New guy tag questions

[more_ammo]

I'm wanting to quarter or "debone" the deer in the field instead of dragging the entire deer back to my truck. A few questions. How do you tag the deer if all you are taking away are game bags? I'm also being told that the only thing that can be left in the field are organs ... Meaning you may not debone in the field? I called ODNR and am confused. It sounds like you have to drag out the entire deer if hunting public. What exactly are the rules here?
Thanks in advance

 

[Hedgelj]

Welcome!

Pull up a chair and join in. Your question while completely the norm in other states is not a common here in Ohio.

(please correct me if I'm wrong)
After you kill the deer you must put on a temporary tag before you move it. Then call/ visit/ online it in and get the permanent tag number. The permanent tag number needs to stay with/near the deer.

I'm not familiar with a law stating you CANNOT debone a deer and the Ohio Revised Code tells you only what isn't legal (therefore anything not described is technically legal; this is why open carry was legal prior to concealed carry laws). BUT do you want to be a test case? And do you want your day to be determined by a (generally) well intentioned but probably not an expert on the nuance of that law?

What's the purpose or rationale for wanting to debone it in the field. Out west it's because moving the whole (larger than a whitetail) quadruped isn't practical.

 

[Johnny44]

My initial thought is the temporary tag is only needed if you don't check it in online. Once it is checked online, you can move/quarter/debone. If I were on public and going to debone, I wouldn't hesitate once it was checked in electronically. I may be completely wrong though.

 

[Hedgelj]

Directly from this years reg booklet BUT note the disclaimer at the front

 

[GoetzTalon]

I was wondering the same thing. Getting older plus my hunting buddy is also it would be nice to clean on the spot instead of dragging the whole carcass back to the truck. Even if we had to make two trips to get it out would be better than moving the whole thing. Hunting public we go deep to get away from the crowd.