Tagging and pack-out question

[JakeLand]

Like I said Dave call me and I'll come with the taxi service

[lokidog]

Another thought would be to take a photo of your notched tag if you have to be away from it.

[DaveMonti]

Thanks Jake,
I'm sure I'd let you know if I got a deer with an "as he lays" field shot, but I don't expect you to drop everything or be available all the time! 
I guess it won't be a problem this year as late archery ends tomorrow and I don't anticipate getting out today or tomorrow.  Hopefully by next year I'll have a bike trailer that will make the pack out much easier!

Loki, thanks for the great ideas!

[Stein]

If it were me, I normally quarter and then pack the rear quarter with tax and evidence along with the horns for my first trip out.  The next day, I would come back with the first quarter on ice in the truck and get the rest.  I also have the GPS coordinates of the kill obviously.

As long as you have all the parts with one of them tagged and proper evidence, I can't imagine anyone giving you a hard time.

[7mmfan]

I packed my deer out 2 years ago on my back. First trip I took the head/horns, both hind quarters and backstraps. Left the front quarters and scrap there. Because the bulk of the meat as well as the horns were in camp, I left the tag with the meat (largest portion of meat). On my way out with the 2nd load, I came to a game check station. I told the game warden that I was packing my clean up load out and that I had left the tag with the largest portion of meat back in camp. He said good job and I was on my way.

[Bob33]

I would never under any circumstances leave a notched tag on an animal that I didn't have control over, short of being at a professional meat processor.

If you wish to mark a portion of an animal you are leaving in the field as "yours" there are plenty of ways to go it without a tag: make a small mark somewhere like on a hoof with a knife, cut two pinholes in an ear, drop a penny down the throat, use a Sharpy and put your initials in an obscure location, etc.

[kentrek]

i wish tags came with about 6 bar codes to put on any one item such as the head and or a pack...seems simple  feels weird having a head with no tag

[lamrith]

i wish tags came with about 6 bar codes to put on any one item such as the head and or a pack...seems simple  feels weird having a head with no tag

Not a bad idea...  If nothing else they could just add a bunch of .5"-1" wide sections at the bottom with the tag number on it that you could cut off and mark with.  Like Bob33 mentioned, shove one down throat, in ear etc.  You could even tuck it under muscle of the sections you leave behind so if have an issue of someone snagging it when you call a game officer to site you can identify your game, lots of options..

[erk444]

I heard of sticking a coin in the gland near they eye.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Another thought would be to take a photo of your notched tag if you have to be away from it.

I do this every time I have to leave an animal, or parts of, in the woods. Zoomed out to show the whole animal, but with the tag numbers/name visible. Even better if I can be in the photo.

I don't worry about the constable doing his job. His is to question to validate. If he's confused, the rule is so absurd that a reasonable court of law would laugh this out of the courtroom as long as a hunter has made him/herself as credible as possible. The burden of proof of poaching is on the state.  The legal hunter using a little smarts will prevail.

-Steve