Section 3039 Of Article 2. Hunting Licenses From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Section
3087, Section 4303, another provision of this code, or a regulation
adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to sell or purchase a
bird or mammal found in the wild in California.
(b) Products or handicraft items made from furbearing mammals and
nongame mammals lawfully taken under the authority of a trapping
license may be purchased or sold at any time.
(c) Shed antlers, or antlers taken from domestically reared
animals that have been manufactured into products or handicraft
items, or that have been cut into blocks or units which are to be
handcrafted or manufactured into those articles may be purchased or
sold at any time. However, complete antlers, whole heads with
antlers, antlers that are mounted for display, or antlers in velvet
may not be sold or purchased at any time, except as authorized by
Section 3087.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 3504, inedible parts of domestically
raised game birds may be sold or purchased at any time.
(e) A person who illegally takes a bird or mammal for profit or
for personal gain by engaging in an activity authorized by this
section is subject to civil liability pursuant to Section 2582.