Your tag system ?

[Rickoshea]

I understand you have to have tag to hunt , that comes from a draw ..who operates the draw ? Do you have to pay to be in it ? Does each state run its own draw ? Can you go into any states draw ? Does each species have its own draw ..?
From reading some of the posts on here it seems like it's a year before you get a chance to fill your tag or am I wrong on that ?
Is the tag system just for public land if not could you just pay someone that owns a property to hunt their land ..

Sorry for so many questions I'm just trying to get my head around who can do what and when , over here it's completely different , no tags , in theory you could hunt virtually every day on the year as one species comes in ie fallow bucks in August with the doe's coming in season November through to end of march , the bucks run right through till end of April by which time the Roe bucks are in ...that's with out the Reds , Sika muntjac and CWD ....Don't get me wrong it's not a case of get gun shoot deer , but again in theory if you had the contacts or money you could do it ...

 

[Soj51hopeful]

The state.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Most draws in spring, hunt late summer-early winter. Some tags can be bought over the counter.
Each state sets its own season dates, tags license fee, boundaries.
Tags are for private and public, whatever is in its boundaries.

 

[Castnshoot]

Fenced in animals like I think you are talking about are owned
by the fence owner, and can be "slaughtered" as he or she sees fit.

Here it is more of a fair chase type of "hunting" where each state decides who can "hunt" what and when that will happen.

 

[Rickoshea]

>Fenced in animals like I think
>you are talking about are
>owned
>by the fence owner, and can
>be "slaughtered" as he or
>she sees fit.
>
>Here it is more of a
>fair chase type of "hunting"
>where each state decides who
>can "hunt" what and when
>that will happen.

Thanks for the replys , it must be a huge logistical setup to get every thing running ..is there a maximum number of tags you can hold .
We don't have fenced in land , apart from the odd deer park , with even fewer who actually sell trophy heads ....that to me isn't stalking ( hunting ) .. It's the blank days that make the successful ones just that bit nicer ..It's Monday morning 6am and I'm on my way out with the dog and 6.5 to try to add to my doe cull ...

 

[Tristate]

Rickoshea,

Welcome to MM forums. I apologize for some of the assumptions made by fellow posters here. I have tried to explain to them that there is actually a lot of hunting outside of the United States but many of our conservation organizations have done a good job of brainwashing Americans into believing that the only good hunting is in the USA and the only good wildlife model is the North American Conservation Model.

As to your questions there are a few different ways to obtain tags in western states here in America. Most states do offer drawings for tags which most can be entered online. Most offer either a bonus point or preference point system which benefits the applicant each year he does not draw a tag. There are also straight lottery tags which are offered in some states for certain premium animals. This is just like buying lottery ticket with no preference system at all. Our states regulate the wildlife harvest here individually and each state will have their own wildlife department which will operate a website. Most information regarding the tag draws can be obtained at each state's website. Information to help you choose a really good unit to hunt can also be obtained on many of these state websites. There are also hunting magazines and private tag services here in America which can help you pic a unit to draw for or even offer an application service which will put you in the draws each year. Some of these groups are Eastmans Hunting, Hunting Fool, and Cabella's Tags. Here are some of the state websites you can visit to help you get in the draws.

Colorado: http://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/BigGame.aspx
Utah: https://wildlife.utah.gov/
Texas: http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/
New Mexico: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/
Arizona: https://azgfd.com/
Montana: http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/

These are just some of the western states you can visit and hunt.

In addition to drawn tags there are other ways to obtain permits to hunt in some states. Some states offer conservation, or auction tags. These are usually sold auction style to the highest bidder and many are in very good units. This allows the purchaser to often bypass the years of waiting it may take to draw a tag, but often are not sold cheap.

Some states also offer land owner tags which are assigned to private property owners and redistributed at a negotiated price to hunters. Some of these tags are property specific and some actually allow entry into public property within the same unit depending on the state.

