Do harvested migratory game birds count in the possession limit?
Do harvested migratory game birds count in the possession limit?
Once a bird is preserved for future use, it no longer counts as part of a hunter’s possession limit.
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Do harvested migratory game birds count in the possession limit when they are preserved? What is the process to preserve harvested birds?
Once a bird is preserved for future use, it no longer counts as part of a hunter’s possession limit, with the exception of murres. A bird is preserved when it has:
- been eviscerated and plucked in any location and then been frozen, made into sausage, cooked, dried, canned or smoked in a location other than the hunting area
- in a location other than the hunting area, had its edible portions removed from its carcass and then been frozen, made into sausage, cooked, dried, canned or smoked; or
- been mounted for taxidermy
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The daily bag limit still applies to birds that are preserved the day they were harvested. A hunter that harvested their daily bag limit, and then immediately preserves their birds may not continue hunting on the same day for those species.
