Deer Ear Tag Information

What are the best Deer Ear Tags to use for Deer or Exotics? Click on any tag in this article to get more information or to purchase tags and applicators.

To Find the right size, start with deer ear tag size:

If you keep your Whitetail deer in a pen then use a smaller Deer Ear Tag to keep younger deer from nibbling on the Deer Tags. If you are having problems with deer chewing ear tags try free choice mineral. 

Small Size Deer tags - 2" or smaller. 
Y-Tex Mini, Sheep and rounds and buttons

Allflex Medium, Sheep and rounds and buttons

Duflex Medium, Sheep and rounds and buttons 

Z Tag Small 

Ritchey Universal Small

Temple Herdsman

Some producers like a Larger deer ear tag so that they can more easily read the management number information on the visual panel.

Deer tags larger than 2"

Y-Tex Medium or Small

  
Allflex Large

  
Duflex Large

Z Tag Calf 

Ritchey Medium

Temple Medium Herdsman

OFFICIAL USDA 840 Ear Tags are required by many states for deer and exotics. 

Electronic versions come in Lightweight EID tags for Deer Ear Tags.

USDA OFFICIAL VISUAL style 840 Ear Tags (NOT EID TAGs)

Microchips offer permanent, unique and unalterable means of identifying horses, goats, sheep, or deer. The microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and contains a passive transponder programmed with a unique 15 digit number, compliant with ISO Standards 11784 and 11785.

Deer's ears are fragile- handle with care and apply tags carefully. Using an antiseptic solution will often help healing time after tags are applied. Always wash hands before application and keep tags clean and store appropriately.

State Unique Numbers

Some states require a State, Herd or Unique number imprinted on Deer Ear Tags. These required numbers can be imprinted above a large herd management number or used as the management number. Herd numbers are often put on the back of Deer ear tags or imprinted on the button.

Some Deer Ear Tags are used as Advertising with a brand or logo.

A few of our most popular smaller tags are:

 Allflex Medium Female with Button

Y-TEX Mini Tag with Button

ALLFLEX Large Tag (3" x 2 1/4") is a popular Size to display easy to read Management Number and add additional information like unique numbers or phone numbers 

Buttons can be used to imprint state Id numbers or animal unique numbers

Some WHITETAIL Breeders and especially EXOTIC BREEDERS like a larger Deer Ear Tag so that they can read the visual information from a distance.

Some WHITETAIL DEER BREEDERS like to use Deer Ear Tags as marketing pieces

promoting their Herd and displaying a custom Brand or Logo on the Deer Ear Tag.

These can be set up on CUSTOM EAR TAGS by all Manufacturers.

We'd love to help you find a DEER EAR TAG or Fawn Ear tag that will work for your herd!

Whether you raise WHITETAIL Deer or Exotics - we've got your DEER EAR TAGS

Give us a call 800-977-4225 or email  sales@cckoutfitters.com