[tn-bird] Re: dumping of geese

Dear Linda and others:
I forwarded your message about the dumped geese to Sonny Richardson, Chief of 
Law Enforcement for TWRA.  He brought to me the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting 
Regulations which include this provision:

20.25 Wanton waste of migratory game birds.

No person shall kill or cripple any migratory game bird pursuant to this part 
without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the bird, and retain it in his 
actual custody, at the place where taken or between that place and either (a) 
his automobile or principal means of land transportation; or (b) his personal 
abode or temporary or transient place of lodging; or (c) a migratory bird 
preservation facility; or (d) a post office; or (e) a common carrier facility.  
SOURCE: [41 FR 31536, July 29, 1976]  

The law clearly states that an effort must be made to retrieve the bird and 
retain it initially, but does not provide any guidance as to what must be done 
with the carcasses beyond that.  Unfortunately, if someone wants to dump the 
geese they have shot later in the day, they can do that, as long as they 
retrieve them from where they were shot.  Assuming that these birds were shot, 
if the person or persons dumping the birds could be discovered, they could be 
charged with exceeding their bag limits, unless there were enough individuals 
to account for 50 - 60 dead geese.  If this was not the case, the only thing 
they could really be charged with is littering.


Troy Ettel
State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 781-6653
Troy.Ettel@xxxxxxxxxxx

>>> kuczwanski@xxxxxxxx 02/18/02 05:14PM >>>

After a very pleasant day birding through east Memphis and Collierville
and observing bluebirds, red-bellied and downy woodpeckers and a Coopers
Hawk, we went under a bridge just north of Shelton Rd. on
Collierville-Arlington Rd. and found fifty or sixty snow geese and one
canada goose that had been dumped there.  That kind of thing is against
the law, isn't it?  Does anybody have any idea who I should notify? 

Linda Kuczwanski
Memphis, TN
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