RE: You just became head of the DNR
Without reading any posts except for Germs and this is for Illinois if I had unlimited control(of course that would be a fantasy because of budgets and legislators sticking their nose in where it don't belong):
1. More game wardens.
2. Stronger program, more publicity, and incentives for landowners to allow more access to their land.
3. Shorten the archery season.....specifically end of season on Dec. 31 as it used to be.
4. Go back to mandatory check in stations, not call in.
5. Stick to stiffer penalties for game law violations. I say this because recently two non-residents received fines equivilent to a speeding ticket for (1)non-specified deer permit violation (2) hunting without a hunting license[:-]
6. I would be more accessible to local law enforcement agencies.