Yeah, there are some crazy laws about bringing stuff over the border. Was watching a show on it a while back. So many things can get you in hot water.

Following the rules is why I quit duck hunting. I cant I'd the birds well enough in flight to keep me out of trouble so I quit lol it was fun while I was willing to chance fate and fines etc.

Following the rules is why I quit duck hunting. I cant I'd the birds well enough in flight to keep me out of trouble so I quit lol it was fun while I was willing to chance fate and fines etc.

As KingHunter17's letter said it is a Federal Violation. The only time I can vaguely remember a violation of the federal possession law being enforced was after a search warrant related to a more serious game law crime and was just another violation tacked on with the more serious violation or violations the person was being arrested for.

There are a lot of things that are game violations by the book that are either not enforced, not widely known, unenforceable, or just plain silly. For example the discussion came up on the forum once asking if a shot and lost bird counts towards your bag limit. The written answer from TPWD was yes it counts.

In almost 50 years of hunting I’ve never met anyone who was concerned or even considered the question of whether game at home in their freezer counted towards their possession limit in the field. Never heard it mentioned until this thread.

Even discussing the issue is classic off-season internet fodder - useless in any practical respect. Maybe some bureaucrat with nothing else to do but try to stretch and strain an answer might see it differently, but who cares?Anyone who limits what they could otherwise legally shoot under bag/possession limit laws because of legally taken game they have in the freezer at home has taken common sense and strangled it to death.

JMHO.

Nogalus, No one is concerned about it today anymore than they are about someone shooting a buffalo from their second story hotel room.

As KingHunter17's letter said it is a Federal Violation. The only time I can vaguely remember a violation of the federal possession law being enforced was after a search warrant related to a more serious game law crime and was just another violation tacked on with the more serious violation or violations the person was being arrested for.

There are a lot of things that are game violations by the book that are either not enforced, not widely known, unenforceable, or just plain silly. For example the discussion came up on the forum once asking if a shot and lost bird counts towards your bag limit. The written answer from TPWD was yes it counts.

I think you are talking about The idiot that was charged being over Federal Possession limit a few years back, I think he hit an owl took a selfie with it in his boat at boat ramp after accidentally hitting with truck and then Feds got a warrant looking for the owl and ended up with ticketing him with exceeding federal possession limit of geese in his freezer? Think that was the jest of it. Never heard if they got him on the owl possession or if any tickets stuck. Bet it wasn’t a cheap photo opportunity

Love the analogy, Sniper!

This is a hotly debated topic over at another hunting forum. Some say that even if you have duck turned into sausage, that the sausage counts towards your possession limit (how would they even know how many ducks are actually in the sausage?).

To me, it’s absurd. Bag limits, fine. But as long as I don’t go over my daily bag limit, why does it matter how many I have at my home, if they were all legally obtained? If I duck hunt everyday of the season and get a limit every day of the season, I don’t see the problem if I have them in my freezer.

Sure, it’s not going to be enforced, but it seems ridiculous. Especially if the birds are processed and made into sausage.

Someone else mentioned the amount of duck meat processors require to make sausage. Saving your meat over the course of a season to take to a processor could easily result in a hunter being over the possession limit, even though they’re all taken legally. I think that’s wrong.

This is a hotly debated topic over at another hunting forum. Some say that even if you have duck turned into sausage, that the sausage counts towards your possession limit (how would they even know how many ducks are actually in the sausage?).

To me, it’s absurd. Bag limits, fine. But as long as I don’t go over my daily bag limit, why does it matter how many I have at my home, if they were all legally obtained? If I duck hunt everyday of the season and get a limit every day of the season, I don’t see the problem if I have them in my freezer.

Sure, it’s not going to be enforced, but it seems ridiculous. Especially if the birds are processed and made into sausage.

Someone else mentioned the amount of duck meat processors require to make sausage. Saving your meat over the course of a season to take to a processor could easily result in a hunter being over the possession limit, even though they’re all taken legally. I think that’s wrong.