packing a deer out of the Charles Deam wilderness area...

[imbguide]

      hey guys,  I have a question about what should be done.  I am gonna pack in to the Charles Deam wilderness for a 4 day muzzleloader hunt.  I am only hunting for a mature buck.  I have been told phone reception is horrible down there.  wondering about how to check the deer in?  only if I cant get reception by hiking up to a bluff or fire tower. is it legal if a skin the buck out with the head attached to the hide and the meat quartered up with it with a transportation tag?  till I get to my truck?  planning on packing in a good ways and there is no way to haul a whole deer out of them hills for a couple miles.   I think it would be legal because its not butchered it is quartered.  I know most states allow it if the head is attached to the hide along with the meat wrapped and packed out like a backpack.

[morrison]

According to the Indiana Administrative Code, processing of the deer cannot begin until the deer has been checked in and a permanent tag number assigned. Skinning the deer is the first part of processing.

(n) An individual who takes a deer must cause delivery of the deer carcass to an official checking station for registration in the name of the individual who took the deer or cause the reporting of the take by providing the information required by the department's electronic harvest reporting system on the occurrence of the earlier of the following:
(1) Within forty-eight (48) hours of the taking of the deer.
(2) Before the deer is removed from this state.
The individual who delivers the deer carcass to an official checking station for registration or reports the take on the department's electronic harvest reporting system must provide true and accurate information that includes the information on the piece of paper described in subsection (m).
(o) The head of a deer must remain attached to the carcass until the deer is registered either at an official checking station or through the department's electronic harvest reporting system.
(p) When a deer is registered:
(1) At an official deer checking station, the checking station operator must record the permanent seal number on the log, collect the piece of paper described in subsection (m), and give the seal to the individual. The individual must immediately affix the seal:
(A) between a tendon and bone;
(B) through a section of skin or flesh; or
(C) around a branched antler;
to prevent its removal (without cutting the seal or the body part to which it is affixed). The seal must be maintained until processing of the deer begins.
(2) Using the department's electronic harvest reporting system, the individual who took the deer must record the confirmation number on the piece of paper described in subsection (m). This confirmation number must be maintained with the deer until processing of the deer begins.