Kinda sorta hate to bring this into the mix "But" during hunting season which is on now in Southern Manitoba I'm a game warden and I can tell you that selling venison taken while hunting carries with it a stiffer fine than just hunting out of season. Here if one gets caught selling wild game meat not only does the game dept get involved but also the federal and provincial meat inspection agencies as well as the dept of transport. All in all it can get pretty messy as well as Very expensive.
In all fairness I do agree with most of the rules that I have to enforce but some are just a little over the top for my liking, such as. lets say that your driving down a country road and hit a deer or you see a deer get hit and killed. You stop and see that it was a clean kill and for the most part no meat was spoiled so instead of letting the meat go to waste you decide to take it home for the table. If I come along and see you loading it into your trunk and ask you what you are doing and you tell me what happened and that you don't want to waste the meat because there is really nothing wrong with it, I will tell you to put it back in the ditch or face a fine. If however i ask you if you happen to have a dog at home and you say yes and that you were taking the meat home for your dog, I'll even help you load it no problem and if you want to eat dog food when you get home, hey to each his own Huh.
It used to be that confiscated game when taken by the Wild Life Branch the warden would take the meat to the local veterans hospital (ironically named Deer Lodge Hospital) in Winnipeg. The meat was prepared in the hospital kitchen, The vets loved it, the hospital got free fresh meat and it didn't go to waste.
Then new and improved laws came into being and now all road kills and confiscated meat is taken to a central landfill site for disposal. Sometimes yuh just gotta shake your head and wonder.
