thesource

No worries. Its a NY thing. We have to cut the month and day off the sides of the tag - a little triangle on one side with the month and another with the day of the month on the other.

Its NY's little way of making sure you don't change the date, I suppose.

Anyway, in NY, you are required to cut the month and day and fill out and sign the tag entirely before transporting the deer. The tag actually is not required to be attched to the deer until you have completed the transportation.

doughboysigep

personally, I thing the filling out the tag in the woods is ridiculous. I never have and won't. It is is filled out immediately when the deer is at camp (so what is the difference?). why worry about carrying a pen around n the woods and losing it or having it break in my pack or....or.... (I aready have too much in there to keep track of). Maybe it's just me??

on a similar note - we had 2 guys get ticketed for improper tagging at our Adirondack camp. We are 8 miles from the nearest paved road and 6 miles from the nearesttruck accessable road and they still found us! The DEC guy was good about it, but still ticketed them. Really just an honest mistake, but all those situations aren't (unfortunately).

Dexy

Gut, Tag and then move!

T_in_PA3

I tag it first before my hands get bloody. Easier to write on the tag minus the blood.

charlie brown

A very interesting topic. My state's law states to punch the tag immediately after reaching the downed animal. The tag does not have to be attached to the animal until it reaches a mode of transportation or camp, whichever comes first. This year, I shot my elk, my dad went back a couple hundred yards to get the gear, I punched the tag, put it in my pocket, we took some pics, and then I got to work while my dad got the truck about a mile away. When we got her in the truck, I wrote the unit of the kill on the tag, and attached it to her leg. Pretty simple. I like the fact that it doesn't have to be attached immediately. This helps in keeping it from getting lost somewhere. Good luck.

BTW - the only thing we have to fill out with ink is the unit of kill. This doesn't have to be done immediately, but as soon as you can. The month, date, sex, and antler points have to be punched out with a knife inmmediately upon reaching the animal. All of the months are pre-printed on the tag, as well as the dates, and antler points per side up to 5, and then male and female.

amayerican

i tag my deer after i gut em, and drag em. when i get to my truck i fill it out with the heater on! that way i can wash up and grab a warm pen thats not frozen.

iv dont this for years. if i get cought. il pay the fine.

.45ACP

Iwould say its upto the DEC Officers interpretation of the situation, I believe NYS law says that when the game is reduced to ones possession it needs to be tagged.

ejpaul1

you know, I really dont even know what the law is on this matter where I hunt. We have a liscense we have to fill out and we usually do that at the house before taking it to the check in station. Maybe I should change the method! EJ

rich e

Barnex, Here in New York State we have months and days on the edge of the tag, you are suppose to cut out the appropriate day and mo. as soon as you get your deer. then you can fill the tag out back at your vehicle, that way you can't use the excuse I forgot my pen. Everyone ussually carries a knife to gut there deer, right??

LIAF

thesource has it right when it comes to the tagging of NYS deer. For you hunters that have forgotten a pen you can use the exposed head of a lead tipped CFbulletto fill out your tag. Once you get back to your camp or transport then you can go over it with a pen. I have done it this way a couple of times. For you guys that don't have an exposed lead tipped bullet(ML, archers and shotgun)than you better carry a pen.