Meat transportation .. Requirement for weight of boned out deer?

[shag]

Dose it list in the regs or is there a weight the fish and game dept expects us to have as far as boned out meat goes??




Thanks

[billythekidrock]

I don't think so....why?

[boneaddict]

I suppose if they suspect you left a bunch on the carcass they could go check and nail you then

[shag]

Just curious if they have any expectations..   Most critter get boned out now(for me) anyway.

[billythekidrock]

I doubt there is a weight requirement but anyone should be able to tell if you have more or less than what you should.

Gamie: "Uh, excuse me sir. You only have one tag but you have 4 backstraps. Care to explain?".

[bucklucky]

Idaho does check, but I dont think washington weights the meat.

[bobcat]

That would be a stupid thing for game wardens to waste their time on. If somebody doesn't get all the meat off an animal it's their loss. Why should the state care? It's not like somebody is going to leave meat in the woods on purpose! 

[bucklucky]

Thats was the problem , they had a certain weight that it should be and if it wasnt you get a ticket. Makes people think twice about leaving any meat. I have heard stories from people that have been checked in Idaho and ticketed. (Customers)

[bobcat]

Stupid!  If somebody leaves 5 pounds of meat, intentionally or not, big deal. Something will eat it!

It would be nice if game wardens would go after actual poachers instead of picking on the easy targets.

[bucklucky]

I guess they hit the fly in camps the hardest that are on the runways. ! gammie sat there and watched a guy bone out his deer, kept telling him there better not be a scrap of meat left on those bones.

[billythekidrock]

That would be a stupid thing for game wardens to waste their time on. If somebody doesn't get all the meat off an animal it's their loss. Why should the state care? It's not like somebody is going to leave meat in the woods on purpose! 

Ever find a dead animal in a nasty spot with only the hindquarters and backstrap taken? Lots of meat is wasted every year by hunters who are only out for horns or hides as well as guys that get one down in a tough area.

[bobcat]

No I haven't and can't imagine someone leaving a significant amount of meat. I still think it's a waste of time for them to go around weighing meat. But yeah, if someone obviously left a large portion of an animal in the woods, they deserve a ticket.

[ICEMAN]

Who is wildlife to judge your pile of meat? Screw that! Maybe you hammered a shoulder so bad...half the shoulder was blood shot. Maybe you gave a quarter to a guy for helping you pack it out....your helper could possess info to remain legal, and you need nothing explaining where 25% of your meat went. I ate a ton of it at camp. I fed it to my dog. Screw them. Cite me, I have plenty of lawyers in the family.

[bobcat]

Good post Iceman.

I had another thought. What about all those animals you hear about, especially the ones shot by archery hunters, that they leave out there all night and go back in the morning to follow the blood trail to the animal. Depending on the temperature, in many cases much of the meat on animal left ungutted on the ground all night, is not going to be any good. Or, some or all of it could have been eaten by a bear, or coyotes. Could a warden ticket someone for having a head and little or no meat to go along with it?

[bucklucky]

Good questions and comments. I dont have the answers though