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I left work at lunch today going fishing. Got to the river the game warden was in the parking lot. He pulled up and asked me about my tag. I forgot to put my new tags on! He told me the water patrol was out there and would write me up. So he wrote me a warning so I would not get a ticket. Wow that was nice. I thanked him and went fishing. It's nice to see not all wardens are out to get you and we had a great day . Shot docks from 100 till dark kept 56 for a friend probably caught over 100.
56 keepers, heck of a day. Nice going
Very nice, very rare to have a bad experience with a warden here.
What's a warden?
Fish and game police.warden is what they are called a lot of states.
I don't think I ever had a bad experience with Mr. Greenjeans or the ACOE Rangers. I forgot to hang my yearly pass on the mirror last weekend and all I got was a warning. They should of wrote me a ticket but didn't.
No problems with state or federal wardens here either. Glad you had a good day on the water.
99% of ours are great guys as well. Most are in for the love of the sport and outdoors. I have only had 2 bad experiences here out of a bunch of checks and such. Those 2 problems were the same guy and in the same WMA. Apparently he tried to keep everyone out of 3 blocks of that WMA cause he thought is was his private area since he patrolled it. He has since retired and going about his merry way. I have high respect for ours as well.
Good to hear positive stuff about these guys!
Got checked once last fall on martin( marine police),more of a safety check,he did check for fishing & boating license all went well.First time in 6 or 7 years.
I hunt and fish with several friends who happen to be game wardens, some USF&W. We call a couple of them "possum cops" just because they can take it as well as give it.
It is pucker time when I call the shot on a few hundred snow geese while having 2-3 Federal game wardens hunting with me. I've done it lots of times and luckily have never had any problems. I will say that to a man, they would write me or even themselves a ticket if there was a willful violation in their presence. To me that's the way it should be. That's why I am so careful to make sure there are no non-target species in a flock of snows before I call the shot.
My Dad and I got checked by the same 2 KY F&W COs on Lake Barkley a few years back 3 days in a row. The 3rd day they finally asked us hadn't we been checked the last couple of days? I guess as many folks as they come in contact with, they tend to all blend together. I never want to be the one who sticks out in a crowd when it comes to game laws.
I wish I saw more of them out there. The only people that I know they bother, are the ones that they should be bothering.
Most are good guys but there are a few @#$% out there. Just remember most are just doing their job.:twocents
I'm with you. Would like to see them every trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by filletfetish
I have never got a ticket but some of them ack like they want to give you a ticket. I have been checked 3 times this year 2× no problem but one checked my fish over and over again and I had my scale out all fish were 10+
Few years back had one flag me down below Pickwick day. He asked me to take him out to a boat to write them a ticket. Asked if he has a PDF? No don't have one so I ask him if its ok to have him in my boat without one? He was going to just forget it. But Laughed and told him there was 2 extra ones in the boat.
He give them one ticket where they could have gotten 5. As not a one of them had there PDF's on right there at the dam. But he made them put there,s on. I thought that was nice to only ticket one.
Wish we had more Of them out there. We have one in our county. And he is worked to death. Way to many tickets to write and only on warden. TWRA does a good job in my book.
some nice ones around here, but most are power junkies with attitudes and mirror sunglasses. nice to hear of the human ones though. lol
did you ever un into the river patrol?
Good day for you. I have all the respect in the world for the wardens/COs. Never had a bad experience with any of them, and they have been more than willing to handle a few issues that I have gone to them with. These days, on my local lakes, they rarely even ask for my license any more as they have all seen me and checked me at least a couple times over the years and I think they all know that I am not out there doing anything illegal.
A friend and I were checked about 3 months ago on Kentucky Lake at about 9:00 pm. A Tennesee CO stopped us in a cove right on the state line.
I was surprised to see him at that time of night. Just goes to show they can be there when you least expect to see them. He was a really nice guy. I think most of them are decent guys if you treat them right.
I hope the friend was with u. Or u might of got a ticket when u got in, if u were in Alabama. As the limit is 30 per person. LOL
Down here it is not the Game Wardens that are an issue with how they treat people.............. It is the local law enforcement that discovered a cash cow known as a lake!
DNR officers work under different guidelines than local law enforcement, The law enforement officers MUST bring in more revenue than the cost to the county for having them out there...........
I do find it odd that (atleast here) you never see a 100K twin engine rocket pulled............. but regularly see small boats and pontoons constantly checked............
My friend was fishing with me I would never keep more than 30 apiece. I have only kept about 25 for myself this year. I had another friend asked me to get him a cooler full for a big fish fry.I don't care too clean that many myself .
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Originally Posted by midcarolina
You can only ticket the ones you can catch. LOL Personally I have never had a problem with them. I figure they have a job to do just like anyone else. If your not a a@#$& with them them most of them will treat you fairly nice. At least that is what I have noticed.
Sort of off topic, but if any of you like to ready mystery fiction, C.J. Box writes a series of books featuring Joe Pickett who is a Wyoming Game Warden. Pretty good read and most libraries should have some of his books.
State wardens are normally cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by bowhunter012463
Federal wardens are another story.
Had a couple of real nasty run ins with them......