Leaving carcasses on public land?
Contributors to this thread:Illinois
From: bps23
05-Oct-19
Just moved to IL and am planning on trying some public land hunting. I found a good looking spot today, but getting in and out of there is a nightmare. I'll be hunting by myself and was thinking I'd have to pack something out if I killed. Is it legal to cape/quarter a deer in the field and leave the remains?
From: jerbs33
05-Oct-19
My understanding from the rules was that you have to bring the deer back to your home before you can butcher it (minus guts). I have heard from others that you can call in the kill from the field and then quarter it, but you still need to take everything except guts.
From: HighLife
06-Oct-19
I'm getting popcorn for this
From: LBshooter
06-Oct-19
Check the rule book, but I believe it's ok to Take the meat and leave the bones. Give a call to the dnr and they can answer tpyour question. Which public ground you hunting?
From: LBshooter
06-Oct-19
Check the rule book, but I believe it's ok to Take the meat and leave the bones. Give a call to the dnr and they can answer tpyour question. Which public ground you hunting?
From: Dusktildawn
06-Oct-19
Hell NO....drag deer out after yout recover and get rid of carcass yourself!
From: Highlife
07-Oct-19
Jeeze Eustis you'd think so!
From: Burt
13-Oct-19
Burt's Link
The regs are pretty straight forward. Even after checking in from the field, field dressed and quartered is max allowed. Have to transport with skin and head along with evidence of sex.
From: LBshooter
23-Oct-19
The regs say that the deer must remain whole UNTIL It is checked in. So you kill, tag and call it in then your free to quarter it up. There is nothing saying you have to take the carcass.
From: LBshooter
23-Oct-19
The regs say that the deer must remain whole UNTIL It is checked in. So you kill, tag and call it in then your free to quarter it up. There is nothing saying you have to take the carcass.
From: LBshooter
25-Oct-19
Not everybody is a stud like you domrpm360, do you drag your elk out whole? Have you ever dragged a 300 lb whitetail?
From: Burt
18-Nov-19
Please read the regs:
In instances where deer are checked in while the hunter is still afield, the deer may not be dismembered while afield beyond quartering the animal.
If quartered, all parts of the carcass (except the entrails removed during field dressing) must be transported together and evidence of sex must remain naturally attached to one quarter. Evidence of sex is:
A) For a buck: head with antlers attached to carcass, or attached testicle, scrotum, or penis B) For a doe: head attached to carcass, or attached udder (mammary) or vulva.