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FishHog

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at my Ontario Deer camp, I like to get the butchering done while standing around mid day having a few beers and it makes is much easier to pack up for the trip home.

However, I've always wondered what the regs are with regards to transportaion of a butchered animal.

Ive always taken pictures of the animal, with the tag in place, close up of the tag and keep the tag with me, but am I technically legal to do that?

Last year I had a camp inspection by a CO before we had any deer. Should have asked him at the time but didn't think of it, but if I had one butchered up and in the cooler, what would he have said?

I can't find anything in the regs that say I can't do this, but thought I'd check if anyone else has any experience.

thanks,

FishHog
 
Read the game regs about tagging. Saskatchewan has mention (and I just forget exactly what) about keeping proof of ### and the tag together. Their tags are 3-part too. If the game is exported, you need a paper permit (free from SERM) and after a year, the need for paperwork is gone. So old venison does not need to be identified with a tag or permit.
 
There are two ways to approach this:

1. Do whatever you like and if the conservation officers catch you and say it's wrong, explain that you went on the interweb and some guys in different parts of the country said it's o.k.

2. Contact the authorities in your province who enforce the regulations in your province and ask them.
 
TheTooner said:
There are two ways to approach this:

1. Do whatever you like and if the conservation officers catch you and say it's wrong, explain that you went on the interweb and some guys in different parts of the country said it's o.k.

2. Contact the authorities in your province who enforce the regulations in your province and ask them.
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There you go. The only two choices. One will get you fined. The other makes absolute sense. Which to choose ..... hmmmmmm.

:rolleyes:
 
In Ontario if you are transporting part of a cut and wrapped critter and you don't have the tag, you need to provide the contact info and outdoors card for the person(s) who tagged the animal.


Don't take my word for it, call the MNR.
 
mnr.nric.mnr@ontario.ca

Can always email them, should get a response today or tomorrow hopefully.

I had a question regarding transportation(just from one zone to another, since we'd have some guys with shotguns in one zone, and others in another with rifles, but the ones in the first will only be there for a day and will drop the deer off to the latter.. they said it's fine, just record all data and if inspected by a CO will have to explain it, and of course more proof the better I suppose).

As person above me stated, have all necessary information at end. The pics are good as well, hard to dispute otherwise with them(get a close up of the tag as well; and keep the tag). If you did nothing wrong it'll be obvious by having nothing to hide in that respect.

And if the person who shot/tagged the deer isn't present record this info(what I was told to do by the MNR):

Name of the hunter
Outdoors card number
WMU the deer was shot in
Date and time the deer was shot
Contact information of the individual (home and cell number)
 
I was stopped and was fueling up in Quesnel when a fisheries CO came buy and querried me on my three point bull rack on my quad.
She asked if I had cut my muley tag?
It got real interesting and funny from this point on.
Then her side kick came in and it got even funnier.
I guess the fishing CO's should stick to fish.
I still chuckle over all this.
After the muley tag, she asked if I cut my whitetail tag.
Scuzza???????
Then what antlers are they?
OMFL........
As I say, it got real interesting and comical.
I suggest to keep the antlers, horns, etc out of sight.
 
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