i beleive you can hunt them the same as you can hunt whitetails, just got to find them. the tags and everything are the same i believe. i have shot one last year and plan to shoot another this year if i can find them. they are very vocal. they bugle alot. i shot a little spike. i agree with bigcountry, they are much more elusive, but its great to hear them in the moring in your stand. it will make the hair raise and really if you dont know what your hunting, you would never believe the bugle was a deer lol, but it is. they are very cool. much smaller than a whitetail also,