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re: Any weird experiences with game wardens?
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:58 am to PropofolPapi
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:58 am to PropofolPapi
Knew one here who had staked out some people I knew who had a bad habit of shooting over the limit on ducks and he let them get pretty bad over it before busting them. It was around Christmas time.
Apparently the warden started singing out loud “here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus” through the woods as he rowed his pirogue around the corner to bust them
Apparently the warden started singing out loud “here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus” through the woods as he rowed his pirogue around the corner to bust them
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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.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:15 pm to PropofolPapi
I was hunting with my buddy in a blind and another guy on the lease was in a separate blind with his young daughter, she was about 8 or 9. As we were coming out we got stopped by a game warden, we had our limit. The game warden was shining a bull eye right as us and my buddy yells at him to that fricking light out off us you stupid frick. Thats when they yell back that they were the game warden.
The other guy comes out with him and his daughters limit. The GW asked the little girl if she shot any. She said yes. He said what gun you used, she pointed to the gun. He said pick up the gun and load it and shoot that shrub on the bank. She picked it , loaded and when he went to shoot he stopped her. GW told her dad that is she wouldn't have been able to prove she could handle a gun that he was writing him a ticket for being over the limit.
The other guy comes out with him and his daughters limit. The GW asked the little girl if she shot any. She said yes. He said what gun you used, she pointed to the gun. He said pick up the gun and load it and shoot that shrub on the bank. She picked it , loaded and when he went to shoot he stopped her. GW told her dad that is she wouldn't have been able to prove she could handle a gun that he was writing him a ticket for being over the limit.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:33 pm to Junky
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Yes. I've had both. Two were just unreasonably rude. Both while fishing. I get people have bad days at work.
This... every one I've come into contact with while hunting was cool as shite. The ones on the water have been major dick heads
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:40 pm to dstone12
In 2013, we went to my friend’s cabin in Galax. We paddle down the new river without lifejackets, and we’re fishing without licenses. At the end of our float trip, we saw a Chevy Tahoe, unmarked skid, right beside the trucks that we had staged at the end of our takeout. it was a game warden and he was very very cool at the beginning. Said he would have to write tickets.
He said hey guys, I’d like to see your fishing licenses and your lifejackets. We said we didn’t have any of that. We admitted it. He looked at my friend, who was the land owner of the spot we launched from, and said hey, you’re my neighbor” Jon. “
Jon answered yes that’s right I am. He said I remember you because you would not let my son play paintball war with you and your friends back in college. Jon said yes your son was really young and we didn’t want to hurt them plus we did not have an extra gun or facemask.
He said “yeah remember that I also remember shooting some great bucks on your land at one time. “
Jon said yes I remember all that as well.
Game warden says man my boss is going to be so happy with me after I write these eight tickets. Guys remember this will affect your out-of-state driver license if you don’t pay these Virginia wildlife tickets off.
A year later, Jon tells me that he has a man that watches his land and allows him to hunt on it.
He only lets him hunt if he is doing things by the book. The game warden often drops in on John’s land to see this new hunter and says that he is not allowed to Bait for corn. The land caretaker says it’s not. Hannah is dropping the corn in for six more months. Every time the caretaker is stopped on the property and the game board says I’m gonna get you for putting corn on the ground. The caretaker says do whatever you have to do, but it’s not me and leave me the frick alone.
The game warden sits in his truck for 20 minutes and comes out with a book full of tickets for 20 different violations. It goes to court and Jon is asked to appear as a witness as well since he is the landowner. The judge looks at Jon and says Jon, this is an awful lot of tickets for what started out as the game warden seeing that your caretaker was baiting. Jon agrees that it has a longer history than just would’ve appears to be alleged baiting. The judge then asks the story of why this happens. Jon states that the game warden is angry because his son was not allowed to play paintball war and subsequently wrote eight tickets which he was allowed to do but it’s still a fact. The judge then looks at the game warden and asks, is this all true? The game warden says yes it is. The judge then tells the land caretaker he is allowed to go to Jon, thank you for your time. All charges dropped for caretaker.
Because the game warden overzealous and possibly jealous and tells him and the DA to please join him for a chat after court. I personally loved hearing about this, and I’m glad that he was reprimanded for his childish behavior because his son could not play paintball war with us.
He said hey guys, I’d like to see your fishing licenses and your lifejackets. We said we didn’t have any of that. We admitted it. He looked at my friend, who was the land owner of the spot we launched from, and said hey, you’re my neighbor” Jon. “
Jon answered yes that’s right I am. He said I remember you because you would not let my son play paintball war with you and your friends back in college. Jon said yes your son was really young and we didn’t want to hurt them plus we did not have an extra gun or facemask.
He said “yeah remember that I also remember shooting some great bucks on your land at one time. “
Jon said yes I remember all that as well.
Game warden says man my boss is going to be so happy with me after I write these eight tickets. Guys remember this will affect your out-of-state driver license if you don’t pay these Virginia wildlife tickets off.
A year later, Jon tells me that he has a man that watches his land and allows him to hunt on it.
