ORIGINAL: Windwalker7
I'm not sure how true this is but here it goes.
I heard that the PGC was unable to account for all the money it received for Taxidermy permits and all the money amatuer taxidermist spent trying to get their license. I think it cost each person about $100 just to take the exam.
I heard all this money was unaccounted for. Anyone heard if this is true or not?
I don’t know where you heard such a thing, but I can assure you it is just another malicious lie. Every penny the Game Commission handles, both in and out, is audited and accounted for by a staff the state’s auditors.
Both the Taxidermist and Cervid Propagator permittingalong with theiroverview got transferred from the Game Commission to the Department of Agriculture by the State Legislature. The most likely reason for the change was because some of them convinced the Legislature that they shouldn’t have to accountable. I am sure some of themsee this as a way around accountability and a way to do things that might not be good for the future of wildlife though more profitable for themselves.
It will be interesting to see how well it all works out when we are killing all the deer, both captive and wild, within five miles of each CWD outbreak It will also be interesting when people start complaining about taking their trophy wildlife harvest to a Taxidermist and then getting it back without any hair on it because the Taxidermist wasn’t adequately tested prior to being permitted.
Any bets on long it is going to take for each of those scenarios to become reality?
Dick Bodenhorn
WCO, Elk County