Interesting thought in regards to PL Antlerless...

[GVDocHoliday]

How can a landowner really enforce the number of Private Land antlerless tags that are purchased? I mean what's keeping someone who does not have permission to utilize a landowners phone number who has 40+acres in order to acquire a PL tag, from using that phone number without the Landowners Knowledge?

[Munsterlndr]

They can't stop someone from using their phone number just like they could not stop someone from using the property tax number when that was used. The only way there could be any enforcement would be if the DNR checked each name & phone number to verify it and obviously that is not going to happen. The way the new rule is written it is basically meaningless since you are not limited to hunting on just the parcel that goes with the phone number.

Personally I would rather see them eliminate the private land/public land difference. Impose a minimum parcel size (maybe 20 acres) and make tags good for any land either public or private, within the given DMU. There are an awful lot of DMU's where there have not been public land antlerless tags for a number of years. The public land hunters in those DMU's are getting the short end of the stick. I own private land but I'm not sure why I am more entitled to a antlerless permit than the guy down the road who hunts on public land.

[Backwoods-Savage]

I've wondered the very same thing. It is a very easy thing to just get a telephone number. No doubt, if it was checked the hunter might have a nice gift of a ticket though.

[boehr]

There are many, many hunting/fishing laws that rely on the sportsmenship of the legal hunter/angler to participate in their recreational preference in a fair and equal manner as indicated by the laws that are in place as a minimum guide. It doesn't prevent someone from having an even more strict self imposed rules. In the end, if someone is going to break the law (or trust) they are going to do it regardless how easy or difficult something is. The old adage, locks only keep honest people out come to mind.

[D Buck]

Thanks Boehr, well put . These are the things I try to teach my boys. My partners wife, who is a Biologist does not have a very good opinion of men hunters. We need to be more honorable . She gave a talk to a sportsmans club and the men got so" unruly" the pres ident had to escort her to her car as she did not feel safe.

[Gobblerman]

Unfortunately honesty and integrity are missing with alot of hunters nowadays. The hunting community must set a better example because everyone is watching us. From clean kills to respecting landowners and other hunters. I was hunting a property a few years ago during the firearm season and in one day 5 different hunters trespassed, I was in a treestand and they still did not see me with my hunter orange. Nothing worse than someone trespassing when your bow hunting.

We must all set a good example for the young people and the people who are skeptical with the hertitage of hunting.

[john warren]

shortcuts to license and harvesting game threw cheating lieing,or other illegal means is what most hunters define as slob hunters. if i know of someone doing something like that ,certainly i won't hunt with them, and may if the cercumstance warrants turn them in. we need to let our fellow hunters know they aren't cheating the dnr. their cheating us.
my humble oppinion.