In Texas when you buy a license you have multiple guaranteed big game tags on your license. Elk are not considered a game animal in Texas, although they are plentiful so you can kill as many elk as you want under Texas state law. However most of Texas is private land which means you will have to negotiate with a landowner for trespass rights onto hunting property. Once that is done though you are free to start filling your tags.

Most western states only allow one tag per person per species. However many of the states have multiple big game animals and you could possibly obtain tags for more than one species and therefore kill multiple big game animals in a season. Also you are not restricted from drawing multiple tags for the same species within different states.

Hope this helped and good luck out there.

Cheers,

Ben

 

[Rickoshea]

>Rickoshea,
>
>Welcome to MM forums. I apologize
>for some of the assumptions
>made by fellow posters here.
> I have tried to
>explain to them that there
>is actually a lot of
>hunting outside of the United
>States but many of our
>conservation organizations have done a
>good job of brainwashing Americans
>into believing that the only
>good hunting is in the
>USA and the only good
>wildlife model is the North
>American Conservation Model.
>
>As to your questions there are
>a few different ways to
>obtain tags in western states
>here in America. Most
>states do offer drawings for
>tags which most can be
>entered online. Most offer
>either a bonus point or
>preference point system which benefits
>the applicant each year he
>does not draw a tag.
> There are also straight
>lottery tags which are offered
>in some states for certain
>premium animals. This is
>just like buying lottery ticket
>with no preference system at
>all. Our states regulate
>the wildlife harvest here individually
>and each state will have
>their own wildlife department which
>will operate a website.
>Most information regarding the tag
>draws can be obtained at
>each state's website. Information
>to help you choose a
>really good unit to hunt
>can also be obtained on
>many of these state websites.
> There are also hunting
>magazines and private tag services
>here in America which can
>help you pic a unit
>to draw for or even
>offer an application service which
>will put you in the
>draws each year. Some
>of these groups are Eastmans
>Hunting, Hunting Fool, and Cabella's
>Tags. Here are some
>of the state websites you
>can visit to help you
>get in the draws.
>
>Colorado: http://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/BigGame.aspx
>Utah: https://wildlife.utah.gov/
>Texas: http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/
>New Mexico: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/
>Arizona: https://azgfd.com/
>Montana: http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/
>
>These are just some of the
>western states you can visit
>and hunt.
>
>In addition to drawn tags there
>are other ways to obtain
>permits to hunt in some
>states. Some states offer
>conservation, or auction tags.
>These are usually sold auction
>style to the highest bidder
>and many are in very
>good units. This allows
>the purchaser to often bypass
>the years of waiting it
>may take to draw a
>tag, but often are not
>sold cheap.
>
>Some states also offer land owner
>tags which are assigned to
>private property owners and redistributed
>at a negotiated price to
>hunters. Some of these
>tags are property specific and
>some actually allow entry into
>public property within the same
>unit depending on the state.
>
>
>In Texas when you buy a
>license you have multiple guaranteed
>big game tags on your
>license. Elk are not
>considered a game animal in
>Texas, although they are plentiful
>so you can kill as
>many elk as you want
>under Texas state law.
>However most of Texas is
>private land which means you
>will have to negotiate with
>a landowner for trespass rights
>onto hunting property. Once
>that is done though you
>are free to start filling
>your tags.
>
>Most western states only allow one
>tag per person per species.
> However many of the
>states have multiple big game
>animals and you could possibly
>obtain tags for more than
>one species and therefore kill
>multiple big game animals in
>a season. Also you
>are not restricted from drawing
>multiple tags for the same
>species within different states.
>
>Hope this helped and good luck
>out there.
>
>Cheers, g
>
>Ben

Many thanks for your very detailed reply ..much appreciated..

I did take an American out a couple of years ago who was over here staying with a pal of mine ( who doesn't shoot) during a fun packed day he got a couple of fallow about twenty rabbits in the evening then a fox at night with the lamp by which time he was knackered ! The few hours on the lamp was a whole new world to him , he kept asking was I sure it was legal , which it is for vermin ..I dropped him back at my pals place just in time to leave for the airport ..