JAC: Cool your jets... I was not arguing against the seatbelt law... I was merely using it as an example of a similar mandated law. You drive all your life without the seatbelt, and then all of a sudden the GOV'MT says you have to wear it or else. Of course there is going to be backlash and "I ain't doing it mentality". That's human nature. NOBODY likes to be told what to do, especially if it goes from no checking and reporting to volunteer reporting (useless), to 100% mandatory checking and reporting in a few years.

The reasons are different, but the course of action and public response is very similar. It took my dad 10 or so years and several tickets before he 'clicked it' each time he got behind the wheel. A high percentage of deer hunters in AL are doing the same with GC... esp, when they cannot see an immediate use for what the info is supposed to provide.