§116.2.  Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; sales, purchases of parts prohibited; exceptions

A.(1)  No person shall sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange any game quadruped, or any part or portion thereof, wild bird, or the plumage, aigrettes, skin, or body thereof, except as provided in R.S. 56:171 through 181 and except as provided in Subsection B of this Section.  Each sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of each game quadruped or wild bird, or any part or portion thereof, constitutes a separate offense under the provisions of this Subsection.

(2)  Violation of the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, except for the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of squirrels or wild rabbits or their parts, constitutes a class 5-A violation.  If a violation of Paragraph (1) involves the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of squirrels or wild rabbits, or parts or portions thereof, the penalty imposed shall be a class three violation.

B.  The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not prevent the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of tails or hides, or both, of legally taken squirrels or the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or the attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of hides of legally taken deer to licensed fur buyers and licensed fur dealers, provided that the sale, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange or attempt to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or exchange of any such tails or hides is made within ten days of the close of the squirrel or deer hunting season, as applicable.  Fur buyers shall dispose of any such tails or hides within thirty days of the close of the squirrel or deer hunting season, as applicable.  Any fur dealer having such tails or hides in his possession after the close of the squirrel or deer hunting season, as applicable, shall file with the department within thirty days of the close of said season, and at sixty-day intervals thereafter, a complete report, under oath, on forms procured from the department.  The report shall contain the name and address of all persons from whom the tails or hides were purchased, traded, bartered, or exchanged and the place and date of purchase, trade, barter, or exchange.  Violation of the provisions of this Subsection constitutes a class three violation.

C.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply to deer antlers or to any unclaimed specimen left in the possession of a taxidermist, provided that he meets the requirements of R.S. 9:192.

Acts 1992, No. 966, §1; Acts 2014, No. 295, §1.