No they won't. The same people who shoot after hours, across fence lines, over roads, into water with boats around are still going to break the laws.
The people getting tickets will be the ones who are so excited that they take pics before tagging and post up on social media.

I just hope that those that willingly choose not to use game check realize that our states future bag limits and hunting regulations will come from this data. Regulations that will not only affect the average hunter but landowners as well. By the way it looks right now we need about a two week season.

Is that what the data is showing? I only shot one deer this year....Does that mean I need a two week season where I hunt?

It's showing that deer harvest numbers are no where near what the state thought it was, whether you only kill one deer or not. Only way the state can control harvest numbers or lack of is by length of season or bag limits.

So if what you’re saying is true and we’re killing far less than they thought…..then what would be the reason for shortening the season….to kill even fewer? Isn’t the sustainability of the harvest the more important thing to look at?

The point I’m trying to make here is that the trends over time is the only thing you can really draw any conclusions from. It really doesn’t matter if they were overestimating the actual numbers in the past or underestimating now as long as it stays constant from year to year either way. That way you can see if the harvest is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same. Eventually they’re gonna just have to roll with the participation rate and hope it stays fairly constant.

I think part of the reason we saw doe harvests decrease over the last 10-15 years is in part due to the fact that the amount being killed in some areas just wasn’t sustainable.

Lots of questions could be had with the current numbers. Participation and overal deer numbers are the first two that come to mind. It's not whether I agree or disagree with game check, it's the fact that governmental decisions could be made from the data. The world runs off data these days.

The state could do more to catch spotlighters around here who kill dozens of deer every year, leaving many of them laying right where they were shot. Theres alot of that going on around here. That would help the numbers a bit