Limited deer tag options now!!

[nzhunter]

With the new online system it's only possible to purchase 3 total deer tags. Last year I could bought 3 mulie and 1 whitetail. This worked great as I had the option after taking two mulie to still hunt mulie or whitetail.

Hopefully we can still buy our maximum 6 deer tags (3mule 3whitey) at the vendor to keep options open!!

Anyone run into an issue?

[RackStar]

Let's hope not, or that would be not very well thought out. As I buy 2 of each every year.

[AgSilver]

They've said they'll fix the online system (a couple of us emailed them about it already) in time for hunting season but it won't be right away.

[E.B.]

They will fix it if there is more money in it.

[jaeger]

what province are you hunting in?

With the new online system it's only possible to purchase 3 total deer tags. Last year I could bought 3 mulie and 1 whitetail. This worked great as I had the option after taking two mulie to still hunt mulie or whitetail.

Hopefully we can still buy our maximum 6 deer tags (3mule 3whitey) at the vendor to keep options open!!

Anyone run into an issue?

[nzhunter]

what province are you hunting in?
British Columbia.

[boxhitch]

6 tags? great optimizum, attago

[BigfishCanada]

Curious what you did last year and how you worked it? I just dont see how buying 6 deer tags worked unless your hunting like texada????

[pnbrock]

wow i must really suck at deer hunting i bought 1 tag and couldn't find a decent deer to cancel it on.

[Pinewood]

Anybody know how to buy species tags online? I found where to buy the hunting license but can't find tags.

[Pinewood]

Figured it out...needed to pay for license first.

[Fisher-Dude]

what province are you hunting in?

You're allowed to buy 3 tags for mule deer and 3 tags for whitetailed deer, should you wish (Charlottes notwithstanding). You can only shoot 3 deer provincially (Charlottes notwithstanding), but you can possess 3MD and 3WT tags.

Reading the regs is a worthwhile exercise. ;)

DEER LICENCES
A person must not possess more than 15 of
any current year deer licences. The combination
of deer licences may include a maximum of 3
mule deer and 3 white-tailed deer licences.

There are special deer licences (Queen
Charlotte Islands Deer Licences) which allow
hunters to exceed the 2 deer bag limit for the
Skeena Region and the 3 deer provincial bag
limit up to a maximum of 15 deer when hunting
on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Up to 3 regular
mule deer licences can be used on the Queen
Charlottes, but they will count toward the
regional and provincial bag limits. (For example,
if a mule deer licence is used in MU 6-12 or
6-13, a hunter will be prevented from pursuing
deer elsewhere in the Skeena Region, and it will
count towards the 3-deer provincial bag limit).

[Darksith]

hes just keeping his options open right up until the final deer, and not wanting to go back and purchase more tags...not that complicated and texada does not have any special deer allotments other than "local tags" lol

[nzhunter]

hes just keeping his options open right up until the final deer, and not wanting to go back and purchase more tags...not that complicated and texada does not have any special deer allotments other than "local tags" lol

Yup. And I don't mind paying for tags I don't cut, it's a small percentage of what I spend on hunting each year.

[wideopenthrottle]

I bought an elk tag the first time I went up to the EK because it was GOS 6 point or better....I had only ever accompanied a buddy on an roosie elk hunt (BT hunting for me) once before ...I like to have a tag for everything that is open whether I intend on hunting it or not....ya just never know....sure enough I got my first and only 6x6 elk ..first trip there while WT hunting....it is the only time I have filled a different tag while hunting a different target species but all the tags I made soup with previously were worth it when I got the elk

[Stillhunt]

Uh, Provincial bag limit for all deer is 3, not including Haida Gwai. It don't matter if you have a thousand licenses. 3 deer. Regulations page 17 under " deer bag limit explained".
3 deer. Not 3 of each kind.
It does pay to read the regulations...

[Buckmeister]

Uh, Provincial bag limit for all deer is 3, not including Haida Gwai. It don't matter if you have a thousand licenses. 3 deer. Regulations page 17 under " deer bag limit explained".
3 deer. Not 3 of each kind.
It does pay to read the regulations...

Yes, but all 3 deer CAN be of of the same species. So if have bagged two MD already, but go hunting for a third deer of either species, then both tags are needed.

Personally, I buy one tag of each species, and once I bag a deer, I then go and buy a new tag to replace the one I just cancelled if I think I have a chance at filling another one.

[Stillhunt]

Just don't want people thinking just because they have the license, they can still go hunt. Regional restrictions apply also. The next thing you know, you will have a group of friends wipe out a herd and then end up in jail...bad for everyone.

[AgSilver]

Just don't want people thinking just because they have the license, they can still go hunt. Regional restrictions apply also. The next thing you know, you will have a group of friends wipe out a herd and then end up in jail...bad for everyone.

Fair enough, but some of us just like to donate to conservation by being too lazy to go buy more tags later on! Personally, I'm a 2/2 buyer. Especially with the new system, I don't want to get a deer and still be out there for another couple of days and be wishing I could go into town to grab a tag somewhere or, worse yet, have to get one online and wait two weeks for it to get to me.

I don't anticipate taking more than two deer in a year, so I stop there.

[Stillhunt]

I agree! I am all tagged up for the fall also. I just wanted to beat the rush in Aug/Sept. 1 mule 1 whitetail 1 black bear.

[hart]

So what you guys are saying is if you get a deer and only have one tag, you will not be able to hunt the next day because you have to go online to get another tag, and have to wait several days to receive it in the mail.

[Ferenc]

So what you guys are saying is if you get a deer and only have one tag, you will not be able to hunt the next day because you have to go online to get another tag, and have to wait several days to receive it in the mail.
Service bc told me today that tags will be available over the counter after May 15.... I'm sure some venders will also have tags over the counter..

[nzhunter]

Service bc told me today that tags will be available over the counter after May 15.... I'm sure some venders will also have tags over the counter..

Perfect. Problem solved! Thanks!