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Tag it or don't tag it?

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  1. Justin

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    Because you killed it.
     
    Justin, Sep 17, 2014
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    Maybe you killed it maybe you wounded it and the coyotes killed it. I still feel there is value in tagging it as far as kill numbers go even though I'm not real convinced those are terribly accurate.
     
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    I would also tag it then call the dnr to see if there was an option to get a replacement tag


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    TwoBucks, Sep 17, 2014
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    If it was a Buck I shot, I would tag it.
    If it was a doe I shot, I would tag it.
    If I were you, I would tag it.

    DNR doesn't care to hear a story about why its not tagged, so might as well play it safe.
     
    No.6Hunter, Sep 17, 2014
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    I don't know what the law here states but pretty sure that I wouldn't. The animals death served a purpose in one way so wouldn't feel too bad about killing it.

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    jrk_indle84, Sep 17, 2014
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    If I shot it - it gets a tag.
     
    nealmccullough, Sep 17, 2014
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    Do folks here tag wounded unrecovered deer? Is it required by law in some states?
     
    NEW61375, Sep 17, 2014
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    If you find the deer it is required by law to have a tag. It may be possible to get a special tag if it gets eaten before you find it but it needs a tag none the less in the eyes of the law. It's how's they track deer numbers and it's one less deer either way. If you don't find it there isn't any laws that I know of requiring you to tag it.


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    TwoBucks, Sep 17, 2014
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    Call DNR and get salvage tag. Thats what we do here... Road kill or other!
     
    Heckler, Sep 17, 2014
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    I would try to get a salvage tag as well...but if denied my tag will be used. I shot it, I tag it...PERIOD>
     
    tynimiller, Sep 17, 2014
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    You shoot it you tag it.
     
    CowboyColby, Sep 17, 2014
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    What if you found it a month or two later? Still tagging it fellas?
     
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    If I hadn't already used up tag(s) yes, if no longer a tag available a call to DNR/CO's would occur asap and explanation/invite out to inspect for themselves issued.
     
    tynimiller, Sep 17, 2014
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  15. Jake/PA

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    I'd call the DNR and see what they think.

    I can sit here and say that I would, but in all honesty I dont know.

    How many of you (with one tag) have lost a buck due to a poor shot then shot another? It has the same ending.
     
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  16. TEmbry

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    That's kind of my point. I've gotten answers both ways from DNR folks on whether or not to tag deer found later or demolished by coyotes. IMO you are neither right nor wrong for tagging the deer found destroyed by coyotes the next day. You are wrong and possibly even breaking the law for tagging a dead head found months later depending on where you are... For all you know the deer lived for 2 more months after your poor shot and eventually gave way to coyotes, infection, who knows what else. No different than tagging a deer you randomly stumble upon.


    Bottom line, there isn't a cookie cutter answer to these types of scenarios.
     
    TEmbry, Sep 17, 2014
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    Follow the law. Then trap the bloody left overs, few less yotes to eat your deer.
     
    CajunRanger, Sep 17, 2014
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