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Is it legal in your state to gut a deer on public land?

Is in legal in your state to gut a deer on public land?

  • Yes

    Votes: 101 94.4%
  • no

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Indeterminable

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • Total voters
    107
Which is absolutely retarded.


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Do y’all have the regs on that because I couldn’t find it. I’ve never seen a deer come off WMA with guts in it. All it says is the head must stay attached.
 
Minnesota and Wisconsin everything except the gut pile has to come out of the woods. I think in both it has to be a maximum of 5 pieces. So you could take quarters and then the spine/head/hid in one piece.
Depends on the wildlife official in your area. The regulation is worded as you say, not sure about the 5 pieces thing but I am sure that it says the head needs to remain attached to another limb until the deer is registered... but you can register the deer from the woods. The LEO where i live feels the intent of the rule is to prohibit dumping and has told me "i'm not going to ding you for leaving the spine in the woods".... so i pack em out if im more than like 1/4mile back..... its a either a dumb or poorly written rule... like if a deer dies of natural causes the spine isnt going to end up in the woods?
 
So let me get this straight.
If hunters or fishermen stay home and don't hunt or fish, wildlife (like all living creatures on this planet) eventually die and then is consumed by scavengers, bacteria, etc. Whatever remains eventually decomposes to basically become soil. That chain of life and death has gone on for millions of years, with or without a human being involved in the demise of the critter.
But all of a sudden, a human kills the animal purposely or accidentally (car collision, etc) and then the guts must be removed from the environment in which the critter would have naturally lived and died if a human wasn't involved? This is insane.

My wife and I just returned from a wilderness canoe trip in the Boundary Waters (BWCA), in MN. Before they will issue your launch permit, you must watch an orientation video. The vid does have some useful, valid info, especially for someone that's inexperienced in wilderness travel.
But the video also talks about Leave No Trace (LNT) camping which in the case of BWCA is a joke. All camping must be done in an established campsite complete with a fire ring and outhouse (basically a hole in the ground with a toilet seat on top). There is no such thing as "dispersed camping". That very fact is exactly counter to LNT. If you restrict people to camp in one spot and I guarantee you that there will indeed be a "trace", to put it mildly.
But the most ridiculous rule in the BWCA is the rule on fish guts. Guts may not be thrown into the water...You know, that same water where many thousands of fish die naturally every day. If I practice catch and release, those fish that I return to the water will eventually die of old age, disease, or predation and it will become part of the biology of the lake which is actually beneficial to the fertility of the water and feeds the food chain.
BUT, if I decide to keep the fish for a camp meal, I must dig a hole 150(?) feet from the water and bury the guts. How is THAT leaving no trace?
It's unadvisable to bury guts near camp, so now I'd have to stomp across "delicate" flora to find a suitable place to dig a hole in what was virgin soil in order to bury guts that were better off if they remained in the lake. Then there is the likelihood of raccoons, bears, or other scavengers will come along and dig up the guts. No Trace?? Hardly!
Does one have to reach a certain level of "stupid" to become the bureaucrat who makes these rules and regs?
 
So let me get this straight.
If hunters or fishermen stay home and don't hunt or fish, wildlife (like all living creatures on this planet) eventually die and then is consumed by scavengers, bacteria, etc. Whatever remains eventually decomposes to basically become soil. That chain of life and death has gone on for millions of years, with or without a human being involved in the demise of the critter.
But all of a sudden, a human kills the animal purposely or accidentally (car collision, etc) and then the guts must be removed from the environment in which the critter would have naturally lived and died if a human wasn't involved? This is insane.

My wife and I just returned from a wilderness canoe trip in the Boundary Waters (BWCA), in MN. Before they will issue your launch permit, you must watch an orientation video. The vid does have some useful, valid info, especially for someone that's inexperienced in wilderness travel.
But the video also talks about Leave No Trace (LNT) camping which in the case of BWCA is a joke. All camping must be done in an established campsite complete with a fire ring and outhouse (basically a hole in the ground with a toilet seat on top). There is no such thing as "dispersed camping". That very fact is exactly counter to LNT. If you restrict people to camp in one spot and I guarantee you that there will indeed be a "trace", to put it mildly.
But the most ridiculous rule in the BWCA is the rule on fish guts. Guts may not be thrown into the water...You know, that same water where many thousands of fish die naturally every day. If I practice catch and release, those fish that I return to the water will eventually die of old age, disease, or predation and it will become part of the biology of the lake which is actually beneficial to the fertility of the water and feeds the food chain.
BUT, if I decide to keep the fish for a camp meal, I must dig a hole 150(?) feet from the water and bury the guts. How is THAT leaving no trace?
It's unadvisable to bury guts near camp, so now I'd have to stomp across "delicate" flora to find a suitable place to dig a hole in what was virgin soil in order to bury guts that were better off if they remained in the lake. Then there is the likelihood of raccoons, bears, or other scavengers will come along and dig up the guts. No Trace?? Hardly!
Does one have to reach a certain level of "stupid" to become the bureaucrat who makes these rules and regs?
Oh, and another point...Some state regs say to dispose of guts in a landfill. The greenies tell us that landfills already full and we are running out of space for more of them.
So now I should dispose of a natural, biodegradable thing like deer guts into a full landfill?
Who are these people that want to regulate every aspect of our lives?
 
