tags and unrecovered game

Is their a law that says if you wound an animal and don't recover it your tag is considered used?

I have never checked personally, but everyone I have ever hunted with has always insisted this was the case.

I only ask as I was channel surfing yesterday and this show called the "bone yard" was on wild TV and my attention was drawn as I flipped to the channel a fairly attractive women in a black corset was throwing knives . . . turns out this gimmic worked and I watched the remainder of the episode. The host was moose hunting in Alberta. At one point he shoots a moose with his bow. Very evident by the footage it was a bad shot. Very high above the lungs. You don't see the moose go down and then the show starts again and the guy says they looked for blood and gave up after 2 hours. That in itself peed me off, however the guy is back at it again moose hunting. Ends up getting a small bull with his gun.

I don't know what the law in Alberta is, but I was wondering what it is in Ontario.

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Originally Posted by toddy

Is their a law that says if you wound an animal and don't recover it your tag is considered used?

I have never checked personally, but everyone I have ever hunted with has always insisted this was the case.

I only ask as I was channel surfing yesterday and this show called the "bone yard" was on wild TV and my attention was drawn as I flipped to the channel a fairly attractive women in a black corset was throwing knives . . . turns out this gimmic worked and I watched the remainder of the episode. The host was moose hunting in Alberta. At one point he shoots a moose with his bow. Very evident by the footage it was a bad shot. Very high above the lungs. You don't see the moose go down and then the show starts again and the guy says they looked for blood and gave up after 2 hours. That in itself peed me off, however the guy is back at it again moose hunting. Ends up getting a small bull with his gun.

I don't know what the law in Alberta is, but I was wondering what it is in Ontario.

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In Ontario,the tag is considered "used" only after it's applied to a dead animal. Whomever told you that your tag was used after shooting at and possibly wounding a game animal was incorrect. I've never heard such foolishness.

No law to that effect that I am aware of, would be a moral thing IMO

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Originally Posted by jlmorgan

No law to that effect that I am aware of, would be a moral thing IMO

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How would you know if the animal survived or not !

Most Outfitters in Africa have it written right into your contract that if you drew blood ...you bought the animal even if it is not recovered ...... never heard of this in Ontario !
Glen

What he said. But lets say you do find the animal the next day and half eaten by yotes , I would consider a tag should be used regardless if edible or not.

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Originally Posted by jlmorgan

No law to that effect that I am aware of, would be a moral thing IMO

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It is written that a migratory bird that is shot and not recovered is to be included in your daily bag limit but nothing in Ontario regulations.

There's out fitters in Ontario that say if you draw blood and no recovery, your hunt is over...

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Originally Posted by bdog

There's out fitters in Ontario that say if you draw blood and no recovery, your hunt is over...

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Note to self: Never hunt with outfitters with an a**hole attitude like that. That's nuts.

I had a guy who owned an archery shop in the states hunt with me for 3 years. His hunting partners finally came clean with me that this character had shot at and wounded 6 bears over that 3 year period. I recovered one of those bears after he'd given up looking but I never knew about the others until later. So, sometimes rules have to be made by outfitters simply to protect their business against jerks like this.