More bureaucratic changes to the migratory bird act

[trky chsr]

Any chance you can provide a link to this possession “section” ?

http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/20.../reg3-eng.html

[duckslayer]

http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/20.../reg3-eng.html

Thank you, defiantly some improvements in clarity in several sections of the act that I totally agree with and is long over due.

Agreed. Nice to finally see some clarity in terms of swatting crippled birds from a moving boat.

-Nick

FINALLY!! An answer to a strongly debated topic several times on this site. A few threads got down right nasty..............and most ended up locked...........some guys might owe some other guys an apology ...............lol

[Snowwalker]

Ok does this now mean no eating birds at camp? If hunters are on a Multi day hunt and want to have a few duck or goose breasts in a meal, will we have to take them home first?

New concept of possession — concept of preservation introduced

The new proposed concept of possession is that once birds are preserved according to the criteria set out in the amended MBRs, they no longer count in an individual’s possession limit. This would encourage hunters to preserve birds for future use, thus avoiding waste. A bird would be considered preserved when it is

plucked and eviscerated (or the edible portions removed from the carcass), and then;
frozen, cooked, dried, canned or smoked, or when mounted for taxidermy.

Birds preserved during the day they were harvested would continue to count toward the daily bag limit of the hunter who harvested them. Partial processing of harvested birds may occur in the hunting areas. Birds may be eviscerated and plucked in any location, but the meat, along with the fully feathered head or wing, must be retained on the carcasses until they are later completely preserved.

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"The subsequent processes for preserving (freezing, making sausages, cooking, drying, canning or smoking) must occur in a residence or a non-mobile facility, and must not be performed in the hunting area."
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Harvested birds would continue to count in the possession limit until they are completely preserved. An unpreserved bird would no longer count toward the owner’s possession limit when the bird is gifted to someone and the gift is accepted by the new owner.

[krakadawn]

Thank you, defiantly some improvements in clarity in several sections of the act that I totally agree with and is long over due.



FINALLY!! An answer to a strongly debated topic several times on this site. A few threads got down right nasty..............and most ended up locked...........some guys might owe some other guys an apology ...............lol

X2..............

[Ouzel]

I don't see anything but reasonable rules there. Good that some of the unclear parts of the legislation are cleared up - like retrieval of downed game. Good news for us waterfowlers...

[Big Jig]

Good read on a rainy day
Thanks

[Sinker]

Ok does this now mean no eating birds at camp? If hunters are on a Multi day hunt and want to have a few duck or goose breasts in a meal, will we have to take them home first?

New concept of possession — concept of preservation introduced

The new proposed concept of possession is that once birds are preserved according to the criteria set out in the amended MBRs, they no longer count in an individual’s possession limit. This would encourage hunters to preserve birds for future use, thus avoiding waste. A bird would be considered preserved when it is

plucked and eviscerated (or the edible portions removed from the carcass), and then;
frozen, cooked, dried, canned or smoked, or when mounted for taxidermy.

Birds preserved during the day they were harvested would continue to count toward the daily bag limit of the hunter who harvested them. Partial processing of harvested birds may occur in the hunting areas. Birds may be eviscerated and plucked in any location, but the meat, along with the fully feathered head or wing, must be retained on the carcasses until they are later completely preserved.

************************************************** *********************************************
"The subsequent processes for preserving (freezing, making sausages, cooking, drying, canning or smoking) must occur in a residence or a non-mobile facility, and must not be performed in the hunting area."
************************************************** *********************************************

Harvested birds would continue to count in the possession limit until they are completely preserved. An unpreserved bird would no longer count toward the owner’s possession limit when the bird is gifted to someone and the gift is accepted by the new owner.

Eat away. Theres no reason why you can't eat birds, as long as you count them in your daily limit.

S.

[Snowwalker]

Eat away. Theres no reason why you can't eat birds, as long as you count them in your daily limit.

S.

It's not about counting them in my limit.

It says that birds can not be processed for cooking in the hunting area or a Mobile facility. Camp's only 50 to 75 yards from the pond, am I still in the hunting area, does my camp count as NON-mobile or is it considered mobile?

[Sinker]

It's not about counting them in my limit.

It says that birds can not be processed for cooking in the hunting area or a Mobile facility. Camp's only 50 to 75 yards from the pond, am I still in the hunting area, does my camp count as NON-mobile or is it considered mobile?

Its saying you can't cook and keep shooting to fill a limit. Use your brain. Don't be so literal with the regs, Think of the intent of the law. Sheesh.

S.

[Snowwalker]

Its saying you can't cook and keep shooting to fill a limit. Use your brain. Don't be so literal with the regs, Think of the intent of the law. Sheesh.

S.

It also says you can only process for cooking in a resident or NON-mobile facility. My campsite is mobile..