Exchanging game meat...what's legal?

suedehead said:
If I recall...and this is a while back, so I might be totally wrong on some of these...but:
1. I can't sell deer meat that I have harvested.
2. I cannot barter it for other game that another hunter has killed
3. So I assume I cannot request to buy another hunters venison/moose etc.
4. I can give cuts away to my friends at no charge.
5. So is there proper verbiage? "I would like you to give me your excess meat for free" ..are you allowed to say that?
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It is dependent on your provincial/territorial regulation. Here in Newfoundland & Labrador, it is governed by sect 11 of the Wild Life Act, and in particular, sect 4 details how it ought to be handled:

Evidence
11. (1) The sale or possession of wild life, except during the open season for the wild life or during another period within which the sale or possession may by regulation be permitted, is, without further proof, evidence that the person selling the wild life or having it in his or her possession has taken or killed the wild life during the closed season.
(2) The possession by a licence holder of untagged moose or caribou, where the regulations require tagging, is, without further proof, evidence that the moose or caribou was taken and possessed contrary to the regulations.
(3) The possession of the meat of moose or caribou by a person other than a licence holder is, unless that person produces written proof that the meat was in fact obtained from a licence holder, evidence that the moose or caribou was taken or killed during the closed season.
(4) The written proof referred to in subsection (3) that the meat of moose or caribou was obtained from a licence holder shall contain
(a) the name of the person receiving the meat;
(b) the approximate amount of meat given or sold by the licence holder;
(c) the date of the gift or sale;
(d) the licence number of the person giving or selling the meat; and
(e) the signature of the person giving or selling the meat,
and the written proof shall be produced upon the request of a wild life officer.
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carverk said:
In the Haida Constitution we are allowed more than one wife so if you have a spare you no longer need I mite be willing to take 1 or 2 of them off your hands most post a photo of here first must be in mid 20 thin and flexible and have all there teeth Haahaa
After all no one wants to eat a old cow ( sorry I couldn't resist hope I don't get in trouble with the monitors lol )
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Why anyone in their right mind would want more than one Wife, I'll never understand.

Girlfriends are one thing, but my one wife is plenty
 
FishHog said:
Why anyone in their right mind would want more than one Wife, I'll never understand.

Girlfriends are one thing, but my one wife is plenty
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I never said I was going to keep them unless I find a good one or two thay can get jobs and I will go hunting
 
the spank said:
Posession limits are a combination of your daily limit and any game you are in possession of at home, camp etc. If for example the regulations say you may have a possession limit of 30 ruffed grouse and your daily bag is 10 then you may harvest ten on a hunting day but if say it was the first day of the season and you had 25 in your freezer from the previous season you could not legally harvest more than 5 that first day of the new season as you have reached your possession limit when the two are combined. You may not have more than the legal possession limit at any time regardless of where you are or the game you have kept is. If you reach your possession limit and wish to continue hunting you must either give away some game or use it and you may only replace it by the amount you gave away or consumed.
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I just rechecked the Regs, and it appears we were both right (Im going off the BC regs for the record). What you say is right for migratory birds, whereas what I said is right for upland birds (So your grouse example is not right)

Page 17, under the heading "Provincial Bag & Possession Limits" reads as follows:

-The possession limit for all migratory game birds at all times (including
while hunting, returning from hunting or at a residence) is three times the daily
limit.

-The possession limit for all upland game birds (including sharp-tailed grouse
in region 7B) while hunting or returning from hunting is three times the daily limit
except for Sharp-tailed Grouse (Regions 3 & 5) and pheasants (Region 4
only) where the possession limit is two times the daily limit.

So migratory birds in your freezer count, but upland birds dont.
 
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