Originally posted by brrdnk
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Processor wouldn’t give my son his deer head until meat is processed
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Originally posted by speck1 View PostYou could always leave the balls attached to the hide for proof of sex and take the head. After reading the regs, apparently balls don’t count as proof of sex. I have never left a head at the processor but i usually skin and quarter before i take them in. Guess we learn something new every day.
Antlers couldn’t necessarily be used to determine sex either, my mom shot a doe that had antlers.
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He just wants to hang onto your head to make sure you come & pay for the work...good grief, I do all my own now, but I've taken deer & taken / left the horns, just quarters & only even deboned meat to the processor without any problems by just leaving the tag, so I can only guess this is recent AR county or change.
It's been a long time since I've paid for processing.
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Originally posted by Bear Charge View PostHate to even bring it up but I wonder if in an AR county it's to verify 13".Originally posted by jrfan View PostYes he told me it’s the AR that caused the rule.Originally posted by Bear Charge View PostMakes sense.
The proof of sex law has been around longer than antler restrictions. There's still plenty of Counties without AR laws, but they still have to abide by the proof of sex law.
It's also perfectly legal to write a WRD to yourself. Take your deer head home, then take the meat and tag to the processor.
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I killed a deer years ago around Lake Fork, and had to be in Maryland in 2days.(Pulling my boat),. Took my deer to a local processor and went through this same crap. I no longer take anything to a commercial processor. I hate technicalities, and hate spending $ on processing that I can do myself. Bought equipment and do all processing myself. I hate this happened to you.
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Used to be that if you took the deer home, cut it all up and then took what you wanted ground / made into sausage that you didn't even need a tag
Has been years since I did that so would not be surprised if that changed
I just process myself, or if in a bind take quarters in and fill out paperwork and leave tag
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