[PUMP817]

IS IT LEGAL TO USE BRESTED,LEGGED GOOSE CARCASES FOR DECOYS. TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON LAST YEAR IN ADDITION TO OUR SPREAD OF 20 STUFFERS, WE HAD 50-60 DEAD,FROZEN INTO POSITION,BREASTED/LEGGED GOOSE CARCASES WHOSE MEAT WE HAD EATEN THAT WE USED AS DECOYS. I CANT SEEM TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER. WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS?

 

[H-2-O-FOWL]

here in Pa. You would have been paying a fine. It is not legal here .We have to keep anything we shoot out of site . If the wardens here are watching (and they watch alot) you need to pick up anything you shoot within about 5 minutes or get your wallet out

 

[Admin2]

Most states yes and some states no. It can vary from state to state, so you need to check with your states enforcement div of the F&G to see if it is allowed.

From a federal standpoint, yes is is legal from what I have seen permited--they allow stuffers, so essentially that is what you are doing. If in doubt, write a letter to the USFWS enforcement div and ask them. The reason for a letter is this---if another field agant says different--you can show them the letter. Just look up the USFWS in the phone book, as most states have at least 1 if not several offices and their address should be there---or use the net and google them.

 

[PUMP817]

H2OFOWL, REREAD THE ORIGINAL ?. I THINK YOU MISUNDERSTOOD. I'VE ALREADY "PICKED THEM UP", IN FACT I ATE THEM THUS ELIMINATING THE MEAT. THEN I USED THE CARCASS FOR A DEKE. THE ONLY THING SHORT OF A STUFFER IS THE MISSING FORM.

 

[frazier2209]

I have seen these used, but I'm not sure where they are legal.
http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates ... hasJS=true

 

[shrpshtr]

no thanks! just don't seem right to me.

 

[Trois_beaux_canards]

I am still trying to find out, but MN specifies that only live birds are illegal for decoying. Which leads me to believe that dead ones would be acceptable. I need to do more homework on this one...

 

[bullet]

Here in Ca you can harvest 7 ducks a day or 14 in possession. 3 geese 6 in possession. On 4-5 day hunts possession becomes a problem. Freeze and send them home is the only option, or quit hunting. I would think that those already eaten birds are still considered part of possession here in Ca.

 

[AlaskaRedneK]

I dunno about the legality, but I would rather just use manufactured decoys.....

-Stouff

 

[ACEBLDRS]

You know, my wife can barely stand half the crap i have strung out in the garage as it is now. Storing Duck carcasses would go over like a terd in a punch bowl!!!! :smile:

 

[AlaskaRedneK]

You know, my wife can barely stand half the crap i have strung out in the garage as it is now. Storing Duck carcasses would go over like a terd in a punch bowl!!!! :smile:

Yet another reason not to tye your self down!! :laughing:

 

[ACEBLDRS]

Yet another reason not to tye your self down!! :laughing:

NO NO NO, you let them tie you down. :salude:

 

[AlaskaRedneK]

Ohhh, now thats a different story!!!

:toofunny:
-Stouff

 

[DuffMaN]

Pump, find the little button on your keyboard that says 'caps lock' and turn it off! I'm getting a headache from reading your posts! It isnt necessary to shout here.

 

[AlaskaRedneK]

You HiJacker you!!

(havnt y'all noticed the "hijack" talk lately...... :hammering: _
-Stouff

 

[PUMP817]

there now the caps lock is off. are you happy? :toofunny:

 

[AlaskaRedneK]

there now the caps lock is off. are you happy? :toofunny:

Sure.... :salude:
-Stouff :smile: