Carcass disposal on hunting trips.

[hobbes]

Copied from Iowa dnr web page.

Dumping a game carcass in a road ditch or other public property lot creates a nuisance and is subject to enforcement under the littering laws.

Many states have similar language as does Natinal Forest and BLM.

[Greg Massey]

Just take a shovel along and bury the carcass if legal worms got to eat...pack the rest away in zip lock bags under ice. Just check on line for the game laws before you go...

[Gobble!]

I have always just thrown mine in a ditch or thick fencerow after I removed the meat, beard and spurs. Coyotes, coons , possum or magnets will take care of the rest.

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[Meadow Valley Man]

When in Missouri, our camp members clean the bird, taking breast meat, legs, and sometimes giblets. Usually that takes two large ziplock bags.  We label each bag with hunter's name, permit number, confirmation number, bird number(one or two), and bag number. The carcasses are then bagged and put in the campground garbage cans. Tags are left on the cut off lower leg, and kept in camp.

[hobbes]

The regs are where you need to look...........Straight from the OK regs:

Identification
Evidence of sex (one leg with foot) or beard
must remain on the bird until it has been checked.
Beards on hens must remain intact and not
removed from the turkey until the bird has
reached its final destination.

Carcass Disposal
No person may dump the carcass of any dead
animal in any well, spring, pond, or stream of
water or leave it within 1/4 mile of any occupied
dwelling or public highway without burying the
carcass in an appropriate manner where it is not
liable to become exposed through erosion of the
soil or where such land is subject to overflow.

I suspect that a shovel for digging won't be allowed on a WMA.