define game bird wildlife wastage

[Alchase]

It all comes down to interpretation, thats why the laws are written the way they are in this state..How many people have been ticketed for shooting a grouses head off with a high powered rifle??

Hunterman(Tony)

Where does it state this is illeagle?

Game birgs must be transported with the feathered head attached

Hunterman(Tony)

Or what is left of it, lol
Just put it right next to their head then wring their neck as they flop around from the concussion.

[jason4429]

I think it is up to each person.How many people take every edible piece of meat off big game animals.You almost every thing in the guts are edible and don't forget the brains .They make a pretty good breakfast.The eye balls are also edible.

[Special T]

I usually  take the legs off the mallard, pintail gadwall birds.... the rest i usually breast out... I plucked many different kinds of ducks and think if you shoot smaller birds than the ones listed the breast meat makes up a large portion of meat...

[lokidog]

Bufflehead legs are pretty small to mess with but on other ducks, including fish ducks, the legs are actually more mild tasting.  I slow cooked about three dozen legs and then did an apple onion curry with them.  I brought them to a potluck dinner with almost all non-hunters.  I figured I would have a lot of great leftovers... there were six legs left at the end of the meal!  Even the old lady who loves her ducks behind her house said she enjoyed the flavor, especially since she didn't "know" these birds.   

If you are tossing out legs, you are losing out on some good meat and IMHO wasting game.

[sakoshooter]

Even when I pluck and bake the whole bird I usually end up eating just the breast.  Everything else is tough with tendons.

 All my ducks/geese get cleaned at home. Cleaning them in a parking lot, dirt of blacktop is bad and reflects on all hunters badly.
 I plucked all my ducks and geese for many years and no one ate the legs after the first time. Tough. As many tendons as meat. No comparison to the breast meat. Now I just breast them. As far as waste goes. I don't agree. At some point you've got to weigh the worth of your time and effort for your return.
Someone stated earlier on this thead that the leg meat equaled 40% of the breast meat. No way. Ducks look big but remember, their all feathers. I just got done cleaning a two day limit. The legs are about the size of my little finger on the Mallards. Not worth boning out if you ask me.
How many people bone the meat off the lower legs of their deer? How about the face. There is 10x the meat on a deer's face as there is on a duck's leg. How about salmon cheeks?
I do a pretty fine job of filleting my duck breasts off with as little waste as possible. I'm not lazy nor are any of the guys I know that breatt them. I think calling anyone lazy for something as petty as this is rediculous. We're all sportsman here. Don't get caught up in a game of the 'pot calling the kettle black'.

[Sawbuck]

Even when I pluck and bake the whole bird I usually end up eating just the breast.  Everything else is tough with tendons.

 All my ducks/geese get cleaned at home. Cleaning them in a parking lot, dirt of blacktop is bad and reflects on all hunters badly.
 I plucked all my ducks and geese for many years and no one ate the legs after the first time. Tough. As many tendons as meat. No comparison to the breast meat. Now I just breast them. As far as waste goes. I don't agree. At some point you've got to weigh the worth of your time and effort for your return.
Someone stated earlier on this thead that the leg meat equaled 40% of the breast meat. No way. Ducks look big but remember, their all feathers. I just got done cleaning a two day limit. The legs are about the size of my little finger on the Mallards. Not worth boning out if you ask me.
How many people bone the meat off the lower legs of their deer? How about the face. There is 10x the meat on a deer's face as there is on a duck's leg. How about salmon cheeks?
I do a pretty fine job of filleting my duck breasts off with as little waste as possible. I'm not lazy nor are any of the guys I know that breatt them. I think calling anyone lazy for something as petty as this is rediculous. We're all sportsman here. Don't get caught up in a game of the 'pot calling the kettle black'.

Well said.

[groundhog]

I have a question. I was told that even once your birds are processed and frozen they are still part of your posesion limit. In other words you can only have 14 ducks and 8 geese in your freezer and cannot continue to hunt until you have eaten a limit of birds... I find this hard to believe. Does anyone know if this is true?

[Fishnclifff]

I have a question. I was told that even once your birds are processed and frozen they are still part of your posesion limit. In other words you can only have 14 ducks and 8 geese in your freezer and cannot continue to hunt until you have eaten a limit of birds... I find this hard to believe. Does anyone know if this is true?

Good lord must we do this again.

The possession limit only applies to,  where you harvested the birds  TO your home or temp. dwelling.

Nothing else.

[groundhog]

Thank you. I didn't see the other post. That is why I asked.