TAGGING REGULATIONS

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POSSESSION TAGS

HARVEST TAGS

*NEW* DEER TAGGING FOR 2008/09 SEASON

Prior to hunting deer, all deer hunters, regardless of age or license status, must obtain deer tags and have in possession when hunting deer. Immediately upon harvesting a deer, the hunter must tag the deer with the appropriate carcass tag before it is moved from the kill site, and the hunter must document the kill on the harvest report card portion of the deer tag license. The hunter must record the date of kill and the parish of kill on the carcass tag. The tag must remain attached to the deer while kept at camp, or while it is transported to the domicile of the hunter or to a cold storage facility. Hunters who keep the carcass or meat at camp must also comply with the game possession tag regulations. Within 72 hours the hunter must validate the kill and record the validation number on the license. Hunters harvesting deer on DMAP and LADT lands should follow the instructions provided to them by LDWF. Hunters on wildlife management areas can validate deer during mandatory deer check hunts, when deer check stations are in operation. Hunters may validate deer by calling the validation toll free number, 866-484-4805 or using the validation web site.        

NOTE: Do not remove the tags from the Deer Harvest Report Card until you have killed a deer; at that point the tag is removed from the Deer Harvest Report Card and attached to the animal. Tags removed from the Deer Harvest Report Card prior to killing a deer are no longer valid and if lost by the hunter will not be replaced.    

Deer tagging procedure for licenses purchased via phone or Internet: Hunters purchasing licenses by phone or Internet will be given both an authorization number and an LDWF identification number that will serve as their license until such license arrives by mail. Hunters will tag deer with possession tags, using the authorization number and LDWF identification number for the required license numbers recorded on the possession tag. Hunters will maintain documentation of these harvested deer and will validate harvested deer as required by law when the hunter receives the original license and tags. The hunter will validate the license information from these harvested deer and will discard the license tags for these validated deer. 

Replacement of lost tags: Single tags are automatically voided if detached from the license prematurely, not placed on a harvested animal, and then lost by the hunter. Duplicate tags will be available to replace lost tags at a charge to the hunter. Hunters that have harvested deer prior to losing their remaining tags will haveto remove and discard the duplicate tags to account for the original tags that have been used and validated. Hunters must record these validated deer on the duplicate deer tag license.