Flags, there is a technical school that teaches culinary arts that will clean geese that are given to charity for a small fee. That fee money is collected from the defendants as restitution to the game agency, that deal was set up because there are places in the SE part of our state where the USDA does quite a bit of depopulation of Canada geese in populated areas. It works out well that the PGC can piggyback on it.
Salty, I have no idea why you have elected to turn this into an argument since the OP was simply to inform hunters what is happening around the country with game law violations, but the best course of action in this case was taken, both in the amount of penalties accessed and the correct agency prosecuting the case. PA had the first school for conservation officers in the nation and to this day still trains officers from other states is certain diciplines, so I agree some states can learn from others. However, in this particular case the prosecuting state is fully capable of knowing the best course to steer.. Enforcing oceanic fish laws are a lot different from inland game laws, even with migratory birds.
Last edited by Oldtimr; 05-12-2015 at 10:13 AM.