Dove Hunting questions (GW's wanted)

[dharris]

Do the feds not have anything better to do than count birds.

[mitchbcs]

If you get stopped by Federal game wardens this will not be the case for migratory birds. This quoted above is the Texas law but does not supercede Federal law where it applies to migratory birds. Federal possession stops at consumption.

It's an extremely gray area but a Fed will ding you for it if he ever wanted to check your freezer at home.....

You can however gift a possession limit to people who live in your home...

Gift? So if you put a pretty red bow around each package your good

[Playa]

Do the feds not have anything better to do than count birds.

Yes they do. If you have a Fed Warden at your house asking to count birds in your freezer, the extra over the limit is the least of your worries.

That will just be the icing on the cake to that dude.

And on the gifting you need the proper paperwork called a wildlife resource document found here:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdforms/media/pwd_980_l2000_wildlife_resource_document.pdf

[JEG8233]

Gift? So if you put a pretty red blinged out bow around each package your good

Fixed it for you...

[Tubby]

Yes they do. If you have a Fed Warden at your house asking to count birds in your freezer, the extra over the limit is the least of your worries.

That will just be the icing on the cake to that dude.

And on the gifting you need the proper paperwork called a wildlife resource document found here:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publicat...e_document.pdf

No need for the WRD once the birds have reached their final destination. Only for transportation/possession BEFORE reaching the final destination.

[Cuz]

30 in possession EXCEPT for opening day

Lol! Exactly!!

[Cuz]

Oh and Leon Please never ever ever ever listen to anyone that works at Academy about hunting!
Unless they're TBH'rs.

[hammackc]

30 doves, for me that would be 10 boxes of shells!

[Playa]

No need for the WRD once the birds have reached their final destination. Only for transportation/possession BEFORE reaching the final destination.

If you say so... but i don't think that is right.

[Smart]

If you say so... but i don't think that is right.

Tubby is correct.....

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/general/transfer/

[Passthrough]

Oh and Leon Please never ever ever ever listen to anyone that works at Academy about hunting!

Beat me to it!!

[Playa]

Tubby is correct.....

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publicat...eral/transfer/

So without the resource doc, how would a GW prove that the game was taken by a legally licensed hunter?

[Tubby]

Make SURE your plug is in your gun as well!!!

[Smart]

So without the resource doc, how would a GW prove that the game was taken by a legally licensed hunter?

Call the game warden.....I'm just giving you what I've had experience with and the ruling on it..

[Artos]

being friends with the fed gw down here, I feel comfortable saying multiple folks can gift their limits to one person. I will not promise the next fed gw will do the same but we have done this and I know my compadre well enough that he would not put himself in a position of breaking the migratory laws.

Let's just say 15 fellas went out hunting and got their limits & they wanted to have a feast at one house the following weekend. One guy could transport & keep all the birds.

After the hunt, they would write out a permission 'gift' with qty of birds, name, address, phone number and hunting lic number saying the birds were harvested by them & donated to said person. All limits must be seperated during transport & storage. Keep permission slips until consumed.