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Guy on a Buffalo
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9:20p, 11/27/24
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Hypothetically speaking…

My sons (17 and 15) both have their licenses this season.

17 shot a white tail buck and realized he'd left his tag back home. 15 year old tagged it with one of his and will use one of his brother's tags the next time they are out this season.

Is this a big deal? Is this a major no-no? What are the implications should this scenario have happened for real and not just in my imagination?

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dmperch
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9:24p, 11/27/24
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Warden probably has no way of knowing, but this seems like one of those things you should probably keep to yourself and not tell anyone about. I always thought that the shooter needs to be the one to tag it
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CS78
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9:26p, 11/27/24
Just depends on how well they can keep their mouths shut. Thump them in the head and tell them they each committed $500+ worth of mess up and not to do it again.
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Gunny456
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In reply to Guy on a Buffalo • 9:28p, 11/27/24
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It's against the law to do that. Two charges could be brought against them. One for the deer not tagged by the person who shot it and the second is using another's persons tag to tag it….. and technically they can confiscate the deer as well.
It would be the discretion of the warden. Main thing if it really happened would be to tell the truth on the outset. Don't try to cover it up to the warden. Just come clean and if the warden verifies the son who shot it did indeed have a license you might just get warning tickets.
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Newoldarmy
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9:28p, 11/27/24
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Yea, it's a major no no and they will be ticketed if a game warden becomes aware of it.
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JSKolache
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9:29p, 11/27/24
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Use the app on your phone, no tags needed
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In reply to Newoldarmy • 9:38p, 11/27/24
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Newoldarmy said:
Yea, it's a major no no and they will be ticketed if a game warden becomes aware of it.

As stated…a major no no! Very illegal.
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In reply to JSKolache • 9:39p, 11/27/24
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As long as you have purchased the appropriate digital license.
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9:39p, 11/27/24
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I watch a lot of the game wardens shows. Swapping tags is a big deal. It's raises a lot of red flags if you or your sons get questioned.
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AgEng06
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9:56p, 11/27/24
AG
As mentioned already, it's illegal and a big deal... to the point that it may be worth deleting your post just in case someone wants to make your life hard.
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10:28p, 11/27/24
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Really not a big deal just make sure whoever "shot it" according to the tag says they shot it if a game warden shows up.

Deer is dead and a couple of young boys aren't filling out all their tags anyways.

Some posters above are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Superfreak
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In reply to SabineAg • 11:04p, 11/27/24
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Great lesson for them. Not only teach them to break the law but also lie to law enforcement.
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11:06p, 11/27/24
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Yeah. This is a nothing burger.
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In reply to Superfreak • 11:12p, 11/27/24
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You must read the rules sign at the neighborhood pool before hopping in
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Superfreak
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In reply to SabineAg • 11:13p, 11/27/24
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I try to raise my boy right. How about you?
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SabineAg
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In reply to Superfreak • 11:23p, 11/27/24
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Yeah not going there but I'm also not about to pay a $500 fine over leaving a piece of paper at home… Kid can learn without all that.
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In reply to SabineAg • 12:53a, 11/28/24
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SabineAg said:
Really not a big deal just make sure whoever "shot it" according to the tag says they shot it if a game warden shows up.

Deer is dead and a couple of young boys aren't filling out all their tags anyways.

Some posters above are making a mountain out of a mole hill.



Meh…I'm with you. We all know what we would do in this situation and we all know what the law says. I'd just not ask for advice on this kind of thing online. Think it through. Do what you need to do. Make sure you got your **** together in case a warden starts nosing around and be accepting of the consequences in the off chance Barney Fife figures it out by some miraculous stroke of luck.
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6:39a, 11/28/24
It is all digital tagging now. Here's how:



The TPWD Outdoor Annual is very helpful here. They have a very user friendly mobile ap.

Also get the Texas Hunt and Fish mobile ap for digital harvest tagging.

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In reply to JSKolache • 8:35a, 11/28/24
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JSKolache said:
Use the app on your phone, no tags needed


Told the guys on my lease to all get paper tags next year. We had warden show up 30 mins after a guy tagged a deer online. Same with another lease 20 mins down the road. Also have heard of many other guys hunting different counties have warden show up 30 mins after online tagging. Don't care if he comes by our camp but it seems like they are watching the pings of where deer are tagged online and showing up at camps way more often this season. Also just a heads up all turkey harvested in the state of Texas have to be logged online this year. I'm not a big turkey hunters but he let us know when he came by.

Per Outdoor Annual:
Mandatory Harvest Reporting

Mandatory harvest reporting within 24 hours of harvest is now required for all wild turkeys in all counties.
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8:44a, 11/28/24
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Quit using a paper license to tag deer and just use the App. Problem solved.
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In reply to Superfreak • 8:49a, 11/28/24
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Superfreak said:
I try to raise my boy right. How about you?


How about raising him right and teaching him to tag the deer with his phone.
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CS78
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In reply to strohag • 9:04a, 11/28/24
strohag said:

Told the guys on my lease to all get paper tags next year. We had warden show up 30 mins after a guy tagged a deer online. Same with another lease 20 mins down the road. Also have heard of many other guys hunting different counties have warden show up 30 mins after online tagging. Don't care if he comes by our camp but it seems like they are watching the pings of where deer are tagged online and showing up at camps way more often this season. Also just a heads up all turkey harvested in the state of Texas have to be logged online this year. I'm not a big turkey hunters but he let us know when he came by.

Per Outdoor Annual:
Mandatory Harvest Reporting

Mandatory harvest reporting within 24 hours of harvest is now required for all wild turkeys in all counties.


The digital license guys are going to tell you it's just coincidence but it's happening way too often to be the case.

Going to make it a requirement going forward that anyone hunting my properties not report via digital license. I don't even want them knowing my places are hunted.
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In reply to Guy on a Buffalo • 9:22a, 11/28/24
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I would delete this post
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In reply to CS78 • 10:51a, 11/28/24
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My thoughts exactly.

And if my turkey has to be reported it'll get reported 23.5 hours after it was shot when I'm no longer on the hunting property.
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In reply to CS78 • 11:09a, 11/28/24
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There's no coincidence. I agree with you there. Good chance to get to know the game warden. I've driven them around our place before. He was a nice guy. I had problems with trespassers so I showed him where they were coming on our place. I don't live there so I was hoping he'd patrol and catch them. Didn't really happen he was transferred to a different county.

You don't have to tag the exact spot it was shot. Just region. We are MLD so I have to report anyways and save the jaw for the biologist. Even if I wasn't MLD, Gonzalez county has to report Doe harvest within 24 hours.
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Atreides Ornithopter
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In reply to Guy on a Buffalo • 12:40p, 11/28/24
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Are you George Foreman and named both sons George? Then not a problem
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In reply to Superfreak • 12:55p, 11/28/24
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Superfreak said:
I try to raise my boy right. How about you?
Meh...the boy got the tag. Unfortunate that he didn't have it with him. Not like he knew he didn't have a tag at all and intentionally killed a deer anyway and used his brother to cover it up.

At the end of the day, everyone will get made whole.

Just make sure to not say anything about it.
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