I dont see how tagging the deer makes you feel any better, the outcome it still the same, the price of the tag is not the issue to me. You still failed that animal, if you tag something that your are going to leave in the field then you are simply doing to make your self feel better. The only reason i would ever tag a doe that has been destroyed is if that is what the DNR advised me to do. I dont see how putting a piece of paper on dead animal keeps your integrity.