woody7

This whole idea of numbers on the back will never fly in Texas. There are almost no public areas to hunt anyway.

BOWFANATIC

I dont know if anyone has touched on this yet and I'm not picking out the person who I quoted above because I've seen alot of negative comments.

I cant imagine NOT having a back tag! Our back tag number system has been the demise of countless poachers and especially tresspassers. It's a very usefull tool which aids the DNR who is very under staffed around here.
If you witness someone doing something illegal , jot down their back tag and report it. You catch someone tresspassing , avoid confrontation and jot down the back tag as they leave.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with the back tag system for a law abiding hunter.

Charley

Lots of Germans saw nothing wrong with tagging Jews, either...After all, it was the law.
Vang would have been ID'd by the surviving witnesses, more than likely. Might have taken a bit longer.
I don't have to prove I'm "hunting legal" to anybody. If the government believes I am hunting unlawfully, it is up to THEM to prove it.

Tell, you what...you boys can keep your backtags. Won't fly in free states.

Twong-on

OK heres the deal, NO FREEKING numbers, that Vang guy would have been dead if he shot at my buddys. So the Dept of F.S. can go pound sand

BOWFANATIC

Thats rich!
Can you give me one single example of how a deerhunting back tag system is infringing on anyones freedom?

Jack Ryan

I'm in Indiana but I hunted and lived in WI for a few years.

I hate it.

It's a big part of the reason I quit hunting in WI and bought a out of state license to hunt back in Indiana until I could get out of there.

Criminals and convicts need numbers on their backs not hunters. Vang was already convicted of tresspass and wanted on outstanding warrants, if WI had enforced their laws as written maybe he would have had the number on his back he has now and and those people would still be alive.

The first year I lived there I was apalled at the drinking while shooting at trap clubs up there. The trap club actually sells beer at the same counter you paid up for your trap rounds. Next I found out after I'd bought and paid for the whole package of licenses that they wanted me to wear A WHITE TAG ON MY BACK while those same individuals drinking at the trap clubs were out there hunting what? WHITE TAIL DEER with centerfire rifles.

No thanks.

I like Indiana just fine.

One price, lifetime license the size of a credit card. Got it in your pocket, you are good to go. Anything in season with any legal weapon.

PositiveBo

'Eh, forgetting the 'back tag' at home and only realizing it once you get to your huntin' property, forgetting to transfer it to the garment you intend to wear that day according to the weather, losing it afield, pokin' holes in your expensive goretex, etc...no thanks.

Here's a tip, keep with you at all times a cell phone and all of the telephone numbers of the local authorities...heck, carry your GPS and give 'em the coordinates if it's that serious a situation.

BOWFANATIC

What year was that Jack?
I dont remember ever being issued a white tag in 30 years of deerhunting in Wisconsin.
I'm not familiar with trap shooting clubs but if they are serving alchohol before and during shooting , they should be shut down , it's illegal , intoxicated use of a firearm.

KentuckyBuck

Here in KY we do not have this law, but I would think that it might be useful in some cases.

onebullet

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