Seems strange I know but if you find a dead deer and want to keep it for example roadkill, you need a salvage tag in order to keep it. The tag is issued by the KDWP. All deer must have a legal tag in order to keep the meat. It is a gray area when it comes to keeping the rack of a buck found dead. Technically you are not keeping the meat, the tag stays with the meat in KS and not with the rack. You would think that you would not need a tag to keep the rack but I'll tell you what, you don't want to get caught with a rack if you don't have a legal tag for it. And in this case where it was highly publicized. It just keeps the locals from accusing you of poaching.