Alabama Open Fields Lawsuit

They need to get a search warrant for private property…period.

You watch game warden shows on TV and they make a big deal of hunters trespassing private property to hunt yet its okay for them to go onto private property without exigent circumstances or a search warrant.

Open fields doctrine is unconstitutional and our Founding Fathers would never have tolerated agents of the State traipsing through their private estate looking for game violations.

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They need to get a search warrant for private property…period.

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Not in Alabama.

In Alabama they used to be used a lot to perform warrantless searches for a myriad of things, especially drugs. Even when there was a search warrant, local law enforcement liked them to be there because they were not bound by the details of a search warrants. For example, if a warrant allowed only a home to be searched, the game warden could search the barn, the workshop and anything else he wanted. Game wardens here like to brag they can come inside your home at any time. They like to brag they can arrest you for anything, not just game and fish laws. All because of the ruing that these guys are fighting.

So, Alabama game wardens were used in a myriad of warrantless searches, especially drug raids where a judge wouldn’t sign off on a search warrant. They would send them in first. Then one got killed. Afterwards fhe state did crack down a little on game wardens being involved in drug raids.

Game Warden Killed in Drug Raid

But a game warden can still go wherever his heart desires.

I hope these guys win. But I doubt it will change the attitude or procedures of most.

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Game wardens here like to brag they can come inside your home at any time.

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They can't, but it benefits them to have folks believe that they can. They straight up lie about it every chance they get. They still have to establish probable cause and get a warrant to search your home. The open fields thing is what they use to justify rooting around in your ice chest on your patio, though.

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They like to brag they can arrest you for anything, not just game and fish laws.

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They have the same arrest powers as normal police if they encounter something like that.

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So, Alabama game wardens were used in a myriad of warrantless searches, especially drug raids where a judge wouldn’t sign off on a search warrant. They would send them in first. Then one got killed. Afterwards fhe state did crack down a little on game wardens being involved in drug raids.

Game Warden Killed in Drug Raid

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it says that the warden was killed while serving the warrant. Unless I missed something in the article it doesn't show that he was sent in first so the cops could get around not having a warrant.


If they want to search your house, don't let them unless they have a warrant.

We can donate to he Institute for Justice. IJ.org. They represent these landowners free of charge. They are supported across the country by donations from patriots.

We can also spread the word, tell our representatives about it, etc

Open Fields Doctrine should've never been a thing. Ive dealt with 2 of the GW's listed in the suit a few times over the years. One of them is not necessarily a bad guy. The Poole guy is 1000% someone who should never wear a badge or a gun. I've seen him firsthand harass multiple hunters and not once finding something to ticket for. He's also fond of riding 4 wheelers across property he doesn't have permission to be on just bc it's a sneakier way onto another person's private property. Even after the owner of the property told him he didn't want him anywhere on their place bc none of them hunt