I am a mick, living in the USA, with dual citizenshiop
I do a lot of hunting here - pigs, ducks etc.
I will be moving to Stuttgart at the end of Duck Season 2006, but will be returning to California every year for a couple of months to hunt here.

Does anyone know if I can export Wild Boar meat and trophies, and Duck meat to Europe (specifically Germany)?

Thanks a lot, and this is a great site.

Paul, I am almost certain you cannot bring any sort of meat with you into the EU, never mind wild game meat. There are extensive EU regulations around the handling and storage of game, all sorts of licenses required.
Sorry.

Irish Brian.

Well, that puts a dampener on my future meat hunting here! I assume that there must be a way to bring trophies (such as boar head mounts etc.) in.

Here's hoping Ireland WC matches will be in Stuttgart...

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Originally posted by Irish Paul:
Well, that puts a dampener on my future meat hunting here! I assume that there must be a way to bring trophies (such as boar head mounts etc.) in.

Here's hoping Ireland WC matches will be in Stuttgart...

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You can import game meat to Germany if it is accompanied by a veterinarian's certificate. The vererinarian I guess has to see the animal and it's entrails and confirm that it was healthy before it died. This is at leat the way it is handled here if we want to sell game to a reseller.

You can check the German's customs office homepage under http://www.zoll.de/, it is available in English, just look under "restrictions".

There is no problem in bringing throphies here if it's like boar tusks, racoon pelts or whitetail antlers. For other species like bear, you'd need a CITES confirmation, quite easy to get in the US.

Since we have in the area around Stuttgart a healthy population of wild boar, I'd rather look into getting your German hunting license if you stay here for a longer period of time. The local rod&gun club can help you in this regard.

Thanks very much DUK! I appreciate your help.
The missus is not too keen on me having all my guns in Germany, so my plan was to keep them here in California, and hunt 2 months of the year here.
In the long run, I do intend to hunt in Germany however!

Thanks again.

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Originally posted by Irish Paul:
Thanks very much DUK! I appreciate your help.
The missus is not too keen on me having all my guns in Germany, so my plan was to keep them here in California, and hunt 2 months of the year here.
In the long run, I do intend to hunt in Germany however!

Thanks again.

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Well, you miss a season from May to February and will love the landscape we have in this area... Game animals within reach are roe deer, pigs, red stag and chamois and LOTS of them. Don't want to get you into trouble with the Miss (known problem), just telling ya'...

DUK

BTW, I am hunting in the suburbs of Saarbrucken. Are You living far from me?

Are You not cheating a little? Germans are thorough to check the fresh trophies. When back from Easter Europe, we fear to have troubles with trophies when crossing Germany. Germany applies E.C. regulations by the book. Isn't it?

Bon soir Jean,

Germans in most cases apply regulations to the book. This can be good or bad, depending on the circumstances.

Regarding trophies, it should be no problem to import them into the EU when they are already boilt down. When they are still fresh, they are to be treated the same as meat. When we consider the potential damages of animal pests like mouth and claw or pig pest to the lifestock industry, it makes sense to be very carefull. These deseases are still pretty common in Eastern Europe.

Still, it is easier to bring something into the EU than into the US or Canada. When traveling within the EU, I really enjoy the ease with which nowadays these matters are handled.

By the way, I hunt near Pforzheim, East of the Black Forest, but lived for some years in the Rastatt area, close to the French Border.