Sanity check on tag rules

[Al Bundy]

I am planning to go out into the arctic weather this weekend and want to make sure I am all legal. This weekend I am assuming is legal for xbow.  I shot my xbow/muzzleloader deer during xbow season so that tag is gone. BUT did not use my regular season tag nor did I use any of the doe tags I have. I can use my xbow this weekend to take a buck and tag it with my regular season tag, correct?? I also can drop a doe and use my doe tag for this all using my xbow? I think I am all legal  but want to make certain...   Good luck to those going out.

[Rack Attack]

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Edited December 15, 2017 by Rack Attack

[mowin]

Your regular season tag is a either or tag during late bow/ML.   And the xbow is considered a ML as far as NY is concerned so your good to go there too. 

Edited December 15, 2017 by mowin

[The_Real_TCIII]

That regular season tag is good for antlerless anywhere too, not WMU specific. Fill em all!

[brownclown]

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Edited December 15, 2017 by brownclown
it appears i was wrong

[turkeyfeathers]

5 minutes ago, brownclown said:

no your regular season tag isn't good. you dmp tags are good

Not true   Regular season tag is now either sex tag in any WMU

[brownclown]

4 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Not true   Regular season tag is now either sex tag in any WMU

is this new? i have never heard this before.

[The_Real_TCIII]

9 minutes ago, brownclown said:

is this new? i have never heard this before.

Been that way for a long time

[brownclown]

23 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Been that way for a long time

im not doubting you guys and have been trying to find that online. if anyone is better versed in the online regs and where this information is found could you post a link

[turkeyfeathers]

I just checked with the NYS DEC site. This is a cut & paste from their " frequently asked questions" section:

Q: May I use my Regular Season deer tag during the special seasons? A: Your Regular Season deer tag cannot be used in the Early Bowhunting* or Early Muzzleloading seasons. It can only be used in the Regular Deer Seasons in the Northern and Southern Zones to take a buck. Except, the Regular Season deer tag is valid for deer of either sex in Westchester & Suffolk counties, in areas restricted to bowhunting only (WMUs 4J and 8C), and during the late seasons with the appropriate bow or muzzleloading privileges. During the late seasons, the Regular Season deer tag is valid for deer of either sex.

* Your previous year's unused regular season deer carcass tag, accompanied by your previous year's bow privilege, can be used from September 27-30 during the Northern Zone Bowhunting Deer Season and is valid for deer of either sex during this period

[BigRed44]

Page 26 of the hunting and trapping regulation guide.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/16huntguide.pdf

 

[brownclown]

Just for clarity i have read both of what you have posted. In my interpretation you can use your regular season tag during late season but in order to do so you would have to also have purchased the bow/muzzle season privilege. is that correct?

[WNYBuckHunter]

16 minutes ago, brownclown said:

Just for clarity i have read both of what you have posted. In my interpretation you can use your regular season tag during late season but in order to do so you would have to also have purchased the bow/muzzle season privilege. is that correct?

Correct

[BizCT]

Hey Al, what day are you hunting? I'm coming over to bang Kelly!

[Pygmy]

Al Bundy and Norm Peterson are my two primary role models....

SECONDS on Kelly  !!