Shipping meat from Edmonton to Ottawa
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This is how I plan to do it in a few weeks. My uncle has even brought moose roasts to Ontario in his check bag by wrapping the frozen meat in butchers paper and then wrapping that in newspaper. in your case it might not be frozen meat so use a cooler taped shut and check it like any other bag.
Check with Air Canada as they have some crazy surcharges regarding this sometimes. They really seem to make things as difficult as possible for hunters. You should also check with your own DNR about bringing meat into Ontario as some of the provinces have some crazy regulations. Your licence serves as your export permit from Alberta...with a few provisions that you can familiarize yourself with in our regulations.
Just checked air can site - $25 each for first two bags and $100
for each additional bag (in this case bounty since first two are suitcase and rifle case).Nice thing is if pay $100 for extra bag (bounty) then no additional charges eg oversize or overweight charges are applied.
for each additional bag (in this case bounty since first two are suitcase and rifle case).Nice thing is if pay $100 for extra bag (bounty) then no additional charges eg oversize or overweight charges are applied.
You will incur an extra $100 "special handling fee" for your rifle regardless if it is your first or second bag. If it's your third bag it will be $200 total.
Here's the meat rules:
Bounty is accepted as checked baggage.
Hunters require a permit to transport meat from Canada to the United States. Please visit the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website for more information.
Charges
If checked separately, bounty counts as one piece of baggage towards the maximum number of checked bags allowed by your fare type provided it does not exceed:
23 kg (50 lb) in weight, and
158 cm (62 in) in linear dimensions (height + width + length)
Additional checked baggage charges apply if:
bounty exceeds above size and weight limits, and/or
if your baggage count (item in this category + number of bags to be checked) exceeds the maximum number of items allowed by your fare type.
Packing instructions
Meat and game must be transported in a leak-proof container or wrapped in absorbent material and then placed in plastic bags inside waxed cartons. Plastic bags alone are not sufficient for transport.
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"Hunters require a permit to transport meat from Canada to the United States. Please visit the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) website for more information."
This is interesting...........but note this is going the other way, not into Canada
You don't need anything to bring meat into Canada except a valid hunting lic from the state you were hunting in as long as the CFIA website allows that particular meat in (and they usually do). I just brought 1/2 and elk home from New Mexico with no issues - but I was driving and crossed at Sarnia.
AND NOTE the extra $100 AC is going to bone you for - Just because it is a RIFLE - Fly WestJet and you want have to pay that extra $100.......
This is interesting...........but note this is going the other way, not into Canada
You don't need anything to bring meat into Canada except a valid hunting lic from the state you were hunting in as long as the CFIA website allows that particular meat in (and they usually do). I just brought 1/2 and elk home from New Mexico with no issues - but I was driving and crossed at Sarnia.
AND NOTE the extra $100 AC is going to bone you for - Just because it is a RIFLE - Fly WestJet and you want have to pay that extra $100.......
depends on the state. NM does not require you to have a permit. Just a valid hunting Lic.
Neither does NB, PA, MI, WY, MT.
Some states require you to have a permit to export it from the state to another state.
It's a federal requirement...it has zero to do with state of origin.
I will believe it when I can read the regulation if you would care to provide it that would be appreciated
Do as you see fit...I provided some helpful information based on some first-hand experience to hopefully help keep people from getting in a bind. If you choose not to follow it...that's your prerogative. I'm sure USF&W can provide you with the actual regulation.
Hey, not trying to be offensive here, just trying to abide by the law same as you.
I have crossed many times from PT Huron to Sarnia, Buffalo to Ft Erie and by air to Pearson AP and have never been asked for any US paperwork for declared game. Ever. So I am thinking some one would have asked me by now if it was a requirement? Yes?
Prior to going this last time I emailed CBSA and asked what I needed and they told me to check with my provincial MNR for that game species, and CFIA, and check CITES.
I have emails from each of these agencies outlining what the requirement was and I printed them and took them with me and thus I had no issues when I declared my game at the border crossing.
This has been my first hand experience. Perhaps you had a CBSA officer who was over reacting? Who knows? But I would think if it was a requirement I would have been asked by now, since I have done this many many times.
I am not sure why a CBSA officer would want to see paperwork Canada doesn't require, but in any case I am going to follow up as best I can with USFW service to see if this is in fact a requirement. I will post any info I get here, but I don't think there will be anything to post.
I have crossed many times from PT Huron to Sarnia, Buffalo to Ft Erie and by air to Pearson AP and have never been asked for any US paperwork for declared game. Ever. So I am thinking some one would have asked me by now if it was a requirement? Yes?
Prior to going this last time I emailed CBSA and asked what I needed and they told me to check with my provincial MNR for that game species, and CFIA, and check CITES.
I have emails from each of these agencies outlining what the requirement was and I printed them and took them with me and thus I had no issues when I declared my game at the border crossing.
This has been my first hand experience. Perhaps you had a CBSA officer who was over reacting? Who knows? But I would think if it was a requirement I would have been asked by now, since I have done this many many times.
I am not sure why a CBSA officer would want to see paperwork Canada doesn't require, but in any case I am going to follow up as best I can with USFW service to see if this is in fact a requirement. I will post any info I get here, but I don't think there will be anything to post.
Very few people ever get asked once they get to the Canadian side as it's really none of the Canada's concern, kind of like ammo, scopes, etc but we hit an anti hunter one day and he sent us back to get it. The Americans were very good about it and happily issued it. I agree the CBSA officer was overreacting but it still doesn't change the fact that such permit exists and is required.
If you can, jack the freezer temperature to as cold as it will go fro a couple days ahead of the flight. The colder the meat is, the longer it is going to take to warm up.
I have hauled a tightly packed cooler of meat on a 3 day road move and there was no thawing. Full cooler, taped shut, and the meat fully as cold as the freezer would make it with the adjustment jacked. For flight times, I would not be too concerned, unless they reroute your luggage through France or Russia, if ya know what I mean.
Good luck on the hunt.
Cheers
Trev
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