Fish and Game: un-notched hunting tags are invalid
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game reminds hunters to notch tags at the time of harvest.
Photo courtesy of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
With that animal down, waves of emotions overtake reason as all the months of effort and training have finally paid off. The next step might be gutting and quartering the animal, or figuring out the packout route to the truck.
It's easy to forget, in all the excitement, that a hunter's next priority after shooting an animal is tagging it — and doing so properly.
Improperly notched tags are one of the most-common violations conservation officers see in the field.
So, as a reminder for hunters, after you harvest your animal, you must validate your tag by completely removing the correct day and month from its edge and attaching the one-time-use tag to the largest portion of the carcass.
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Connor Liess is a public information specialist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.