Transporting Deer from Harvesting Site to Home (Ontario)

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Good evening everyone,

I am a new hunter that lives in Norther Ontario, and I am trying to find some answers unique to my current situation, but am having no luck.

I am looking to deer hunt for the first time this fall, and I have a question about transportation.

A little bit of info about my situation:

I live in an apartment and drive a small SUV.

I plan to hunt on public land

I don't have any where to process meat other than at home, which is in the city (Sudbury)

I will likely be hunting in deep woods, and hunting by myself, making transport of the harvested animal back to the car difficult

1. ) What are my options in terms of bringing a harvested deer home efficiently as possible in my small SUV, while still properly adhering to the rules and regulations?

2. ) Am I able to quarter the deer (possibly even use the gutless method to do this) in the field and transport home, or will the entire carcass have to remain on the deer along with the head until it gets home/to the place of processing?

3.) If I am able to quarter the deer in the field, am I still required to keep the head in the car, with the antler/ear tagged until I arrive home?

4.) If yes to the above, how can I dispose of the head and the rest of the unused carcass after I've transported the deer home/to the place of processing? This has me really confused, as it doesn't seem like the type of thing you would just dispose of in a green bin.


Thank you in advance for your advise on this situation; I really appreciate the help.
 
Read through the Regs carefully, to see what is actually required to be present.

In Alberta, heads stayed on the gutpile, unless you wanted them.

Had to leave evidence of species and ### on at least one quarter, and that hind quarter got the tag through the tendon. Was not that hard to skin around and leave the tail, and nutsack or Vag attached, usually tied into a plastic bag so as to avoid getting hairs transferred over, etc.

Have a plan for getting the meat cool, and keeping it that way. I have had friends take a small freezer with them, and a genset to power it, when they were hunting in warm weather. At the least, have a enough tubs that you can buy a bunch of bag ice to cool down and keep the meat.

Head goes into the garbage in a different bag than the hide, if you need to conserve weight! :) I used to keep the deer ribs for dog treats, along with the leg bones. The leftover bones are pretty much a non-issue in regular garbage.
 
In Ontario in your situation you would need to keep the head with the carcass until you get it home.
As far as disposing of the head and other unwanted parts of the carcass after you've processed the deer, you would have to check with your municipality regarding their green-bin rules. Where I am, they do not permit "animal carcasses" so I take my leftovers out to a friend's farm to dispose of them. Luckily for you, you're surrounded by lots of crown land so disposal shouldn't be too difficult, just don't leave things where others are likely to come across them - every year I hear about idiots near me who dump a pile of geese carcasses or several deer heads in a ditch that a dog-walker discovers and it doesn't look good on us hunters when that happens.

Good luck this fall and good for you for asking questions ahead of time.
 
mjbonne said:
Good evening everyone,

I am a new hunter that lives in Norther Ontario, and I am trying to find some answers unique to my current situation, but am having no luck.

I am looking to deer hunt for the first time this fall, and I have a question about transportation.

A little bit of info about my situation:

I live in an apartment and drive a small SUV.

I plan to hunt on public land

I don't have any where to process meat other than at home, which is in the city (Sudbury)

I will likely be hunting in deep woods, and hunting by myself, making transport of the harvested animal back to the car difficult

1. ) What are my options in terms of bringing a harvested deer home efficiently as possible in my small SUV, while still properly adhering to the rules and regulations?

2. ) Am I able to quarter the deer (possibly even use the gutless method to do this) in the field and transport home, or will the entire carcass have to remain on the deer along with the head until it gets home/to the place of processing?

3.) If I am able to quarter the deer in the field, am I still required to keep the head in the car, with the antler/ear tagged until I arrive home?

4.) If yes to the above, how can I dispose of the head and the rest of the unused carcass after I've transported the deer home/to the place of processing? This has me really confused, as it doesn't seem like the type of thing you would just dispose of in a green bin.


Thank you in advance for your advise on this situation; I really appreciate the help.
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I only dabbled in hunting briefly, but:

-new hunter/first hunt this fall
-deep woods
-hunting alone

A lot can go wrong, and if you're solo....

Maybe look around on FB groups for local hunt clubs, or hit the local gun/outdoor shop and intro yourself, mention you're a new hunter and interested in finding some like-minded persons. Maybe the lad behind the counter can direct you to some locals who would welcome a new hunter to the group. At least for your first few hunts to build some experience safely.

Good luck!
 
Back in the 50's you tied your deer on the front fender of your car and drove home from the camp. That deer may have hung at the camp for 5 or 6 days, travelled a couple of hundred or more miles on a highway at who knows what temperature and the butchered and frozen at home or a locker you rented at the local grocery/butcher if you were not well off enough to have a home freezer and then eaten over the winter. So gut it and head home with the whole deer right away and process it. As someone else said take the scraps back to the bush and dispose of them out of the publics sight.
 
Think it’s D&A meats in Sudbury that’s processed quite a few deer for us over the past few years. They do all the deer at once, so you’ll often have to hold onto it for a few days. Im a hour outside Sudbury on 42 acres. If you don’t come up with anything better, shoot me a PM and you’re more than welcome to hang it here if need be.
 
This is how the boys in NS do it....

You can easily carry a 1/4 into your appt inside a game bag. Everything goes in the green bin out this way without issue.







 
Jimbobob08 said:
Think it’s D&A meats in Sudbury that’s processed quite a few deer for us over the past few years. They do all the deer at once, so you’ll often have to hold onto it for a few days. Im a hour outside Sudbury on 42 acres. If you don’t come up with anything better, shoot me a PM and you’re more than welcome to hang it here if need be.
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Thank you for the offer! I will keep this in mind if I ever need the help. Would be happy to share the meat with you as well.
 
Jahnj0584 said:
This is how the boys in NS do it....

You can easily carry a 1/4 into your appt inside a game bag. Everything goes in the green bin out this way without issue.







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That's awesome. In Ontario, our Hunters Ed course highly discourages us from visibly tying an animal to our vehicle, but I must applaud the creativity in working with what you have available haha.
 
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