Tagging and Evidence of Sex

Your first step after the kill is to tag the animal.

• Tagging an animal means you are claiming the animal as yours by electronically validating the license or tag, or cutting out from the license or tag the date the animal was killed and attaching it to the animal's carcass. A license or tag that is not electronically validated must accompany the carcass as long as any considerable portion of the carcass remains unconsumed. See the Montana Big Game Hunting Regulations for the proper tagging procedure.
• Make sure you keep evidence of sex with the carcass from the field to the point of processing. Evidence of sex does not need to be naturally attached. If you kill a game animal in a hunting district where the harvest is limited by the animal’s antler point or horn size, you must retain the antlers or horns until the carcass is processed. The Montana Big Game Hunting Regulations also clearly explains this procedure.
• Information is also available online on the FWP Hunting Regulations website.