Again, it might be different in other locations around the country or State but I talked to the local shop owner and they would get maybe 5-10 deer on a busy day during early season and than it would often be only every other day. After second shotgun season it really, really slowed down because all the deer were really doing different patterns. Granted I had something like 8 archery checks stations within 30 minutes of here that I could have gone to so that could have had an impact on short waits to check one in but...They had a lot of fun with it at the local shop, did a big buck and big doe contest and I know the owner was disappointed that they are not going to be doing it anymore.

Yes, A CPO or someone employed by the state would have to go and pick them up. Unfortunatly they were often a year behind. And by the way, this would be a great program to intern college students in that are doing Wildlife Biology. Call it busy work but for 3 months of the year the only cost would be the cost of the state vehicles for them to drive around picking up the records and dropping them atregional DNR offices (Heck, use the US postal service) Before people start saying than what was the point of the stations it is pretty simple. It doesn't stop true poaching. A lot of people do out of season poaching and tons poach on posted land and some poach on preserve land too. Tags or no tags that isn't going to stop people. I think it will have impact on people shooting a buck that turns out smaller than they wanted and calling it a doe. The state is saying they will do spot checks but if they can't get to check stations except once every 6-18 months than what are the chances that one of the very few CPO's is going to stop by? I have lived on this farm for 5 hunting seasons now and have seen a CPO twice drive by. This 2 buck limit in Illinois has had a great deal to do with the growth of the big bucks taken in this state. To be honest, that is not a big deal to me but to others who hunt for horns it is.