La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § V-119

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-119 - Cervid Carcass Importation

A. Definitions

Cervid-any animal of the family Cervidae including, but not limited to, white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou, fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, red deer and reindeer.

B. No person shall import, transport or possess any cervid carcass or part of a cervid carcass originating outside of Louisiana except for: meat that is cut and wrapped; meat that has been boned out; quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached, antlers, clean skull plates with antlers, cleaned skulls without tissue attached, capes, tanned hides, finished taxidermy mounts and cleaned cervid teeth. This restriction shall also prohibit transport of any cervid carcass or part of a cervid carcass originating from Louisiana lands east of the Mississippi River in East Carroll, Madison, Tensas and Concordia Parishes to any other part of the state, unless it is transported in the manner prescribed herein. Any and all bones shall be disposed of in a manner where its final destination is at an approved landfill or equivalent.

C. Approved parts or deboned meat transported from other states must be legally possessed from the state it was taken. Approved parts and deboned meat from other states must contain a possession tag with the hunters name, out-of-state license number (if required), address, species, date and location (county and state) of harvest. All cervids transported into or through this state in violation of the provisions of this ban shall be seized and disposed of in accordance with Wildlife and Fisheries Commission and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rules and regulations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § V-119

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 43344 (2/1/2017), Amended LR 44, Amended LR 45933 (7/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the Louisiana Constitution, Article IX, Section 7, R.S. 56:1, R.S. 56:5, R.S. 56:6(10), (13) and (15), R.S. 56:20, R.S. 56:112, R.S. 56:116.1 and R.S. 56:171 et seq.