N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0911: Procedure on taking wild deer and bear; transportation of wild deer

§ 11-0911. Procedure on taking wild deer and bear; transportation of

wild deer.

1. a. When a wild deer is taken the taker shall immediately fill out

the deer tag in an electronic or other acceptable format as provided in

regulations of the department. The taker shall report details of the

location and date of harvest and data on the deer as required by

regulation.

b. When a bear is taken, the taker shall immediately fill out the bear

tag in an electronic or other acceptable format as provided in

regulations of the department. The taker shall report details of the

location and date of harvest and data on the bear as required by

regulation.

c. The department shall adopt regulations for the tagging or

designating by self-locking metal seals or other means of deer of either

sex taken in Westchester county pursuant to the provisions of paragraph

c of subdivision 1, of section 11-0907, in addition to the limit of one

deer in a license year.

2. The taker shall remove his deer out of the woods or open country to

a camp or other inhabited location by midnight of the day immediately

following the expiration of the open season in the county or part of a

county in which the deer was taken.

3. A person licensed to hunt deer pursuant to this chapter who has

filled all of his/her valid deer tags may assist and/or supervise other

licensed hunters in hunting deer, except that such person shall not

shoot or attempt to shoot deer.

4. a. The taker may transport the entire carcass of his deer, with the

head attached in a natural way and his license tag attached to the

carcass.

b. He may detach the head of a male deer for mounting only and

transport it to a licensed taxidermist. If the head is detached, the

taker shall immediately attach to it a tag supplied by himself bearing

his signature, address and license number, the name and address of the

taxidermist and the number of points on each antler, and the head shall

be shipped to the taxidermist immediately. The tag shall remain attached

to the head continuously until the head is received by the taxidermist

and retained by him for six months after the head is mounted. If at any

time during transportation the head is in possession of a person other

than the taker or a carrier, his name and address shall be written on

the tag at the time the head comes into his possession.

c. The head of a female deer with antlers not less than the minimum

legal length may be detached for mounting. The detached head shall be

handled in the manner provided in this subdivision with respect to the

head of a male deer.

d. The taker may transport the carcass of a male deer, from which he

has removed the head, if the carcass bears evidence of sex, or the

carcass of a female deer from which the head has been removed, if the

metal tag is attached thereto, provided in either case that his deer tag

is attached to the carcass and on the reverse side of the tag there

appears the name and address of the taxidermist to whom the head is to

be delivered and the number of points on each antler.

5. a. The taker may transport by carrier, except parcel post, one deer

to which his deer tag is attached, together with an additional tag

supplied by him stating the name and address of the consignee. He shall

be in personal attendance on the carcass of his deer while it is being

transported by any method other than by carrier, except that if the head

has not been removed, and if there are attached to the carcass the

taker's deer tag and a tag supplied by him on which is written legibly

in ink the name and address of the person transporting the deer and the

name and address of the consignee, the deer may be transported for him

by another.

b. The taker may cut portions of the meat from the carcass and

transport or cause them to be transported to consignees for consumption

as food only, provided that his deer tag remains attached at all times

to the portion of the carcass retained by him, and that each portion

transported has attached a tag supplied by the taker and personally

signed by him, on which he shall write legibly in ink his name, address

and license number, the date when the portions were cut, and the name

and address of the consignee. If at any time during transportation any

such portion is in possession of a person other than the taker or his

consignee, the name and address of such person shall be written legibly

on the tag in ink. The tag shall remain attached to the meat until it is

prepared for consumption. Where such portions are transported wrapped or

boxed, the outside of the package shall bear the word "venison" and be

marked as provided in this paragraph for tags. Portions of deer tagged

as provided in this paragraph, and packages containing portions of deer,

so marked, may be transported by carrier except parcel post.

6. a. The taker may transport the carcass of the bear, for the

purposes of harvesting the gallbladder and/or bile, only if the bear tag

is attached thereto.

b. No person taking, possessing or transporting bear shall fail to

comply with the mandatory requirements of this section and section

11-0917 of this title.

7. No person taking, possessing or transporting wild deer shall fail

to comply with the mandatory requirements of this section, and no person

shall possess or transport wild deer or any portion of a wild deer

except as provided in this section, or at a time not permitted by

section 11-0917.