Quote Originally Posted by falcon56 View Post
That's interesting Geoff, maybe I should be prepared to be hauled off to the pokey as I've been submitting my 3-186a forms in hard copy directly to the Feds like always. My electronic form never has worked, so I quit even trying years ago.
Hmmmmmm....

The wording changed since last I looked. It used to explicitly prohibit paper being sent to the feds - effectively making it the job of the State Agencies to inform file the paperwork with the feds in a clear strong arm attempt to make sure that the states are compatible with the federal database system. Irronic since the feds were not cabable of keeping that system up for the last three years.

Anyway, here is the current wording:

(ii) If you are required to submit a report or other information under this section, you must either enter the required information in the electronic database at http://permits.fws.gov/186A, or at http://www.wildlife.ca.gov/FalconryReporting if you are a resident of California, or submit a paper form 3-186A to your State, tribal, or territorial agency that governs falconry.

The federal link there does not work....