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re: Any weird experiences with game wardens?
Posted on 12/3/23 at 4:09 pm to PropofolPapi
Posted on 12/3/23 at 4:09 pm to PropofolPapi
A friend of mine brought his college age daughter to our farm and she shot a nice buck. Of course she plastered it all over social media.
Turns out she didn't have a hunting license. (It never dawned on me to ask).
The next year green jeans descended on our farm en masses. Checked multiple stands, even came inside the house and walked into bedrooms asking for hunting licenses.
All good. No violations.
I was chatting with one of the wardens in the yard and he basically admitted that the investigation resulted from the girl's social media post. And that it was my responsibility to make sure that all of our guests have licenses.
I thought that was kind of a weird flex. I get his point. But at the same time, that's really not my job. It's his job.
Turns out she didn't have a hunting license. (It never dawned on me to ask).
The next year green jeans descended on our farm en masses. Checked multiple stands, even came inside the house and walked into bedrooms asking for hunting licenses.
All good. No violations.
I was chatting with one of the wardens in the yard and he basically admitted that the investigation resulted from the girl's social media post. And that it was my responsibility to make sure that all of our guests have licenses.
I thought that was kind of a weird flex. I get his point. But at the same time, that's really not my job. It's his job.
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Posted on 12/3/23 at 4:32 pm to No Colors
They’ve ruined dove hunting in south MS, it’s like their Super Bowl, even if nothing is on social media. Had one sifting the dirt in our completely legal field and interrogating us for an hour, no violations found.
Posted on 12/3/23 at 4:41 pm to No Colors
Not really any weird experiences but evidently they don’t have as much power in my state as some others. Or more likely their actions are not getting challenged in court. You can also lose rights by giving consent to what they are wanting to do.
We’ve had some game warden cases make it to our appellate courts in recent years. Here is one of them. LINK
We’ve had some game warden cases make it to our appellate courts in recent years. Here is one of them. LINK
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:14 pm to No Colors
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and he basically admitted that the investigation resulted from the girl's social media post.
Everyone should be made aware of this. And it doesn’t have to even be your own social media account it’s posted to. For instance, if someone else you’re hunting with takes a picture of you and the game and posts it, or even if someone at the gas station you stop at takes a picture of the game in your truck and posts it (“Look at this big ol’ buck some baw had at the Citgo!”), Green Jeans is looking at all those posts and will use whatever information available to them to figure out who you are (is your face or your license plate in the picture?), whether you were licensed, whether you registered the kill, etc.
It may be soon thereafter, or it may be many months later, but you’ll have GJs knocking at your door. And their line of questioning will be an attempt to tack on as many citations as possible. Be aware.
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