Elk meat

Headed to Colorado this week for a hunt.

Does elk meat/skull fall under the same importation regs as out of state deer meat?

It use to have to be from a CWD zone, but now I think they all fall under that umbrella.

I figured as much just couldn't find anywhere specific in the regs.

Yes, same regs, per the biologist at the hunter supper in Spanish Fort

220-2-.25
Imported Game Birds, Game Animals and Raw Furs
Subject to State Laws
(1)
All wildlife, game or fur-bearing animals, game birds, or the dead
bodies or parts thereof transported into the State of Alabama from any
other state, territory or foreign country for use, consumption, sale or
storage in the State of Alabama shall, upon arrival, be subject to the
operation and effect of the laws and regulations of the State of Alabama
enacted in the exercise of its police powers to the same extent and in the
same manner as though such animals or birds had been produced or
taken in the State of Alabama.
(2) The importation of body parts of any member of the family Cervidae,
including but not limited to deer, elk, moose and caribou, is prohibited
from those states, territories, and foreign countries where the occurrence
of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been confirmed by either the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA).
(3) This regulation shall not apply to the importation of: meat from the
species listed in (2) above that has been completely deboned; cleaned
skull plates with attached antlers, if no visible brain or spinal cord tis
sue
is present; raw capes or hides, if no visible brain or spinal cord tissue is
present; upper canine teeth, if no root structure or other soft tissue is
present; and finished taxidermy products or tanned hides.

I guess I missed that section. Thank you!

Glad to help. I had just read the regs last week.

Good Luck on the Hunt!

Abb, know you are on the road. Still say, shoot the first good cow you see and you won't have to worry about cleaning the brains out of the skull. Can't eat them horns anyway. Bone out the meat and remember to leave proof of sex on at least one hindquarter. Good Luck, dan

Yes.

Enjoy the mountains.

That was my plan but I never got a chance. My buddy got a nice 5 x 6.
A storm rolled in over the weekend and had us hunting in -6 degree weather. Even with that misery it was a good trip in some beautiful country