Is it Legal?

[afishinman14]

No I'm not asking about the 13" rule.. Haha

I'm looking to begin the euro mount process at the lease this year before coming home. Make me a little boiler set up and a pressure washer. Is it legal to do all that in-field before bringing the game home? I would assume it's legal as in retaining the horns as my proof of sex. Only difference is it won't have any flesh. Will still keep it tagged of course.

I'm planning on contacting the local game warden too. Just thought I'd post it on here first.


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[Mud Shark]

I would check TPW and/or with a Game Warden, but the way that i read it, it that if you have a valid and accurate tag on the animal, with some proof of sex, you should be alright.

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The appropriate tag or applicable permit must remain attached to the deer until the animal reaches its final destination and is quartered. If the head is severed from the carcass (body), then the appropriate tag and any applicable permits must remain attached to the carcass.

Notice: It is unlawful to possess a deer or pronghorn antelope with proof of sex removed unless the deer or antelope is at a final destination and has been quartered. Proof of sex for deer or antelope is:

the head (skinned or unskinned) of a buck deer with antlers attached;
the head (skinned or unskinned) of an antlerless deer;
the unskinned head of a pronghorn antelope; or
a completed Managed Lands Deer Permit (MLD), Landowner Assisted Management Permit (LAMPS), Antlerless Mule Deer Permit, or TPWD Drawn Hunt Legal Deer Tag.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/licenses/tagging-instructions/tagging-deer

https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/general-regulations/proof-of-sex

This is where it starts to sound tricky:

If the head does not accompany the carcass, then the head must be accompanied by a Wildlife Resource Document (WRD).

http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdforms/media/pwd_980_l2000_wildlife_resource_document.pdf

Tip: Remember that if the head and the carcass are separated, the tag from the hunting license goes with the carcass and the WRD goes with the head.

[canny]

Definitely check GW, but I would think its legal. Kinda the same thing as caping out the head in the field. Outfitters have been doing that for years. Also I believe there is no need to have flesh attached because it's legal to just saw the antler plate off for plaque mounts.


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[SaltwaterSlick]

Definitely check GW, but I would think its legal. Kinda the same thing as caping out the head in the field. Outfitters have been doing that for years. Also I believe there is no need to have flesh attached because it's legal to just saw the antler plate off for plaque mounts.


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This is NOT legal until the meat/head has reached its final destination... It must be the "head, skinned or unskinned"... It cannot be JUST THE ANTLERS/PLATE in Texas...

[canny]

This is NOT legal until the meat/head has reached its final destination... It must be the "head, skinned or unskinned"... It cannot be JUST THE ANTLERS/PLATE in Texas...

I stand corrected. I have never done that as all the bucks I've killed were either euroed or full shoulder. My assumption was made on the commonality of this happening.


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