So let me get this straight.
If hunters or fishermen stay home and don't hunt or fish, wildlife (like all living creatures on this planet) eventually die and then is consumed by scavengers, bacteria, etc. Whatever remains eventually decomposes to basically become soil. That chain of life and death has gone on for millions of years, with or without a human being involved in the demise of the critter.
But all of a sudden, a human kills the animal purposely or accidentally (car collision, etc) and then the guts must be removed from the environment in which the critter would have naturally lived and died if a human wasn't involved? This is insane.

My wife and I just returned from a wilderness canoe trip in the Boundary Waters (BWCA), in MN. Before they will issue your launch permit, you must watch an orientation video. The vid does have some useful, valid info, especially for someone that's inexperienced in wilderness travel.
But the video also talks about Leave No Trace (LNT) camping which in the case of BWCA is a joke. All camping must be done in an established campsite complete with a fire ring and outhouse (basically a hole in the ground with a toilet seat on top). There is no such thing as "dispersed camping". That very fact is exactly counter to LNT. If you restrict people to camp in one spot and I guarantee you that there will indeed be a "trace", to put it mildly.
But the most ridiculous rule in the BWCA is the rule on fish guts. Guts may not be thrown into the water...You know, that same water where many thousands of fish die naturally every day. If I practice catch and release, those fish that I return to the water will eventually die of old age, disease, or predation and it will become part of the biology of the lake which is actually beneficial to the fertility of the water and feeds the food chain.
BUT, if I decide to keep the fish for a camp meal, I must dig a hole 150(?) feet from the water and bury the guts. How is THAT leaving no trace?
It's unadvisable to bury guts near camp, so now I'd have to stomp across "delicate" flora to find a suitable place to dig a hole in what was virgin soil in order to bury guts that were better off if they remained in the lake. Then there is the likelihood of raccoons, bears, or other scavengers will come along and dig up the guts. No Trace?? Hardly!
Does one have to reach a certain level of "stupid" to become the bureaucrat who makes these rules and reg
Wanton waste rules sound good to the public when they try to get em to pass but ultimately they are just there to frustrate us.
 
Oh, and another point...Some state regs say to dispose of guts in a landfill. The greenies tell us that landfills already full and we are running out of space for more of them.
So now I should dispose of a natural, biodegradable thing like deer guts into a full landfill?
Who are these people that want to regulate every aspect of our lives?
Michigan's rule is to dispose of carcasses in a landfill. To be honest I think that rule has more to do with slobs just dropping their carcasses in road ditches than any thing else. Michigan law has no issues leaving gut piles in the woods where they're out of sight and the coyotes and crows will dispose of them in 24 hours. I've even witnessed CO's field dressing illegal kills before loading them in their trucks.
 
Michigan's rule is to dispose of carcasses in a landfill. To be honest I think that rule has more to do with slobs just dropping their carcasses in road ditches than any thing else. Michigan law has no issues leaving gut piles in the woods where they're out of sight and the coyotes and crows will dispose of them in 24 hours. I've even witnessed CO's field dressing illegal kills before loading them in their trucks.
Slobs won't abide by the laws anyway. Similar to gun control...the regs only hurt the law abiding citizen. Criminals don't give a flip.
 
Does one have to reach a certain level of "stupid" to become the bureaucrat who makes these rules and regs?
First you need a BS, we all know what that is. Then you need a MA, thats more added. But you are not fully prepared until you have a PHD, piled higher & deeper.

Just like these climate idiots that complain about internal combustion engines and cow farts. Too educated to understand if you keep cutting down all the timber and either plowing every open space to bare dirt or covering it in concrete, you just killed the air conditioning. Most people have to be taught how to be that stupid.
 
