Apparently about the same as the requirement to by a hunting license.
It really makes you wonder what the qualifications are to get a job in a WDFW office is.....a pulse?
...........and speak spanish and some english, right !!!
Mandatory Reporting:
All hunters must report their hunting activity
(whether they harvest a cougar or not) using the
toll-free quota hotline (1-866-364-4868). Hunters
who harvest a cougar must notify the department
within 24 hours of kill (excluding legal state
holidays) and provide the hunter’s name, Wild ID,
date and Game Management Unit of kill, and sex
of animal. Permit hunters who purchased a cougar
transport, but did not hunt or harvest a cougar must
report their cougar hunting activity by April 10, 2011.
The raw pelt of the cougar (with proof of sex
naturally attached) must be sealed by an authorized
department employee within five days of the
notification of kill. Any person who takes a cougar
must present the cougar skull in such a manner
that teeth and biological samples can be extracted
to an authorized department employee at the time
of sealing. Call a Regional Office (see page 11) to
make arrangements to have a cougar checked.
Page 58 hunting regs
Pelt Sealing Requirements:
Successful hunters must contact a WDFW office within
20 days of the close of the hunting or trapping season to
schedule a hide sealing appointment. The skull and hide
(both non-frozen) must be presented so that teeth and
biological samples can be taken. Leave proof of sex attached
to the pelt. No one may possess an open WDFW bobcat seal
unless it has been cut by a licensed taxidermist or fur dealer
who has received and invoiced the pelt for processing.
Page 66
Hunting regs are not just for emergency T.P.
Seriously, always call a regional office. Regional staff deal with these types of questions regularly. I really am not sure about Olympia but it is likely you will get someone who know very little because they do not deal with it.
