Bringing home meat and/or trophy from the US?

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I was talking to a friend about wanting to go to Wyoming for a pronghorn hunt in the next few years and he brought up a good question - whats the deal with bringing our quarry home? We'd want to bring meat home for sure, and would like to bring the skull home too.

Also, I hear Wyoming has really cheap doe tags - like $40ish. Are they draw only or are they also available over the counter?

Thanks!
 
I hunt michigan every year for whitetail ,archery and rifle. We debone the animals and bring the meat back to Canada in coolers. No one has ever asked to even look. If you want to bring a head for trophy it has to be wrapped in plastic to prevent possible spread of CWD. Thats it.
 
Hunted deer in N Y State for 18 years (until 2013) ... never had a concern at the border (full carcass in the pickup). However , around 2012 or 13, after some CWD was discovered in a few NY zones, the provincial government did issue some import guidelines. Haven’t needed to follow it beyond 2013 but it’s clear that hunters need to be fully aware of the concerns on the importing side.Since CWD has also been found in some provinces, US hunters likely have similar checks when they are the importers..
 
There was a guy that bought himself a tag down there last fall and did a full report on here with pictures. If hes lurking around he might chime in and help. I think he was from saskatoon
 
totally different, but i tried to smuggle my tahr an chamois heads into australia from nz, dont really need a permit but its spose to be super clean .bleached etc...
mine werent... an got stung $50 per item for a Radiation Treatment......... should see them again in 4 weeks...
shattered
will do permit for the Red stag when time comes...... which makes it some what 'easier' i guess.....
 
WhelanLad said:
totally different, but i tried to smuggle my tahr an chamois heads into australia from nz, dont really need a permit but its spose to be super clean .bleached etc...
mine werent... an got stung $50 per item for a Radiation Treatment......... should see them again in 4 weeks...
shattered
will do permit for the Red stag when time comes...... which makes it some what 'easier' i guess.....
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I love you man, but that's totally useless info to the discussion at hand! Lol
 
Jgoulin said:
I hunt michigan every year for whitetail ,archery and rifle. We debone the animals and bring the meat back to Canada in coolers. No one has ever asked to even look. If you want to bring a head for trophy it has to be wrapped in plastic to prevent possible spread of CWD. Thats it.
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Incorrect. See below.
4.2#(1) A person shall not possess in Ontario the whole or any part of the antlers, head, brain, eyes, tonsils, hide, hooves, lymph nodes, spleen, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs or spinal column of a cervid that has been killed outside Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses,

(a) finished taxidermy mounts;

(b) tanned skin;

(c) canine teeth with no tissue attached; or

(d) antlers or a skull cap with antlers attached, as long as there is no tissue or skin attached to them and they are separate from the skull.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses a hide or the skin of the head if,

(a) it is kept in a container from which nothing can escape until it is processed by a tanner or taxidermist and all other tissue has been removed; and

(b) the person delivers the hide or skin of the head to a tanner or taxidermist for processing within five days of it coming into Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2
 
North of 7 said:
Incorrect. See below.
4.2#(1) A person shall not possess in Ontario the whole or any part of the antlers, head, brain, eyes, tonsils, hide, hooves, lymph nodes, spleen, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs or spinal column of a cervid that has been killed outside Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses,

(a) finished taxidermy mounts;

(b) tanned skin;

(c) canine teeth with no tissue attached; or

(d) antlers or a skull cap with antlers attached, as long as there is no tissue or skin attached to them and they are separate from the skull.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses a hide or the skin of the head if,

(a) it is kept in a container from which nothing can escape until it is processed by a tanner or taxidermist and all other tissue has been removed; and

(b) the person delivers the hide or skin of the head to a tanner or taxidermist for processing within five days of it coming into Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2
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Thanks for that. Anyone know what BC has to say about this stuff?
 
