Question

[Guest josh123]

ok so the other day i posted an old deer mount i had on craigslist and some guy emailed me saying i better take it off because he had a friend that got a ticket for it.. andybody know any rules against selling a deer head i killed and had mounted.. its hard for me to understand how this is illegal..

[DaveS]

I don't know your particuliar case, but I have sold a multitude of "mounts" on the internet. As far as I know, there are no laws to regulate the private sale of a trophy. Your problem will come in if you are trying to sell some animal parts. I've had a few people tell me one time that I should remove my heads from the internet, but a little checking around found that the very people telling me I'd get into trouble, themselves had stuff for sale on the internet. When I ran my Taxidermy shop, I sold un-claimed mounts all the time with no problems. A fresh deer head is one thing, a mounted finished head is perfectly legal to sell to the best of my knowledge.

[Guest clutepc]

I would think as long as you had a kill tag with it there wouldn't be a issue

[Randy L]

There is no law against selling a mount that I am aware of. I think he is talking about an unmounted head or selling venison or other wild game meat. You can give it away just can't sell.

[Jasongar8]

The only thing I don't think you can sell are mounted ducks or any migratory birds. At least that's what my taxidermist told me.

[DaveS]

You are right about the ducks. You can give them away but not sell them. A taxidermist can sell one to recover his expenses. Only for just the cost of materials. And paper work goes with the duck. I did some checking around and it is perfectly fine for you to sell your deer head. Best thing I can tell you is if someone contacts you on craigslist and says some thing. Ask them to reference to particuliar law in Tennessee.....or tell them (do I need to say more)...

[Punisher84]

Ok question in a question. Why can't you sell ducks?

[KahrMan]

Ok question in a question. Why can't you sell ducks?

I am assuming it has to do with they are migratory and therefore fall under Federal laws. If you want to hunt ducks you have to buy a Tn hunting license and a Federal Duck Stamp.

[Jasongar8]

Here is a pretty interesting article I found right here on TGO.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/hunting/28903-cant-sell-wild-game.html