Never seen this before

[Stykbow]

No pic, but I was out hunting this morning and saw a spike buck. Well, this little guy walks up really close and I noticed he has a white ear tag! That’s a first for me, never seen it before. I thought he may have been a pet and just wasn’t afraid of me. That wasn’t the case because I just barely moved my head and he blew out of there.

 

[longcruise]

@Stykbow where did you see this deer?

 

[Stykbow]

@Stykbow where did you see this deer?

In Tennessee on one of our wildlife management areas. Should have had that in the initial post, but I forgot to mention it.

 

[sportster73hp]

Could you tell if it had numbers or possibly a gps tracker? Never heard of deer being tagged.

 

[Andrewmtnman]

That was the Tennessee lottery deer, bring the tag into fish and game and get a free Muzzleloader!!!
Lol

 

[Stykbow]

@sportster73hp it had numbers on it. The deer got so close I could see them with my naked eye, just couldn’t make them out.

@Andrewmtnman I wanted to ground check it, but I don’t think he was legal. That’s the only reason he got so close without getting shot!

 

[Brokennock]

You're not the only one to see one,

https://www.tndeer.com/threads/ear-tag.446619/

 

[Stykbow]

@Brokennock i saw that thread on Tndeer when it popped up on Sunday, but they never mentioned the color of the tag or got any answer. It was a weird tag and not like one you’d see on cattle. I sent TWRA an email asking about it. I really hope they respond because it’s driving me nuts!

 

[Andrewmtnman]

@sportster73hp it had numbers on it. The deer got so close I could see them with my naked eye, just couldn’t make them out.

@Andrewmtnman I wanted to ground check it, but I don’t think he was legal. That’s the only reason he got so close without getting shot!

Just curious, do the antlers have to be a certain length to be legal to shoot?

 

[snakebit]

That was the Tennessee lottery deer, bring the tag into fish and game and get a free Muzzleloader!!!
Lol

 

[Stykbow]

@Andrewmtnman yes. In Tennessee for a buck to qualify as a “buck” during a buck only hunt they must have at least one antler that measures a minimum of 3” to be legal.

 

[LANEY REECE]

It was a loto big bucks deer tag, bring the tag in and win 1,000,000 in cash. haha

 

[deerstalkert]

fish and feathers had a 2 year study of white tail does here. when i questioned the cute young gal intern about it she in all seriousness said they were only going to trap does.
couldn't bring myself to how that worked.
the tagged does were studied for mortality , birth rates, and cwd.

 

[David Veale]

fish and feathers had a 2 year study of white tail does here. when i questioned the cute young gal intern about it she in all seriousness said they were only going to trap does.
couldn't bring myself to how that worked.
the tagged does were studied for mortality , birth rates, and cwd.

Does wouldn't necessarily be without antlers. Acquaintance of mine shot an antlered doe (a product of "better living through chemistry", I suspect). His wife posted a photo to Facebook, after which he got a call from the DNR and lost his hunting license privileges for 5 years because he didn't have a doe tag. I would think there would be some leniency in that type of situation, but apparently some folks enjoy being tyrants.

Moral of the story is that you'd better check between the legs of the next "monster buck" you shoot. Maybe we'll have to start getting LGBTQIA (and however many letters there are in that alphabet soup now) deer tags, just in case. Could get interesting now that there are 89 different genders, and we won't know which one the deer we shoot actually is. Might also have to ask the deer what their pronouns are first. 8^)

 

[deerstalkert]

Does wouldn't necessarily be without antlers. Acquaintance of mine shot an antlered doe (a product of "better living through chemistry", I suspect). His wife posted a photo to Facebook, after which he got a call from the DNR and lost his hunting license privileges for 5 years because he didn't have a doe tag. I would think there would be some leniency in that type of situation, but apparently some folks enjoy being tyrants.

Moral of the story is that you'd better check between the legs of the next "monster buck" you shoot. Maybe we'll have to start getting LGBTQIA (and however many letters there are in that alphabet soup now) deer tags, just in case. Could get interesting now that there are 89 different genders, and we won't know which one the deer we shoot actually is. Might also have to ask the deer what their pronouns are first. 8^)

have a friend also that shot an antlered doe. our illustrious law makers in a fit of rare sanity wrote our regs to be Antlered Deer, with no consequences for shooting an antlered doe, other than bragging rights.

 

[ETipp]

Does wouldn't necessarily be without antlers. Acquaintance of mine shot an antlered doe (a product of "better living through chemistry", I suspect). His wife posted a photo to Facebook, after which he got a call from the DNR and lost his hunting license privileges for 5 years because he didn't have a doe tag. I would think there would be some leniency in that type of situation, but apparently some folks enjoy being tyrants.

Moral of the story is that you'd better check between the legs of the next "monster buck" you shoot. Maybe we'll have to start getting LGBTQIA (and however many letters there are in that alphabet soup now) deer tags, just in case. Could get interesting now that there are 89 different genders, and we won't know which one the deer we shoot actually is. Might also have to ask the deer what their pronouns are first. 8^)

That's insane. I would have fought that one in court if I had to go broke doing so.

This is why any state that knows what they are doing would put it in writing that an antlerless deer is any deer with antlers 1" to 3" or less. Or at least stipulate visible antlers.

 

[andy52]

Are there any private game reserves near you? If so the deer may have been an escapee, to make a raised deer legal most states require the tags.

 

[David Veale]

That's insane. I would have fought that one in court if I had to go broke doing so.

This is why any state that knows what they are doing would put it in writing that an antlerless deer is any deer with antlers 1" to 3" or less. Or at least stipulate visible antlers.

The strange thing is that they refer to "bearded" turkeys in the regs, and not toms, but apparently never thought about it with respect to deer. Didn't realize how common bearded hens were until I shot a "jake" last spring and was surprised to see eggs when I cleaned it.

Actually -- I just checked the regs -- which now refer to antlered and antlerless rather than bucks/does. Must have updated since my friend's mishap (which was several years ago).

 

[David Veale]

(comment deleted -- realized question was directed elsewhere)

 

[ETipp]

The strange thing is that they refer to "bearded" turkeys in the regs, and not toms, but apparently never thought about it with respect to deer. Didn't realize how common bearded hens were until I shot a "jake" last spring and was surprised to see eggs when I cleaned it.

Actually -- I just checked the regs -- which now refer to antlered and antlerless rather than bucks/does. Must have updated since my friend's mishap (which was several years ago).

Indeed. I reckon bearded hen turkeys are not all that uncommon. I saw one last summer up close for the first time.