I don't think this will be a problem for you but hunters going in and out of California should be aware of these restrictions.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hunting/deer/wasting.html
On June 16, 2003, the Fish and Game Commission adopted regulations restricting the importation of hunter-harvested deer and elk into California to replace the emergency regulations enacted in 2002. These emergency regulations were in effect immediately and lasted 120 days, allowing DFG time to develop permanent regulations. The emergency regulations allowed deer/elk carcasses to be transported into the State only if they were submitted to a certified meat processor within 72 hours of entry. Heads for taxidermy were allowed into the State if the heads were submitted to a taxidermist within 72 hours of entry. The meat processor and the taxidermist processing hunter-harvested deer and elk from out-of-state had to dispose of unused tissues, brain and spinal column in a landfill approved for carcass or undergo incineration.
The new regulations eliminated the 72 hour grace period and do not allow the importation of any brain or spinal column tissue. Other body parts allowed by the proposed regulations include: Quarters and other portions of meat with no spinal column or head attached; hides with no heads attached; clean skull plates with antlers attached; antlers only; finished taxidermy heads; and upper canine teeth.
This regulation is necessary to minimize the risk of transport of the CWD prion into California. There is a theoretical risk that CWD could be transported into California in a CWD-infected carcass, and due to improper disposal of infected body parts (brain, spinal cord and lymph nodes), could potentially expose our native free-ranging deer/elk to the disease. No infectivity has been detected in skeletal muscle tissue, therefore, removal of nervous and lymphatic tissue from meat should remove the prion from an infected carcass.
Regulations
?712. Restriction of Importation of Hunter-Harvested Deer and Elk Carcasses.
No hunter harvested deer or elk (cervid) carcass or parts of cervid carcass shall be imported into the State, except for the following body parts:
(a) boned-out meat and commercially processed cuts of meat.
(b) portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached.
(c) hides with no heads attached.
(d) clean skull plates (no meat or tissue attached) with antlers attached.
(e) antlers with no meat or tissue attached.
(f) finished taxidermy heads.
(g) upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, ivories).
- Rich
