Hey Jay,
I was over north and west of you, east of Lloydminster. I heard on the radio that 4,100 birds were siezed from hunters by mistake. I crossed the border at Vancouver, and US Customs almost siezed my birds too. There were hunters in front and in back of me who had hunted in Alberta...no problem. I asked one guy to check, and he made a few calls, finding out that the ban was only intended to cover chickens , not migratory waterfowl.
The ban didn'tmake any sense. Take the hunter's birds, but let the millions fly across the border on their own.