RE: NY Conservation Officers
With regard to deer hunting anyway I really don't think we have a problem with the number of CO's.Deer numbers are fine and many argue there are actually too many. In any case, far and away the major impact on total deer numbers is the number of doe permits that are issued.Poaching just isn't a major problem with regard to total numbers so more CO's to crack down on some guys baiting or taking a few more deer than their entitled to is to me not worth the added tax burden. Besides, regardless of how many CO's we have there will still be guys out thereusing their wifes tag or whatever illegal method they want to take the number of deer they want. I really don't care that much. If they don't waste the meat then fine. I like to take 2 deer a year and have never had any problem doing it. Even with the cut back in our region, I still have 4 tags. Don't get me wrong, I don't approve of illegal hunting, I just think there are far more important crime problems for out tax dollars to be spent on than game violations.