Antlerless Tags

[bhanley]

The antlerless tags are for 90 as a whole not separate tags for 90A/90B......i also have never heard of someone not getting a tag in 90 if they applied.....has always been 100% success rate.....maybe for the first time had more hunters apply to this area as other areas have been cut dramatically....

I was surprised to find out I didnt draw a tag in 90 but I've been hearing a lot of people not getting an antlerless in 90.
Im just glad I got one in 91

[TurkeyObsessed]

Got mine for 89

[Marker]

Surplus 'Antlerless' and also 'Antlered or Antlerless' are now available over the counter at appropriate Service Ontario offices, where available for your WMU.

[Stuart22]

1 for 7 so far in 63A. Five more to hear from. Last year the tags were issued at the 41% level. I suspect it is reduced this year. Last year we left 3 doe tags on the table, hunted bucks only second week. Looks like it will be two weeks of bucks only. We drew no moose tag for 63A. The hounds will get some exercise this year. Hopefully the bears will be front and center.

We are now 1 for 14 this year. 2 weeks with one tag.

[Fox]

We are now 1 for 14 this year. 2 weeks with one tag.

I started hunting in 63A in 1999, the deer were not heavy, a few years in to hunting there we would see a lot of deer, maybe 2003. In the last 7-8 years though the numbers have dropped off like crazy.

That being said, when dad started hunting there in 77 you would be lucky to see a track for 8 guys for a week, let alone "only get one tag".

I really hope this reduction in antlerless tags makes a difference in deer population and I also hope it makes a difference in the number of hunters for that 2 week period.

I don't hunt deer there anymore but I plan to head over for grouse in early October and see what the sign is like.

[Quack_Kills]

We got 1 out of 3 for 46. Seems like its back to the way it was 5+ years ago...

[poltrojan]

I got 1 for 46. still have 3 more guys to hear from but we'll be happy with 1.

First year hunting for my dad and I. I got the WMU 46 1 out of 1; my dad got neither.
Our second option was the WMU 78. At least one of us has a doe tag.

[DanO]

I applied for zone 81 antlerless .....no tag. My son applied for 82 .....no tag. We did get our second choices but it's a lot farther away. I'm thinking they reduced the tags since the zones were 100% just two years ago. Wonder if the controlled hunt validations will be reduced in zones with a controlled hunt?

Anyone know if the 2015 tag numbers are available on line? I'd like to see if they reduced the tags.

Somebody responded to a post back in June that the MNRF wouldn't have any reason to reduce deer tags given the severity of last winter (it wasn't that bad) ...... guess they saw it differently.

[DanO]

I took the time to find and compare the number of tags released in 2015 to other years eg 2013. There really isn't much difference. I'm wondering if the number of hunters is up significantly in each zone. There seem to be a lot of hunters not receiving the tags applied for.

[TPM]

So far we've got two for WMU 49. Still waiting to here from two more in our group. It's about time as we have an abundance of does up there and had no doe tags last year. Had to let a bunch walk.