James,

I have several friends that are GW's. So, I have kinda been quiet about this.....

But, part of the blame does lay on the lack of any presence of GW's. But, you can go talk to the folks at the high $$$ Clubs and wealthy landowners and they will say, "Yes, we see them quite often. I just had them over for lunch yesterday." or some such. People are out there trying to protect their property themselves while they are off checking to see how far someone's feeder is from their stand on a nice lease that already is doing a MUCH better job of managing the wildlife than the State does on it's own land that it manages. I listened in on a conversation some local ladies were having. They place it 100% on the backs of the LEO's (or lack of) in the area. Not sure that they are totally wrong.......

That said, there are some rough folks in that area!
But, any LEO that took the job should have known the inherent risks of the job when they took t.