HYawatha: Deer check stations are also used by some states for biology studies, tagging and counts. In Maryland you have to take any deer killed to a deer Check-In Station. There they record sex, weight, points etc in a computer data base and issue you a " Possession Tag" . In New York they have " Check stations" that are really " Check you out stations" . They are mobile... usually set up on the side of main roads from deer country and sometimes back roads. They' ll usually have a sign up stating " All hunters with deer must stop XXX feet ahead" . We always tag our deer in NY and do everything we' re suppose to. Since we see very little " Studies" going on we just keep driving the past couple years. Deer in ice chest have to be labeled venison on the outside of the chest etc. It' s a pain. Until this past year you had to mail in a kill report(the other half of the tag) within 5 days. This year they went to a phone in process.