Sue and I did a drive east on the Alaska Highway this morning. We went about 90 miles East of our house, in Watson lake
We were seeing lots of birds which included lots of hawks. We saw 14 hawks in total today. But the real kicker was Sue yelling at me "stop stop" I looked right off the road and saw a hawk carrying what looked like a garbage bag. It was maybe 25 yards off the road and it dropped the "bag" But holy moses it was another hawk it was carrying and that one was dead. Sue had seen the one hawk picking up something just off the road so that is when she yelled stop.
Wow what a sight. We have the dead hawk now at our house. we have not been able to make a positive identity yet but that will be done tomorrow..
By the way no bears..
Maybe tomorrow
Watson Lake

Very odd. You guys are allowed to take a dead hawk like that? That would be a big no no here.

we actually found the hawk 24 miles from our house in a part of the Highway that goes through british Columbia. from watson Lake to past Contact Creek which is about 70 miles there is 3 or four sections in the Yukon and the same in British Columbia. We did a search on the WWW and there is a number for Sue to phone to report the bird.
But considering where we got the bird as the Yukon gsme Wardens say they most likely will not care. It was 300 miles to the closest town in B.C.
I hope we can get the bird mounted. would be a shame to have to dispose of it.

Watson lake..

That is a violation of the Wildlife Act in BC and Alberta, however, if you DO phone for permission to keep and mount the bird, you should have no trouble. That said, I would be VERY cautious about doing this in the more populated regions of BC-AB. as the COs can be "sticky" about such issues.

I once had a Kestrel fly straight into my 4x4 grill just at the bridge over the Athabaska River at Entrance,AB, while I was actually an employee of the Alberta government in a resource management agency. I was "on duty", but, using my own truck and I simply went to the CO's office and reported it. I disposed of it as per instructions as I did not want to spend the coin to mount it and that was that. but, one could get into deep "doo doo" if he/she fails to report such a situation.

Technically you're supposed to report the animals location then get the paperwork and finally go and collect the specimen. Obviously doesn't work with fresh animals! The CO will usually keep it in their freezer until the paperwork is done and you are granted permission.

An acquaintance packed ot a sheep head at great physical cost to himself and once he brought it to the wardens office was told "thanks for bringing it in" he wasn't given posession of the head and is still peeved to this day. The flip side is people can poach an animal and then claim it as "found" that's whey they get so sticky in some circumstances. Especially so with endangered or trophy animals.

Good luck with your find, I'm sure it will work out fine.

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Originally posted by calgarychef1:
Technically you're supposed to report the animals location then get the paperwork and finally go and collect the specimen. Obviously doesn't work with fresh animals! The CO will usually keep it in their freezer until the paperwork is done and you are granted permission.

An acquaintance packed ot a sheep head at great physical cost to himself and once he brought it to the wardens office was told "thanks for bringing it in" he wasn't given posession of the head and is still peeved to this day. The flip side is people can poach an animal and then claim it as "found" that's whey they get so sticky in some circumstances. Especially so with endangered or trophy animals.

Good luck with your find, I'm sure it will work out fine.

Hey Chef, don't you wish you could go for an "interesting" drive? Winter finally looks like it's going away and the bears will be moving soon.

If you followed the letter of the Law, by the time you got back, it would be road pizza, or someone else would have it. I've never heard of anyone just picking the bird up and not getting a permit. Sheep and Eagles they are more anal about, because they are so rare and desirable. Probably one of those things that depends on the officer. Friend of mine found a Booner in the Sheep river sanctuary, years ago, ram fell in the river and drowned. Brought it in, no problem. You can't be responsible for the animal's death, so I've often wondered about bringing in your own road kill? When they first came up with this legislation, you actually had to swear an oath on the bible. to get your permit.

Grizz

we put on 300 miles today. Only saw one small black bear on the Nahanni Range road.
Saw 4 Vehicles in total in the 300 miles.
Still lots of snow.
Watson Lake

You must work for the government to have so much free time?

I appreciate you paying your taxes you must be an overpaid contractor or something like that.
Yup I went to the dark side 4 yrs ago.
Watson Lk.

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Originally posted by jhaney:
You must work for the government to have so much free time?

No, he just had to make a run to town for groceries.

Grizz