ya'll don't really want county deputies and municipal police enforcing game and fish laws. Seen it first hand over the years and it don't work. Most, with a few exceptions, of those officers won't get IN the woods. You really do want full time GWs enforcing those laws. You will want a real GW to answer yer call about poachers on your place.
an exception in the above statement, in my experience, would be Shelby Co Sheriffs office. When I had Jefferson and Shelby by myself for a year they were a great help to me in answering calls.
Troy, no doubt the worst thing about using the sheriff to enforce the game laws too would be the quality variation from county to county.
From what I get following posts on here it varies wildly now with state GWs. If some of the goofy stunts posted are true , there's some real winners out there. I'm glad we've always had good ones in Ol' Hi-Jackson. They can be traced all the way back to Rayford "Fuzz" Hamilton.