In all my years of deer hunting, I have never seen a Game Warden in the woods! I am convinced that I could get away with just about anything I wanted to do!
That being said, I will not knowingly break any game laws. Have I in the past? Yes, in my teen years and maybe a time or two out of ignorance! I know that "ignorance of the law is no excuse" and I won't try to justify my actions with that excuse.
Even back then I did not make a "habit" of breaking game laws.
As I got a little older and (hopefully) a little wiser, I came to the point where worrying about getting caught, made me have no fun in trying to break the laws!
As I said before I have had the chance to take an illegal trophy, but passed! I could not see any pride in taking an illegal trophy!
As the old saying goes "to thine own self be true!"
And Bowfanatic, I could imagine what the Game Warden would think of your "kill 2 today and take tommorrow off" philosophy!
You don't seem to like the label of "poacher," and I am not saying that you are a poacher! However, if you were to do something illegal, and got caught at it, then that is exactly what you would be! A poacher! If it ended up in the local paper, or public records, you would forever be known to your friends and family as a poacher! You could also lose your hunting equipment and hunting rights too!
To me, its just not worth it!
Its not worth it to my concious, even if I don't get caught, as I said, there is no pride in dishonesty!