Ear tagged Buck

While scouting I took a nice photo of this buck with a small yellow ear tag in each ear. Upon further research I discovered that the buck had been tagged as a fawn by the Idaho fish and game. Has anyone else seen a deer with these small yellow ear tags?

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AGCHAWK
typicalmuley, WELCOME to MuleyMadness!! Glad to have you aboard.

As far as the ear tag goes... I have never seen one on a wild, free-ranging animal before. Pretty cool find though!
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typicalmuley
The buck was tagged as part of survival study. He was estimated to be tagged about 4 years ago, so he is still a young buck The picture was taken on June 16, 2007. What A nice buck though. Hey, thanks I am looking forward to the Muleymadness forums.
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The Ox
never seen it but thats pretty neat...looks like a pretty nice buck nice photo
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MuleyMadness
Have never seen one before either, very cool looking buck and GREAT PHOTO!!

::wel to MuleyMadness!
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HighLander
Not a deer but the cow elk I shot this past season had the same small tag but in orange??
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AGCHAWK
Highlander, I THOUGHT I remembered someone with a cow elk that had a tag.
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bigbuck92
i seen a doe with red tags before. never a buck though
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Hiker
typicalmuley, ::wel to MuleyMadness!! Glad to have you aboard. :thumb
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NONYA
Cool pic,I would have guessed older,swayed back,lighter forehead,ect.Hes already past his ears with awsome mass,if those big heavy points keep growing hes gonna b a shooter,make an interesting mount...
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AntlersOutWest
Last fall I found a dead cow with tags in both ears and a radio collar around her neck. The UT DWR said they were tracking her movement, she was a transplant about 8 years ago.

I know of ranchers up here that rope deer and put their ranch tags in their ears.
Kinda funy when you see one!
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nice pic! :thumb
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ABert
Really a great pic!

The tags kind of ruin it as it makes it look like a farm deer, though. I would take him next year, though. Would be one heck of a long shot for me this year!

I remember the story of someone who shot a cow elk with a tag and turned the tag in. Turned out the cow had been tagged 19 years before, as an adult. I'm sure that story is on here somewhere.
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AGCHAWK
Here's the link to the thread about the 19+ year old cow elk.

http://www.muleymadness.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1951
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Wapiti
Great looking picture. :thumb :thumb Never seen a deer with a tag but have seen some cow elk.
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IDHunter
The bull I shot last year also had a Idaho Fish and Game tag in it's ear. It was small and metal, so I didn't see it until I was quartering him.
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