Turkey Tags....

[MKW]

You can never stop it 100% but at least with physical tags, a warden can write a ticket if it's not on the bird. Without tags and using telecheck, unless a warden sees you with a bird, people are not going to call them in. There's nothing for a warden to check in the field because the hunter is going to say their phone died, they left it at home, or they didn't have service. If you get checked in their field and the warden gets your info, you call it in. If there is no contact, free bird. Ridiculous!

There's many'a slip tween a cup and a lip.
I mean...there's always a way to get around a game law, if one so desires. The state should use whatever system gives them the most info on the species being hunted and use it as a management tool.

[trkykilr]

When I go with MKW we don’t even use tags

[Spur hunter]

I've been checked by LEOs about a half dozen times during turkey season, more on public than private. Glad to see them out and about and tell them so. Tags or telecheck is fine with me, glad to do either. Check stations were not a burden for me either.

[dirtnap]

Outlaws are not going to tag or telecheck. You can never fix that problem. I know plenty of people that seem to have Velcro tags.
I live in SC and have hunted SC my entire life. I live near the NC border and have been deer and turkey hunting both states for the last 4 years.
Telecheck gives NC biologist so much more info and data. In 2 minutes they know when(date) the turkey was harvested, where (what county) ,with what type of weapon, and whether or not it was a jake or mature gobbler. Same goes for deer in NC.
In SC our biologist get a few random surveys.
IN NC you can call it in or use their website.
NC is at least getting useful data.

From what I can gather, in NC the rules and regulations are purely a recommendation. That crowd does not give a damn. It is kinda like here, but worse.

[MKW]

When I go with MKW we don’t even use tags

True...we haven't needed one yet.

[MKW]

I've been checked by LEOs about a half dozen times during turkey season, more on public than private. Glad to see them out and about and tell them so. Tags or telecheck is fine with me, glad to do either. Check stations were not a burden for me either.

Yeah, I have been checked a lot on public land because I'm always out there, but I welcome it. I'm always glad to see SCDNR out there. I've been on the losing end of some bad WMA hunters cutting my tires, and such. It's always an adventure.

[ersepton]

I got mine today. I will have to sit down with a cup of coffee in the morning to figure out when I can use each one. They’ve certainly overcomplicated things.

[HERRINGBONE]

I got mine today. I will have to sit down with a cup of coffee in the morning to figure out when I can use each one. They’ve certainly overcomplicated things.

Me too.......but with a diet dew and a dip of cope...

[UPSTATEWATERFOWLER]

I haven’t read the fine print. If you kill a bird in first 10 days and legally tag it, you cannot hunt again until day 11. I assume you can call for someone else (same as if you’ve tagged out). But, how can you prove you’re just calling if you have your tags on you (which I assume is required). Seems like there’s a lot of gray area there. Obviously I wouldn’t carry a gun.

[KRT]

I haven’t read the fine print. If you kill a bird in first 10 days and legally tag it, you cannot hunt again until day 11. I assume you can call for someone else (same as if you’ve tagged out). But, how can you prove you’re just calling if you have your tags on you (which I assume is required). Seems like there’s a lot of gray area there. Obviously I wouldn’t carry a gun.

You’re correct. You can’t hunt without tags. If your first tag is filled you can’t hunt until day 11 because you don’t have a tag. You can’t convince the warden you didn’t hand the gun off if he/she wanted to pursue you “hunting”

Least that’s the way I was told.

[Phone Man]

I thought we had to pay for tags this year. I didnt pay for mine as im not a turkey hunter but got mine in the mail today

[Duck cutter]

Got mine today, had to look over them for 5min to figure out what tag to use when.

[KRT]

Now I don’t know if they will go to that extent or not.

[JJ1965]

I had to go look at mine. Y’all are some simple fellers. If you can’t figure them out, sober up or get off the dope.

[SaltMuck]

How about kids, they need $5 tags too?

[WoodieSC]

I haven’t read the fine print. If you kill a bird in first 10 days and legally tag it, you cannot hunt again until day 11. I assume you can call for someone else (same as if you’ve tagged out). But, how can you prove you’re just calling if you have your tags on you (which I assume is required). Seems like there’s a lot of gray area there. Obviously I wouldn’t carry a gun.

I would assume it’s just like duck hunting. Once you tag out you can not ‘materially participate’ in a hunt with someone else, and I’m pretty sure that includes calling.

I’d double-check with DNR and get it in writing, or print it out if it’s already online.

[Spur hunter]

You can call as long as you have your tag form in possession. Has always been that way, included in regs several years back specifically because some assumed different. I’ve called Columbia to make sure as far back as the mid 90s.

[Spur hunter]

I payed for mine when I re upped license back in august. Ours came yesterday and paid for youth too.

[ecwooduck]

Probably going to jinx myself, but I probably average running into the game warden 10 to 12 times per duck hunting season and 0 to 0 times during turkey season. Always hunting public land. Mornings, afternoons, doesn't matter. As far as I can tell, the SCDNR GW's doesn't even check people for turkey tags.... they only bust people for baiting. Just my observations from the past 5 years or so.

That's usually the case for me as well....last time I was checked during Turkey Season was opening morning of 2010 when I was walking back to the truck with a Longbeard in the FMNF. Of course I had a tag on my bird but Mr. Green Jeans did take his knife out and insisted on notching the date of the kill on the tag for me. Deer season in the forest was a much different story...

[HEAD]

I thought we had to pay for tags this year. I didnt pay for mine as im not a turkey hunter but got mine in the mail today

Do you have a lifetime license? If so they are free....unless you are old they are also free