that could have gone south...

I am always respectful to Game Wardens, I have had only two out of five encounters that the Warden was just as respectful to me or my family. I have never received a violation, although I have been treated like a criminal by them.

My son has been an LEO for years. I ride out with him at times. The general public is clueless on what these law enforcement officers deal with every day. 90% of the people they come in contact with every day are scumbags pure and simple. I have witnessed it over and over and so will you if you take the time to ride with one of them. So suffice it to say that they must have a huge amount of restraint when dealing with the public.

Yes there are sorry cops and GW's. That is true in any aspect of our society. But the vast majority are good people - They are human beings with a family at home just like all of us. All they want to do is go home at night to their family. God Bless each of them

exactly

Well said Sir

We were walking down a dirt road back to camp in the dark and GW stopped, checked licenses. He then said jump in and gave us a ride the last mile. Arizona in the '80s

yes and no sir to all law enforcement . Only had a game warden 3 times in 17 years. Had a good conversation with one after he checked our license, we knew some of the same people. Checked one of our hunters and found he had used the wrong tag on a deer. Gave the guy a warning to mu surprise. The last time the warden was following up on a report of someone ith a auto firing rifle. All was well.

Same. I shoot until he’s ready to check me then as soon as he’s done I’m shooting again. This immediately unload the gun and assume the position stuff is kinda weird. I’ve done nothing wrong and not going to act like I have. I’m very respectful, but I’m hunting.

Do you think that 90% of the people that Game Wardens come in contact with are scumbags?

LMAO. Anyone can see the justification for speeding laws. No one, not you, not anyone can make a legitimate argument in support of plug laws.

In my best Colonel Sherman T Potter's voice "Horse apples"

I was not referring game wardens - I should have clarified. I was referring to LEO's on the street

So, what % of people that GW interact with are “scumbags”, in your estimation?

Not sure I get ranchers point about the plugs. He’s blaming GWs for enforcing a law? That’s their job. They don’t make the laws....they just do the job of enforcement. Plain and simple.
If peeps don’t agree with a law do something to try and change it instead of moaning about it.

Depends on what area of the state the GW has to work in.

My last interaction with a GW, was dove hunting. We saw the GW pull into the neighbors place & haul [censored] towards us. Literally seen him comin a mile away, & he’s doin 50-60mph across an open field. When he gets to us, he realizes there’s a fence between us. Instead of parking there & just hopping over the fence, he has to turn around, go back, drive around the county road, drive around to my gate, then drive thru my pastures to get to us. The whole ordeal took 10 minutes. I’ve texted everyone (maybe 15 hunters) & we are all waiting for him. He checks everybodys shotguns (even those in the trunks of cars that were not in use). This all took sometime. Wrote a few tickets for the old “no hunters safety [censored] certificate”.

I felt a lot safer.

I asked him why he didn’t just hop the fence earlier, he said he was too fat for that! We got all got a laugh & I agreed that I was too fat for fence hopping myself.

My only point is; too bad we as a society don’t put more emphasis on catching real criminals, like rapist, murderers, illegals, & meth cooks instead of normal decent guys who may break extremely minor game laws (often unknowingly).

This is why many people look at LE only as a money generating scheme. Like speed traps, expired registration, & non-working license plate lights.

I’d rather a few guys get away with not having a plug in their shotgun, while we arrest & prosecute actual criminals who do bodily harm to victims. Just my opinion.

First it’s an antiquated federal law, so good luck with changing that. Second and more important, state leo’s aren’t “doing their job” enforcing fed laws. There are MANY fed laws and some state laws that local leo’s don’t enforce.

If I was an leo it would embarrass me to enforce such an ignorant law.

Wonder why no one’s taken a stab at defending the plug law. Which no doubt is the highest % of fish cop interaction with the hunting public?

We all know why.

Only had one bad experience with a warden. He was a rookie and way out of line. The senior training warden stepped in and took over and it was fine.

I have higher respect for wardens than any law enforcement. Great guy (and gals). A hard job but they are typically always nice and fair.

Ah. The old Nuremberg Defense. Just following orders, Herr Oberststurmbanfuehrer?

The SS were “just following orders” also.......

Do GWs enforce all federal laws? Do they enforce federal immigration laws?

Guess sarcasm is your point. If so, I get it. If not, well your comparison lacks an important factor called a brain

I call them a pig and assail them with my pocket constitution. I ask if I'm being detained or am I free to go over and over again.

How in the world did we go from writing a ticket for a shotgun plug to murdering millions of innocent people just because they're Jewish?

Many law enforcement officers and Hitler have the same little man’s disease.