Originally Posted by Goatkiller
So there are outlaws everywhere in every State. However..Of those States in question above I think that Hunters in general are more inclined to view their tag or phone/app system as a partnership between them and their DCNR. I feel like the hunters themselves want to see and manage their deer herd as well as they can and they see their license money at work. I have hunted in Tennessee my whole life and I can assure you that the TWRA has always been light years ahead of Alabama's Green Uniformed Clown Posse.

Their States are much better run than Alabama in just a general sense. They have more visible enforcement IMO meaning more Game Wardens out and about. People tend to view hunting as a privilege. They have much more strict seasons and bag limits and overall they have a much better sense of their wildlife populations and have better people there to manage all that.

We have a good ole boy network running ours and the rules that are handed out for the State are the rules they want to go by on their own leases or land they own. Game Check and maybe putting a leash on some dog hunting are the first steps they have EVER taken towards management in a State Wide sense.


Interesting post, Goatkiller, with a lot of truth in it, and I think it also shows a lot about your perspective. I agree that many hunters in other states like for the state to be heavily involved in management. It amazes me at how much hassle it is to just kill a turkey in WI, but many of those guys actually prefer all those regulations, drawing for tags, and everything that goes with that level of state management. If that's what they want, then it's fine with me, but I have avoided the heavily regulated states myself.

I disagree with your idea that high regulation states have better people in charge than we do in AL. Some of the finest people I know work for the AL dcnr. Historically, AL has used a system that allowed most management decisions to be made by the landowner instead of the state. I prefer the old system myself, but there is no doubt that the world is moving towards more state regulation of everything, not just hunting. So I think AL will eventually have the kind of government management of the resource that you want.

Whether that results in better hunting is yet to be determined.

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