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Medic75

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Was wondering if there was anyway of getting a Bald Eagle mounted. Talked with the local game wardens and they said no. Just hoping there is some way around it.
We hit the eagle with a half ton truck, lots of damage to truck, and just a few feathers missing from him.
Thanks for any help.
 
Dad found one while working in the oilfield. Also a Great Grey Owl, and a rough legged hawk. He got permits for all three and they have been on the wall ever since.

A few missing feathers can easily be hid by any taxidermist. Make sure the person who killed the bird takes it in and that person ONLY. That being YOU. Make sure you give them an Alberta living address or you will loose it.

The natives used to get all Eagles for headdress feathers but Dad had no issues at all getting a permit for his. Just don't get it done in this pose. THey look like a stupid firechicken.

Some taxidermists......
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problem is that i live in Manitoba. They said there is no chance but even with the pose it still looks good on your wall. something i would love to have.
 
Different provinces have different rules regarding sstuff liek this, but you are probably in illegal possesion of it if you have it in your freezer rigth now.:D
 
A few years back I found an American Kestrel, dead from what appeared to be natural causes. I called my uncle who's a taxidermist, to see if he'd want it. He told me to promptly get rid of it because raptors are protected and having one in ones possession was illegal. I would not chance it.
 
Medic75 said:
Was wondering if there was anyway of getting a Bald Eagle mounted. Talked with the local game wardens and they said no. Just hoping there is some way around it.
We hit the eagle with a half ton truck, lots of damage to truck, and just a few feathers missing from him.
Thanks for any help.
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Depends where you're from. I have permits for about a half dozen raptors that I have yet to get mounted. If you FIND it and didn't have a role in killing it, then they seem to be pretty quick to give a salvage permit. Don't try saying you got it off a buddy and expect a permit. This is ALberta and the above may be different depending on the discretion of the GW's.
 
You should be able to get a permit without a problem. Here in Ontario the local MNR were making people pay to have them x-rayed before they would issue a permit (looking for lead):rolleyes:
Like sjemac said, tell them you want a Salvage Permit, I believe Raptors fall under Federal laws not Provincial. My father had been a taxidermist for over 50 years and has permits dating back to 1972 when all this permit BS started.
 
maynard said:
You should be able to get a permit without a problem. Here in Ontario the local MNR were making people pay to have them x-rayed before they would issue a permit (looking for lead):rolleyes:
Like sjemac said, tell them you want a Salvage Permit, I believe Raptors fall under Federal laws not Provincial. My father had been a taxidermist for over 50 years and has permits dating back to 1972 when all this permit BS started.
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Raptors are provincial law. So it is the local warden you see. For migratory birsds you need to see the Canadian Wildlife Service.
 
You definitely need a permit to possess that bird and Fish & Wildlife would be the best people to ask. Problem is explaining why you already have the thing in your possession. I mean it makes sense to throw it in a freezer right away... but!!

Good luck with the beaurocrats. :runaway:
 
I got a permit for a Great Horned Owl, when I was in Moose jaw Sk., and they had no issues with it. IIRC it cost me $10, for the permit, and I had to sign a statutory declaration declaring where I found it, and under what circumstances. I found it alongside a grid road.

I have read and heard that Alberta is good with it too, as long as there are no signs of bullet holes or similar damage, that might point to foul play.

The local Conservation Office is the place to find out for sure.

Possesion without a permit is bad juju, and most taxidermists will chase you right out the door if you try to bring it in without a permit in hand.

Good luck!

Cheers
Trev
 
Found dead wildlife. It's a great thing to preserve. It's a shame you always find them late friday night and have to put it in the freezer over the weekend before you can contact fish & game on a monday when their office is open.....
 
Not quite the same thing, but a few years ago I picked up a few beautiful bald eagle feathers on a beach while sea kayaking in Alaska. When the guides saw them they claimed that the presumption of Alaska law was that having the feathers meant I had poached a bald eagle. I was (and am) not 100% sure they weren't exaggerating, but the $$ amount they quoted for the fines made me decide I didn't need to find out the hard way that they weren't fooling.
 
I do know in Ontario it is illegal to have an eagle in your posession my chum is a trapper and would snare several a year and he would go to the MNR and turn it in he tried many times to get a permit and they wouldn't issue a permit but told him he had to turn it over to MNR. They also told him that on the black market a dead eagle will bring between $5000 and $10000 and a live one can bring $25000 to $50000.
 
Thanks for all the replies. G&F were contacted right away, there office is about an hr away and we told them if they want it they can pick it up, they were fine with that. They are the one that told us to put it in the freezer. opps it was already there. From what i am getting on here and from them i dont think that i will be able to keep him. What a shame. Wing span over 5 feet.
 
Its pretty tough. I have a beauty that my grandfather had stuffed that he found on the side in the rail road tracks back in the day (which was a wednesday by the way). Call a local game warden or CO, several if you must, and get advice. AS one might give you a permit and another may not. Once the permit is in hand you can take it too any taxidernist. Until then, you would have to do it by yourself.
 
Pretty stupid rule, if you did not kill it on purpose like you said I think that you should be able to keep it, weird that Manitoba is so screwed up. They will probably give it to the local native tribe or a museum I guess.
 
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