"Any Deer" GMU's - Proof of Sex?

[addicted1]

Several times an old guy in our camp would get a doe tag. He would hang it two or three days depending on weather. Before he started home he would bone the entire deer out.
Put it in a cooler for transport.

A game agent came by and started to give him a hard time about it. The old who is very polite told him that the law says .

Proof of sex until ready for consumption.

Nothing says I cannot cut ,wrap, or eat right here in camp.

The old guy had the proof of sex but not attached.

The Game agent thought about it and left.

I’ve been in this situation, but with a buck. Left evidence on for transport back to camp, then boned out, bag and stored in cooler. Long story short, I leave the evidence attached until I am home now. Not worth the hassle.

[luvmystang67]

This is an interesting question.  I have some logic questions now on this.

1) Are you required to bring out the head and/or antlers?  I don't see anywhere that this is actually required.
2) Hunts are not buck or doe hunts, they're antlered and antlerless.  What does the sex of the animal have to do with that, especially in this modern age.  We've seen many antlered does show up on these threads.
3) As far as I can see, you could legally shoot an antlered 3 point doe, leave the antlers, and show back up to camp with an udder on the largest piece of meant and violated ZERO laws.
4) Evidence of sex proves nothing about adhering with the regulation.  In any deer/elk zones, sex shows nothing.  In antlered only areas it shows nothing... even a spike with sub-legal antlers would have the right gender, and you've still broken the law in that case.  This is an outdated rule that makes zero logical sense.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

This is an outdated rule that makes zero logical sense.

Especially in this day and age when genetic testing is available.