Another item to add to my "get out of California" list. The F&G Commission was once staffed predominately by people who hunted and fished, which makes sense, since if you're going to regulate something, you should at least have an understanding of it. It was once the same with DFG wardens. Many of the younger ones though, come out of "environmental sciences" (little science, lots of environmental management politics) programs at college and mostly seem to think their job is to curtail all hunting and fishing.
Both the F&G Commission and the wardens are developing an "us against them" mentality regarding not poachers, but all hunters, and hunting and fishing in general.