Back tags/do you save them ?

[turkeyfeathers]

I just put my 2014-2015 back tag in the holder. I have every one in there since i started to hunt in 1986. That makes 28 back tags in there lol.  Anyone else do this ?

[thphm]

Hmm, that means I must have 30 more then you in the drawer 

[First-light]

I do!

[BigRed44]

I save all mine but they are in a folder, not in the back tag.

[wooly]

I used to keep all my old filled "paper tags" in a photo album on the same page as pictures of the deer that wore them.

Now that I don't develop many pictures any longer due to digital image storage, and the crappy new "rubber tags", those new ones aren't as collectable to me any more, so I find them laying in paper piles everywhere around the house.

 

[PREDATE]

I have a few in there, but those are just the ones I've kept since I got a new holder after mine got ran through the washer. I do have my Grandpa's tag from the 30's which is pretty cool

[BizCT]

I have save every single license from every state I ever hunted. I put them in album with my notes/story and pictures.

[steve863]

I really don't know why I did, but I did collect them for many years.  Probably couldn't find all the ones from recent years, but I know I have about 20 + years worth starting in 1978 in a box somewhere.

 

 

 

[genesee_mohican]

I have saved most of mine going back to 1974

[philoshop]

I'm sure I have them all from the 40+ years that I've been buying them. Not so sure exactly where they all are though. A little pile here and a little pile there, and lots of duck stamps as well. Maybe one of these days...

[HOUNDS77]

My Dad has everyone since 1967. Has most of his licenses and quite a few old duck stamps also.

[bowhuntingirl78]

I shred mine. Didn't think to keep them.  maybe something to start with my daughter when she starts hunting next year. :

[Two Track]

Back in the late eighty's and 90's when I was at at college (note the rules were different then) I would leave my previous tags with my dad so he could pick up my new license as a buyer's agent.  That way when I got home from college late on a Friday, I would be good to grab my gear and go hunt with him Sat. morning at first light.

 

Still have most of my old tags around - keeps track of how many season's I hunted.  There is a about 6 years that I didn't hunt since my first real hunt at around age 11.  Moved away after college and had no place to hunt (or safely store a firearm) for a few years.

[steve863]

Honestly, if you save them and put them into an album like Biz-R-O described above, maybe it makes some sense, but otherwise I really think collecting them is kind of silly even though I collected a good many myself.  For my old backtags, along with my winning smile, I might be able to get .02 cents at auction.  LOL
 

 

 

 

[Nomad]

I have a string full of carcass tags,the old paper ones .

I have a ton of the old paper license ,the ones with the stamps you had to sign across, often I signed on each side not across ,to persevere the stamps .yes a roll of the dice.

[ATbuckhunter]

I keep all of my unused tags!

[fasteddie]

I scrapped all of mine had them going back to 1965 . They were just taking up space .

[Pygmy]

I have a collection of ONE, my first one from 1963.

[firehunter48]

I just put my 2014-2015 back tag in the holder. I have every one in there since i started to hunt in 1986. That makes 28 back tags in there lol. Anyone else do this ?

Do the SAME exact thing

[The_Real_TCIII]

I don't even wear mine, it's in a window thing on my pack. Someday I'll probably get a ticket. I like your idea though, that's pretty cool

[nyslowhand]

Yes, but not for collectible or sentimental reasons. Save one or two of most recent ones, mostly for proof of hunter's safety & bow hunting course completion since mine were initially recorded on stone tablets.

[fisher2]

i keep them mostly because i never thought of throwing them away, save for spring turkey ....annndd they're in a drawer cause i never remember to get out

[bkln]

Why would you keep them for, sentimental reasons aside, they useless after 18 months... just saying. No I don't keep'em...... unless you are a hoarder... :-)

[covert]

Have every license and tag I've ever gotten.

[Lawdwaz]

When I saw this thread I was glad to see I wasn't the only whack job that kept too much crap............

 

When I moved into my current home in late '91 I started to hang onto most but not all spring gobbler tags I filled.  Some birds were cleaned at camp and tags probably tossed but if I killed a bird that was dressed at home I saved the leg carcass tag and put it on a hunk of wire and it hung by my work bench.  27 tags, most all are from NY but a few from PA too (no fall birds, I've only killed one here in NY)...........

 

 

As far as deer, it appears I started to keep them around 2004 or so and once again, they ain't all there.  I counted 31 that were hanging in the shed.............

 

 

I do have some of my old back tags, dating back to my first year of hunting 1975.  Good memories!

 

 

Edited October 10, 2014 by Lawdwaz