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coyote pup:
An interesting point to make on this subject also is- what most people don't realize, a good number of the hawks and owls that you find dead along the highway or county roads were not killed by automobile. Sitting on a powerline makes them a real nice still target for rifles and there they lay dead on the side of the road killed by a bullet. A lot of less-enlightened hunters see these birds as nothing more than competition for squirrel and rabbit and believe they've got to go. I have known of people doing this. 

hawkbow:
I don't want to come down on all game wardens.. I have friends who are top notch outdoorsmen and horsemen who work for the game and fish.. these individuals are better hunters and honorable people than most hunters who I share the wilds with.. that being said the warden from Cody who had the birds killed is a real piece of crap.. with little regard for the people or animals he comes into cantact with..the worst part is their policy of burning the birds, when they could donate them to any of the local tribes in the area who would use them in an honorable way.. Hawk   

Hillbilly:
Deftones, the list of protected species that you're not supposed to possess parts of is basically any bird that isn't a legal gamebird. That pretty much gets everything big enough to fletch with except turkey, goose, duck, pheasant, grouse, and crow.

Josh:
thanks hillbilly. 

DarkSoul:
In the Netherlands where I live is a way to legally posess raptor feathers/products when they died of natural causes or roadkill. This is the thing I've found out (it may work similar in the USA, I don't know):
- If you find a dead raptor such as a buzzard, you cannot touch it, unless:
- you bring it to the police. You are not allowed to ditch the bird in the forest or in the garbage bin. It is only legal to touch and transport the bird when you bring it to the police.
- You report the dead bird to the police, and tell them you need them to fill in a special form required to own a dead raptor. This form is also required for a taxidermist to stuff the bird. Without this form, a taxidermist will not stuff the bird.
- The police should write on the form that the bird is roadkill or died of natural cuases. In other words: the police should figure out it does not have gunshot wounds.
- This is all free of charge, if I'm not mistaken. It takes little time for you.
- The police will just sent you home, with the form and the dead bird. The form should be saved as a proof.
- You may use the form to have the bird stuffed, but now you can also legally strip the bird of its flesh/feathers/beak etc.

I didn't come up with this law...just the way thing work over here.
I imagine it works the same if you would legally like to posess a single buzzard feather you accidentally found in the forest.

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