Need advice with dead Goose and Ducks

sjemac said:
Here, the law gets mushy. The LETTER of the law would say "no transport after wing removal". Yet I have never heard of someone being charged for taking a bunch of duck breasts to a BBQ (probably because absent, the camo, gun and dogs they wouldn't think to ask). I take birds out of the freezer and to work to feed to students, to people's houses to cook and I have taken a load of goose breasts to the meat processor to be made into hotdogs.

Once the meat has been processed for consumption it is ok to transport. Now does "processed" mean cooked? Someplaces it does. Others it doesn't.

The INTENT of the law is to keep guys from driving around with multiple limits of ducks with no way of IDing them. I've only ever seen it applied to guys going to and from hunting or crossing borders.

I've never worried about it because if they wanted to figure out whether I was transporting wild bird breasts to my buddy's New Year's Eve party they'd need to do DNA testing on them. If they're willing to go that far, they want me for a hell of a lot more than illegal transport and the birds are the least of my worries.
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The "wing on" loophole is that you don't have to have a wing attached if the bird is being prepared for cooking. So, if you have prepared your bird for cooking, you needn't worry about it.

And as far as I'm concerned, the duck breasts soaking in salt water in my fridge are preparing for cooking....
 
TheCoachZed said:
The "wing on" loophole is that you don't have to have a wing attached if the bird is being prepared for cooking. So, if you have prepared your bird for cooking, you needn't worry about it.

And as far as I'm concerned, the duck breasts soaking in salt water in my fridge are preparing for cooking....
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You'd think so wouldn't you? But just last year on another forum one guy was talking about how he had been charged for doing just that in his kitchenette equipped motel room in North Dakota. The warden ticketed him because the bird was marinating and not being prepared for immediate consumption. The fact that it wasn't at his actual residence put the bird into the transport regs. That warden would have to be a Grade A ####### in my book but.....................
 
In some cultures/countries the test for when the waterfowl (suspended by its neck in front of the meat shop) is ready is when the body seperates from the head or neck and falls. Not going to try this myself.
 
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