ORIGINAL: Ridge Runner
our laws reguarding shining are, you can look at game with a light, one that is carried by hand, you can't have firearms or any implement capable of taking game.
you cannot use a light attached to a vehicle. The law says that looking at game in the headlights is not unlawful but you cannot have a firearm in the vehicle.
If your shining around here after the velvet comes off, expect to be checked, you get caught you loose your hunting priveledges for 2 years, your gun and vehicle are impounded, and it is determined by the court if you get it back.
RR
Does anyone really think that will deter someone who already breaks the law and is poaching?
Reminds me of a guy on the news in Des moines a few months back who was arrested for his 9th DUI and 6th in 2 years. He hasn't had a license since 2003 I think and has managed to rack up 7 DUI's in the meantime. He told the cops when he was arrested, "Once I get back out, I'm gonna drink and drive again."
Not saying I'm opposed to lazy bastard poachers losing their licenses, but if they're already scum enough to poach, what are the odds that not having a license will prevent them from poaching in the future? Especially if they process their own meat and never have to prove they have a tag anyway?