I am going to Canada this Fall moose hunting. Does anyone have any first hand experience on bringing moose meat back thru US Customs? Hopefully if I'm successful I would like to bring my moose meat back with me. We will be driving up from here in Idaho. Thanks for the help!

It's been a while, but I remember coming back with my bear was not a problem. I think I needed and export tag and it took about 5 min to do everything. I really don't remeber the details but I don't remember any problems.

When we came back across the border last fall with a whitetail buck......this is what you have to do, unless laws have changed, but I haven't heard of any changes so far. And this is for MN too, I don't know if it differs for other states.

1)If you plan on bringing the cape back......you must skin it off the skull and antlers.
2)the skull plate MUST be cleared of ALL brain matter and meat. Just the skull and rack. It doesn't have to be perfect, but for sure no brain matter left on it.
3)ALL the meat must be deboned. It doesn't matter if it's on 1lb chunks or 20 lb chunks. Just no bones coming back.

So I guess all in all, as long as the skull plate is cleaned and your not bringing back any bones....you should be good to go. I'd hate to take some short cuts and then have to sit at the border and do all that work. The border patrol guy told us about one guy that tried to bring a whole moose back across. lol He had to sit at the border and debone that whole thing out right there or forfeit it. Not the smartest fella I guess.

Thanks Stump_MN_Hunter & 5 Shot for the info. I will do some research on it and make sure I understand exactly what has to be done to get my meat and trophy back into the U.S. I was hopeing to make a european mount of the head which means the skull has to be intact. I will have to make sure it is clean and free of any brain tissue. Again, thanks for the info.

Kamiah kid ! where abouts are you hunting in Canada?

nubo

Nubo
I am hunting in the Toad River area of BC.

Thought maybe you might be hunting here in Ont there are certainly some great moosehunting here as well .Good luck to you on the hunt and let us know how you make out.

nubo

KamiahKid-- We brought 4 bull moose true border last year it is exactly as Stump-MN-Hunter said. Head and horns cleaned of meat and brains. Meat no bones.