Section 13.01.10.120 - RECOVERY OF PROTECTED WILDLIFEProtected species of wildlife that have died naturally (not human-caused) or by accidental or unlawful human causes, remain in public trust to be disposed of by the Department. However, a person may recover, possess, sell or purchase parts of protected wildlife dying of natural causes or accidental vehicle collision as follows:
01.Bighorn Sheep. a. Horns of bighorn sheep dead of natural causes may be recovered and possessed, provided such horns are presented to a Department office for marking by permanent metal pin within thirty (30) days of recovery. Pin insertion is not Department certification that the animal was legally taken. No person may sell, barter, purchase, or transfer to another person any horn from bighorn sheep that have died from natural causes without a Department permit.b. No person may alter, deface, or remove a pin placed in a bighorn sheep horn by the Department. No person may possess any horn of a bighorn sheep that bears an altered, defaced, or counterfeit Idaho pin or from which a state pin has been removed.02.Big Game other than Bighorn Sheep. Antlers, hides, bones, horns, or teeth of big game animals other than bighorn sheep that have died of natural causes may be recovered, possessed, purchased, bartered or sold, provided that reporting of bear and mountain lion parts is in accordance with reporting under Section 100.03 of these rules.03.Wildlife Salvaged from Vehicle Collision. Big game animals, upland game animals, upland game birds, or furbearing animals, which may be lawfully hunted or trapped in Idaho, or predatory or unprotected wildlife that have been killed or dispatched as a result of accidental vehicle collision and salvaged in compliance with Section 36-506, Idaho Code, may be recovered, possessed, provided that such taking is not in violation of state or federal law. Parts of said wildlife, excluding any meat and excluding any part of bighorn sheep, may also be purchased, bartered, or sold, where sale is not specifically prohibited by federal statute or regulation or state statute, provided a written statement as described in IDAPA 13.01.10.100.03 accompanies the wildlife part.Idaho Admin. Code r. 13.01.10.120