Processing and Tagging

[AdamTex]

So I am thinking about doing my own processing this year, and a thought popped into my head.

In the past, when I have taken a deer in for processing, the tag stays with the deer, and does so for certain period of time I am guessing...?, but many of the guys I hunt with choose to take the head when they drop of their buck, so who keeps the tag? I would assume the hunter, at what point is he allowed to dispose of the tag?

Ultimately my question is this, if I choose to do the processing myself, at what point, within the law, am I allowed to remove the tag from the animal and dispose of the head, unless obviously I shoot one worthy of a mount.

[tsu1998]

The way the law reads is once the animal has reached its final destination. So if you take the animal to your house and process the meat there it has reached its final destination. At this point the head can be disposed of.

[Peacock]

The way the law reads is once the animal has reached its final destination. So if you take the animal to your house and process the meat there it has reached its final destination. At this point the head can be disposed of.

This is my understanding also

[Jzoch]

If you debone your animal before you take it to the processor you do not need a tag with it.