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Another question about Deer in your state.
Is it illegal to sell wild harvested venison in your state? It is in mine, Oklahoma. But I was wondering with all the problems of over populations of deer in some area's, why doesn't the wildlife federation (or whoever it conscerns) open up some commercial harvesting to the public. I know our country has to have USDA ceritfied meat on the grocer shelves, but other countries might could use the extra food.
We harvest it, take it too a processer who processes it and ships it to another country. We get paid for our part in harvesting the animal. The processer gets paid for his part in processing and the government gets paid for shipping. And some 3rd world country gets to eat supper tonight.
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09/21/07, 02:43 PM
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It's illegal to sell wild game in Indiana too.
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09/21/07, 02:44 PM
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It is Illegal to sell wild harvested game or animal parts in Ontario.
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Illegal in Wyoming. Most areas do not have an overabundance. In a few places they are an annoyance thou.
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09/21/07, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by r.h. in okla.
Is it illegal to sell wild harvested venison in your state? It is in mine, Oklahoma. But I was wondering with all the problems of over populations of deer in some area's, why doesn't the wildlife federation (or whoever it conscerns) open up some commercial harvesting to the public. I know our country has to have USDA ceritfied meat on the grocer shelves, but other countries might could use the extra food.
We harvest it, take it too a processer who processes it and ships it to another country. We get paid for our part in harvesting the animal. The processer gets paid for his part in processing and the government gets paid for shipping. And some 3rd world country gets to eat supper tonight.
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It is illegal to sell game in New Jersey also. In addition I wouldn't mention The Wildlife Federation in the same breath as hunting, although I am sure that is not what you intended.
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09/21/07, 02:58 PM
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illegal in Kentucky and if it ain't legal here....probably Wyoming is the only more libertarian state
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09/21/07, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by r.h. in okla.
We harvest it, take it too a processer who processes it and ships it to another country. We get paid for our part in harvesting the animal. The processer gets paid for his part in processing and the government gets paid for shipping. And some 3rd world country gets to eat supper tonight.
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Seems to me that it would make more sense if the government wants to help feed other countries is to let people living in their countries grow, or help them develop their own food supplies, rather than reliance on handouts. Whether those handouts are wild game, raised meat or grain makes no difference. It's probably less costly in the long run to donate excess capacity or other domestic agricultural products than to tinker with wild game populations that can be unpredictable from year to year. I've seen high deer populations in this area plummet to near zero when 2 severe winters in a row hit. It took a good 5 years before they ever rebounded. IMHO, it would NOT be sound wildlife managagement to harvest wild game again for market hunting.
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Its illegal to sell in kansas as well .
the reason commercial hunting isnt allowed is that it nearly wiped out the wildlife. we have far more deer now than in the 1920s we also have more water fowl as they were nearly hunted to extinction by commercial hunters .
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It's illegal in TN also. BUT, I hear there are some deer processors who will allow someone to pay the processing fee and pick up any venison that no one has claimed after the season ends.
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As far as I know it is illegal in WV also, but we do have a feed the hungry program here. You take your deer to a regestered processor and they process and turn the meat over to I think the DNR for distrbution. Sam
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Many states already have Hunters for the Hungry programs where hunters donate a deer for the needy. Just Google [ your state Hunters for the Hungry] and you can see if your state participates.
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Illegal in Ohio.
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There also have been new programs established in Ontario to donate deer and moose to the 'hungry'. I'm not really sure how it works, whether it's food kitchens, orphanages, and that sort of thing. MVA immediate road kills also can be reported and the game kept with Conservation Officer authorization. Again, the program to feed 'hungry' is there on that basis if contating the people in charge of it to determine what they will accept.
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We generally have an over-abundance of game. It changes each year, a bit, as to which game animal is the most overabundant.
Right now we have way too many turkey, and just a bit too many deer.
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09/21/07, 08:19 PM
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illegal in PA, but i THINK you can sell non-edible parts of a deer. i read the regs last year and kind of forget them. i was researching if it was legal to sell the tallow for soapmaking. i figured that deer processors toss all of the tallow away and maybe i could take advantage of that. the wording was vague. who is to say if deer tallow is an edible part of the deer. technically, i could boil the bones, grind them and make bread with them, just like any part of the deer really. so who gets to decide what is edible?
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Ileagle in Arkansas. The feed the hungry program is not a big thing here. Even with 3 deer most of the people hunt for the meat. Wild game is much to risky an element to rely on for commercial hunting.
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There is so many deer here its pathetic. You can't even drive at night without almost totalling your car. Deer and turkeys are EVERYWHERE!! They even come down and hang out with my goats at night. We have that feed the homeless program here too. Also pretty easy to get a permit to hunt nuisance deer if they're in the garden etc.. I think its illegal in all states to sell your venison because it promotes poaching. The DNR has more authority to search your house (and freezer) in this state than the State Police! However most of them seem to be really nice guys.
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09/21/07, 10:42 PM
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We have the Feed the Hungry program also, but it doesn't come close enough to keeping the population down. This year they up the doe harvest and cut down on the buck harvest in our state. They done this to help control the population. I got news for them, I don't think thats gonna work either.
Since they allow commercial fishing in state waters, why can't they allow commercial hunting? If a person has a problem with over populated deer on their place they could call in a insured commercial hunter to harvest several deer. The commercial hunter could then sell his harvest to the public/resturaunts or ship it to another country.
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it is against FEDERAL law to sell the EDIBLE parts of ALL big game & waterfowl and has been since the 1920s (i forget the exact year). this is called market hunting and was the primary cause of the near extinction of waterfowl & ungulates. australian feral hog populations have dropped dramatically because of commercial hunting for the french export market. i think it is time for some amendments to the law to perhaps allow properly tagged & checked deer to be sold. but then there are also issues w/ the laws & regulations concerning the slaughter method & conditions. the biggest issue for the hunters for the hungry is inadequate funding for processing. many states' programs have to turn down donations for lack of funds.
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Originally Posted by r.h. in okla.
.....Since they allow commercial fishing in state waters, why can't they allow commercial hunting? If a person has a problem with over populated deer on their place they could call in a insured commercial hunter to harvest several deer. The commercial hunter could then sell his harvest to the public/resturaunts or ship it to another country.
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Many states have professional hunters that are hired by local municipalities and state parks to thin the population of deer and feral pigs. Hunter gets paid and meat get sent to homeless or tohrwise disposed of.
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