Deer Registration and Quartering
Wisconsin
Contributors to this thread:
Now that there is electronic registration, is it legal to go home and register your deer and then bone it out in the woods? You might have to pack out the bones and hide, although I don't understand why if you can leave the gut pile. Before, you could quarter them into 5 pieces with the head on one piece. That seems irrelevant now. If I have to quarter an animal, as long as it's not too cold I would rather just hang it in a tree and bone it out. Any ideas?
I would guess that if you called it in from the spot it is laying after you shot it you could then cut it however you want to. Note that I said "I would guess" so don't take that as gospel. I'd think a call to the DNR should get it straitened out for you pretty quickly.
"I would guess that if you called it in from the spot it is laying after you shot it you could then cut it however you want to."
It has to be this way, otherwise what's the benefit of call in/online registration. This is really no different than calling it in then butchering it when you get home.
For the first season of call in/online I would take it home or back to camp, do the 5 piece quartering if you have to. This is all new and it could get messed up being the first season. Gotta cover yer butt!
"For the first season of call in/online I would take it home or back to camp, do the 5 piece quartering if you have to. This is all new and it could get messed up being the first season. Gotta cover yer butt!"
This makes no sense. So I shoot one way in, call it in from my cell, quarter it. Haul it out, go home and finish cutting it. OR, I call it in while still in the woods. Debone it right there, and haul out the meat.
I'd call the guy that has the ticket book and see what his take is..
Just remember a paper and pen to write down the confirmation number given when registering your deer and keep it in a safe place to show the wardens if ever checked until the meat is consumed.
Actually Drop tine, that confirmation number is supposed to be written on the tag itself. I suggest a sharpie.
I was elected to participate in the trial run last year. The phone registration is a little more work than the online method. I tried both when registering a bow killed buck, and a muzzle loader doe, and easily prefer doing it online.
As of today, the regulations have not changed, and one thing to remember is, according to our current regs, the legs, must remain with the deer, as it is taken out.
Even with phone in, the rules have not changed, at least for now, so have to see what happens.
I have always, once legal, cut my deer in half, for an easy transport out, with by sled, or cart, or at times, making two trips, hanging the rear end, up in a tree, till I returned.
I was issued a warning, by a game warden, when you brought the deer in, because the legs were not with it, so now, I stuff them, in the cavity.......
I do not get much cell service if any, for the most part, back in the woods, anywhere along the river systems.....
also I have no access to online, when I am up north, unless driving a long way, to a library...... for me I liked the registration stations, but now will have to just call it in, and hope I get thru....
I would think though, that once you have your registration number, you could do what you want....
I would check with the local warden...... that is what I am going to do
Not changing the law is just stupid. One of their big arguments for call in/online registration was how much easier it would be. What's the difference if I shoot a deer behind my house, call it in, drag it 200 yards to the house and process it. As opposed to calling it in while it's in the woods and then processing it there? It's not like you are doing anything illegal as you have followed the NEW rules.
You can't leave the legs and bones in the woods on public land. If it's private land that's another story. Plain and simple.
You might not see it as garbage, but it is.
I had someone dump 2 carcasses on one of my bear baits last fall.
RutNut; I didnt know we get a confirmation number when calling in.I was just thinking if you get stopped by a warden and your call didnt register right away at least you'd have the deer intact.
It's registered its now yours and no longer the states if that happens
to be when your home, at a registration station, campsite or kill site
your good to go....nice Wisconsin has finally caught up to so many
other states.
Well I went to the DNR station, got the 2015 rules, and I "read them", and asked about this.......
I was told directly, if you get a phone connection, and you register the deer, and you have your confirmation number, you are good to go......
However, NO parts of the deer, other than the field dressing contents, may remain in the woods, it all must come out, both public and private.........
also only ONE, deer that is quartered or cut in any way, may be transported in a vehicle, you can not transport anymore than ONE, and they were very clear on that.....
so it really does not affect me, since all I do after I tag it, is cut it in half, to make getting it out easier, than I register it.....
"However, NO parts of the deer, other than the field dressing contents, may remain in the woods, it all must come out, both public and private........."
The DNR told you that no parts of the deer other than the field dressing contents may remain in the woods on private land?
Look in your regulations on page 13.
On page 13 it states that all parts removed must be removed from the field and exhibited at the time of registration. If you have to register by phone or online, Who do you exhibit to???????????. One more point, if you now have to register by phone or online, it would be nice if the phone number or website were printed on the carcass tag. If you do not have a copy of the regulations with you, you have no way of knowing.I'm glad that they are making it simpler.
"You can't leave the legs and bones in the woods on public land. If it's private land that's another story. Plain and simple" There is no law saying you can not throw your remains of your deer on public land...Was told right from a Warden I don't do it but had people throw carcasses down the road from my home..