Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
Let's be careful and remember that we don't allow endorsing anything illegal here on this forum, including suggesting someone "doesn't get caught" keeping an illegal species.
That I understand but I didnt mean like keep the guy in a cage. Sorry I should have worded that better. Like the coon we had came and went as he liked. I dont think it would then be considered at pet because you wouldnt be forcing it to stay in a cage. If you got it when it was young and nursed it till it was older and it stayed around like a pet I dont think its illegal. I think you can keep most animals to a extent if its a baby and your trying to nurse it to keep it alive. Thats how we unded up with a coon. We would coon hunt and set live traps and we got the baby in a live trap somehow. So we took care of it and he ended up sticking around same with the turkeys we had got them when they was young turkey hunting and they stuck around.