You are allowed to in Missouri but you cannot discard anything in a waterway, lake, or pond. You may not cut up to pack out unless the deer has been completely checked in and you leave evidence of sex. This does not include NOTCHING YOUR TAG! You must have it checked in with the tele ID number.
 
Yeah, I’m honestly shocked that this is a no, anywhere.
In DE it was highly recommended to gut where it lay and only move the gut pile if it was right in the middle of a trail or visible from the parking lot or something.
In OH it’s largely the same, and in both states you have to tag before you can do anything to it at all.
On private land I may drag the deer to a spot where its guts are less conspicuous to other deer, so as not to affect the spot for future hunts, but all the deer I’ve shot in OH have been pushing/over 200 lbs, so I can’t imagine being REQUIRED to move them first.
 
So let me get this straight.
If hunters or fishermen stay home and don't hunt or fish, wildlife (like all living creatures on this planet) eventually die and then is consumed by scavengers, bacteria, etc. Whatever remains eventually decomposes to basically become soil. That chain of life and death has gone on for millions of years, with or without a human being involved in the demise of the critter.
But all of a sudden, a human kills the animal purposely or accidentally (car collision, etc) and then the guts must be removed from the environment in which the critter would have naturally lived and died if a human wasn't involved? This is insane.

My wife and I just returned from a wilderness canoe trip in the Boundary Waters (BWCA), in MN. Before they will issue your launch permit, you must watch an orientation video. The vid does have some useful, valid info, especially for someone that's inexperienced in wilderness travel.
But the video also talks about Leave No Trace (LNT) camping which in the case of BWCA is a joke. All camping must be done in an established campsite complete with a fire ring and outhouse (basically a hole in the ground with a toilet seat on top). There is no such thing as "dispersed camping". That very fact is exactly counter to LNT. If you restrict people to camp in one spot and I guarantee you that there will indeed be a "trace", to put it mildly.
But the most ridiculous rule in the BWCA is the rule on fish guts. Guts may not be thrown into the water...You know, that same water where many thousands of fish die naturally every day. If I practice catch and release, those fish that I return to the water will eventually die of old age, disease, or predation and it will become part of the biology of the lake which is actually beneficial to the fertility of the water and feeds the food chain.
BUT, if I decide to keep the fish for a camp meal, I must dig a hole 150(?) feet from the water and bury the guts. How is THAT leaving no trace?
It's unadvisable to bury guts near camp, so now I'd have to stomp across "delicate" flora to find a suitable place to dig a hole in what was virgin soil in order to bury guts that were better off if they remained in the lake. Then there is the likelihood of raccoons, bears, or other scavengers will come along and dig up the guts. No Trace?? Hardly!
Does one have to reach a certain level of "stupid" to become the bureaucrat who makes these rules and regs?
My county has some really funny rules on carcasses. Its a very liberal county not into hunting so we get rules like this... "no animal carcasses allowed in trash cans" "no dumping carcasses on any county or state owned land" "no disposing of animal carcasses at the county landfill". I have the strangest feeling the first and last rule dont count on thanksgiving... or for anybody that bought a rotisserie chicken from walmart...cuz well thats different cuz...just cuz.
I asked the head guy of the county managed hunt program where he suggests i dispose of them after explaining to him where i CANT, and he said bury them on my property. Bubba...we aint shooting one deer every 3 yrs. imagine having to bury 12 deer a year on your quarter acre lot in suburbia. lol. We have to trasport all deer shot in the program inside black body bags. Neighbors already think we're "weird" (the media's new favorite word). imagine them watching us drag bodies in a black bag to shed and then to the 4th fresh hole we dug this month. Fine, your stupid-a** rules not mine. We dump places because we literally have to!!
 
My county has some really funny rules on carcasses. Its a very liberal county not into hunting so we get rules like this... "no animal carcasses allowed in trash cans" "no dumping carcasses on any county or state owned land" "no disposing of animal carcasses at the county landfill". I have the strangest feeling the first and last rule dont count on thanksgiving... or for anybody that bought a rotisserie chicken from walmart...cuz well thats different cuz...just cuz.
I asked the head guy of the county managed hunt program where he suggests i dispose of them after explaining to him where i CANT, and he said bury them on my property. Bubba...we aint shooting one deer every 3 yrs. imagine having to bury 12 deer a year on your quarter acre lot in suburbia. lol. We have to trasport all deer shot in the program inside black body bags. Neighbors already think we're "weird" (the media's new favorite word). imagine them watching us drag bodies in a black bag to shed and then to the 4th fresh hole we dug this month. Fine, your stupid-a** rules not mine. We dump places because we literally have to!!
And if you look into it, you probably need a permit (for a fee) to dig. But 1st, you'll have to do an environmental impact study. Just hope and pray that the study doesn't find a maggot from an endangered turd fly, or a mosquito in standing water ( it's now a wetland!). You'll end up being evicted (and probably pay some fines) because you built your home in an environmentally sensitive area.
Yeah, maybe a little bit of an exaggeration, but only a little bit.
 
