To deer or not to deer?

[Skyline]

I re-read my post and I wasn't very clear....missed mentioning that the tagging and species/sex identification regulations in different provinces and states has a lot to do with how far you can process an animal in the field and what NEEDS to be brought out.

What is considered as the 'edible portions' has different meanings and is interpreted differently from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In some places the 4 quarters are considered all the edible meat, in others it specifically states rib meat, neck meat, etc.

Then there are the disease concerns that impact what can be transported, etc.

The bottom line is......just cause we "do it like this where I live" doesn't mean it is practical or even legal to do it like that somewhere else.

Practicality comes into play as well. I throw my deer hides away. In order to give it to one of the hide collection agencies I'd have to drive for two hours each way to do it. Ain't gonna happen, and I am not storing it for months until I might be going that way. The local indians don't want the hides cause none of them do anything tradional with them any more. No one comes around to pick them up............so am I going to burn $100 worth of fuel to drive the hide womewhere and give it to a collection depot.

No.

Many of the meat collection programs are going down the tubes as well in lots of jurisdictions, as they are requiring donated meat to be inspected...............well that isn't going to happen unless they are farm raised game animals. Everyone is getting so panicked about mad cow, CWD, bovine TB and what have you that they are refusing the uninspected hunter killed meat.