Pelt Sealing

[Maligator]

Can someone tell me exactly what this is. I know you have to turn in cougar and bobcat pelts to have it done but what do they do to them? Ink? Press? Tag? What???

[fishnate]

They get sex, look at teeth for age tag it and get area where taken.

[bearpaw]

They attach a numbered locking tag. Another primary purpose of sealing hides is to prevent illegal take. No taxidermist or fur buyer can take a hide that isn't sealed.

[Maligator]

Thank you for the info. I hope to fill a cougar tag this year and a nice bob cat would be cool too 

[trapperguy22]

otters, bobcats and several other animals need a US. cities tag on them before they can be sold or taxidermied so that is what they are doing it is a plasic tag. most furs that are sold these days eventually end up over seas and these species need that tag to leave the country. Every state has to do it.

[billythekidrock]

They attach a numbered locking tag. Another primary purpose of sealing hides is to prevent illegal take. No taxidermist or fur buyer can take a hide that isn't sealed.

We were told yesterday that that may soon change.
I can't remember if it was just for bobcats or if that included cougar as well. My notes just say, "cites is going away". That was not verbatim, but more if a reminder/reference for myself to ask further questions.....which I did not do. 

The question that elicited the response was about the yearly harvest numbers of bobcats statewide. The primary concern about this going away was that F&W needs to come up with a way count harvested bobcats in the future.

[rasbo]

They attach a numbered locking tag. Another primary purpose of sealing hides is to prevent illegal take. No taxidermist or fur buyer can take a hide that isn't sealed.

We were told yesterday that that may soon change.
I can't remember if it was just for bobcats or if that included cougar as well. My notes just say, "cites is going away". That was not verbatim, but more if a reminder/reference for myself to ask further questions.....which I did not do. 

The question that elicited the response was about the yearly harvest numbers of bobcats statewide. The primary concern about this going away was that F&W needs to come up with a way count harvested bobcats in the future.

let the trappers asso count

[billythekidrock]

They attach a numbered locking tag. Another primary purpose of sealing hides is to prevent illegal take. No taxidermist or fur buyer can take a hide that isn't sealed.

We were told yesterday that that may soon change.
I can't remember if it was just for bobcats or if that included cougar as well. My notes just say, "cites is going away". That was not verbatim, but more if a reminder/reference for myself to ask further questions.....which I did not do. 

The question that elicited the response was about the yearly harvest numbers of bobcats statewide. The primary concern about this going away was that F&W needs to come up with a way count harvested bobcats in the future.

let the trappers asso count

I think that is a great idea, but without a "reporting" requirement I wonder how many would bother with a voluntary report. They didn't say when this could happen, but it is definitely something the WSTA should look at with F&W. On the other hand, maybe the WSTA wouldn't want to handle harvest numbers.