So whats stopping people from checking in a buck as a doe and saving that last buck tag?

Illinois is mandatory via the phone, replaces the check stations that were around in years past.. What is to stop someone from calling in a buck and saying it was a doe? Well, there is always the random chance that they will send a CPO out to your house to take a look. I can't remember how it is being done but it is the same thing as everything else. What keeps me from putting bait piles out or salt licks? Having 6 rounds in the shotgun instead of 3 (Or is it 4?) during shot gun season? The chances of getting caught doing any of these are negligable at best.. But, all you have to do is tick one person off and they turn you in or make a tip to the DNR and all of the sudden you get caught.. Or, what keeps me from doing any of these things is, well, I tend to follow game laws.

Not only was it a pain in the butt, but if you didn't get a deer out of the woods until late, they were all closed. You had to present the deer with the hide still on etc etc. What it really meant was that a LOT of deer didn't get reported. I personnally know of several that went to the chopping block in hot weather rather than wait for them to spoil so you could check them in the AM.