ORIGINAL: Fieldmouse
I'm sure glad the animals know where the state line is and never cross it.
When you except federal dollars you have to follow federal rules. If you don't want to, then don't except federal funding.
When the animal crosses state lines, it changes ownership.
Most western states accept very little to no Federal funding for game management. The Federal dollars that go to public land go to cleaning up campsites, dumping the crappers, things like that. If those dollars do end up benefitting widlife it's almost always indirect and the main intention was meant to for some other purpose.