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Old 01-31-2020, 01:18 PM
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Hi, I've never sheep hunted. Do you have to keep the skin from a bighorn sheep? If so could someone tell me where in the regs I cant seem to find it thanks.
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Old 01-31-2020, 01:20 PM
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You'd be stupid not to. If you don't use it for your shoulder mount, someone else will.
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Old 01-31-2020, 01:24 PM
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Ya but there seems to be no point for a non- trophy sheep tag. Wondering what the law says.
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Old 01-31-2020, 01:27 PM
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No you do not
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Old 01-31-2020, 01:50 PM
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Hides only need to be kept on furbearing animals but like some of the other posters said, Ram hides are very valuable.
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You do not have to salvage the hide from sheep/elk/deer....

If you do, the hide can be legally sold.
The Hooves cannot!
A note for those that are thinking about selling a full sheep hide.
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Old 01-31-2020, 02:09 PM
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Thanks guys for the quick reply's
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Old 01-31-2020, 02:28 PM
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You do not have to salvage the hide from sheep/elk/deer....

If you do, the hide can be legally sold.
The Hooves cannot!
A note for those that are thinking about selling a full sheep hide.
Can’t sell a life size cape with hooves??? First time I’ve ever heard that
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Old 01-31-2020, 03:01 PM
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Can’t sell a life size cape with hooves??? First time I’ve ever heard that


Nope.

From the Wildlife Act Regulations

Transportation, exportation and trafficking -
ss57(1), 59(1) and 62(1) and (2)
19 The following wildlife is exempt from the application of sections 57(1), 59(1) and 62(1) and (2) of the Act:
(a) processed upland game birds;
(b) the feathers and flesh of upland game birds raised under the authority of a game bird farm permit or a game bird shooting ground licence;
(c) wildlife animals bearing the unaltered permanent marking referred to in section 141(5) of this Regulation if
(i) a period of at least 3 years has elapsed from the date when the mark was affixed, or
(ii) the wildlife has been registered for sale pursuant to section 141(4) of this Regulation;
(d) the processed skins of fur‑bearing animals
(i) killed by a person referred to in section 4 or 7 in accordance with section 4 or 7 respectively, or under the authority of
(A) a registered fur management licence, a resident fur management licence, an Indian fur management licence, a Metis trapper’s licence, a collection licence, a wolf/coyote licence or a damage control licence, or
(B) a licence equivalent to a licence specified in paragraph (A) issued outside Alberta,
or
(ii) raised on a fur farm or under the authority of a zoo permit or a research permit;
(e) the processed skins, excluding horns, hooves and any part of a horn or hoof, of sheep and goat killed under the authority of recreational licences;
(f) the skins, excluding horns, antlers, hooves and any part of a horn, antler or hoof, of antelope, moose, elk, white‑tailed deer and mule deer that are lawfully possessed;

(g) beaver that has been hunted in accordance with the Act and this Regulation, including the unprocessed skin of the tail but excluding any other unprocessed part of the skin;
(h) the claws, skulls and teeth of fur‑bearing animals, other than beaver, that have been hunted in accordance with the Act and this Regulation;
(i) the feathers of migratory game birds, but only for the purposes and under the conditions stated in section 12.1(1) of the Migratory Birds Regulations (Canada) (C.R.C., c. 1035).
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Old 01-31-2020, 03:31 PM
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Thanks for the information, I just read through the Alberta hunting regulations and couldn’t find anything on the subject. Learn something new everyday
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Old 02-01-2020, 09:57 AM
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So you could sell a sheep hide that would be used for a full mount but first you would have to cut off the hooves.
Then the taxidermist would have to attach synthetic hooves.
This makes absolutely no sense and I would think there is more to the interpretation of those regs.
It's not like there is a black market for sheep hooves.
Is there a licensed taxidermist on here that can comment?
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I’m sure you could gift the hooves to someone in need


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I’m sure you could gift the hooves to someone in need


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Some Oriental thinks they have mystical qualities and wiling to pay big bucks ?

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Old 02-03-2020, 06:50 PM
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My taxidermist was ****ed when I told him I left mine in the field. The weight was already high enough for the pack out.
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