Game Bird Hunting

Retrieval and Wastage of Game

A hunter who kills or injures a game bird must make every reasonable effort to retrieve it. Injured game birds must be immediatlly killed upon retrieval. It is illegal to abandon or spoil the meat of a game bird. If a wounded game bird enters an area where hunter access is restricted, contact the local authority (landowner, Park Warden) or a Natural Resource Officer before entry into the area.

Leg Bands and Tags

Leg bands, neck collars, plastic leg bands, and wing tags should be reported to the telephone number//address on the band or to any Manitoba Conservation office.

Information from bands or tags found on wild turkeys should be reported to:

• Manitoba Conservation's Wild Turkey Band Hotline
  toll-free 1-877-7787, or
  
• The Wildlife Branch,
  Box 24 – 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg, MB, R3J 3W3.

Migratory game bird bands should be reported by mail or online to Bird Band, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel MD 20708, or by phone at 1-800-327-2263.

Please provide your name, address, date found, location (distance from the nearest town), how obtained (shot bird, found dead) and the bird species. You will receive a certificate detailing the banding information.