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Title: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Jackjr on March 25, 2009, 08:04:26 PM
any mule deer capes out there for sale.   
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Elkstuffer on March 25, 2009, 08:07:56 PM
What size are you looking for? Tanned or raw?
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: huntnphool on March 27, 2009, 05:23:37 PM
I thought it was illegal to sell capes? :dunno:
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: rougheye on March 27, 2009, 05:26:33 PM
Is it really ?
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on March 27, 2009, 05:34:54 PM
What do you mean illegal to sell capes?  No it's not.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: rougheye on March 27, 2009, 05:40:18 PM
I got one , not sure i want to part with it yet
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: bow-n-head on March 27, 2009, 05:43:06 PM
you can buy one on ebay.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on March 28, 2009, 07:43:08 AM
Not at all illegal to sell capes
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Post by: bucklucky on March 28, 2009, 08:29:18 AM
Damn , I would go to prisson if it was illeagle.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on March 28, 2009, 08:51:43 AM
Don't worry Charlie I would send you lots of soap on a rope, would not leave you hanging...... :P :P
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: bucklucky on March 28, 2009, 08:53:33 AM
Don't worry Charlie I would send you lots of soap on a rope, would not leave you hanging...... :P :P

Thanks man, much appreciated  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on March 28, 2009, 10:48:47 AM
Don't worry Charlie I would send you lots of soap on a rope, would not leave you hanging...... :P :P

Thanks man, much appreciated  :chuckle:

 :chuckle: 

I think all the taxidermists in the state would be in prison.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: huntnphool on March 29, 2009, 12:30:06 PM
I dont know why, for some reason I thought it was illegal in this state.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on March 29, 2009, 02:41:25 PM
From the way the law is written and the way I interpret it the only Capes you can NOT sell would be Mountain Goat  and Sheep. 

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=232-12-071

WAC 232-12-071 Agency filings affecting this section
Buying or selling game unlawful — Game-farmed meat exception.
 
  (1) Unless prohibited by federal regulations, nonedible parts of wild animals, game birds or game fish lawfully taken may be offered for sale, sold, purchased or traded, except it is unlawful to offer for sale, sell, purchase or trade the following unless authorized by a written permit issued by the director:

     (a) Nonedible parts of bighorn sheep or mountain goat.

     (b) Velvet antlers of deer or elk.

     (c) Gall bladder, claws, or teeth of bear, except those claws or teeth permanently attached to a full bear skin or mounted bear.

     (2) It is unlawful to knowingly buy, sell, or otherwise exchange, or offer to buy, sell, or otherwise exchange the raw fur or carcass of a wild animal trapped in Washington with a body-gripping trap, whether or not pursuant to permit.

     (3) It is lawful to purchase and sell the meat of game-farm raised deer and elk, provided the meat is imported from a licensed game farm in another state or country, the meat is boned and only meat is imported for sale, and the meat is packaged for retail sale prior to import into this state. It is unlawful to fail to maintain proof of the source of the game-farmed meat together with the meat until the meat is consumed or exported.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: 270Shooter on March 29, 2009, 02:54:00 PM
Why would they make it illegal to sell velvet antlers?
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: mossback91 on March 29, 2009, 03:07:06 PM
Why would they make it illegal to sell velvet antlers?

Make male enhancement products with them.......... :dunno:
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on March 29, 2009, 04:14:52 PM
http://www.lef.org/Vitamins-Supplements/Item00252/Velvet-Deer-Antler.html
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on March 29, 2009, 06:03:38 PM
To prevent poaching is what the F&W will tel you.  I asked that one befor.  I was told it was because it was to hard to tell if they were shot out of season.
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: huntnphool on March 29, 2009, 06:16:24 PM
As apposed to the racks without velvet, those are so much easier to tell :chuckle:
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: boneaddict on March 29, 2009, 06:56:44 PM
 :chuckle:
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 29, 2009, 07:13:47 PM
Or animals without racks!!
Title: Re: Mule Deer Cape
Post by: cberg on March 31, 2009, 10:52:48 AM
We have a couple of wet tanned mulie capes from Montana. Late season. What size do you need?
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