This will have zero effect on poachers, they are poachers for a reason. What will now go uncaught are "mistakes", honest ones.

I worked in an archery shop that was a check station, it costs the shop a good deal of money on weekends such as the opener. We would have trucks backed up in the parking lot 5-6 deep for 4-5 hours in the morning. This takes the shop techs away from customers, bow repairs, arrow making etc. Heck I was a JOAD instructor and my classes were pretty much cancelled those mornings cause I was needed in the check in area to help lift deer onto scales. We treated it as part of the class and with the kids interested in hunting would talk about shot placement etc.

Additionally the COs had to make the rounds to the stations every couple of days to pick up the check in paper work.

I do like the atomosphere of the check in station and it is great bringing one of my sons in with his deer or turkey, but they take the willingness of local shops to front the cost, they take time and money for the COs to make the rounds.

--Bob