North of 7 said:
Incorrect. See below.
4.2#(1) A person shall not possess in Ontario the whole or any part of the antlers, head, brain, eyes, tonsils, hide, hooves, lymph nodes, spleen, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs or spinal column of a cervid that has been killed outside Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses,

(a) finished taxidermy mounts;

(b) tanned skin;

(c) canine teeth with no tissue attached; or

(d) antlers or a skull cap with antlers attached, as long as there is no tissue or skin attached to them and they are separate from the skull.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses a hide or the skin of the head if,

(a) it is kept in a container from which nothing can escape until it is processed by a tanner or taxidermist and all other tissue has been removed; and

(b) the person delivers the hide or skin of the head to a tanner or taxidermist for processing within five days of it coming into Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2
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Sigh. Yes I have a copy of the law. When it was enacted we contacted Canada customs and they stated wrapping the head in plastic constitutes an airtight container and satisfies their requirements.
 
North of 7 said:
Incorrect. See below.
4.2#(1) A person shall not possess in Ontario the whole or any part of the antlers, head, brain, eyes, tonsils, hide, hooves, lymph nodes, spleen, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs or spinal column of a cervid that has been killed outside Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses,

(a) finished taxidermy mounts;

(b) tanned skin;

(c) canine teeth with no tissue attached; or

(d) antlers or a skull cap with antlers attached, as long as there is no tissue or skin attached to them and they are separate from the skull.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who possesses a hide or the skin of the head if,

(a) it is kept in a container from which nothing can escape until it is processed by a tanner or taxidermist and all other tissue has been removed; and

(b) the person delivers the hide or skin of the head to a tanner or taxidermist for processing within five days of it coming into Ontario.# O.#Reg. 561/05, s.#2
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The OP is asking about antelope, which are not cervids. Regulations regarding CWD don't apply to them.
 
Jgoulin said:
Sigh. Yes I have a copy of the law. When it was enacted we contacted Canada customs and they stated wrapping the head in plastic constitutes an airtight container and satisfies their requirements.
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You still cannot be in possession of a full head if it has those components listed above. Tissue needs to have been removed, brain, brain stem etc. A lot of guys, myself included, learn this the hard way, and technically, the customs officer is wrong to let it in because you can go two minutes up the road and get pulled over and fined if you are not in compliance.

North
 
I hunted pronghorn in Wyoming in 2015. Brought back all the meat, cape and horns. Border crossing back into Sask took 10 mins.

Drew for a buck tag in 17 and they had otc doe tags at the time (which made no sense to me) but I do not remember the cost.

Wyoming Fish and Game website is very good, and is an excellent resource/tool for planning your pronghorn hunt. They got it right.
 
billdick said:
scruffee is who did the states antelope hunt. He would know the answers to all your questions
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Yup! Feel free to msg me or look up my pre/post trip threads.

I'll make it short, antelopes don't fall in the category of cervids so they are exempt from CWD rules (in most stats and provinces). If you travel by road, you will have to look up rules for every province/state you drive through to make sure you are within the law and you may require export permits. For CBSA, as long as you have tags for each animal they don't care and make sure you have your PAL and form 6NIA for your weapons. Hand everything with your passport when you cross back into Canada that way they don't have to ask for anything.

I personally deboned both antelopes on my tailgate but took the whole head and cape of my buck across the border with no issues. Deer would be a completely different ordeal. I only have to drive through Wyoming and Montana to go home so it is pretty simple for me. I made a mistake last year, I didn't get the export paperwork in Wyoming but I got lucky, had I gotten pulled over by F&G or state troopers it could've been a pricey mistake and possibly lose my antelopes.

Now for the actual hunting part, if you go DIY like me, make sure you read the entire website and guide. Hunting Wyoming is extremely complicated, the zones change for different species and there are different types of tags and the types mean different things in different zones. For instance, a type 7 doe tag in 23 is for private land only but in other zones it can be for does within ### yds of irrigated lands. Zones that have easy tags have hard public access but if you have reasonable goals they can be achieved. Drive to the various public parcels, walk to a vantage point and glass and do that until you find goats. If you are not lazy, you will get a buck.
 
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