What is pelt sealing and why is it required for certain species?
According to the NYS DEC's website, if you hunt & kill certain species (bobcats, martens, etc.) you must get its pelt 'sealed'.
If you Google pelt sealing you'll get a strange list of articles, some of which mention the use of plastic tags applied to the pelt, but none (that I could find) that really explain what pelt sealing actually is.
More importantly, why seal a pelt? Why only for certain species?
I feel like this little tidbit of knowledge is an example of something that is well known by the hardcore hunting community, but hasn't really be made public knowledge to the unwashed masses. Any ideas?
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From dec.ny.gov Furbearer Possession Tags & Pelt Seals
Pelt Sealing
Purpose
There are a few purposes for pelt sealing bobcat, otter, fisher and marten species:
- To allow the pelt to be exported from New York State, sold, or transferred.
- To record population and biological information that helps in management decisions. For more information, visit the Harvest Data webpage.
- To comply with CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), which aims to protect against over-exploitation of species similar in appearance to some of New York's furbearers.
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From reading the question, I suspect the OP understands "sealing" to be the verb described by the description "apply a nonporous coating to (a surface) to make it impervious.".
When they talk about sealing a pelt they are using it as the action to acquire the noun described by the description "a piece of wax, lead, or other material with an individual design stamped into it, attached to a document to show that it has come from the person who claims to have issued it."
The tag or seal is applied to the pelt to identify it's origin, and show it has been harvested in accordance with the law.
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