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Originally Posted by elkhunter11
It doesn't effect your bag limit, but giving away birds does effect what you have in your possession. If you possess $20, and then you give away $10, how much do you now possess?  |
I thought it did, but you are right according to Environment Canada.
I stand corrected.
This is what Environment Canada says on the matter.
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Question: If a hunter harvests waterfowl and then gives some or all of the harvested birds away to someone who will use/consume them, do those birds that have been gifted still count as part of the hunter's possession limit?
Answer: No, such birds are no longer counted as part of the hunter's possession limit if they have been gifted to another person and are currently in the possession of that person. However, the hunter must still abide by daily bag limits on each day they hunt.
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It seems to me that this contradicts all the conservation is about, but I'm not the one who decides what the law should read. Maybe that's a good thing.
Oddly enough on the same site it says that birds you have from past years hunting do count against this years limits.
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Question: Do harvested birds from the previous year count towards this year's possession limit?
Answer: Yes. For example, if at the end of a hunting season a hunter has 3 mallards in his freezer, those birds will count in his possession limit the following year if the birds are still in his possession.
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To me that seems totally pointless. I could just give them away and solve that real quick, so what's the point? And the people I give them to don't even have to have a hunting license so for them, maybe there would be no bag limits.
It all seems crazy to me.
If anyone wants to read the whole thing, here it is;
http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/defaul...n&n=f566470e-1