ORIGINAL: patrkyhntr
Whether someone poaches a deer at night or puts his wife's tag on it matters not to me. Both are doing something illegal. That tired old story about "needing the meat to feed the family" doesn't wash. You may not like it when the blame commission gets help from other hunters in cracking a poaching case, but I do. If we turn a blind eye toward outlaws we are complicit in their lawbreaking. What you are suggesting is the same as saying we shouldn't turn in gangbangers because it would be like the KGB, turn in your neighbor. I will continue to give tips to my local WCO, and feel good when he gets a conviction on one of our local scumbuckets.
for years, most hunters turned their heads to using tags of family and friends..now POACHERS have new game in town..they know they are BEING WATCHED,so, game is now to get as many tags from friends and relatives and outlaw and tag it ..
thats NEW game now..
i am seeing MORE poachers now walking in woods hunting, i have never seen that in years..why,first they know wco is on to them so they get out in woods where wco can see that they are truly not a POACHER and are legally getting ALL their deer this way ,not poaching..
if those great hunters that are always getting the BIG BUCK but never are seen in woodswere to be shaked down the tags would fall all over..
that is NEW GAME in town now..POACHERSfor years never cared if deer was tagged or if they had tag,NOW, they are and using others tags is way i have feeling they are playing the NEW GAME..
wco said to me that he is getting more tips than ever before,2 reasons he is..first, POACHERS are turning in the POACHERS..THats good one ,isnt it..why??
because heat is on them and they are trying to get heat on someone else THEN they can continue to poach..
i think WCO are much smarter than this to fall for that tactic..
next, as i predicted, deer are getting scare and GREED will change things..i had a outlaw stop me on my ride home from hunting, he yelled out the window,HEY, WCO HAS THE ROBO DEER SET-UP ON ROAD, YOU BETTER WATCH IT..
i said why should i watch it , i am not road hunter..he closed his window and continued on down road and stopped other car behind me..
first, robo deer WAS NOT being used as i know wco and it was not being used like this outlaw said..
so, why was he doing this??HE DID NOT WANT ANYONE RIDING ROADS IN THAT AREA AS THAT IS HIS ILLEGAL ROAD HUNTING AREA THAT HE RIDES BACK/FORTH FOR 12 HRS A DAY,yes 12 hrs they ride that road ,back/forth..
so, do to lack of deer, this is some of what is happening,poachers turning in poachers,so they can poach..
LETS HOPE WCO DONT FALL FOR ANY OF THIS CRAP..i hate poachers and i think others using tags of others is just as bad and most likely is NEW GAME in town!!