Regulation questions

[angustheryan]

There certainly is a difference between the "black & white" of the written law, the "intention of the law" and the "common sense" of the law. Unfortunately the only master of who is legal or not is the judge. Even some officers disagree with the interpretation of the law and therefore will enforce it differently under different circumstances. Agreed that a person should do what makes the most sense in trying to abide by the law but just because someone is charged with an offence does not mean they are guilty. That will be determined by the judge.

amen red foxx.....Co's have discretion as well, if your trying to abide by the law most LE will cut you the slack and treat as a learning experience.....as long as your not a repeat offender I suppose.

[Gun Nut]

Well then if we take that literally, to the letter of the law as he perceives it, the tag should be with the meat till it's in your freezer, it's final destination.

That would mean the butcher would be responsible to keep the tag with the meat while he has it during the processing , because it's not it's final destination yet.

See how silly it can get.

Laws don't cover all generalities.

For the longest time there was a requirement if you were transporting any portion of a kill from the camp to your home and were stopped by a CO you had to be prepared to state:
*the name of the hunter who sealed the animal;
*the hunting licence number and validation tag number under which the animal was claimed; and,
*the WMU in which it was taken.
I suspect being aware of David C.'s bent on enforcement, it wouldn't be a bad idea to keep this information at your finger, even thought this stuff is no longer printed in the regulations.

As for the freezer being a safeguard against any repercussion, if you toss a migratory bird into the freezer for future consumption. It better have on it one fully feather wing. The wing is only to be removed, just before you put it in the pot to cook it.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

[FishFrenzy]

For the longest time there was a requirement if you were transporting any portion of a kill from the camp to your home and were stopped by a CO you had to be prepared to state:
*the name of the hunter who sealed the animal;
*the hunting licence number and validation tag number under which the animal was claimed; and,
*the WMU in which it was taken.
I suspect being aware of David C.'s bent on enforcement, it wouldn't be a bad idea to keep this information at your finger, even thought this stuff is no longer printed in the regulations.

As for the freezer being a safeguard against any repercussion, if you toss a migratory bird into the freezer for future consumption. It better have on it one fully feather wing. The wing is only to be removed, just before you put it in the pot to cook it.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

That's all they've ever asked for at check points coming home from moose camp each year. After hanging the animal, we skin and quarter for transport to the butcher. The person who drives the animal home isn't always the person who took the shot - this has never been an issue as long as the details of who, what, where and when are documented.

FishFrenzy

[Fox]

As for the freezer being a safeguard against any repercussion, if you toss a migratory bird into the freezer for future consumption. It better have on it one fully feather wing. The wing is only to be removed, just before you put it in the pot to cook it.

Sort of hard to keep a fully feathered wing on the bird when it is in a sausage, here is the actual wording.

Once you get it to your residence then you do not need to keep that feathered wing on it anymore.

"11 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall possess or transport a migratory bird unless at least one fully feathered wing is attached to the bird.

• (2) The wing and the plumage thereon may be removed from a migratory bird
  
  
  
  • (a) when the bird is prepared for immediate cooking; or
    
  • (b) after the bird is taken to the residence of its owner for preservation."
    

[welsh]

Sort of hard to keep a fully feathered wing on the bird when it is in a sausage....

Poke a hole in the sausage casing for the wing to stick through. What's the problem?

[trimmer21]

Poke a hole in the sausage casing for the wing to stick through. What's the problem?

LOL.Now,that's funny right there.

[G.S.]

That's all they've ever asked for at check points coming home from moose camp each year. After hanging the animal, we skin and quarter for transport to the butcher. The person who drives the animal home isn't always the person who took the shot - this has never been an issue as long as the details of who, what, where and when are documented.

FishFrenzy

If you skin, quater, share the game meat within the hunting party, etc. & then drive home or to the butcher: have info of the tag applied on the animal the meat is comming from, and you will be OK

[Gun Nut]

Sort of hard to keep a fully feathered wing on the bird when it is in a sausage, here is the actual wording.

Once you get it to your residence then you do not need to keep that feathered wing on it anymore.

"11 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall possess or transport a migratory bird unless at least one fully feathered wing is attached to the bird.

• (2) The wing and the plumage thereon may be removed from a migratory bird
  
  • (a) when the bird is prepared for immediate cooking; or
  • (b) after the bird is taken to the residence of its owner for preservation."

Thanks for this Fox. I guess I was thinking of a CO's powers of search, if he start checking out a freezer, for possession limits, he'd need some way to ID species. It's good to learn his search powers end at the freezer, door.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
-Gun Nut