Additional deer seals

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Originally Posted by Birdbuff

I don’t get 82a. They have additional doe tags but for archery only. What difference does it make what way I harvest the deer? Can anyone make sense of this?

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I'm not sure when the last time was that there were extra rifle tags for 82A. I thought they've been cut out for a few years. The odds are less for harvesting a deer with archery equipment than with a rifle so they are saving a few animals. I don't miss the extra rifle tags in 82A as much as I miss the extra tags we used to get for the controlled hunt. Then I always had a tag waiting for the late season shotgun hunt.

sigh... another year with no additionals in 89

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Originally Posted by kmcclemont

Ata83 for an additional deer tag all you need to do is apply to the WMU that is offering the additional tags by first buying the additional deer tag and then entering the hunt code associated with the unit that offers an additional tag which is found in surplus tags. I hope this helps you out. Ken

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Good explanation-but they are not surplus tags!They are just Additionally available tags.

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Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher

sigh... another year with no additionals in 89

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Same up at camp in 7b and 10. But we have 1000 down here in the SW.

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Originally Posted by bellerivercrossbowhunter

Additional Ontario deer seals available today.

Get yours before there gone! :)

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Thanks. Forgot about this.

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Originally Posted by cantgetright

I'm not sure when the last time was that there were extra rifle tags for 82A. I thought they've been cut out for a few years. The odds are less for harvesting a deer with archery equipment than with a rifle so they are saving a few animals. I don't miss the extra rifle tags in 82A as much as I miss the extra tags we used to get for the controlled hunt. Then I always had a tag waiting for the late season shotgun hunt.

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Last time i remember extra rifle tags in 82a was 2011ish. Think we were getting 2 extras each and one of those was an anything goes tag and one was archery. Than was a year or two with no extras and than the last bunch of years it's been one antlerless archery.

i hunt 81A, i guess they dont give out additional bow tags for that wmu? is it because its only a controlled hunt in that wmu? someone explain

i hate being confused about this grrr

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Originally Posted by Bowjob

i hunt 81A, i guess they dont give out additional bow tags for that wmu? is it because its only a controlled hunt in that wmu? someone explain

i hate being confused about this grrr

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I don't think it is because of the control hunt, it is to manage the herd. I am sure they have an archery hunt in your WMU too, there just might not be enough deer (according to MNRF) to allow additional deer tags in that area. Additional tags are to help control (manage) the deer population. With that being said, not sure how they come up with their numbers. In my home area, there are a lot of deer yet no additional tags, seems out of whack to me.

its interesting though, why release left over tags, when the original draw hasnt finished yet ?! or maybe it has and just not released yet ?

if I am successfull on the controlled deer hunt, and also the wmu I choose on the deer draw, both tags would be printed on same tag I was told, so I can only one use.... does this second tag mean a separate physical tag ?

sorry for all the newb questions. not trying to take more deer [dont have the skills and appetite lol ] just trying to understand the process and increase my chances.

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Originally Posted by Ata83

its interesting though, why release left over tags, when the original draw hasnt finished yet ?! or maybe it has and just not released yet ?

if I am successfull on the controlled deer hunt, and also the wmu I choose on the deer draw, both tags would be printed on same tag I was told, so I can only one use.... does this second tag mean a separate physical tag ?

sorry for all the newb questions. not trying to take more deer [dont have the skills and appetite lol ] just trying to understand the process and increase my chances.

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Additional tags are indeed separate seals for additional deer.

No worries about the confusion, additional seals are a relatively new thing to those of us who hunted back when there was no such thing.

There is a separate draw run later than the antlerless deer draw. Some are antlerless only tags, some are buck only, some are either depending on WMU. In some WMU's you can buy multiple additional seals. Usually the draw is opened for your first additional seal application, then any remaining seals are sold first come first served basis after the draw is over.

So yes, separate draw than the controlled hunt and antlerless draw, separate additional seal. Do not confuse with controlled hunt draws, which are not additional seals, "controlled" just allows you to hunt during a specific period with your main deer tag. Hunter numbers are "controlled".

One thing that really confuses people about additional seals is the MNRF can be a couple to a few years behind in responding to what is actually happening in a particular WMU. Meaning you could have lots of extra deer around and no additional seals available or vice versa.

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