Border Crossing Info???
 

I will be hunting deer in Alberta the last week of November. Does anyone know what the requirements are to bring your deer back (if successful)into the US?

Thanks

RE: Border Crossing Info???
 

From US Customs and Border Patrol site:

Hunter harvested game is admissible from Canada for the traveler's personal use if accompanied with a permit. For more information on hunter harvested game visit the USDA website.



From USDA APHIS:


[align=left]5. Cervid meat, including hunter-harvested cervid meat (e.g., deer, moose, elk,[/align][align=left]caribou, etc.) will be allowed unrestricted entry. Importers will need to present to[/align][align=left]the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer evidence that the product is[/align][align=left]Brokers, et al. 3[/align][align=left]cervid meat, such as a hunting license or commercially prepared labels found on[/align][align=left]unopened packages or other official documents.[/align][align=left]6. Hunter-harvested wild ruminant (non-cervid) meat or dressed carcasses[/align][align=left](eviscerated and head removed) such as wild sheep, goats, or bison/buffalo when[/align][align=left]accompanied by the hunter with a hunting license, tag, or equivalent.[/align][align=left][/align]


So it appears you no longer need any kind of permit as long as you have your lisence.

From personal experience I also reccomend bringing your social security card and birth certificate.

RE: Border Crossing Info???
 

Thanks for the info Brutalattack. I'm really looking forward to this hunt.

RE: Border Crossing Info???
 

Good luck man!

RE: Border Crossing Info???
 

Alberta Export Permit
All big game, game birds, and furbearing animals (except tanned skins) require a provincial export permit ($20.00) when they are to be conveyed beyond the borders of Alberta, except under the following conditions:
1. Hunters, who lawfully harvest game birds, coyotes, white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, pronghorn antelope or black bear* under the authority of a hunting licence or a right that is protected under Canadian Constitution, may export those species without an Alberta export permit if;
[ul][*]in the case of game birds, the bird has been processed as a mounted specimen, or[*]the export occurs within 30 days of the date the animal was killed or within 5 days of the close of the season, whichever occurs first, and[*]the shipment is accompanied by the hunter who killed the animal, and[*]the appropriate licence is carried by the hunter who killed the animal being exported. [/ul]
* Alberta prohibits the export of gall bladder and paws of black bear. You may export red meat, hide with claws attached, head or skull with teeth attached, but no other parts. See CITES Export Permit below.
2. Coyote that have been lawfully hunted by residents do not require a provincial export permit.
Note: United States migratory bird hunting regulations state that it is unlawful for a person to import into the United States migratory game birds belonging to another person. Evidence of sex and species must remain attached to the bird until the final U.S. destination is reached.
For further information on the export of wildlife contact a Fish and Wildlife Division office.

RE: Border Crossing Info???
 

That doesn't really apply to him. He isn't a Canadian national. When coming back to the US he needs to follow the US Customs laws as I set forth. He needs no permit for lawfully harvested game animals as put forth above.