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OutdoorNebraska.org | 35 General Information PERMIT CANCELLATION • Following the harvest of any big game animal, hunters must immediately punch or notch the permit or tag to indicate sex and date of kill. The canceled permit or tag must be attached to the animal or remain with the hunter if the carcass remains in the hunter's possession until completion of the check in process. CHECKING DEER, ANTELOPE AND ELK • Registering your harvest of deer, antelope and elk is mandatory in Nebraska and must be completed before the carcass leaves the state. • It is unlawful to separate a deer or antelope carcass into sections smaller than quarters before completing the check station process. Quartering is defined as four legs, with femur or scapula naturally attached, and loins. Hunters may remove meat from an elk carcass in the field, but the head and all edible portions of meat must be presented at a check station. The head must accompany the carcass to the check station. • Deer harvested during the November Firearm, Antelope harvested during the October Firearm and all elk must be delivered to a check in location. A list of check stations may be found on the deer, antelope and elk regulation sheets and at OutdoorNebraska.org. • Deer harvested during the November firearm and antelope harvested during the October firearm season must be delivered to a check station no later than 1 p.m. on the day following the close of the season. • Elk must be delivered to a check station within 48 hours of the time of kill. • Each permit holder must accompany the deer to the check station and check their deer in. • Deer harvested outside the November firearm and antelope harvested outside the October Firearm seasons must be checked via Telecheck within 48 hours of kill and before 1 p.m. on the day following the close of the season. • Permit and check station seal number or check station verification number must be retained when transporting all or a portion of the carcass to a point of permanent storage or processing. • Hunters must record the seal number and security code on the permit. TELECHECK • Telecheck allows hunters to check deer or antelope by phone or online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To use, visit OutdoorNebraska.org/Telecheck or call the toll-free number on your permit. • All deer harvested outside the November firearm season and all antelope harvested outside the October firearm season must be checked via Telecheck. • When completing Telecheck, the following information will be required from your permit or animal: species, permit code, permit number, date of kill, county of kill, management unit (see maps), sex of animal, and age of animal (adult or fawn). • You may be asked the inside spread in inches between main beams on your deer and the type of weapon used to harvest it. • You may be asked whether the longest horn on your antelope is less than or more than 9½ inches (measure from the base around the outside curve to the horn tip). • Write the seal number and security code on the permit after completing Telecheck. HUNTER ORANGE Any people hunting antelope, elk, mountain (bighorn) sheep, or deer under the authority of a firearm permit during an authorized firearm season must display on his or her head, chest and back at least 400 square inches of hunter orange material. Hunter orange requirements also apply while hunting under the authority of a muzzleloader permit during muzzleloader seasons. Archery deer hunters must do the same while archery hunting during the November firearm deer season and during the late antlerless seasons. Firearm hunters during the Special Landowner Deer Season must wear hunter orange; archery hunters are exempt.