Then the entire premise of Quack's post is false if that is the case.
There is no such thing as a goose tag, that's why.
If you field clean your geese, you must keep a wing on each bird for identicication purposes. that's the only rule.
Big game tagging is comepletely a different issue. With big game, you must tag the carcass as soon as possible, BEFORE you transport it, the exception being that you are using an atv to get it to transportation.
If you sell the hide, there is a hide tag, if you are shipping meat, there is a meat tag, if you are getting the head mounted, it must have a tag, or the taxidermist can't mount it.
I know, I hunt everything that can be hunted and eaten.