Is this normal?

I called a butcher here in Kingston to have some of my deer made into sausages. The guy told me to bring in my tag that the deer was shot with to hold until I pick up my sausage. I asked if he was a hunter. He said “No”. He proceeded then to tell me there have been spot checks from the ministry. Is this BS.


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My understanding is that the CO,s want to look at the filled out tags at the butchers so that they are scanned into the system and if a poacher decides to use a extra tag he/she photocopied and its subsequently used on another animal the poacher gets caught. I know my butcher had a box full of tags,I have not looked up the regs on any legal requirement on the butcher so cannot tell you if one exists.

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Originally Posted by Gilroy

My understanding is that the CO,s want to look at the filled out tags at the butchers so that they are scanned into the system and if a poacher decides to use a extra tag he/she photocopied and its subsequently used on another animal the poacher gets caught. I know my butcher had a box full of tags,I have not looked up the regs on any legal requirement on the butcher so cannot tell you if one exists.

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Good to know. Thanks.


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There's new revisions in the regs for attaching a gameseal. It now has a requirement to leave tag with butcher. There was a thread on this topic earlier this fall where i quoted a CO's thoughts on the criteria.

I took the tag to the butcher to get cut up. Brought all meat home with the tag. Then called shop where I get pepps and sausage made and took in deer and goose meat. They asked to see my outdoors card for the deer and the duck stamp for the goose, no tags. Isn't there something in regs that once processed that you don't need the tag anymore. I could be completely wrong on this part though.

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Originally Posted by sabmgb

I took the tag to the butcher to get cut up. Brought all meat home with the tag. Then called shop where I get pepps and sausage made and took in deer and goose meat. They asked to see my outdoors card for the deer and the duck stamp for the goose, no tags. Isn't there something in regs that once processed that you don't need the tag anymore. I could be completely wrong on this part though.

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Yes, it used to say something about processing but was changed this year with the new tag system.

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Originally Posted by onelessarrow

Yes, it used to say something about processing but was changed this year with the new tag system.

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So if it does not matter after it is being processed then you cannot give it away without the tag, but you cannot copy the tag, so if you split the animal between hunters how would you go about this?

Does not make sense once the animal is cut up.

That's my understanding. The tag need to be dropped off at the butcher's, but once the deer has been cut up, the tag isn't required.
I do have a bit of a puzzle though - if you send the head to the taxidermist and the carcass to the butcher - who gets the tag?

They will just copy info off your tag into their book and give it back

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

That's my understanding. The tag need to be dropped off at the butcher's, but once the deer has been cut up, the tag isn't required.
I do have a bit of a puzzle though - if you send the head to the taxidermist and the carcass to the butcher - who gets the tag?

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The butcher requirement is new and specific.
You only have to provide "tag info" when transporting a portion of game and i believe that hasn't changed.