It doesn't change things. It's just the breaks that the horns fell off. In NY you'd have to find them or you're in trouble. I shot a 9 point once with a gun in late Oct. He had been hurt somewhere, somehow months before. He had a bad leg. He was off his weight a bit but otherwise seemed OK. My buddy and I grabbed his horns and started to drag. We made it about 5 yards before one side of his rack came off. We made it another 30 before the other fell off. The meat was OK.