[mossback91]

 

[DUGANDEER]

Here is the pic of the roadkill that I could have got but did not want to break the law. It was there at 2pm and gone by 5pm.

[Buckmark]

Thats why i carry a battery powered sawzall in my truck..

[wastickslinger]

I picked a skull up many of years ago in the Entiat.  A few years ago it fell off the trellis.  Horns popped off like perfect sheds.  You couldn't tell they weren't sheds.  Worked out good for me.  Also, I've seen them kicked off in perfect shed form........anyone want to comment?

I have a 5X7 Elk skull in my yard, been with me for 20 years, you wanna come over and kick it ?
Or my 4X4 Mulie ?
Or my 2x2 mulie ?
Or step on my whitetail spike skull ?
Depending on time of year that the animal died would have an influence on whether or not they would come off.
An animal that died during Sept would probably not lose them......"anyone want to comment ?" WTF?

Probably pretty rare but I spotted a dead head in February a few years back. Picked it up to admire(I was going to leave it of course) and plunk.... right side popped off right in my hand!!!! So I though what the heck, pulled on the other side and no go. Smacked it on the ground a few times and plunk off it came too, a little rougher though.

  Odd but true!!

[cascademountainhunter]

i would have takin them 

[WARHORSE]

give em a kick!!  what is wrong with that a nice set of sheds!  sure makes the guy who found the head a left it first mad!

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

The key being FEBRUARY

[WARHORSE]

yea!! ya gotta use yer head yer not gonna make a horn fall off by kickin it if you find it fresh dead in oct or nov!!!

[MtnMuley]

Thanks WARPONY for finally commenting on your soccer skills........in Ferbuary!

[andrew_12gauge]

Not sure on Idaho law, but the wife of a friend of mine found a huge, I mean huge bull elk skull while hiking outside of Priest River years ago. It may help that she works for the forest service, but she has shown it off with no law issues; but like I said Idaho  I have come across some spikes and little forkies before, not quite trophy materials and I figured I would leave them for the squirrels and rodents to chew on. Circle of life I guess.

perfectly legal in idaho to pick up any animal that died of natural causes, road kill still does not fit that bill

[MtnMuley]

You're right Andrew, and a good friend of mine there has found 2 (suspected) wolf kills with very impressive racks this year.  One elk and one WTail.  Nice thing is, he could pick them up. 

[Hillbilly270]

how do you explain all the skulls we have laying around the house or in the garage?  Do you all keep tags with them?  I surely dont have a tag on every head in my garage.

[Woodchuck]

yes by the letter of the law it is illeagal, that being said, a gentleman i know (if you believe any "gentlemen" would admit to knowing me) found a nice 5x4 whitetail skeleton this year, pulled the head and loaded it up to go home, got stopped by usfs law enforcement, was told he wasnt supposed to be doing that, but was sent on his way with the skull  

[Joe_Hunter]

Unfortunately the laws in this state are pretty clear on this. Dead animals must be left to lay where they are and may not be kept. Even winter kill animals with obvious signs that it was not taken recently must be discarded.
I know that most of us are law abiding citizens and would never poach an animal only to return later to claim our prize but it's obvious that these laws exist for some reason so it's a pretty good bet that Simone somewhere sometime ago shot a critter left it and returned later to claim it.
That sucks.