We have a very early season... Sept 14th. I've shot deer and not gotten out of the woods before they closed. According to our law you have 24 hours to take it to a check station. Yeh... RIGHT... what kind of condition would the meat be in by morning when it's 85 at 9:00 PM the night before. I know for a fact a lot of deer just get taken home and skinned and put in the fridge. I'm pals with the check station guy so if there's no one around he'll make me out the tag and take my word for what I shot the next day. Beats the heck out of dragging a deer out there the next day. Supposedly you can call a hot line... how much hassle you suppose that is?<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

I agree, an outdated system for sure. Give you the tags attached like NY does. You have to separate and cut out the dates when you kill it. If you're caught without a tag on a deer and properly signed and punched you're in trouble. Once the tag is cut you can't hunt on it. If you're in the woods you better have an unpunched tag. Far better system to me.