Originally Posted by ford150man
I've had good experiences with my local GW, so no complaints about him, but for the system as a whole, I'd like to see more focus on serious crimes like trespassing/poaching rather than chasing down the dangerous person hunting over corn.


I agree with that. It does seem as though they are more interested in pursuing baiting than poaching. I know unless they just stumble onto one that poachers are harder to catch and require more man hours than it does to go in find corn, document it then come back later and catch someone on that field. But thats where the resources should be focused on as well as night and road hunters.

Also the state DCNR and the county sheriffs should do a sit down and go over things. The warden will tell you if you find someone poaching to call the sheriff since they will get there quicker. When you do call the sheriff they are lost and ask why are we calling them when its a fish and game violation and should be calling them. Then you have to go thru the whole spill of the warden told us to call you first cause you will get there quicker and that then if he (warden) cant get here you can do the report get the info from the poacher and the warden can follow up on it later.



Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)