R657-5-20. Purchasing or Selling Big Game or Its Parts

  (1) A person may only purchase, sell, offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange or trade any big game or its parts as follows:

  (a) Antlers, heads and horns of legally taken big game may be purchased or sold only on the dates published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game;

  (b) Untanned hides of legally taken big game may be purchased or sold only on the dates published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game;

  (c) Inedible byproducts, excluding hides, antlers and horns of legally possessed big game as provided in Subsection 23-20-3, may be purchased or sold at any time;

  (d) tanned hides of legally taken big game may be purchased or sold at any time; and

  (e) shed antlers and horns may be purchased or sold at any time.

  (2)(a) Protected wildlife that is obtained by the division by any means may be sold or donated at any time by the division or its agent.

  (b) A person may purchase or receive protected wildlife from the division, which is sold or donated in accordance with Subsection (2)(a), at any time.

  (3) A person selling or purchasing antlers, heads, horns or untanned hides shall keep transaction records stating:

  (a) the name and address of the person who harvested the animal;

  (b) the transaction date; and

  (c) the permit number of the person who harvested the animal.

  (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to scouting programs or other charitable organizations using untanned hides.