early season for bow sept 27 to oct 1

[cooper]

do we still use last years tags for early bow or do we have to use this years tags I'm confused and can't find it anywhere thanks

[Adkhunter1590]

I'm pretty sure you have to use this years tags as far as I understood it

[ButtonBuck]

Anything before the first, after the first those tags from last year are no good

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[Four Season Whitetail's]

I thought they did away with early bow season? No bow hunting anywhere until the 1st of October anywhere?  Did they not pass that law?

[Adkhunter1590]

  On 9/27/2015 at 11:31 AM, ButtonBuck said:

Anything before the first, after the first those tags from last year are no good

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Pretty sure this is wrong. They changed things up this year. That used to be the way but as far as I've been told by like 10 different people that's not the case anymore.

[Adkhunter1590]

Just checked DEC's website. It says they changed the license year to expire on August 31st. Therefore your last year tags should be expired by now. Therefore you can't use them. Posting a screen shot from DEC's site

[ncountry]

  On 9/27/2015 at 1:24 PM, Four Season Whitetails said:

I thought they did away with early bow season? No bow hunting anywhere until the 1st of October anywhere? Did they not pass that law?

Hope not...I'm sitting in a tree now...lol

[Adkhunter1590]

Bow hunting is open in NZ on the 27th but you gotta use this years tag. So your good to go as long as your using the correct tag

[cooper]

Thank you

 

[chrisw]

For this year only going forward, per the screenshot, last years tags can be used. Read the last sentence.

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[Adkhunter1590]

I saw that too. But my tags from last year that I just tossed in the trash I'm pretty sure said expired 8-31. I wonder if that last sentence was in reference to last September?

[WingNut]

Screen shot said "this year only" and that was 2014-2015 season.  This years regs clearly state Sept 1 to Aug 31.

Edited September 28, 2015 by WingNut

[chrisw]

  On 9/28/2015 at 9:52 AM, Adkhunter1590 said:

I saw that too. But my tags from last year that I just tossed in the trash I'm pretty sure said expired 8-31. I wonder if that last sentence was in reference to last September?

OK, so I just checked last years regulation book... The screenshot previously posted was in fact from the 14-15 season book. Therefore those regulations are now expired. If you harvest a deer in this years early season you will need to use this years archery tag.

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[bubba]

Thanks was last year. Tags expired august 31. This year's tags valid 9/1

[bubba]

Read the first sentence 2014-2015 license year

[jjb4900]

bad info on the internet?....no way.

[NFA-ADK]

It can be confusing, that's for sure.