Importing game meat from USA

A friend and I flew back with a couple of hogs each, butchered and frozen, no problems at all.

Stick to butchered meat and you should have no problem.

As soon as you get into blood, guts, brains, spinal column you are asking for trouble.

I have brought several hundred pounds of venison, ducks and pheasant meat back over the last 10 years without an issue.

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Originally Posted by darrellf

Anybody ever done it ? Looking at bringing a fully butchered Nilgai into Canada from Texas possibly a hog . Butchered wrapped but not frozen . I’ve been on the phone with the government today total run around . They sent me a link but I just cannot get a straight answer . Last thing I want is to show up and have them deny it . Anybody tried it before ? Is the head gonna be allowed in with brains in it . Nilgai do not ,cannot carry cwd. I’ve brought turkey meat back in no problem but this is gonna be 150-200 lbs of meat . Driving it back myself , so no freight company involved . I’m hunting Oscillated turkey in a few weeks , that was a straight forward NO WAY IN HELL from the government , because of Newcastle disease.

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My guess is that the MNR will consider nilgai a cervid, so no brain, guts, spine, etc.

Finally got an answer , you can bring back as long as butchered and for personal consumption. No head for nilgai or hogs . No fur or hooves

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Originally Posted by darrellf

Finally got an answer , you can bring back as long as butchered and for personal consumption. No head for nilgai or hogs . No fur or hooves

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Basically the same as cervid. Makes sense.

Thanks.

Any idea what you’d have to do with an animal you intend to do a shoulder mount with ?

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Any idea what you’d have to do with an animal you intend to do a shoulder mount with ?

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I think no tissue on the skull,like zero.
Or-taxidermist mount completed in the country of harvest-then shipped to Canada .

Check the regulations though...armchair lawyer's advice placed more then one person in the wrong spot.

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Any idea what you’d have to do with an animal you intend to do a shoulder mount with ?

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Get it done in the US.