RE: To tag or not to tag?
Geez - there's not much to discuss here.
If you killed it - you tag it.
If you feel that you should somehow be "recompensated" because of an issue with the meat - then deal with the Game Commission the best you can - but to not tag it is illegal and against what what most of us stand for.
Certaintly none of us here would advocate skirting the law to get deer meat. Would we?
FH