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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 2165584" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>All good comments but will add the old reliable on licenses. If you bone out completely you could stumble on the legal requirement of meat tagging in CO.</p><p>CO COMMON VIOLATIONS:</p><p>"Since this is a first time hunt, this doesn't get talked about enough but can bite you really bad. If successful there are some <u>legally required</u> steps you have to take or else subject to fines. <u>CPW is adamant on these requirements and rarely any slack is given:</u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sign your tag when you buy it but they will show you where when you buy OTC. If in mail, sign it immediately upon receipt.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do not detach your fishing license from the tag at all. Otherwise the fishing license is no longer valid.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sign kill tag upon kill with dates etc filled out.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hunter safety card has to be carried with you at all times unless you have it validated by a CPW office in person and recorded in their system unless it is verified and your license is marked with a "V" at the bottom of it. I carried mine the first year I had it validated to be sure in case it didn't show up in the CO search of the database. This can be confusing since you purchased the license online and entered the Hunter Safety info BUT it does not eliminate the need to carry the card until it is actually validated in person at a CPW office. This law is a real PITA and causes a lot of grief to hunters ASSUMING the wrong interpretation of this requirement.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HUNTER ORANGE & PINK- Hunters must wear at least 500 square inches of solid fluorescent orange or pink material <strong><u>and</u></strong> a fluorescent orange or pink hat, visible from all directions, while hunting deer, elk, pronghorn, moose or bear with any firearm. <strong><u>Note that camouflage orange or pink does not qualify.</u></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><u>You are required to bring the meat out FIRST plus evidence of sex of the animal must be attached to the meat.</u></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The kill tag MUST stay with the meat and NOT on the antlers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Head etc. must come out <u>LAST.</u> This is something they <u>will not tolerate</u> if you bring the head out first or no evidence of sex. On my last hunt, camp next to us brought head out first and he got whacked hard by CO since not first timer I think.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It is illegal to have or transport a big-game carcass without evidence of sex <strong><u>naturally attached</u></strong>. It is illegal to have only detached evidence of sex accompany the carcass. If you submit a deer or elk head for CWD testing, leave evidence of sex on the carcass.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Evidence of sex is:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">BUCK/BULL: Head with antlers or horns attached to carcass; or testicle, scrotum or penis attached to carcass.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DOE/COW: Head, udder (mammary) or vulva attached to carcass.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heads detached from carcass are not adequate evidence of sex.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If a carcass is cut in pieces or deboned, evidence of sex needs to be attached to a quarter or another major part of carcass. All portions must be trans-ported together.</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 2165584, member: 63925"] All good comments but will add the old reliable on licenses. If you bone out completely you could stumble on the legal requirement of meat tagging in CO. CO COMMON VIOLATIONS: "Since this is a first time hunt, this doesn't get talked about enough but can bite you really bad. If successful there are some [U]legally required[/U] steps you have to take or else subject to fines. [U]CPW is adamant on these requirements and rarely any slack is given:[/U] [LIST] [*]Sign your tag when you buy it but they will show you where when you buy OTC. If in mail, sign it immediately upon receipt. [*]Do not detach your fishing license from the tag at all. Otherwise the fishing license is no longer valid. [*]Sign kill tag upon kill with dates etc filled out. [*]Hunter safety card has to be carried with you at all times unless you have it validated by a CPW office in person and recorded in their system unless it is verified and your license is marked with a “V” at the bottom of it. I carried mine the first year I had it validated to be sure in case it didn't show up in the CO search of the database. This can be confusing since you purchased the license online and entered the Hunter Safety info BUT it does not eliminate the need to carry the card until it is actually validated in person at a CPW office. This law is a real PITA and causes a lot of grief to hunters ASSUMING the wrong interpretation of this requirement. [*]HUNTER ORANGE & PINK- Hunters must wear at least 500 square inches of solid fluorescent orange or pink material [B][U]and[/U][/B] a fluorescent orange or pink hat, visible from all directions, while hunting deer, elk, pronghorn, moose or bear with any firearm. [B][U]Note that camouflage orange or pink does not qualify.[/U][/B] [*][B][U]You are required to bring the meat out FIRST plus evidence of sex of the animal must be attached to the meat.[/U][/B] [*]The kill tag MUST stay with the meat and NOT on the antlers. [*]Head etc. must come out [U]LAST.[/U] This is something they [U]will not tolerate[/U] if you bring the head out first or no evidence of sex. On my last hunt, camp next to us brought head out first and he got whacked hard by CO since not first timer I think. [*]It is illegal to have or transport a big-game carcass without evidence of sex [B][U]naturally attached[/U][/B]. It is illegal to have only detached evidence of sex accompany the carcass. If you submit a deer or elk head for CWD testing, leave evidence of sex on the carcass. [*]Evidence of sex is: [LIST] [*]BUCK/BULL: Head with antlers or horns attached to carcass; or testicle, scrotum or penis attached to carcass. [*]DOE/COW: Head, udder (mammary) or vulva attached to carcass. [*]Heads detached from carcass are not adequate evidence of sex. [*]If a carcass is cut in pieces or deboned, evidence of sex needs to be attached to a quarter or another major part of carcass. All portions must be trans-ported together. [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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