CO Evidence of Sex on Boned Out Meat

[Umpqua Hunter]

For my Colorado elk hunt (only 30 days away!!) I think I will be packing my meat boned out. I plan on using TAGs BOMB (boned out meat) bags.

I want to do a European mount, so I would skin the skull out, and remove the lower jaw, leaving the cape behind. I would bone out the shoulders and hinds and retrieve the tenderloins, backstrap and tenderloins. I would prefer not to mess with the ribs or rib meat.

Am I ok legally with that set-up or will I need to bring more in the way of evidence of sex in Colorado? If not what would you suggest if boned out as described above.

 

[BruinPoint]

You'll need sex organs naturally attached to a major portion of the meat. Pretty easy to do but takes some forethought and careful knife work.

 

[Colorado T]

You'll need sex organs naturally attached to a major portion of the meat. Pretty easy to do but takes some forethought and careful knife work.

Exactly, you will need to leave the sex organs attached to a portion of the meat. The antlers alone do not count. I usually bone out that section of ham leaving a strip of hide with the organs attached.

Good luck UH, I will be looking forward to hearing how your hunt went. I myself have 17 points and am pondering what to do the next couple years.

 

[packmule]

Take a grocery store bag and rubber band to try to keep hair off most of the meat if you leave hide attached. Also peel out the ribs, Right/wrong warden will consider it waste if left.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Also peel out the ribs, Right/wrong warden will consider it waste if left.

I try to always keep the ribs as they are wonderful on the BBQ!

 

[Cobbhunts]

Take a grocery store bag and rubber band to try to keep hair off most of the meat if you leave hide attached. Also peel out the ribs, Right/wrong warden will consider it waste if left.

Do you have to take front shoulders if they are shot through?

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

Found this in this years regs. Seems pretty straight forward. I like the clarity on what meat is required to be packed out. Many states are not clear on that:

Page 13: It is illegal to have or transport a big-game carcasswithout evidence of sex naturally attached. It is illegal only to have evidence of sex accompany the carcass.

Page 13: Buck/Bull: Head with antlers or horns attached to carcass; or testicle, scrotum or penis attached to carcass.

Page 14: Fail to reasonably dress, care for and prepare edible wildlife meat (all species in this brochure) for human consumption. At a minimum, the four quarters, tenderloins and backstraps are edible meat. Internal organs are not.

 

[In God We Trust]

Yeah you don't have to take out rib meat in Colorado. If I am packing out miles from the truck the rib meat gets eaten by the critters.

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

So has anyone figured out how to do the gutless method (been doing that for as long as I can remember long before it was "in") and take the ribs.

 

[CoHiCntry]

Do you have to take front shoulders if they are shot through?

My understanding is that if it's "shot through" it isn't edible therefore you don't have to pack it out. I personally would err on the side of caution here though.

 

[packmule]

So has anyone figured out how to do the gutless method (been doing that for as long as I can remember long before it was "in") and take the ribs.

Doable with a machete or stout knife. Save for last, Cut a slit between ribs and chop down the ribs and pull out by the slit you cut, flip and do the other side. If you're a heart eater you can grab that before flipping. I'll do that with big barr hogs that I can't load up.

 

[Conrad8899]

I think the method is called rib roll.

 

[OregonJim]

Take a grocery store bag and rubber band to try to keep hair off most of the meat if you leave hide attached. Also peel out the ribs, Right/wrong warden will consider it waste if left.

Thats exactly what I do except I usually use a ziplock and a few rubber bands.

If I am packing more than a mile or so I usually don't end up with ribs.
Love to BBQ them if its practical.

 

[gonhunting247]

Hey Jim,
Good luck, looking forward to seeing pics. I just skin the nuts out like the rest and leave them attached to the big muscles you bone out on the hindquarters. A lot of people leave the hair, but that's the last thing I want in there with my prime steak meat. I'm sure CO is different, but in AK the warden told me to bring a large zip-loc and pack the rib meat out in that(shot up or not) just to be on the safe side. He said it's such a small amount of weight that it's worth it to carry them out in the zip-loc (even if they are no good and you have to discard them later) just to have no question on waste of meat when checked.
Have a great hunt!

 

[Shooter]

I leave the skinned out nuts attached to a large piece of meat. Its easy to do if you are thinking about it before you start.

 

[crzy_cntryby]

Thanks for everyone's input. These were questions I had as well.

 

[Sawfish]

So has anyone figured out how to do the gutless method (been doing that for as long as I can remember long before it was "in") and take the ribs.

Let us know when you find out. Thanks.

 

[BruinPoint]

Check out the "rib roll" method on YouTube

 

[dihardhunter]

Yep, did the rib roll for the first time this year myself. Lifesaver! That meat makes exceptional roasts too. All the fat and sinew in there breaks down and is delicious. 3rd most underrated cut of meat off wild game behind the shanks and a good neck roast.

 

[EBOLAVIRS]

You can leave a small portion of the skinned out male organ attached to one of the hams with some careful knife work. Just the very end of it is enough. Been checked a few times at the trail head and never had a problem.