He only lets him hunt if he is doing things by the book. The game warden often drops in on John’s land to see this new hunter and says that he is not allowed to Bait for corn. The land caretaker says it’s not. Hannah is dropping the corn in for six more months. Every time the caretaker is stopped on the property and the game board says I’m gonna get you for putting corn on the ground. The caretaker says do whatever you have to do, but it’s not me and leave me the frick alone.
The game warden sits in his truck for 20 minutes and comes out with a book full of tickets for 20 different violations. It goes to court and Jon is asked to appear as a witness as well since he is the landowner. The judge looks at Jon and says Jon, this is an awful lot of tickets for what started out as the game warden seeing that your caretaker was baiting. Jon agrees that it has a longer history than just would’ve appears to be alleged baiting. The judge then asks the story of why this happens. Jon states that the game warden is angry because his son was not allowed to play paintball war and subsequently wrote eight tickets which he was allowed to do but it’s still a fact. The judge then looks at the game warden and asks, is this all true? The game warden says yes it is. The judge then tells the land caretaker he is allowed to go to Jon, thank you for your time. All charges dropped for caretaker.
Because the game warden overzealous and possibly jealous and tells him and the DA to please join him for a chat after court. I personally loved hearing about this, and I’m glad that he was reprimanded for his childish behavior because his son could not play paintball war with us.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 1:11 pm to PropofolPapi
Back in the 90’s two buddies finished their duck hunt and 2 Fed game wardens came out of the brush near where they had been hunting. They only had their limit of 12 ducks, but the wardens gave one of them a ticket for attempting to take over the limit. Said he clearly shot the first duck of the morning and also shot at the 12th duck of the day. By shooting at the 12th duck, they pinned that bullshite on him. Ridiculous.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 1:33 pm to PropofolPapi
Not weird but was checked by a lady game warden in So. Texas a couple of times. She calls me the next year to tell me there is an unfamiliar vehicle parked in my pasture and may be poachers. I tell her its me in a different vehicle but thanks for looking out for my place.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 1:37 pm to Lazer Legz
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Not weird but was checked by a lady game warden in So. Texas a couple of times. She calls me the next year to tell me there is an unfamiliar vehicle parked in my pasture and may be poachers. I tell her it’s me in a different vehicle but thanks for looking out for my place.
I think she wants a ride on the Baloney Pony.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 1:48 pm to dstone12
Back in the day long ago, when I was still active duty but on terminal leave, I came back home to south Louisiana to go teal hunting with my buddy whose nickname was Swamp Critter…that’s a story in itself.
We limited out early on at Manchac WMA and as we pulled into boat launch, everyone was being ‘greeted’ by 2 game wardens and a biologist who did the full inspection (except we weren’t checked for having plug in guns…this matters later). I was ignorant of the federal duck stamp requirement; and received a fed misd ticket…$200 way over 20 years ago.
What sucked worse was I was in the hiring process for a law enforcement gig and knew I’d have to report the ticket. If only that was the end…
Swamp Critter invites me to go back out and I make sure I have my federal duck stamp with me. He tells me to meet him closer to where he lives in the Settlement de Francais and tells me to just park my truck at an old abandoned gas station,
We get into Manchac and limit out again early on; we saw two game wardens slip in near us at daybreak…no worries as we were legit. After we start to pack up, green jeans roll up to our boat and go through their inspection.
I’m excited because I’m on my 2nd duck hunt ever and action was fast and fun and I have my duck stamp so legal…then game warden sticks a device in my shotgun and tells me I don’t have a plug…what the frick?!
Then I remember I forgot to put my plug back in after cleaning the whole dang shotgun…it was in my guncase. I was ignorant and it cost me ANOTHER $200 federal misdemeanor ticket!
I figured I wouldn’t get a LEO job after all that so I asked the game wardens if they’d at least let me take a photo of them handing me the ticket…they said no one ever asked that before and agreed…still have it. When I told one guy I was in the military, he said I should have known better…definitely not helpful.
The boat ride out was quiet as I tried to figure out how in the heck I was going to pay $400 in fines and explain it to my recruiter at the department…these were the days when getting a LEO job was difficult.
We get back to where my truck was parked and…nope…it’s gone! We
arrived to find the gas station being torn down!! Incredulous, I asked the foreman where in the heck was my truck and said they had it towed so they get working…
Swamp Critter said don’t worry because he knew the tow company owner…so we head over there - in the LP - where it looks like something out of a horror movie. Cur dogs running around on chains, junk cars everywhere and a teenager in a diaper sitting on a tractor as we drove up.
Swamp Critter makes contact with owner reminding him how they know each other and the owner tells Swamp Critter he doesn’t care for any of his family. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to see this was going to be a bad to worse day.
The owner said it would be $100 to get my truck out, which I didnt have. During this time, Swamp Critter has returned to his truck and retrieved his shotgun and points it at the owner yelling he better give us the damn truck or else.
The owner called the LPSO and it went bad before it got better…Swamp Critter was hooked up, I was left with no ride and a 2nd federal ticket and about to have no job.
One of the deputies was former military, listened to my plight and asked the impound lot owner to give me a break…which he did and let me take it without charge.
Needless to say, I don’t go duck hunting nor associate with Swamp Critter anymore.
