How to Properly Fill out Your Carcass Tag & Report Your Harvest
It's as Easy as 1 - 2 - 3!
- Fill in the date, location, biological, and season information on your tag.
- Sign your tag.
- Report your harvest! See details below.
It is against the law to improperly or incompletely fill out your carcass tag.
- Deer, Bear, and Turkey harvests must be reported.
- At press time, DEC proposed regulations to reduce the time period for reporting. See DEC's website for updates.
- You can report your harvest by phone, online, or through our HuntFishNY mobile app (see HuntFishNY app information at the bottom of this page for details).
- Reporting online (dec.ny.gov/things-to-do/hunting/report-your-harvest) and through the mobile app is simple, fast, and convenient!
Information You Will Need When Reporting
- For Spring Turkey:
- Spur length (none, less than ½", ½" or longer)
- Beard length (less than 3", 3"or greater but less than 7½", or 7½" or longer.
- Estimated weight
- For Fall Turkey:
- Remember to save a leg. We will request it to determine age and sex.
- For Black Bear
- Remember to save the bear's skull. DEC will request a tooth to determine the bear's age.
