Sec. 2312. Buying and selling game.
(a) General rule. - Unless otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any person to buy, sell or barter, or aid, abet, assist or conspire to buy, sell or barter, or offer for sale or barter, or have in possession for sale or barter, any game or the edible parts of game or any protected bird or animal or parts of any protected bird or animal.
(b) Imported game. - It is unlawful for any person to sell or barter, or offer for sale or barter, any game or wildlife protected by this title imported, either dead or alive, from another state or nation unless there is attached to the carton containing the game or wildlife or to the individual carcasses a tag identifying the game or wildlife in English and giving the state or nation from which originally shipped.
(c) Exception.--
[ul](1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the purchase or sale of game raised under authority of a propagating permit in this Commonwealth or the capture and sale of game or wildlife after securing a permit from the director and payment of any fees established by the commission or the purchase or sale of the tanned, cured or mounted heads or skins, or parts thereof, of any game or wildlife not killed in a wild state in this Commonwealth, or the sale or purchase of any inedible part thereof, from game or wildlife lawfully killed, if such parts are disposed of by the original owner within 90 days after the close of the season in which the game or wildlife was taken. Prior to selling parts of game or wildlife under the provisions of this subsection, all edible parts shall be removed.
(2) The commission may, by regulation, authorize the buying and selling of inedible parts of game and wildlife as it deems appropriate.
(3) This subsection shall not be construed to permit any individual or agency other than the commission to sell the skins or parts of game or wildlife killed as a protection to crops, or accidentally killed upon the highways, or seized as contraband.
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(d) Penalty. - A violation of this section relating to:
[ul](1) Elk or bear is a summary offense of the first degree and results in forfeiture of the privilege to hunt or take wildlife anywhere within this Commonwealth for a period of five years.
(2) Deer is a summary offense of the second degree and results in forfeiture of the privilege to hunt or take game or wildlife anywhere within this Commonwealth for a period of three years.
(3) Bobcat or otter is a summary offense of the third degree and results in forfeiture of the privilege to hunt or take game or wildlife anywhere within this Commonwealth for a period of three years.
(4) Wild turkey or beaver is a summary offense of the fourth degree and results in forfeiture of the privilege to hunt or take game or wildlife anywhere within this Commonwealth for a period of two years.
(5) Each other wild bird or wild animal is a summary offense of the fifth degree and results in forfeiture of the privilege to hunt or take game or wildlife anywhere within this Commonwealth for a period of one year.
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