150.4113 Administrative regulations to allow sale and purchase of mounted wildlife

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specimens -- Recording of sales.

(1)As used in this section, "mounted wildlife specimen" means:

(a)A legally taken animal, including the skin of the head, cape, or the entire skin,

mounted in a lifelike representation of the animal or any part thereof; or

(b)A European mount in which the horns or antlers and the skull or a portion of

the skull are mounted for display.

(2)Notwithstanding KRS 150.180 and no later than January 1, 2014, the department

shall promulgate administrative regulations to allow any person or entity to sell or

buy mounted wildlife specimens, except as prohibited by federal law.

(3)The administrative regulations promulgated under this section shall establish a

means by which each transaction for the sale of mounted wildlife specimens for

white-tailed deer, elk, bears, turkeys, and bobcats shall be recorded by the

department. The department shall make the recording of each transaction as

reasonably convenient for all parties to the transaction as possible, which may

include but not be limited to allowing telephone and Internet recording of sales.

(4)Mounted wildlife specimens purchased from or sold to a licensed taxidermist under

KRS 150.4111 shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.