Proof of Sex Regulations - Antelope

[Prerylyon]

Basically, if you have a doe/cow tag in WY, the regs require the head or external sex organs 'accompany' the carcass/meat that's in the tag holder's possesion while in transit from the field to their home or the processor.

I'll be hunting doe antelope this season and traveling pretty light on BLM; probably some hybrid of backpacking and truck camping. If I'm lucky enough to fill a tag, I plan to use the gutless method to field dress.

For those of you that know what your doing, in the case of using the gutless method to field dress a doe antelope, what is most straightforward method to satisfy this sex ID requirement?

A buddy of mine said he just cuts the udders off and keeps them with the meat while he's in transit; alongside the meat, but in a separate plastic bag. That seemed efficient to me. I really don't want to lug the head around or the whole business end of the doe if I don't have to. [emoji38]

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[CODAK]

Keep an utter attached to a quarter. Usually isn't much fur at all. Then debone

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Yep...has to be attached to an edible section of meat.

 

[JimP]

I know a number of hunters that have gotten ticketed for having the organs in a plastic bag and not attached naturally to the animal.

It is easy to do, just pay attention to what you are cutting off.

 

[Prerylyon]

Keep an utter attached to a quarter. Usually isn't much fur at all. Then debone

That seems to be a safe way to go. I like it.

Question: as far as deboning, I should wait til I get home-so I comply with the law?

Home is 900 miles away. I have a big cooler with racks and will have ice, so deboning at home is an option.

A few years ago, I carried my quartered mule deer buck home on ice and deboned the quarters at home; his cajones were attached to a hindquarter. I was stopped and checked. No issues. I just never had to deal with a doe using the gutless method, hence my questions.

Some of the videos online on the gutless method show the guys deboning quarters in camp or back at their truck. I was actually hoping to do that; just seemed a little cleaner and quicker. Its usually a buck thats involved in those videos, so since they have the head, I guess its ok to debone like that?

If I have the udder attached to the quarter, I probably should wait to debone. Sorry if I'm over complicating this-just don't want a ticket! [emoji6]

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[WapitiBob]

You do not have to have a piece of the utter attached to anything in wyoming to satisfy the law. Cut off a small piece and toss into a baggie and toss that into the cooler and go about your business.

 

[Prerylyon]

WB - that's what my friend said too-why he keeps the udder in a bag with the meat after he's deboned it-he said the regs say 'accompany'. We were at the bar last night and he told me to read the 2018 WY reg book that came in the mail when I got home; I did and all I could find was a sentence that said, 'accompany', in regards to the sex organs or head.

Not trying to be a smart @$$ or start a feisty thread.

My question at this point is what they mean by 'accompany'.

You do not have to have a piece of the utter attached to anything in wyoming to satisfy the law.

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[Prerylyon]

(From page 11 of the 2018 paper regs sent in the mail)

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[LCH]

Colorado=attached. Wyoming=Ziploc bag.

 

[WapitiBob]

Did you not accompany your friend to the bar? I doubt you two were "attached". Page 6 has definitions which includes an example of accompany.

 

[Prerylyon]

Did you not accompany your friend to the bar? I doubt you two were "attached". Page 6 has definitions which includes an example of accompany.

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[Mnbogboy]

Believe I read where WY changed the wording from attached to accompany (last year or two ?). I've been skinning the double barrel and putting it in a zip lock. I bone mine completely in the field.
Problem was that my wife told me "Whatever is in that bag, you are cooking it yourself"! (Forgot to pitch it when I got home).

 

[Mnbogboy]

Oh ya, there was a big chunk of flank meat attached to it! That must have been the "attached to" days.

 

[wy-tex]

Put it in the cooler with the meat, in a separate baggie. Have it on top so it's easy to show a warden at a game check station if you pass one.