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Tag question #5548111 01/17/15 02:39 PM
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One of the hunters on my place shot a nubbin buck with no antler protruding. Is an antlerless tag used or a buck tag? This occurred during the general hunting season and am just wondering. I would think an antlerless tag is ok but not sure and the hunter used a buck tag.

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scratch a nubblen, while it may have de cahona's tis still antlerless. tis guessing hunter took it for a doe. dont think he would get inta trouble for using a buck tag. 2cents tis good question flag



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If no antler is protruding through the skin it's an antlerless, even if you can see and feel bumps. If anything sticks through the skin at all, it's a buck.


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Originally Posted By: Grizz
If no antler is protruding through the skin it's an antlerless, even if you can see and feel bumps. If anything sticks through the skin at all, it's a buck.


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Originally Posted By: Grizz
If no antler is protruding through the skin it's an antlerless, even if you can see and feel bumps. If anything sticks through the skin at all, it's a buck.

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He did the right thing. Tagged as a buck.

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A "buck deer" is a deer with a hardened antler protruding through the skin. A "spike buck deer" is a buck with no antler having more than one point. All other deer are antlerless deer. A spike buck must be tagged with a buck deer tag from the hunter's hunting license or applicable permit.


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Originally Posted By: kmon1
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A "buck deer" is a deer with a hardened antler protruding through the skin. A "spike buck deer" is a buck with no antler having more than one point. All other deer are antlerless deer. A spike buck must be tagged with a buck deer tag from the hunter's hunting license or applicable permit.


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Originally Posted By: Dave B
He did the right thing. Tagged as a buck.
Nope!!! And if he had gotten checked, a ticket could have been issued for illegally tagged deer.

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Originally Posted By: sqiggy
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He did the right thing. Tagged as a buck.
Nope!!! And if he had gotten checked, a ticket could have been issued for illegally tagged deer.


For tagging a buck as a buck?

The tags are buck or antlerless. Think about that. They aren't buck and doe tags. They aren't antlered and antlerless. They're buck and antlerless.

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Antlerless is exactly what it means, if it doesn't have antlers, it is an antlerless tag, no matter what kind of hardware he has. Tagging it with a buck tag is incorrect. Likewise shooting a buck with no antlers coming through the skin is legal in antlerless only season, and you would tag it as antlerless. The TPWD description is surprisingly clear on this issue.

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A deer such as he described is an antlerless buck. Perhaps use of either tag would be okay. confused


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Originally Posted By: postoak
A deer such as he described is an antlerless buck. Perhaps use of either tag would be okay. confused
The only acceptable tags would be antlerless or buck/antlerless tag. A buck tag alone would be incorrect. Not sure what is unclear about that.

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What's unclear is that the deer is a buck. Are you a TPWD game-warden?


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Nope but I shot a nubbing buck two years ago and consulted one on how to tag it. Although again it states very clearly that a deer with no protruding antlers should be tagged as antlerless, regardless of the sex: don't take my word for it though, call your GW if you think I'm wrong.

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Lets flip this around another way, how would you tag a doe with antlers? It isn't a buck so you couldn't possibly you a buck tag on it right?

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Originally Posted By: postoak
What's unclear is that the deer is a buck.
You should really read the book. Start with page 64. It states a "buck deer" is a deer with a hardened antler protruding through the skin. A "spike buck deer" is a BUCK with no antler having no more than one point. ALL OTHER DEER ARE ANTLERLESS DEER.
All I am saying, a picky GW could make it hard on ya for not tagging it right. I hear stories like this all the time.

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He taggd it wrong..He should have use the antlerless tag..IF he used the tag for either buck/antlerless, then he would have had to make sure the log in the back is filled out correctly and the box antlerless checked that matches the tag..

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Well, if a GW and the book say that, then I'm good.


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I didn't think we had buck tags. I thought they said buck or antlerless and antlerless only. So it didn't matter which tag he used he just needs to log it correctly, antlerless. I take it he used his buck or antlerless tag which is fine, as long as he logged it as an antlerless, but a waste of an opportunity at taking a buck later.


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If no antler is protruding through the skin it's an antlerless, even if you can see and feel bumps. If anything sticks through the skin at all, it's a buck.


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Lets flip this around another way, how would you tag a doe with antlers? It isn't a buck so you couldn't possibly you a buck tag on it right?


It's a buck. The definition of "buck deer" never mentions what sex the deer is. Only whether or not it has antlers.


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Lets flip this around another way, how would you tag a doe with antlers? It isn't a buck so you couldn't possibly you a buck tag on it right?


It's a buck. The definition of "buck deer" never mentions what sex the deer is. Only whether or not it has antlers.

Correct, sex has nothing to do with tagging requirements.

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I didn't think we had buck tags. I thought they said buck or antlerless and antlerless only. So it didn't matter which tag he used he just needs to log it correctly, antlerless. I take it he used his buck or antlerless tag which is fine, as long as he logged it as an antlerless, but a waste of an opportunity at taking a buck later.
Thank you!!!
This is what I was getting at.
In this case, if he used a either sex tag, filled the back out as a buck, got checked, more than likely the GW would make him correct it, changing it from buck to antlerless. But there are some GW's out there, whether they just had a bad day or if they are just an all around goober, might just give out a citation for tagging it incorrectly. He now has burned a either sex tag for no reason at all.

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Originally Posted By: rexmitchell
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Lets flip this around another way, how would you tag a doe with antlers? It isn't a buck so you couldn't possibly you a buck tag on it right?


It's a buck. The definition of "buck deer" never mentions what sex the deer is. Only whether or not it has antlers.

Correct, sex has nothing to do with tagging requirements.

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