Is this normal?

As for butchering your own save the heads a little while . Keeps the tags .

I'm surprised more people dont do their own?? That's a part of the hunt well to me it would be.
Plenty of YouTube videos to show you exactly how it's done.

Also I'm surprised not many actually build a controlled area to store the deer at the right temperature. It's not that hard I have built incubators in the past it would be the same concept just at a lower temperature. An extra shed some power a thermostat and probably an ac unit would all it would take . Little bit of improvisation you can build your own outdoor cooler. Possibly a heater for those cold cold times. The weather is so unpredictable these days it would be good to have.

My grandfather always hung for at least a week in the shed. now adays its either frozen or to hot . Let them hang they taste better better then getting a deer when it's hot and have to butcher it right away.

Just a thought as everyone is always working on the camp .

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Nobody said anything about heads in a freezer.
On the tag it says that the head of the animal must be with the carcass until it has been transported to the site of processing. The new requirement is that a tag must be affixed and left with the animal at the butcher. It doesn't specify where.

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Originally Posted by onelessarrow

Nobody said anything about heads in a freezer.
On the tag it says that the head of the animal must be with the carcass until it has been transported to the site of processing. The new requirement is that a tag must be affix and left with the animal at the butcher. It doesn't specify where.

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Well actually, Gilroy maintains you have to keep the tag affixed until it is actually processed....which means you would have to ensure the butcher keeps the head on, while it’s in his cooler, waiting to be cut.....freezer... has never been mentioned.
i guess common sense isn’t so common anymore !!

After reading through this thread, I have a question...
I shoot a deer, I notch the tag, I put tag back in my wallet, take deer home, hang deer in garage for a few days.......... Now am I obligated to leave the tag with the deer when I leave to go to work? or am I just confusing things even more?

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After reading through this thread, I have a question...
I shoot a deer, I notch the tag, I put tag back in my wallet, take deer home, hang deer in garage for a few days.......... Now am I obligated to leave the tag with the deer when I leave to go to work? or am I just confusing things even more?

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That's how I would read it.

If your garage door got opened while you were out and a co drove by, I would think, if he saw it, he would stop. Then the regulations will be looked at.

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If your garage door got opened while you were out and a co drove by, I would think, if he saw it, he would stop. Then the regulations will be looked at.

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It says attached to the antler or ear, how about if it's a doe, and I want to cut/toss the head? I guess just leave the tag attached to the animal anywhere is better than nowhere?

Hanging at your place you go to town for lunch Tag it till it’s cut and wrapped

The tag says the head only has to accompany the carcass until it gets to your garage, if thats you're processing site. That's when you can throw the head away, but keep the tag with the deer until you get started on it.

Shoot it,notch the tag,dress it,skin it,take to butcher,zip tie notched tag to hind quarter through hocks. What is the issue and why is this so confusing? FFS!! :rolleye: