When boundary lines follow easy landmarks like I-10 or major rivers, they are simple. However, many states invariably designate many wildlife management zones with political (parish or county) boundaries also. It isn't BS to assert that many times it can be hard to discern which side of a parish line a gunshot originated from or even on which side of a parish line a deer was recovered on. I also pointed out that states which have many zones with different harvest limits (as opposed to different open dates) charge a lot more for tags, using Colorado's example of $34 (each) deer tags.
I considered getting into the details of how enforcement efforts depend more strongly on the number of days different seasons are open than merely the total land area, but I decided not to get into the weeds of that quantitative analysis. Suffice to say that if deer hunting is closed in some areas, the number of calls will go down in those areas, and enforcement personnel can be shifted to areas that remain open for improved enforcement, or maybe even allowed some time off.
I don't believe I have ever misstated a Louisiana hunting regulation. Inferences to the contrary relied on several assumptions along the lines of enforcement depending only on land area and not increasing if certain areas have multiple seasons open at the same time.
Perhaps you do see yourself as a small gov't conservationist. But proposing new and more expensive regulations is growing government just the same.
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