Anyone in NV seal a Bobcat - Game & Fish requirements

BriggsRi

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I'm looking for some information from someone who has actually gone thru this process.

I have recently harvested a Bobcat and the sate requires the pelt to be brought in un-tanned and the lower jaw cleaned and dry.

Tanning the hide and bleaching the skull has to be done after the sealing process.

What are you doing / how are you prepping your cats for Game & Fish?

Thank you,
 
I think I wrote the law from 1981 - 1999. Generally, folks show up at one of the standard sealing stations with their pelt and a clean lower jaw. I think you will be able to find a sealing station date that will allow you to proceed with tanning. I don't think you are prevented from cleaning and processing the skull. If you want to keep the skull with the lower jaw, I would suggest you contact the department and ask for the name of the biologist that will be sealing the bobcat and see if they would let you keep the jaw. You will need to fill out a harvest report form that identifies how long you hunted, where you hunted and some other data. Pretty low stress and quick process.
 
I know you have to have a mountain lion inspected and sealed in Nevada, but wasn't aware of a bobcat. I thought all one needed for a bobcat was a trappers license. Please keep us all posted on the law as you find out. I am curious.

Tony
 
NAC 502.347 Bobcats: Miscellaneous requirements; prohibited and unlawful acts; transportation; fee for seal. (NRS 501.105, 501.181, 502.130)
1.  Any person who kills a bobcat shall, within 10 days after the close of the season, personally:
(a) Present its pelt for inspection by and give its lower jaw to a representative of the Department;
(b) Have the Department’s seal affixed to the pelt; and
(c) Complete a report of the killing in accordance with the Department’s instructions.
2.  A person shall not sell, offer for sale, barter, trade, purchase, transfer ownership, tan, offer for out-of-state shipment by a common carrier or, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, transport from this State any pelt of a bobcat unless the Department has affixed its seal to the pelt.
3.  During the season designated by the Commission for the taking of bobcats, a person who holds a valid resident trapping license may transport from this State, for not more than 2 hours:
(a) The pelt of a bobcat that has not been stretched, dried or cured; or
(b) The entire unskinned carcass of a bobcat,
Ê lawfully taken by the person in this State, without the seal being affixed to the pelt pursuant to subsection 2, for the purpose of returning to the person’s residence within this State by the most expedient route or checking any additional trap set by the person that is located in an area of this State which is most readily accessed from any state. The provisions of this subsection do not authorize a person to import, transport, export or possess an unsealed pelt in violation of a law or regulation of any state.
4.  A person shall not possess a pelt of a bobcat 10 days or more after the close of the season unless the Department’s seal is permanently attached to the pelt.
5.  A resident of Nevada must pay the Department $5 for such a seal.
6.  It is unlawful for a person to present for sealing or to have sealed in this State the pelt of any bobcat taken in another state.
7.  As used in this section, “pelt” means the hide or skin of a bobcat that is not permanently tanned or has not been processed to a finished form or product beyond initial fleshing, cleaning, temporary tanning, curing, stretching, salting or drying. The term includes, without limitation, any green pelt or raw pelt.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 9-1-80; A 11-5-81; 8-22-86, eff. 9-15-86; R107-05, 9-18-2007)

NAC 502.361  Elk tags. (NRS 501.105, 501.181, 502.130, 502.140, 502.160, 502.250)
 
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Last time I had hides sealed(its been a while) they wanted hide, lower jaw, where it was taken, days hunted/ trapped.
 
Real simple process. On the NDOW website, there is a schedule for Bobcat seal dates for each office in the State. The Vegas office I believe has 2 or 3 times when you can have the bobcat pelt sealed. It cost $5 per cat.

Cut as much meat as you can off the lower jaw and let it air dry. Make sure you have your trappers license number, the date you shot it, and the location.
 


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