Typical government agency can't even serve their primary function which is enforcement, so they create a bunch of red tape to make revenue generation easier to accrue. Of all the years my family has managed timberland for clients, we have never had a warden catch a trespasser. We have engaged DCNR on clients request numerous times over the years. They show up to meet and see what the problem is and then you will most likely not see them again has been our experience.

For enforcement the best thing a large landowner can do is to hire a retired outlaw to oversee their place if they want poaching to stop!

It saddens me that my son will never know the freedom of being able to stay within some basic guidelines and roam the woods and hunt till his heart is content. I was able to back when there was honor in hunting. It was an honor to do what was right and never take more than what I needed in an ethical sportsmanlike manor.

You can't over-regulate an activity that is increasingly harder to be able to do and expect good results. The current administration will be cursed in years to come as the generation coming along has enough obstacles when it comes to hunting. I don't understand the ideology of increasing regulations while at the same time license sales are decreasing. Hunting at its core is about freedom to most Alabamians. I have always been content with the quality of our game. I would take the same game, freedom, and the honor of respecting what we are blessed with over "trophy" game any day of the week and twice on Sundays !