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Community => Trail Cameras => Topic started by: actionshooter on October 09, 2023, 08:19:32 PM

Title: Is this a WDFW Tag?
Post by: actionshooter on October 09, 2023, 08:19:32 PM: Kinda hard to see but this little guy has been hanging around our cabin in Okanogan. Is this some kind of tag?
Title: Re: Is this a WDFW Tag?
Post by: greenhead_killer on October 09, 2023, 08:24:22 PM: That or the tribes, depending on where you are at
Title: Re: Is this a WDFW Tag?
Post by: nwwanderer on October 19, 2023, 06:53:17 AM: Probably been in trouble once, trapped and tagged
Title: Re: Is this a WDFW Tag?
Post by: HighGrouseHunt on October 19, 2023, 08:08:46 AM: That looks like a “Call Before Consuming” tag; meaning that the bear has likely been drugged at some point in the past for some reason. It could have been last week, or it could have been 3 years ago.

WDFW uses the number on the tag to look up how long ago the animal was drugged, and use that info to determine whether or not it is safe to eat.
Title: Re: Is this a WDFW Tag?
Post by: timberfaller on October 19, 2023, 08:31:05 AM: :chuckle: knew a couple of "cowboys" back in the 80's who loved roping bears on their range and putting "tags" in their ears!