All,
I'm in an unusual position, need some guidance RE bringing US venison briefly into Canada and then back into the US.
I am flying to Spokane, WA next week to pick up a vehicle, crossing into Canada at the Oroville, WA/Ossoyus, BC border, then driving to Kelowna, BC for a big-game conference meeting, then driving to Vancouver where I'll pick up my Yukon moose rack, moose jerky and some remaining moose meat from my fall Yukon hunt, then I'm driving to Arizona.
I planned to pull about 20 lbs of venison from my freezer for my brother, put it in a cooler on 5lbs of dry ice (max permissible for planes, I think) and bring it on the plane to WA, to my meeting in Kelowna, then to Vancouver and then by car to my brother's place. It just occurred to me that Canada might cause me problems if I have a cooler of venison when I cross over by car for my meeting and the US might cause me problems when I return across the border. The venison was legally harvested, but in Maryland all I have is the check-in number from when I checked the deer. It's not like we have a huge paper trail for deer harvested here, there are so many that they just want them gone. I also do not plan to leave any of the venison in Canada.
I will have the necessary paperwork for bringing the moose rack, hide and meat into the US- all paperwork has already been prepared by a firm in Vancouver.
If taking the US venison briefly across the border will be a huge time-suck and hassle, I could leave it behind.
Anyone have insight to share?
thanks in advance,
JL
I'm in an unusual position, need some guidance RE bringing US venison briefly into Canada and then back into the US.
I am flying to Spokane, WA next week to pick up a vehicle, crossing into Canada at the Oroville, WA/Ossoyus, BC border, then driving to Kelowna, BC for a big-game conference meeting, then driving to Vancouver where I'll pick up my Yukon moose rack, moose jerky and some remaining moose meat from my fall Yukon hunt, then I'm driving to Arizona.
I planned to pull about 20 lbs of venison from my freezer for my brother, put it in a cooler on 5lbs of dry ice (max permissible for planes, I think) and bring it on the plane to WA, to my meeting in Kelowna, then to Vancouver and then by car to my brother's place. It just occurred to me that Canada might cause me problems if I have a cooler of venison when I cross over by car for my meeting and the US might cause me problems when I return across the border. The venison was legally harvested, but in Maryland all I have is the check-in number from when I checked the deer. It's not like we have a huge paper trail for deer harvested here, there are so many that they just want them gone. I also do not plan to leave any of the venison in Canada.
I will have the necessary paperwork for bringing the moose rack, hide and meat into the US- all paperwork has already been prepared by a firm in Vancouver.
If taking the US venison briefly across the border will be a huge time-suck and hassle, I could leave it behind.
Anyone have insight to share?
thanks in advance,
JL