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Ask a CO: Tag responsibility

A reader asks who is directly responsible for placing a tag on a harvested animal when it comes to party hunting.

Q: Who is responsible for placing a tag on a harvested animal, the individual who killed it or the member of the hunting party that holds the tag?

Peter Armour, Keene

A: The tag holder is directly responsible for either staying with the animal with the tag, or ensuring that the tag is placed on the animal if they leave it.

Answer by: David Critchlow, Provincial Enforcement Specialist, MNR


Originally published in the Fall 2025 issue of Ontario Out Of Doors

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