So I know there are a couple guys here really familiar with the Youth Hunt Regs in MA... I'm trying to make sense of the Youth Tag system
For the Turkey Youth hunt, my 12 year old son got three tags.. Two Spring bearded birds Tags and one Fall either sex Tag.
Now obviously the Fall Tag is good during the fall and not on the Youth Turkey hunt day.. and the Spring tags were dated till the last date of the normal spring young 05/20/2023.
I assumed the Spring tags were good for the entire Normal hunting season and Mass Wildlife verified this. Basically we could shoot 4 birds in the spring between the two of us. Sweet
So last week I got his Youth Deer Tag.. the Tag reads Either-Sex Deer Tag valid until 12/30/2023.. the last legal day of Muzzleloaders. So I was kind of excited.. Figured if he didn't harvest a deer on the Sept 30th deer hunt then he had all season to try and harvest one.
Contacted two individuals at Mass Wildlife (including the deer biologist.) and both told me the same thing.. Either Sex deer tag he got is only valid on Sept 30 during the youth hunt.. even though it reads valid until 12/30!!
Does this make any sense to anyone... why would his turkey tags be good all season but his deer tag is only valid for one day???
I did try the EPO Dispatch number but they send me to hunter safety at MassWildlife.
For the Turkey Youth hunt, my 12 year old son got three tags.. Two Spring bearded birds Tags and one Fall either sex Tag.
Now obviously the Fall Tag is good during the fall and not on the Youth Turkey hunt day.. and the Spring tags were dated till the last date of the normal spring young 05/20/2023.
I assumed the Spring tags were good for the entire Normal hunting season and Mass Wildlife verified this. Basically we could shoot 4 birds in the spring between the two of us. Sweet
So last week I got his Youth Deer Tag.. the Tag reads Either-Sex Deer Tag valid until 12/30/2023.. the last legal day of Muzzleloaders. So I was kind of excited.. Figured if he didn't harvest a deer on the Sept 30th deer hunt then he had all season to try and harvest one.
Contacted two individuals at Mass Wildlife (including the deer biologist.) and both told me the same thing.. Either Sex deer tag he got is only valid on Sept 30 during the youth hunt.. even though it reads valid until 12/30!!
Does this make any sense to anyone... why would his turkey tags be good all season but his deer tag is only valid for one day???
I did try the EPO Dispatch number but they send me to hunter safety at MassWildlife.