USDA bans import of harvested game birds from Canada

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https://www.ducks.org/press-room/usda-bans-import-of-harvested-game-birds-from-canada

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 3, 2022 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that effective immediately game birds taken by hunters in Canada will not be permitted to enter the United States regardless of the province in which they were taken. This reverses a statement a week ago that imports would only be restricted on birds taken in Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza priority control zones.

The statement was issued at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 2, 2022, leading into the Labor Day holiday weekend. This last-minute, after-hours, notice is a disturbing development. Waterfowl hunting seasons in a number of Canadian provinces opened on September 1, meaning American citizens currently hunting north of the border may be unaware the ducks and geese they are taking won’t be allowed back in the U.S.

"Hunters are left to wonder why APHIS would reverse course on such a consequential decision, announced after hours on a holiday weekend, with zero notice or opportunity to be heard from stakeholders," said Ducks Unlimited CEO Adam Putnam. "DU members are justifiably upset by the absence of science and the total lack of transparency around this sweeping regulation that does not appear to have even included the US Fish and Wildlife Service in its development."

Ducks Unlimited has issued a letter to USDA APHIS administrator Keven Shea protesting this policy change and requesting immediate reconsideration of the decision.

The statement of the USDA APHIS restriction on hunter-harvested wild game bird meat from Canada can be viewed here.

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I think it would shock you how few Americans bring their meat home, most outfitters have a story of donating the meat etc. but I’ve seen plenty of Outfitter dump sites in Ontario and I imagine out west is the same or worse.

Extremely unfortunate for the ones who look after their meat and were bringing it home to consume.
 
Not sure live game birds recognize the border, and I'm pretty sure they don't fill in the arrivecan app.
This is as stupid as my friends in Northern Ireland having their geese confiscated coming off the ferry from Scotland years ago, as the same geese were literally flying overhead as the cops searched their Landover.
 
Turkeyslayer 1300 said:
I think it would shock you how few Americans bring their meat home, most outfitters have a story of donating the meat etc. but I’ve seen plenty of Outfitter dump sites in Ontario and I imagine out west is the same or worse.

Extremely unfortunate for the ones who look after their meat and were bringing it home to consume.
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' ...out West is the same or worse...' wonder where you got that intuitive foresight from?
 
woodchopper said:
not just game birds

In-laws crossed the border yesterday, they had some chicken drumsticks and a dozen eggs taken away.
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eggs has been taken by us border for as long has we have been in canada: over 16 years.

2 weeks a shortage was in haines alaska and the customs seized a huge amount: im guessing some got a feast as they did not destroy it. it was called in the past thursday lunch at the border between us and canadian ones ...
 
Turkeyslayer 1300 said:
I think it would shock you how few Americans bring their meat home, most outfitters have a story of donating the meat etc. but I’ve seen plenty of Outfitter dump sites in Ontario and I imagine out west is the same or worse.

Extremely unfortunate for the ones who look after their meat and were bringing it home to consume.
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i had to prepare box of caribous meat from our hunters when i guided and nothing was wasted and they took home all they can most of them were driving up to montreal.
 
Turkeyslayer 1300 said:
I think it would shock you how few Americans bring their meat home, most outfitters have a story of donating the meat etc. but I’ve seen plenty of Outfitter dump sites in Ontario and I imagine out west is the same or worse.

Extremely unfortunate for the ones who look after their meat and were bringing it home to consume.
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tokguy said:
' ...out West is the same or worse...' wonder where you got that intuitive foresight from?
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He's not wrong! The American hunters that come here using outfitters rarely take a bird home or eat one in camp. The birds are gifted mostly or dropped off at homeless shelters and soup kitchens in the larger cities. Freelancers are generally the hunters that take birds home and eat them while on their hunting trips. This new regulation won't effect the outfitters much if at all but it will drastically hamper the freelancers.
 
tokguy said:
' ...out West is the same or worse...' wonder where you got that intuitive foresight from?
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I happen to know personally more than a couple folks who operate out west and at one time was offered a job by what was likely the premier outfit at the time in Saskatchewan. So I’m not exactly talking out of my hat.

Here in Ontario I’ve found numerous carcass dumps, of birds that were “donated” etc. Most places won’t take uninspected meat, especially if they are government run.

If you kill your limit of ducks and dark geese plus a few snows or cranes each day for 3 days and are flying or driving a day or two home from out west how do you move them all.

Ironically the laws have just changed to make it easier, presumably with the intention of reducing wasted game.


I understand I’m painting with a broad brush, but the reality is a fraction of what is harvested in commercial operations is generally consumed.
 
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