A press release out of the State of Georgia highlights changes in the way that Peach State DNR will be handling those who violate wildlife laws.
Law Violators Can Lose Privilege To Hunt And Fish is the title of the news release and it starts like this:
Hunting deer at night, hunting alligators or bears in a manner violating state laws and computer assisted remote hunting – all of these activities are illegal and are offensive to honest hunters and the general public. Another word for the criminals who commit these conspicuously bad and offensive violations is poachers. Thanks to a recently signed policy by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, violators of such crimes are likely to lose their state hunting and/or fishing privileges and may be subject to similar punishment in most of the country.
When they talk of “similar punishment in most of the country” they are refering to the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact which allows for suspension of hunting and fishing privileges in all 31 of the states which have become members.
Violation of fishing and hunting regulations is becoming very serious business. That being the case, we have two important mandates:
1. We need to be absolutely certain we know and abide by all wildlife laws.
2. We need to be absolutely certain that our state legislators craft wildlife laws that are both reasonable and easy to understand for the average sportsman.
Pay attention, folks. Failure to do so can result in grave consequences…