And if you look into it, you probably need a permit (for a fee) to dig. But 1st, you'll have to do an environmental impact study. Just hope and pray that the study doesn't find a maggot from an endangered turd fly, or a mosquito in standing water ( it's now a wetland!). You'll end up being evicted (and probably pay some fines) because you built your home in an environmentally sensitive area.
Yeah, maybe a little bit of an exaggeration, but only a little bit.
And don't forget to check with the home owners association.
 
Georgia: https://www.eregulations.com/georgia/hunting/deer-hunting-regulations

Carcass Disposal
Although CWD has not been detected in Georgia, hunters can help minimize the spread of disease by following these guidelines on carcass disposal:

  • Field dress deer on the property where they were killed.
  • Return any unused carcass parts (bones, hide, trimmings, etc.) to the property where the deer was killed or bag them and send them to a landfill as you would handle household waste.
  • Never dispose of carcass parts in a lake, stream, or river or on a road side or property other than where the deer was killed.
 
My county has some really funny rules on carcasses. Its a very liberal county not into hunting so we get rules like this... "no animal carcasses allowed in trash cans" "no dumping carcasses on any county or state owned land" "no disposing of animal carcasses at the county landfill". I have the strangest feeling the first and last rule dont count on thanksgiving... or for anybody that bought a rotisserie chicken from walmart...cuz well thats different cuz...just cuz.
I asked the head guy of the county managed hunt program where he suggests i dispose of them after explaining to him where i CANT, and he said bury them on my property. Bubba...we aint shooting one deer every 3 yrs. imagine having to bury 12 deer a year on your quarter acre lot in suburbia. lol. We have to trasport all deer shot in the program inside black body bags. Neighbors already think we're "weird" (the media's new favorite word). imagine them watching us drag bodies in a black bag to shed and then to the 4th fresh hole we dug this month. Fine, your stupid-a** rules not mine. We dump places because we literally have to!!
Yeah, dragging body bags out of your vehicle and burying them in the crawlspace under the house won't raise any questions, right?
 
So let me get this straight.
If hunters or fishermen stay home and don't hunt or fish, wildlife (like all living creatures on this planet) eventually die and then is consumed by scavengers, bacteria, etc. Whatever remains eventually decomposes to basically become soil. That chain of life and death has gone on for millions of years, with or without a human being involved in the demise of the critter.
But all of a sudden, a human kills the animal purposely or accidentally (car collision, etc) and then the guts must be removed from the environment in which the critter would have naturally lived and died if a human wasn't involved? This is insane.

My wife and I just returned from a wilderness canoe trip in the Boundary Waters (BWCA), in MN. Before they will issue your launch permit, you must watch an orientation video. The vid does have some useful, valid info, especially for someone that's inexperienced in wilderness travel.
But the video also talks about Leave No Trace (LNT) camping which in the case of BWCA is a joke. All camping must be done in an established campsite complete with a fire ring and outhouse (basically a hole in the ground with a toilet seat on top). There is no such thing as "dispersed camping". That very fact is exactly counter to LNT. If you restrict people to camp in one spot and I guarantee you that there will indeed be a "trace", to put it mildly.
But the most ridiculous rule in the BWCA is the rule on fish guts. Guts may not be thrown into the water...You know, that same water where many thousands of fish die naturally every day. If I practice catch and release, those fish that I return to the water will eventually die of old age, disease, or predation and it will become part of the biology of the lake which is actually beneficial to the fertility of the water and feeds the food chain.
BUT, if I decide to keep the fish for a camp meal, I must dig a hole 150(?) feet from the water and bury the guts. How is THAT leaving no trace?
It's unadvisable to bury guts near camp, so now I'd have to stomp across "delicate" flora to find a suitable place to dig a hole in what was virgin soil in order to bury guts that were better off if they remained in the lake. Then there is the likelihood of raccoons, bears, or other scavengers will come along and dig up the guts. No Trace?? Hardly!
Does one have to reach a certain level of "stupid" to become the bureaucrat who makes these rules and regs?
Peter Principle at its finest.
 
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