slobbyrobby33

I don't want to be nitpicky but since there were several that responded to this post, i just wanted everyone to have the correct information.In Missouri the deer tags we are are for transportion. Yes you must have one prior to hunting, becasue the deer is required to be tagged immediatly upon retrieval. But these tags are for the transportion on ther deer. with that said... here is what the MDC wildlife code book says about recovering and tagging deer. Any one can view this on the MDC website.

GMMAT per the Missouri Law you more than did what you are required to do. You made more than an honost effert to recover the deer. A 5 hour grid serch is more than what most would to recover a deer. You were unable to find it. That happens. I personally think you have ethically done what you needed to do.

(8) Hunters who kill or injure a deer must

make a reasonable effort to retrieve and tag

it, but this does not authorize trespass.

(9) Hunters who take a deer must tag it

immediately with the transportation tag portion

of the permit; detaching the transportation

tag voids the permit. Deer may be possessed

and transported only by the taker until

reported through the Telecheck Harvest

Reporting System. All deer taken must be

accurately reported through the Telecheck

Harvest Reporting System by 10:00 p.m. on

the day taken by the taker or in the taker’s

immediate presence. The Telecheck confirmation

number must be recorded immediately

on the deer hunting permit as indicated on

the permit, and immediately attached to the

deer by the taker. The transportation tag and

deer hunting permit with confirmation number

must remain attached to the intact or

field-dressed carcass until the deer is

processed. All deer must be reported through

the Telecheck Harvest Reporting System

prior to processing or being removed from

the state.