California · Fish and Game Code - FGC

FGC §4336: (a) The person to whom a deer tag has been issued shall carry the tag while hunting deer.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Hunters must carry and properly fill out deer tags, attach them to killed deer, and notify the department. Possessing an untagged deer is unlawful.

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(a) The person to whom a deer tag has been issued shall carry the tag while hunting deer. Upon the killing of any deer, that person shall immediately fill out the tag completely, legibly, and permanently, and cut out or punch out and completely remove notches or punch holes for the month and date of the kill. The deer tag shall be immediately attached to the antlers of antlered deer or to the ear of any other deer and kept attached during the open season and for 15 days thereafter. The holder of the deer tag shall immediately, upon harvesting a deer, notify the department in a manner specified by the commission. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this code or regulation adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to possess any untagged deer.

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