1. Do I need a permit to possess captive-reared migratory waterfowl?
No. Any person may, without a permit, lawfully acquire properly marked, captive-reared migratory
waterfowl of any species, alive or dead, or their eggs, and possess and transport such birds or eggs and any progeny
or eggs solely for his own use, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Such birds, alive or dead, or their eggs may be lawfully acquired from holders of valid Waterfowl Sale
and Disposal permits.
(b) All progeny of such birds or eggs hatched, reared, and retained in captivity must be physically marked
as defined in 21.13(b). (Also see question 3 below.) -----(like toe clipped)
(c) No birds or eggs or progeny may be disposed of by any means, alive or dead, to any other person unless
you have a valid Waterfowl Sale and Disposal permit.
(d) Lawfully possessed and properly marked waterfowl may be killed, in any number, at any time or place,
by any means except shooting. Such birds may be killed by shooting only in accordance with all applicable
hunting regulations.
(e) When you acquire any waterfowl, alive or dead, from a Waterfowl Sale and Disposal permittee, the
permittee must give you the original of the completed Form 3-186, Notice of Waterfowl Sale or Transfer,
providing all information required by the form and method or methods by which individual birds are
marked.
So section (e) is all you should need at the moment
Is this what the form is supposed to look like,
http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-186.pdf ...?
Also the link to the pdf page i got it from
http://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-9.pdf
also you might read bold number 4 on this page
(i must have edited this post a good 12 times
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