Bringing Snow Geese back from Canada?

[Aces11]

Is there limit on the number of the number of snow geese you can bring back from Canada? I have found a few different answers online from 20 to unlimited. Heading up there to hunt, would like to bring some back.

 

[Exterra]

Is there limit on the number of the number of snow geese you can bring back from Canada? I have found a few different answers online from 20 to unlimited. Heading up there to hunt, would like to bring some back.

You are allowed to bring back your possession limit. All birds must have one wing attached for identification purposes.

 

[Aces11]

Thanks for the reply Exterra! When I look at the regulations it says there is no possession limit, so it’s unlimited what we can bring back?

 

[Frozenlead]

While it says unlimited. In your case the maximum per licensed individual will be the equivalent of the daily bag limit (20) x the number of legal hunting days you are in country.

 

[Exterra]

Thanks for the reply Exterra! When I look at the regulations it says there is no possession limit, so it’s unlimited what we can bring back?

That is the way I understand it. Here are a couple of links that will give you more information

CBP Customer Service

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/traveling-with-ag-products/traveling-united-states-canada-land-borders

 

[Exterra]

While it says unlimited. In your case the maximum per licensed individual will be the equivalent of the daily bag limit (20) x the number of legal hunting days you are in country.

This is correct. No possession limit but your daily bag limit will be the restricting factor.

 

[KurtR]

They have a daily limit in the spring season up there?

 

[Aamodta]

The pain of it all is keeping a wing attached. Run out of cooler space pretty quick

 

[Aces11]

Thanks for all the input fellas, definitely a big help. Going to be a pain leaving a wing on, be nice if you could just breast them out right away. Would you just toss them all in a cooler or would you try and pack them in individual freezer bags with the feathered wing sticking out, to keep the meat feather free as possible?

 

[Frozenlead]

I’ve used plastic food wrap and freezer bags on grouse breasts before when a wing needs to be left on. The plastic wrap is easier to bandage around the wing and seal the meat. However it is not super durable, so if I’m chucking it in a cooler with other stuff I’ll usually throw the wrapped breast in a plastic grocery bag or ziplock.

 

[OneGunTex]

You know the trick where you step on the head and tail and pull the breasts & wings out as 1 piece, right? Just do that and clip one of the wings off with a pair of shears. Yeah it takes up more space than breasted out in ziplocs, but you can fit a crapton in a yeti