I agree wth those who say not tagging a deer is poaching. In NH we must tag a deer (and turkey) immediately before beginning the process of dressing it out and then have it registered within 12 hrs at the nearest deer registration station. I believe those who try to talk their way around this know the difference. They either do it to keep their existing tag(s) to be used later or don't want to spend the money...either way, it's poaching. To me, there is no difference between a person that used a spotlight to jack deer and the so called hunter that deliberately refused to tag and register the deer.