Bow4elk, I hope you know that I really value your opinion whether I agree with you or not. More times than not I do agree. From what I have seen on this sight you are one of the least judgemental and most helpgul members ( not to take away from anyone else.) I took a hunter's safety course in MI about 15 years ago because my family agrees with you on that point and so do I. I had to call the DNR headquarters back home in order to get a copy to buy a license out here. If I would have found that deer (good meat or not) I would have notched my tag. If I really, really felt that he was dead I would also. If he comes in front of me alive with a buck twice his size, he will be the one I take. All of this I promise.
To the gentleman who posted that his combo tags only really cost him $18 a piece, that's great. So let me ask you, if you were deer hunting and wounded one, would you still go elk hunting, or bear hunting, or would you call it quits for all game that year? Because I don't see any difference. I do think prices are a little much but I do want you to know that if I had 2 tags like I was saying about MI, that I would only try and fill one at this point. I don't think there is any shortage of deer out here especially on this island.