I read occasionally about hunters making multiple trips back and forth packing out elk quarters on their backs. When I read the Colorado regulations it says "if a carcass is cut in pieces or deboned, evidence of sex only needs to be attached to one quarter or other major part of carcass. All portions must be transported together."

Do I read the regs wrong, or is a multiple trip pack-out prohibited? I have never hunted elk before but am trying to work out the logistics, including pack-out of the very large quantity of elk meat if I am fortunate enough to score, for a do-it-yourself cow elk hunt. Is there some legal way around this restriction that I'm not perceiving?