10-26-2009, 10:43 PM
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CA Lion Ques.
I found this on another website and had the same feeling as the poster. Does anyone know why this has not been challenged?
“Many may know that we cannot hunt mountain lions here in CA. That is obviously a shame as they are decimating our deer and sheep herds. That law will never be overturned in this liberal state so it's not even worth discussing.
What some may not know, however, is that CA state law also prevents one from possessing any part of a mountain lion legally killed elsewhere. That means you cannot legally kill one in another state and bring the hide, mount, meat, etc back into CA.
Anyone with any constitutional knowledge would recognize that this is an obvious violation of interstate commerce provisions. It would only take a guide or taxidermist, etc to say that they lose potential revenue because CA customers cannot do business with them.
A hunter going to Utah, killing a lion with a legal tag, and bringing or shipping home a mount is no different than an art collector going to purchasing artwork and bringing it back to CA. Yet one is legal and one is illegal. The legal ramifications notwithstanding, this is obviously illogical at the very least.
So why hasn't anyone taken this to task? Is no one willing to take the fall? Any enterprising hunter/attorney out there? I understand this would take a lot of time and money to fight so that is probably the answer, but what about a sportsman’s group like SCI? Anyone have any insight?” SDHNTR.
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