Want to own a restaurant that serves only wild caught game that changes with the season in traditional pioneer dishes

There's a meat processing place near me that sells wild game type of animals: venison, elk, moose, pheasant etc. You can eat there too. They have a menu. They figured it out. Surely you can too.

Then use a butcher as a middleman and buy from him

I wish butchers were still a thing

Look up Bonnell's Texas restaurant and ask him where he gets his meats.

They are.

They do this to prevent basically this exact process. If you can open up shop like that and sell hunters meat, then so can I, and now we're fucking up the local ecosystem super hard because hunters will slowly turn into poachers.

This. If you live in a "country" area you'll likely have a few old-school butchers, and if you live in a "city" area you'll likely have hipster butchers that are surprisingly good.

Show me the federal statute that says you can't buy meat from hunters

so what you mean to tell me is I need to go out and personally bag myself a moose and a few bears every year

Canada. Meat that doesn't come from approved, inspected locations and that doesn't receive additional inspection upon slaughter isn't allowed to be sold.