2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 9 - Hunting › 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  in,
  using  ink,  ball point pen or indelible pencil, the deer tags issued to
  the taker as provided in regulations of the department. The taker  shall
  immediately  cut  out  or mark the month and date of kill on the tag and
  shall attach it to the deer, except that it need not be attached to  the
  deer  while  it is being dragged or physically carried by the taker to a
  camp or point where other transportation is available. 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 fill out the bear tag  issued
  to  taker  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.