tagging your kill

being new to deer hunting i was wondering how you tag your kill. seems that little tag could come off easily. how do you affix it to your kill? tape? staples?

fill it out, and tape it to the antlers with black tape. If a doe, I always use a zip tie to attach it to the leg.

Tape or zip tie is what I normally use

I use a zip tie. Don't trust my knots since I've been out of the Boy Scouts for over 20 years. Cheap and light weight to carry around.

Twine, electricians tape, zip ties, bailing wire, big twist ties. Pretty much anything that will hold it.

Zip tie

ZIP TIEs for us 99% of the time but I do keep a roill of black tape in my bag incase.

ok sounds like everything i thought of. zip tie seems to be the most logical. do you just strap it down tight around a leg or something?

Punch it thru hole made in tag and zip to antler on buck or slit ear on doe and zip it tight

Zip tie around the antler. If its a doe, put a hole with your knife through the ear, and zip tie it there, just don'tdo that's buck if he's getting shoulder mounted, lol.

Great minds think alike

i want a great mind too! do they sell them on ebay?

Haha, they sure do.

^^^^^^this^^^^^^

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME, WE NOW HAVE TO TAG A DEER!!!

One thing that I've used as a former pipe smoker is a pipe cleaner. A lot of AR shooters have them around also.

I wrap 1st with flagging tape then make a wrap with electrical tape. If I need to remove tag its a lot easier to get electric tape off if its not stuck to tag..

What yall talking about....i dont tag deer

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Been a long time since I played tag with a dear.

If I want to PO the GW or Processor I tape with a lot of black electrical tape J/K I always use plastic sandwich bags and stick the tag in it were it can be read on one side and then tape it in 2 places with electrical tape to a hind leg.

good idea

I killed a 5x5 Elk back in 1988. Filled out the tag and then realized that I did not have anything to attach it to the horns with. I come up with taking my knife and cutting the elastic from one of my socks. It worked.

the place that we sometimes get our deer processed at has these little plastic deals with their name on them that you can put your tag on...kind of like the things you put your business card in on luggage, we have a few stashed in the camper

I usually carry a small role of tape but I have been known to forget. In that case you got to get creative. I have used wire I found on quite a few occasions. Once I broke off a mesquite twig with about a two inch thorn and impailed the tag to the deer until I got back to camp and could do it right.

I frequently just cut a two parallel slits in the hide on the forehead or cheek, pull up the band of skin in between, and tuck the tag into the band. all you need is your knife, and it if you size the slits right it is quite secure....

Gonna get me some of those...now just gotta get the deer to stand still for my arrow

i have used dental floss

I carry a roll of Scotch tape in my backpack and tape the tag around the antler or leg. Used to use zip ties until I had one break going down the road and lost the tag. I was pretty PO'ed at having to burn another tag. Apparently, I got a bag of old/defective ties, because the next one broke as I was cinching it up so I tossed 'em all.

Stuff it in an ear

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A helpful hint, for a small roll of tape, peel the inside cardboard down, then it will fold flat and pack better...

zip tie through the tongue, tag sticking out, processor had a little laugh in his otherwise long day......

Not trying to be an A$$ but it wouldnt hurt to show some respect to the animal. We cut the tounge out for this reason before picture. Sorry that just got to me.

Really... You’re going to bash a guy for cutting a slit in a deer’s tongue to hang a tag!!! You think cutting a deer’s tongue out before pictures is showing it respect? I understand not wanting to have the deer’s tongue showing in your photo but why not just open its mouth and put its tongue back in its mouth?

Long as its on there I dont care. Most commonly use string from a feed sack, but when im better prepared I have used zip ties, wire, long twist ties, used to have a tag holder with a sealable pouch and velcro that went around the horns or leg. Have used tape, but prefer not to and Ive never had a problem with loosing a tag.

matt

Some of the el cheapo zip ties aren't UV stabilized so if they get exposed to sunlight, they'll deteriorate quickly.

Had a friend show up at camp with a nice 8 point in the back of his truck just about the same time the GW made an appearance. He was pretty proud to show off his buck until the GW asked him why there was a zip tie around the antler, but no tag under it? It was a huge OH SH.T moment until he dug around in the bed of the truck and found the escaped tag. GW got a good laugh out of it.

Punch hole in the ear, then zip tie the tag to the ear. Unless the head will be mounted, then we zip tie to the antler base.

NAH but they do sell memory upgrades!

Yep.. I use zip ties the same way.

The cleaners we use have long thin wires holding our clothes together (they are similar to bread ties, but twice as long). I have saved 10 of them and keep them in my backpack. I attached them and the tag to antlers on bucks and cut a hole on the ears of does to attach them.

JR

Be sure to have the tag visible in your pictures. Had a game warden come to the house and wake my dad up (he works nights) with a picture from the Internet that I had posted of my buck. We had tagged it in the back leg, which wasn't visible in the picture. The GW was real nice. Dad told him he was at the taxidermist and meat processor. He said ok.

Is it normal to cut a deer's tounge out before taking a picture? I have never heard of this.

Some people do to keep it out of the pic, but I've always just stuffed it back in there mouth.

Yes staple it to forehead.

Had GW tell a friend of mine after he took the tag that he had taped to the antler off his buck to just stuff inside the ear. The hair would hold it in place and never come out unless you take it out. For me I was afraid it would blow out going down the hwy.

liquid nails works in a pinch. I use zip ties.

Tag in a ziplock bag, bag tapped to antler or zip tied though ear.

Bread ties work wonders. slit in the ear with the bread tie.

I have some small ziplock bags(got from jewelery section at wal-mart)I stuff the tag in there and then use black electrical tape to wrap it up so the tag doesnt get ruined.. I have seen tags fly off and get lost to easily

Unless its a buck that is going on the wall for a shoulder mount, I always slit the ear and zip tie the tag to the ear.