Transporting deer across state lines

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tn droptine

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I am planning on doing a deer hunt down in AL this coming Jan, and I know there are all kinds of rules for transporting deer across state lines, so I have a couple of questions:

1. Is there anything I need to be sure to do/not do in the event I am successful in my hunt? I would have the deer quartered and brought to TN for processing, and if I was fortunate enough for a mountable buck I would prefer to bring him to my taxidermist here back home.

2. Also, my dad and brother will be coming down to TN to hunt the last week of gun season, would they be able to take deer they harvest here to a processor back in Indiana?

Thanks!
 
If AL requires the deer to be checked in, that will be sufficient proof of the AL harvest. If they don't, I would document the trip with receipts from every store/gas station I shopped at to prove I was in AL for the hunt.

Your family is required to check in any deer from TN prior to leaving the state. They do not have until the end of the calendar day. The TWRA forms generated at the check in will be their documentation when they get back to Indiana.
 
scn said:
If AL requires the deer to be checked in, that will be sufficient proof of the AL harvest. If they don't, I would document the trip with receipts from every store/gas station I shopped at to prove I was in AL for the hunt.

Your family is required to check in any deer from TN prior to leaving the state. They do not have until the end of the calendar day. The TWRA forms generated at the check in will be their documentation when they get back to Indiana.
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean by not having until the end of the calendar day to check in a deer??
 
I believe what SCN means is if someone harvests a deer in Tennessee and plans on taking it out of the state they need to check the animal in first before the deer crosses the state line. So if that person plans on exiting the state before the calendar day is over, they need to check the deer in first; hence, they do not have until the end of the calendar day.

This response is in reference to question #2 where animals are required to be checked in (Indiana).
 

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