Eagle feather
Aug 3, 2016 09:56:58 #
Has anyone ever found an eagle feather and taken it home? I found one out west, brought it home in a baggie, then found out I could get in trouble. What say you, Hoggers? I need advice.
Aug 3, 2016 10:10:08 #
Aug 3, 2016 11:08:27 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
Its an old law that the ONLY people ( person ) that can legally keep an Eagle Feather is (are) a Native American. It is only used rarely, usually in a poolitical broo-ha-ha....
Aug 3, 2016 11:47:23 #
donrent wrote:
Its an old law that the ONLY people ( person ) that can legally keep an Eagle Feather is (are) a Native American. It is only used rarely, usually in a poolitical broo-ha-ha....
Oh, good. I don't want to sell or anything like that. I don't think my people have any Native Americans in their past, although my husband's mother swears they are related to Geronimo. But I do want to keep the feather.😊
Aug 3, 2016 12:25:49 #
It's not just eagle feathers, the feathers all birds that fall under the protection of The Migratory Bird Treaty Act are protected.
Eagle feathers have special standing because of Native American exceptions.
Eagle feathers have special standing because of Native American exceptions.
Aug 4, 2016 08:29:41 #
Hefty fine and imprisonment for possessing bald eagle and golden eagle feathers.
Aug 4, 2016 08:50:11 #
Aug 4, 2016 10:20:35 #
Aug 4, 2016 13:06:14 #
roxiemarty wrote:
Has anyone ever found an eagle feather and taken it home? I found one out west, brought it home in a baggie, then found out I could get in trouble. What say you, Hoggers? I need advice.
You can have you behind arrested for any eagle parts. You might get by if you can prove some NATIVE AMERICAN heritage, or FIRST NATION status. Give it a try. Let us know what happens.
Aug 4, 2016 13:20:50 #
One Rude Dawg wrote:
You can have you behind arrested for any eagle parts. You might get by if you can prove some NATIVE AMERICAN heritage, or FIRST NATION status. Give it a try. Let us know what happens.
I am not turning myself in!! Are you of Native American origin? Thanks for your thoughts on this matter though.
Aug 4, 2016 20:19:33 #
JBruce wrote:
Just don't tell anyone (oops too late on that), or display it!
For sure don't tell anyone and best to keep it hid anyway!!
Aug 4, 2016 22:13:00 #
donrent wrote:
Its an old law that the ONLY people ( person ) that can legally keep an Eagle Feather is (are) a Native American. It is only used rarely, usually in a poolitical broo-ha-ha....
On a wilderness raft trip in Alaska there were many eagles around one of our campsites with feathers all over the place. My friend naively brought a couple home to Chicago. His son hung some from his car rear view mirror. After a couple of weeks their house was visited by some feds. They verified the family were not American Indians. They confiscated the feathers and threatened huge fines if it occurred again. Apparently some motorist noticed the feathers, took down the license plate number and gave it to some fed animal control/enviro dept. This was not political grandstanding.
Aug 5, 2016 02:01:38 #
Rick-ws
Loc: Seattle or North Idaho
All birds molt. I get it if your kill an eagle and take its feathers, but when they fall out naturally, it doesn't make sense to make possession illegal.
My opinion on the inflexibility of some laws.
My opinion on the inflexibility of some laws.
Aug 5, 2016 02:12:47 #
Rick-ws wrote:
All birds molt. I get it if your kill an eagle and take its feathers, but when they fall out naturally, it doesn't make sense to make possession illegal.
My opinion on the inflexibility of some laws.
My opinion on the inflexibility of some laws.
How do you tell if a bird was killed for its feathers or if they fell out naturally?
Aug 5, 2016 07:45:47 #
roxiemarty wrote:
Has anyone ever found an eagle feather and taken it home? I found one out west, brought it home in a baggie, then found out I could get in trouble. What say you, Hoggers? I need advice.
Found this on Wikipedia:
Under the current language of the eagle feather law, individuals of certifiable American Indian ancestry enrolled in a federally recognized tribe are legally authorized to obtain eagle feathers. Unauthorized persons found with an eagle or its parts in their possession can be fined up to $25,000.
My guess is you fall in the "Unauthorized person" category.
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