I ran into something similar a few years back. I killed my buck in TX, and was going to debone it for the trip back to TN. TN law at the time (it may have changed, I don't know) said you could not bring game killed in other states back to TN with the bone in it. Catch 22, TX you can't transport with the bone out, TN you can't come into the state with bone in.
I did not know the TX law until after I had killed my deer. I dang sure was not going to stop in OK, or Arkansas on the side of the road and debone it, so I had to sign a surrender tag in TX.
