As far as having evidence of sex with an either sex tag..I guess it's so you don't shoot a non-legal bull and say it was a cow.
Must be attached naturally the best way one can even when deboning to a hunk of the rear ham quarter meat.
Pain in the a$$ for sure.
You can remove the hide and still satisfy these requirements, if having any hair touching the meat freaks you out.
Whether you agree with the requirement or not, I can never understand why this is made out to be such a big deal.
Fortunately I did it on the first quarter so I was able to leave the scrotum on the 2nd quarter, but it's an example of what can go wrong and that it is indeed a PIA.
I always guessed that the rule was in place so that you couldn't kill a trophy buck/bull and then kill a female for the ease or quality of the meat. It's completely ridiculous though, since you could just cut a small piece of meat off the buck/bull and leave the penis attached, and then debone an entire doe/cow and bring the meat out.
Seriously, who's going to kill 2 animals just to get a trophy and better meat? Maybe the odd guy, but a significant portion of hunters to necessitate a rule that inconveniences everyone and is easily worked around?
These rules should be removed in all states IMO. I'm sure there's going to be someone who disagrees with me who think's it's no big deal and saves a bunch of animals, but I just don't think the law ends up preventing anything.
Mike
To stay on the thread topic. This year I killed a cow; did the gutless method and just left the utters attached to a hind quarter meat.
And why not just require all cows to have vulva attached? Then you couldn't pass a bull off as a cow.
I think it's just one of those remnant laws that don't make sense that are just around because someone thought they'd be a good idea even though there wasn't a problem to begin with and it's just stuck.
Seriously, how many people are going to do that? Enough to warrant the law? I doubt it.
I removed penis and testicles, leaving the scrotum attached. I took an empty Ziploc sandwich bag and put it around the scrotum to keep hair off the meat.
Unless you are Caitlen Jenner, this should be enough evidence of sex. IMHO.
He did something out of the ordinary then. Leaving proof on a sliver of skin, which may contact the surface of the meat won't in any way ruin an entire quarter.
Don't even get me started on the vehicle emissions hoops a buddy and I just jumped through to get an old Land Cruiser registered so it can be driven a couple hundred miles a year in the mountains.
I doubt he lost that meat due to a tiny little piece of hide attached...
Maybe in Colorado, but in the states that I've hunted the game wardens give out far more warnings for this than they ever even think of issuing tickets.
Agree x4. Been doing it for many years with no meat loss.
Best of Luck, Jeff
FWIW, the big deal is I kill meat from nature to keep from eating piss and stuff that gets on domesticated animals during slaughter. I don't want the stinking sex organ or piss maker on the meat I just killed. Why antlers or, lack of aren't sufficient is beyond me.
This is just my opinion.
No one said you had to. A testicle will suffice, and as others have said, they will not effect the meat in any way.
While most of us don't like the ridiculous rule, meat loss is not one of the reasons.
It is what it is for me. It is as Glunt said too. cnelk has it right as well.
Take it from a guy that had an accident like Ike did and, once reasoning what he was going to do, decided to cape the skull and ears off a cow skull as substitute, to only be fined for not having the utter attached. It is a stupid rule. And, one that allows Barney Fife's to write honest sportsmen tickets while the poacher just keeps on poaching. It stops nothing. Only generates revenue for the states. God Bless
If one were interested in working on getting the law changed, are there any states that have an avenue for making a case for changing it that a NR could partake in?
RETENTION OF EVIDENCE TO IDENTIFY SEX, SPECIES AND HORN OR ANTLER DEVELOPMENT OF BIG GAME ANIMAL HARVESTED. Any person who takes any big game animal in a hunt area where the taking of either sex, species, or antler or horn development is controlled or prohibited by regulation shall comply with this section while said animal is in transportation from the site of the kill to the residence of the person taking the animal or delivered to a processor for processing. (a) In hunt areas where the taking of any big game animal is restricted to antler point or horn size by regulation, the antlers or horns shall accompany the carcass, or edible portions thereof. (b) In hunt areas where the taking of any big game animal is restricted to a specific sex of animal by regulation, either the visible external sex organs, head or antlers shall accompany the carcass, or edible portions thereof. (c) In hunt areas where the taking of a species of deer is controlled or prohibited by regulation, either the head or the tail of the deer shall accompany the animal, or edible portion thereof, as evidence of the species taken.
Aaron, Wyoming tag on the animal, should be no worries.
