Looking for shot waterfowl for my collection, anything will do as my collection is small at the moment but I love doing waterfowl. I will be happy to pay shipping on any birds. Go ahead and clean out that freezer. Thanks in advance.
P.S. - would really love some divers.
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You can ask for donated birds but you cannot pay for the shipping. if how ever you were to just send it back with out any mentioning of it, that would be a nice gesture on your part, After the fact. But If you doing a personal collection why use shot birds, You didn't kill? Just contact some breeders and spend a few bucks. Or ask if you are a round here during season I would be more than happy take you on a sea duck hunt.
But just keep in mind donations must be just that, Donations and NO $'s can be exchanged. Good luck on the divers. Most folks keep them and pen raised aren't to cheep. Jim
Bet you can't. There is my E-mail address, so send me the information in writing. It would be greatly appreciated. I'm really not being cocky here, I just havn't seen the hard evidence. Always someone here eager to say it is illegal to pay for shipping, when NO ONE has proven it in writing to substantiate the fact one way or another. Please don't refer me to the 50CFR rules and regs, because I've read the ENTIRE section including the Gifting and receiving legally shot waterfowl. Sure there are some formalities when dealing with birds shot by another person, but really no different than keeping up with your Federal migratory birds regs when bringing in a bird to taxidermy. Now I won't argue with you or anyone else for that matter that there is no definitive answer one way or another, and that it is at the discretion of the USFWS or the DNR, but again nothing that is truely in writing. I can say to Joe that it is interprative at best. I believe when these rules were wrote, they were designed to prevent the PROFIT of harvesting waterfowl. Kind of like when people would mount six 4 gauges on the front of a boat sitting in a pothole and pull the trigger on all six guns at once, leaving more than one hundred ducks dead in their wake. Then selling these birds on the open market like they did so many years ago. I don't believe these rules were designed to prevent people from filling their waterfowl collection. I have asked for the proof in the past, so don't feel bad when you CAN'T provide it. Even George Roof has an opinion on this subject, but no hard evidence. So once again I set forth the challenge for someone to prove it. The best case scenario would be where someone was tried in court and was found guilty or innocent. I take an obvious stand on the fact that I believe no warden in their right mind would give me a ticket for charging someone for shipping as long as I didn't charge ANY handling fees and only charged someone the exact amount (with a receipt to prove it) to the penny, with all the needed paperwork as well. Now why don't you and I get together and shoot some of those sea ducks you were referring to, and maybe we can talk more. Again Jim, I'm not being a jerk about this, just want an answer! Even if we don't get an answer this time, there will be another post on this subject in a week or two. Another thing that would be interesting. If there is a conservation warden out there reading this post, instead of trying to sting someone, just post up that it is illegal (or not) and refer me to the literature so I can read it for myself.
Joe
Didn't I just gift to you a shot bluebill (lesser scaup) last week? Nope, sorry it was Tuesday this week, did you get him OK? Glad I could help. Bob. (559) 269-3336