Fish and Game's Annual Fur Sale to be in Pocatello

Do you have a little tax refund money burning a hole in your pocket? Maybe the Idaho Department of Fish and Game's annual fur sale has what you are looking for. This year, the event will be on Saturday, April 29, at Fish and Game's Southeast Regional Office located at 1345 Barton Road in Pocatello. The auction will start at 10 a.m. Items will be available for inspection at 8 a.m. Items include carcasses, skulls and hides of bobcats, mountain lions, black bears, and otters. Elk, deer and moose antlers will also be available, some of which will include skull plates or bases. This year's item list even includes a rattlesnake. No firearms will be sold. The auction items are acquired statewide through seizures of poached animals, are found and brought to Fish and Game offices, or are recovered as road kill. Some of the seized or recovered items make their way to non-profit organizations, such as universities or high schools for educational use, but those that don't are sent to the annual public auction. Remember, anyone planning to transport items purchased at the auction to another state should know the destination state's laws for bringing in carcasses, hides, antlers or other animal parts. For information about the fur sale or a list of the available items, contact the Pocatello Fish and Game office at 208-232-4703.