It shall be unlawful for any private or commercial cold storage or processing plant to take possession of a whole, intact, or field-dressed deer without first affixing to the carcass a deer tag, which must include the hunter's name, the date, the county of the kill, and the sex of the animal. Such tag shall be completed prior to tagging a deer for storage or processing. After a deer is processed for consumption, the processor shall return the used tag to the department.