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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: ElkTacos on August 26, 2023, 03:51:39 PM

Title: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: ElkTacos on August 26, 2023, 03:51:39 PM: Hi all, new to the state and focused exclusively on bears. When hunting in the back country I plan to debone it and remove the coat. If I do that where do I need to place the tag? On the bears coat?
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: jrebel on August 26, 2023, 04:25:15 PM: Stuff it in a bag of meat.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: pickardjw on August 26, 2023, 04:32:01 PM: Buddy zip tied his to the ear last weekend. Wasn't ideal, but it stayed on. I was suggesting in the mouth with a zip tie around the snout, but it probably wouldn't go anywhere without the zip tie.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: hunterednate on August 26, 2023, 05:19:29 PM: Tongue. W/ a ziptie.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: ElkTacos on August 26, 2023, 05:22:37 PM: Thanks, I think I’m squared away.

Tongue with zip tie is a pretty good idea.

Tossing it in the bag w/meat if I lose, break or forget the zip tie.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: bkaech on August 26, 2023, 08:40:51 PM: I know you are suppose to attach it to the animal, but for every bear I've killed I have quartered and packed out the meat, never the hide, sometimes the head. So I always notch my tag and put it back in my wallet so I don't lose it. If I make 2 trips the tag is with me/the meat I am transporting. I keep the tag with the meat I am transporting either loose in the bag or in my wallet. Either way you would be hard-pressed to find a game warden that would cite you for that if everything else is done right. That's just what I do.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: Limhangerslayer on August 26, 2023, 11:06:57 PM: If you don’t keep the hide, it attaches to the biggest piece of meat or the one with evidence of sex
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: boneaddict on August 27, 2023, 08:33:43 AM: I always shoved it in the mouth
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 27, 2023, 10:03:52 AM: Debone the bear into game bags and put the tag in one of the bags.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: dilleytech on August 29, 2023, 01:44:59 PM: Quote from: ElkTacos on August 26, 2023, 05:22:37 PM
Thanks, I think I’m squared away.

Tongue with zip tie is a pretty good idea.

Tossing it in the bag w/meat if I lose, break or forget the zip tie.

Tongue with a zip tie is a horrible idea if you need to get the tag out to show someone. When the jaw locks shut with rigor it’s not coming open again. Just tie it to the pelt anywhere or whatever you feel makes sense. Don’t over think it.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 30, 2023, 12:11:33 PM: I just roll up the tag and poke it into the animal's throat. I've been checked by Fish and Game, and they happily helped me pry the jaws open to show them the tag. In my experience, they're generally just tickled pink that you tagged it legally and they're not writing a ticket. Once those jaws lock with rigor-mortis, that tag isn't going to fall off, so you'll never have to go looking for it (had to do that once... in the dark :bash: ).
That being said, black electrical tape around the ankle is a sound choice too... :twocents:
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: ganghis on August 30, 2023, 12:54:20 PM: I'm usually back a ways so am boning meat out and just throw it in a game bag, or maybe in with the evidence of sex which is in a separate baggie attached to a large piece of meat. I've never heard of a game warden caring that it is actually physically attached to an animal, especially if its been cut up already. If anyone's run into that issue, this would be a good time to tell us about it!
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: pickardjw on August 30, 2023, 03:31:58 PM: Speaking of evidence of sex...what do you keep for a sow?
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on August 30, 2023, 08:04:27 PM: Notch it and keep it in a safe spot until you are back at your truck.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: phildobaggins on August 30, 2023, 08:35:09 PM: I just electrical taped it around the snout LOL
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: n_mathews13 on August 30, 2023, 08:41:13 PM: I skin down the top part of paw aways. Then when I fold it right side out, the hide is so tight to paw tendons and the little moisture that the tag sticks in there nicely. It’s like a little pouch
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: Mtnwalker on August 30, 2023, 08:45:45 PM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on August 27, 2023, 10:03:52 AM
Debone the bear into game bags and put the tag in one of the bags.

:yeah: I always carry a roll of electrical tape so I usually just spin or tie a bag shut and electrical tape it right to the bag. I keep my tag in a small ziplock so I’ll just wrap that whole thing up in tape
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: ganghis on August 31, 2023, 09:49:58 AM: Quote from: pickardjw on August 30, 2023, 03:31:58 PM
Speaking of evidence of sex...what do you keep for a sow?

I've never taken a sow but best I can figure out from the regs leaving a nipple attached should do it
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: bkaech on September 04, 2023, 09:36:54 PM: Quote from: pickardjw on August 30, 2023, 03:31:58 PM
Speaking of evidence of sex...what do you keep for a sow?

According the the Regs, evidence of sex for a female is the udder or head attached. So I would assume that would mean a nipple or head for a bear. But I can't imagine a game warden caring about that since there are no sex restrictions on Bear.
Title: Re: Where to affix the tag to a back country bear
Post by: boneaddict on September 05, 2023, 06:45:49 AM: A fresh swizel stick in your pocket doesn't count? I dont think I have ever worried about evidence of sex with a bear.