Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 ...cut up your tag if you shoot a deer and cannot recover it?? i was reading this on another forums...the initial post was a kid who had shot a deer and couldn't find it that night and was originaly asking if the meat would still be good...well it quickly turned into people telling him that if he didn't find it then to cut up his tag and learn from it...which then turned into a debate over that. do any of you do that?? it seems like a waste to me...yeah it sucks that you would shoot an animal and not find it...but it don't see what cutting up your tag would teach you of course this is just my opinion...what you choose to do with your tags is up to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... thats just plain DUMB deer do get lost, it's part of hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Sounds like a bunch of older people trying to rattle a kids confidence. Hope that young kid didn't listen, thats why so many kids shy away from hunting, because of idoits like that. I would never ever tear up my tag.... everyone makes a bad shot, or doesn't recover it for other reasons, that doesn't make you a bad hunter, just crappy luck. So no it dont make sense to tear up the tag... move on and go hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Do you think a wounded deer will feel bad and jump out in front of a car to finish itself off for you? I'm keeping my tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born2Hunt Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... [ QUOTE ] Do you think a wounded deer will feel bad and jump out in front of a car to finish itself off for you? I'm keeping my tag. [/ QUOTE ]GOOD POINT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... reading that kind oof put me in a bad mood....its times like this i am glad i belong to at least one good place that has a POSITIVE influence on kids someone over there had replied to that topic...and told the kid he should not have been hunting since #1. the forecast called for rain over night and he should have been out there trying to dhoot a deer knowing this and not having enough "hours logged" in the woods...since when do you have to be in the woods a certain amount of time before shootign a deer?? and #2. he also told him that he should not have been hunting knowing he had to be at school the next morning...c'mon...now a kid shouldn't be in the woods on a school night, how many adults go hunting after work knowing they have to get up in the morning?....they wonder why so many kids are turned off of hunting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Those things happen all the time! If those people are telling that youngster that it never happened to them, I certainly wouldn't have any respect for them!! I have never heard of anything so stupid in my life to "cut up your tag"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... THat's just wrong to tell someone that! Let ALone a Kid! THe guy's name wasn't "CornFed" was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lobsterman Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... jeesh...with my archery buck tags costing $35.00, and Doe tags costing $15.00 each, you betcha i am not cutting up any tags... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckhunter1500 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Cutting up a tag sounds crazy! Though it's never good, every hunter will make a mistake and not put a kill shot on a deer! Plus it would definitly ruin a season! no deer and no tag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer2295 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Definitely not. You try your best to recover the animal, no matter what it takes. Then and only then do you move on. I helped a friend look for a deer for two days and we never did find the animal unfortunately. But I have never heard of anyone cutting up a tag just because they lost a deer. Like some of the forum members why waste a tag, that is senseless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bucknutt Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... think i'd just cut up a $20 bill before i cut up a tag.. at least save you a trip of going to get another one. or is that part of 'learning your lesson' also? that's ridiculous. from what i've seen, most guys that really don't care if they recover that animal or not usually don't have tags in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... No way! I'd have a few words to say to whatever dummies would say that to a youth hunter, or any hunter at that matter. I've never heard anything so stupid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherBadger Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... That's really dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... [ QUOTE ] Sounds like a bunch of older people trying to rattle a kids confidence. Hope that young kid didn't listen, thats why so many kids shy away from hunting, because of idoits like that. [/ QUOTE ] My thoughts exactly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... [ QUOTE ] Sounds like a bunch of older people trying to rattle a kids confidence. Hope that young kid didn't listen, thats why so many kids shy away from hunting, because of idoits like that. [/ QUOTE ] Now lets not point the finger at one age group, of which I'm a part of. I've heard some ridiculous statements like the ones referenced in this topic before from so called high and mighty hunters of all age groups. As far as the topic goes there were obviously some ridiculous post slamming this young hunter for no reason at all in my opinion. The fact is at some point most hunters experience times when they loose a deer. That’s just an unfortunate part of hunting. Deer die for many reasons besides being killed by a hunter. Are we going to cut up tags for every deer that dies. I think not!! I’m glad I’m not a part of the forum where that topic was posted with the responses that resulted from it. It probably would have gotten real ugly between myself and the high and mighty hunters telling this young man to cut up his tag and slamming him for hunting when they thought he shouldn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDaddy28 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Does that forum even have moderators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Dont know what forums this lame information is coming from, but glad I am not a member there. That is just plain stupid. Never heard of any such garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDMAworks4me Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... I would never cut up my tag or have my son or daughter cut up their tag, I would take the time to make sure they know the IMPORTANCE of making a good shot on the next deer they take a shot at and hope the disappointment they went through helps get my point accross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... HMMM! I'm not cutting up my tag...might need it for the next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... I did that once on a buck I shot in 2000. I was on my lease on a Saturday evening when I shot a very nice heavy 9pt. I shot the deer a little back. We trailed that deer for over 3 hours on our hands and knees until it jumped a creek where we finally lost the blood trail. I had to teach Sunday school the next day, so there was no way I could have spent the night, so we drove the 3 hours home. The shot I put on that deer was lethal I knew, but I didn't know how far it would go. My buddy found my deer 2 weeks later during gun season. I got the rack, but obviously no meat, so I decided not to tag another buck that year, even though I could have. In hindsight, I should have gone back down to the lease after church to find him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Coyotes have to eat, same as worms...(my Clint Eastwood impression of Buzzards got to eat, same as worms) It is a fact that some deer do not get recovered. Its also a fact that some wounded deer do recover. I keep hunting. I have only lost 2 my whole 22 years of big game hunting and I consider that pretty darn lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... nobody like to wound a deer, we are all ethical, whether buck fever takes over or equipment failure plays a part or risky shot placement. I would never cut up my tag, hunting is learning and next time you will remember to be more patient and do your best. We learn by our mistakes and with hunting things happen that are sometimes out of our control, the ones we can control we must try to do our best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPGS22 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... I would never cut up a tag. Learn from your mistake and move on. This happens to all bow hunters I'm sure in there lifetime. It stinks but it happens. If I cut up a tag without getting any meat, I'd be wasting the money for the tag and a lot of money on beef for the next year. Vension lasts me all year and saves a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Re: how many of you.... Cutting up a tag would be dumb. Most people I know feel bad already if they can't recover their animal. What purpose would cutting up a tag serve? None in my opinion. Whoever was giving this advice, should refrain from giving advice to youngsters again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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