A friend of mine, here on the Campfire, had a spare tag left over after hunting season. I know he isn't alone, have you ever had "Tag Soup"?

Most years I do!

Mine is Top Ramen.

Not literally, but I've eaten tags for good reason.

Many many times. Some years taste better than others.

I’ve had several bowls full some quite expensive and time consuming.

Ate an elk tag this year. It's always disgusting, but it happens.

Many times... had a couple seasons where I hunted every day and never even saw a deer.

Lived on it for awhile actually gained weight, go figure.

Shrapnel: That is funny!
I have never "not filled" an Antelope tag and I have been Hunting them every year since 1969 - sometimes getting two Buck Antelope tags a year (Montana and Wyoming).
I wish I could say the same for Elk and Deer tags - I have had my share of "tag soup" with those.
I add a little "Tabasco Sauce" to my tag soup so's to give me incentive to do better the next year.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

This year, the premium $$ out of state tag soup!

Me also.
But I batted 1 for 2. Hall of fame #'s if it was baseball.

Ya Kirk, hung mine on the Christmas tree, this year !

Yep, passed on a few smalls opening weekend,never seen anything worth tipping over.
Set the kids up and they scored ,so we got meat,but no harvest for me.

Oh yeah! Happands to the best.

I have had tag soup from Nebraska several times, Ohio twice and Virginia too many times to mention.

Kansas tasted worst of all when I put the crosshairs on a 125 something whitetail and was told it wasn’t a shooter there. It was muzzleloader season in September and the temps went from the high 90’s to 104.

Of course, the big bucks had better things to do than move in those temps.

I still had a great time.

I've killed 46 mule deer bucks since 1971 so I've eaten a handful over the years. This year is the worst mule deer hunting I've ever had by a wide margin. I've got 5 mule deer buck tags I'll be eating after this weekend. It's still by far my favorite animal to hunt.

Three elk hunts in Colorado with nothing but memories,and this years Texas deer season.First year in 20 something with no venison in the freezer.Gonna have to learn to eat beef hamburger again.

It’s a staple.

I have several of the old type KY tags that were metal bands that went around the deer antlers, and I keep them hanging on an old set of fork horns. I kept them to remind me of how few deer we had in the 1970s. Now they walk through town at night. They were like seeing a unicorn when I was in high school.

I often have tags go unfilled, I usually buy more than I need. I don't remember a season I didn't kill a critter though. To me that would be tag soup.

had tag soup a few times when deer hunting out of state

Yup, several times, the last was two years ago. Last year, I couldn't even get drawn for a tag. For any species. Think it might be an omen?

Ed

Every time I did DIY elk in Colorado. Here in Ky, the only time I don’t tag a deer is when I am working to get one of the grand kids on them. Had to turn off the drive way alarm because of deer tripping it at 2am browsing around the house.

I ate an Arizona Strip tag. Tasted like $hit and still makes me feel sick when I think about it.

Oh he!! Yes!

Yes, but not often.

Most years I have bought a Texas hunting license just to support the program not expecting to use it.

Does that qualify me for tag soup or is that cheating?

Ouch, big OUCH.

Too many.

A few I was fortunate enough to know far enough in advance to donate the tag to Hunt of a Lifetime and some lucky souls actually got a chance to use them and a couple even filled them.