We limited out early on at Manchac WMA and as we pulled into boat launch, everyone was being ‘greeted’ by 2 game wardens and a biologist who did the full inspection (except we weren’t checked for having plug in guns…this matters later). I was ignorant of the federal duck stamp requirement; and received a fed misd ticket…$200 way over 20 years ago.
What sucked worse was I was in the hiring process for a law enforcement gig and knew I’d have to report the ticket. If only that was the end…
Swamp Critter invites me to go back out and I make sure I have my federal duck stamp with me. He tells me to meet him closer to where he lives in the Settlement de Francais and tells me to just park my truck at an old abandoned gas station,
We get into Manchac and limit out again early on; we saw two game wardens slip in near us at daybreak…no worries as we were legit. After we start to pack up, green jeans roll up to our boat and go through their inspection.
I’m excited because I’m on my 2nd duck hunt ever and action was fast and fun and I have my duck stamp so legal…then game warden sticks a device in my shotgun and tells me I don’t have a plug…what the frick?!
Then I remember I forgot to put my plug back in after cleaning the whole dang shotgun…it was in my guncase. I was ignorant and it cost me ANOTHER $200 federal misdemeanor ticket!
I figured I wouldn’t get a LEO job after all that so I asked the game wardens if they’d at least let me take a photo of them handing me the ticket…they said no one ever asked that before and agreed…still have it. When I told one guy I was in the military, he said I should have known better…definitely not helpful.
The boat ride out was quiet as I tried to figure out how in the heck I was going to pay $400 in fines and explain it to my recruiter at the department…these were the days when getting a LEO job was difficult.
We get back to where my truck was parked and…nope…it’s gone! We
arrived to find the gas station being torn down!! Incredulous, I asked the foreman where in the heck was my truck and said they had it towed so they get working…
Swamp Critter said don’t worry because he knew the tow company owner…so we head over there - in the LP - where it looks like something out of a horror movie. Cur dogs running around on chains, junk cars everywhere and a teenager in a diaper sitting on a tractor as we drove up.
Swamp Critter makes contact with owner reminding him how they know each other and the owner tells Swamp Critter he doesn’t care for any of his family. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to see this was going to be a bad to worse day.
The owner said it would be $100 to get my truck out, which I didnt have. During this time, Swamp Critter has returned to his truck and retrieved his shotgun and points it at the owner yelling he better give us the damn truck or else.
The owner called the LPSO and it went bad before it got better…Swamp Critter was hooked up, I was left with no ride and a 2nd federal ticket and about to have no job.
One of the deputies was former military, listened to my plight and asked the impound lot owner to give me a break…which he did and let me take it without charge.
Needless to say, I don’t go duck hunting nor associate with Swamp Critter anymore.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 1:58 pm to PropofolPapi
Weird kinda funny with USCG/ldwf.
I was deckhanding on a 32ft skimmer boat and we were stopped for typical safety check on our way in one morning. So they pull onside and check all the normal stuff (lic/lifejackets/flare/fire ext) of which we were all good.
So they about to leave and. The young Coastie ask my buddy “where is the head and can he inspect it” so my buddy who had been running a skiff since he was 12 high school drop out has never heard of the head dead serious replies that is on the engine under the motor box.
The coastie then follows up with where is your toilet, to which my buddy replies that we use a five gallon bucket. The coastie then replies in a tone like he had my buddy in a violation that it was illegal to dump human waste over board.
My buddy who was a habitual liar by nature never missed a beat and replied “ we haul the bucket home with us each day but we didn’t have to shite last night”
Coastie just turns away with no reply and leaves.
I had my back to them cleaning the drag at this point and almost lost it trying not to bust out laughing at the reply.
I was deckhanding on a 32ft skimmer boat and we were stopped for typical safety check on our way in one morning. So they pull onside and check all the normal stuff (lic/lifejackets/flare/fire ext) of which we were all good.
So they about to leave and. The young Coastie ask my buddy “where is the head and can he inspect it” so my buddy who had been running a skiff since he was 12 high school drop out has never heard of the head dead serious replies that is on the engine under the motor box.
The coastie then follows up with where is your toilet, to which my buddy replies that we use a five gallon bucket. The coastie then replies in a tone like he had my buddy in a violation that it was illegal to dump human waste over board.
My buddy who was a habitual liar by nature never missed a beat and replied “ we haul the bucket home with us each day but we didn’t have to shite last night”
Coastie just turns away with no reply and leaves.
I had my back to them cleaning the drag at this point and almost lost it trying not to bust out laughing at the reply.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 1:59 pm to DogFacedSoldier
If all of those folks were family and this happened on Thanksgiving it would have been one heck of a post in the Thanksgiving Play by Play thread.
I hope you never have days again like that.
Would like to hear of some of Swampcritter ‘s stories.
I hope you never have days again like that.
Would like to hear of some of Swampcritter ‘s stories.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 2:08 pm to Bigfishchoupique
Yes sir and I’ve sanitized this for women and children! Ol’ Swamp Critter went on to become a preacher and moved to Arkansas to chase ducks…last I heard he got run off from the church for missing too many Sundays hunting!
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