Importing game meat from USA

[Found]

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

[brent]

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.

[brent]

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.

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

[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

[brent]

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

Basically the same as cervid. Makes sense.

Thanks.

[C.F.]

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

[gbk]

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

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.

[brent]

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

Get it done in the US.