i have never seen any while hunting, but i hunt large areas of private land, where iw oudlnt expect an officer to be wandering around.

fishing is a different story though, i have seen quite a few while the salmon are spawning.
i have seen the DEC drive up and down my road in the fall, i live on a remote dead end road too.

When one fo our neighbors shot a turkey out of season in his backyard, we called the DEC and two days later they came to his house, confiscated the turkey, and gave them a ticket. Same guys got busted the following year for hunting after being tagged out and hunting from a 4 wheeler. If you call the DEC to report a specific act of poaching, they should have to investigate it.

the former city poilce chief near me used to go into the public park while on duty at night, shoot deer with his hand gun, then go back and pick them up after he got of his shift. Neighbors said he had deer hanging in his basement year round. Absolute powere corrupts absolutely. This really has nothing to do with the lack of DEC officers, but goes along with the other story someone posted