Transporting deer by boat

[BearStrike2010]

I'm going to be doing a lot of public hunting this year since I just moved out to east Texas and it is close to the house. If I drive to the public land it will take 30 minutes or so and I figured out the other day if I take my boat down the river it's only about a 10 minute drive to the river and a 7 minute ride by boat. My question is if I kill a deer am I allowed to put it in my boat and transport it that way? Is there any special law about this? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cameron

[DPElite]

i woud think it would be legal to do so as long as it is tagged properly but just to be sure i would check with the local GW and just run it by them to be sure

[Bowdark]

I don't think transport is an issue. I would be more worried about securing the boat while you were hunting, but that could be remedied with a hidden kill-switch and chain and lock.

The book says transport(ing), it doesn't say truck or boat or mule-back. I think you are good to go.

[BearStrike2010]

I was planning on doing that next time I see them at the lake. I have a few questions for them

[BearStrike2010]

Thanks guys.

[froghunter]

i plan to do this as well this year.

kinda worried about the boat though. dont need some jack wagon stealing it.

[C.Read]

We used to hunt down the Neches/Angelina rivers a lot. Never had any problems with folks messing with our boats. You are good to go on transporting deer in the boat.

[Gant96]

Did it for years. We had to take about to get to our old lease that we were on for 25+ years. We never had a problem doing it.

[BearStrike2010]

Well I have a removable kill switch on my boat so I don't really have to worry about that. My biggest problem is my transom has a small leak. I gotta get that fixed pretty soon but I can find any info about doing it. Would it be cheaper to get it patched or completely replaced?