ORIGINAL: Hotburn76
I think when it comes down to it they are probably doing it cause of budget cut backs.
I agree. Kentucky, for instance is raising the price of all hunting licenses across the board. The reason sited was the state is spending more money than it is taking in. More personnel hired to man check stations would require more money and compound the problem. Poachers will do their thing no matter how many constraints are placed on hunting. Just this weekend I found a deer shot with it's antlers sawed off and the rest left to rot. I for one would not turn my head if I witnessed poaching, and I believe that honest hunters need to police up the "black sheep" of our sport. More stringent control on all hunters won't resolve the problem.