How to go about getting an additional deer tag for 2014

Hey guys, i know its early already to be talking about tags again . But this year i was given a anterless tag for a wmu i didnt even hunt much until the last 3 days!, Had i of ad the anterless tag for my wmu i was hunting bucks in i could have filled a few tags
so for 2014 i will apply for my tag in that WMU and i also would like to try and get a additional one, because i see a ton of does that i usually just sit and watch waiting for a buck....
next year id like to be able to aleast take 1..

how do you go about gettin additionals, and when?

It depends on which WMU you'll be hunting in for extra tags,but,in some,no extra tags are available. I'm fairly certain any extra tags are for bucks,only,no matter which area it is. I'm also not sure what changes for 2014 are coming. We'll just have to wait to find out.

In WMU 80 they're always for antlered and antlerless. Same for WMU 49 this past season.

Additional tags are usually available in August through a phone in lottery, google additional tags Ontario and you can find out how many are available for guns and bows and which WMU'S they are available in. CORRECTION they were available July 16 this year

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

It depends on which WMU you'll be hunting in for extra tags,but,in some,no extra tags are available. I'm fairly certain any extra tags are for bucks,only,no matter which area it is. I'm also not sure what changes for 2014 are coming. We'll just have to wait to find out.

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Varies by unit. Some additional seals are for antlered or antlerless.

Get them on the internet at the stroke of midnight on whatever day they go on sale. If you had an additional this year the MNR should send you a mailer with all the details in late June or early July.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

It depends on which WMU you'll be hunting in for extra tags,but,in some,no extra tags are available. I'm fairly certain any extra tags are for bucks,only,no matter which area it is. I'm also not sure what changes for 2014 are coming. We'll just have to wait to find out.

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Some are doe only, especially in the Northwest where the MNR could care less about deer. They want to see a big population cut to help protect moose against brain worm.
Theoretically they wait for winter severity analysis, population surveys, last years hunter success surveys and then decide how many addition tags per WMU will be issued.

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Originally Posted by Fionn

Varies by unit. Some additional seals are for antlered or antlerless.

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Originally Posted by johny

Some are doe only, especially in the Northwest where the MNR could care less about deer. They want to see a big population cut to help protect moose against brain worm.
Theoretically they wait for winter severity analysis, population surveys, last years hunter success surveys and then decide how many addition tags per WMU will be issued.

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Great info,thanks very much. That's good to know,especially for the north-west. We'll be formulating some plans for next year. There's some big changes for our crew afoot. The general conscenses is that it's time for a major paradigm shift.

The archery and rifle tags go on sale in the summer, both at the same time. The additional tags for the controlled hunts here in southern Ontario go on sale in October, and only for in person sales at Service Ontario. Never saw an additional tag for either hunt that was not for a doe only in this neck of the woods.

I know in 92D the extra tags are antlerless only. But I believe the tag system will change for next year.

Do the additional deer seal hunt codes change each year or do the 3 digit hunt codes stay the same each wmu.

anybody lol

stay the same

ok thx,I never tried last season for an extra tag and this season I will. I just needed to know if the deer seal hunt codes for 2013 I found would stay the same so I can just use the one that would apply to me.

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Originally Posted by johny

Some are doe only, especially in the Northwest where the MNR could care less about deer. They want to see a big population cut to help protect moose against brain worm.
Theoretically they wait for winter severity analysis, population surveys, last years hunter success surveys and then decide how many addition tags per WMU will be issued.

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The antlerless tag quota has already been posted. The excess tags are the result of that quota not being met in the original doe tag application. You will have a pretty good idea if there will be excess doe tags, by comparing the quotas from last year to this year. In our area in the Northwest, one WMU stayed the same, while the bordering WMU only dropped 200 tags. Good chance for excess tags again this year.

Thanks for the help

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Not all wmu's have extra deer tags

Additional Deer Seals have nothing to do with the antlerlesstag quota.The numbers are now out forthe Additional Deer Seals for this year.From looking at last year’s numbers in my areas it seems the MNR havecut off all the Additional Deer Seals.It was expected after the bad winter we had.
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@oc/documents/document/stdprod_097695.pdf

Wow, they really cut the extra seal numbers. Not surprising I guess.

Whew, safe in WMU 13 - 2500 additional tags.

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Originally Posted by mooboy76

Whew, safe in WMU 13 - 2500 additional tags.

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Amazing, 2500 excess tags in 13 after the severe winter and high deer mortality, yet in the southwest, 92,93,and 94, no excess tags. No evidence of winter mortality, as admitted by the responsible biologist in Aylmer. They sure didn't base this decision on sound science !!
Or, was it a decision based on an attempt to plaquate the antis, similar to the arbitrary elimination of the spring bear hunt of years ago ????

In 2014 a total of 17,545 additional deer seals will be available in participating WMUs. Most of these seals will be offered for sale through an automated telephone system or by Internet from July 16, 2014 to July 31, 2014, on a first come, first served basis.

Here: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/OC/2ColumnSubPage/STDU_131069.html

Did I read the chart right......no extra seals in wmu 49 and wmu 90 also no extras for the controlled hunt in 90.......wow!!

ya man i choked i always buy tags for down here i apply for up north with org tag it rilly sucks cause i see lots of does more then bucks

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Originally Posted by mooboy76

Whew, safe in WMU 13 - 2500 additional tags.

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You guys have deer in town and start september 1 with a bow. Which i lived in thunder bay.

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Originally Posted by rick_iles

Amazing, 2500 excess tags in 13 after the severe winter and high deer mortality, yet in the southwest, 92,93,and 94, no excess tags. No evidence of winter mortality, as admitted by the responsible biologist in Aylmer. They sure didn't base this decision on sound science !!
Or, was it a decision based on an attempt to plaquate the antis, similar to the arbitrary elimination of the spring bear hunt of years ago ????

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I can't speak for the MNR, but it might go along with the severely reduced Moose quotas. We dropped to 140 moose tags in total for WMU 13, whereas last year I think we were around 1100.

I guess they want us to keep pressure on the deer so that the moose can recover.

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Originally Posted by pbonura

You guys have deer in town and start september 1 with a bow.

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In town is only the rural and semi-rural areas on the outskirts of the city limits. Bow only, yes, and you must be elevated a minimum of 3 metres. If it is not your property, then you must have written permission of the property owner, also with permission to dress the deer on the property if you do it there. If there is another property within 75 metres, then you must have signed permission from that property owner as well. You must not be closer than 75 metres to a dwelling or roadway. No field dressing animals on City land or the roadways. No use of bait until Nov 1st.

Still, there are lots that participate! I have not gotten around to it, and will not until I buy a replacement crossbow for the one that was stolen.

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Which i lived in thunder bay.

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It's nice, but it's not all unicorns and rainbows:moose: