We have the right to remain silent but in a lot of cases not the ability

I can live with them not being efficient.

This right here is why I posted.. that scenario doesn’t sit well.. stretching their power a bit IMO..

Chad, I do not break any laws either but I'm also not looking to get hassled. There are good GWs and there are bad GWs and then there are always a couple of Barney Fife GWs out there simply trying to screw with people to prove how tough they are and I've experienced all three. For the last two you really don't have to do much of anything to get them to show that they're jerks, could be something as not hearing/understanding something they say and asking a question for clarification and all of a sudden they act like your challenging their manhood...ugh. So I choose to avoid them if possible because I do not want to deal with the bull.

Have been checked numerous times on the county road several miles after leaving the ranch. There's some profiling going on as they always checked every male passenger and never the females.

Moral of the story: You can be checked anywhere at anytime for a hunting license unless you have boobs.

There is no stretching of their power. That IS their power. Yes, it is a further extension beyond your normal LEO rules. It has to be for them to find infractions.

There is no stretching of their power. That IS their power. Yes, it is a further extension beyond your normal LEO rules. It has to be for them to find infractions.

So I have to provide a hunting license just because he asks? Even though I’m not hunting, simply being on a property that is known to be hunted? Again, no shoes, plain clothes, drinking beer flipping steaks. Never did I say I had been out hunting prior to that question. He just assumed because of where I was. Nothing to hide, just struck me as odd that an assumption was made, and how would that end had I not been hunting? Only there as a visitor.

Yes, you do. Because of this right here... "or reasonably believes that a person has been engaged in such an activity". You're in a deer camp, during deer season. It's reasonable to believe you have been hunting. Especially after being somewhat evasive during the initial contact.

Inspection Authority

A game warden who observes a person engaged in an activity governed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code or reasonably believes that a person is or has been engaged in such an activity may inspect:

any license, permit, tag, or other document issued by the department and required by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code of a person hunting or catching wildlife resources;
any device that may be used to hunt or catch a wildlife resource;
any wildlife resource in the person's possession; and
the contents of any container or receptacle that is commonly used to store or conceal a wildlife resource.
The full text of this law may be found in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, §12.102 or call TPWD at (800) 792-1112 (press 9, then 4381).

My beef is and will always be them having the ability to come on to private property without reason.. no tip, no observation. As a law abiding citizen, it doesn’t seem right that a government employee can stroll on into my private property without reason..I don’t understand how many of you are ok with that.

Ps. Steve on your recommendation I spoke with the salesman from Bailey lumber and they are providing all the material for my house way over in Grayson county. Estimator was the only person I could find that gave me the time of day. Been a great experience.