You are correct. But the perception among many hunters is mandatory check-in is nothing but a way for the state to curtail their recreational activities. It is a public relations problem that many DNRs, not just Alabama's, have failed to recognize and embrace by providing good, reliable, biology-based explanations for things they do or want to do.

To their credit, DCNR did it with the Snapper Check and it was accepted, used and has been helpful. But merely assuming that "the user group wants this, and WE think it's good, so they'll just do it" is wrong and backfires, as it did two years ago.




I could say that everyone who deigns to submit to mandatory reporting is a liberal government-loving ass-kisser who bows to The Man, but I wouldn't do that because I know that's not true. Your assertion also is not true.