I like not having to drive 25-30 miles to check in a deer. And I've
never had any one at a check station ever check the wound on a deer I
took in during bow season to see if it looked like it was shot with a bow
or a rifle. Not that the girls that work at the convience store that does
the checking would know the difference, or care.
I know the kill numbers were down for Missouri this year, but I don't know
that the check system was the reason. I know a lot of guys that didn't
kill anything. As far as people shooting a buck and telechecking it as a doe, I guess it is going to happen. But I do think the conservation agents
are going to be doing more spot checking because they aren't working the
check stations during rifle season.