I fully understand your point. I fully understand your concern. But that's the law that GW operate under. You don't like it, take it up with your politicians.

If a GW has reason to believe you are hunting, he can come on the property.

I have the utmost respect for all LEO's and since I have nothing to hide and I don't have an issue letting them know who I am, what I am doing etc... That being said, I do not listen to lectures and on occasions in the past when getting a speeding ticket, or having had the same issue with a processor a previous poster had, I let them know real quick if I need a ticket, write me one but I'm not listening to any lectures. I'll gladly pay the fine and in the case of the processor situation, I understand the law now and will never make that mistake again.

Still no bites on the javalina... lots of liars said they didn't waste that game.

Still no bites on the javalina... lots of liars said they didn't waste that game.

I enjoy our game warden, and I have personally deer, duck, and night hunted with him on several occasions. I enjoy their company, and like listening to some of the crazy stories they tell. I guess it depends on your personal mentality of doing something wrong and getting caught. I don't do illegal stuff, so I don't mind the law coming around doing their job at all.

Night hunting....hmmmm that sounds fishy:)

Sounds like you have a cool GW. Ours is an A hol. I have had to help him so many times. He has never thanked me or even have me credit. He's not friendly. I used to be nice to him but now I give him the same crappy attitude. Bless his heart..

I jokingly said “am I hunting?” Well, I could tell he didn’t appreciate that comment and as the lecture began

Let me start out by saying I’m glad to see them in our area and appreciate all their hard work. I realize it’s a tough job. We’ve had some neighbor issues and you may recall the break-in we experienced this summer, so again, very thankful to see them on patrol in our area.
I didn’t hunt Saturday evening because of the heat and full moon. Thursday and Friday were tough, so I decided to hang back and cook. 715 PM, I hear “texas game warden” as I’m standing on the porch in plain clothes, no shoes, cold beer and cooking steaks waiting on the rest to show up. One guy immediately pulls his license out. He asked if we had any game which I then replied a couple had luck and offered to show our MLD game log. Also offered for him to go through all coolers ect. Nothing to hide. . We chatted a little bit longer, off topic, and then he asked for my license. I jokingly said “am I hunting?” Well, I could tell he didn’t appreciate that comment and as the lecture began, I quickly said follow me, it’s in the truck.
I don’t have a problem showing my license and I’d never intentionally break a law, just seemed uncalled for. Never mentioned I went hunting, was after dark, and I’m in plain clothes cooking on the grill. What if i didn’t have a license and was just there cooking and hanging out.
Kind of like being asked for a DL when you’re not operating a motor vehicle. Didn’t seem right. Overall, we had a good conversation, but I could tell I struck a nerve. Whoops.

Dumb A, just do what they say PERIOD !!!!

I was in east Texas on public land..in a tree at dawn..heard shots from the road..about 30 minutes later guy comes driving down the road..guy was obviously poaching..along comes a warden.I'm watching all this from about 3hundred yards with my binos..guy transfers deer to wardens truck..they handshake and go their separate ways..hmmmmmmm..never trusted another game warden..but I respect that they are a figure of authority..and I will always comply

Thank you for sharing the story. I would have made a report call to their department, anonymously of course.

That's why we have a separate chain on the gate we put our lock on when we're there. If the GW wants to come hassle us he's going to have to walk 2 miles.

you got permission to be locking lease/easement gates?

All my easement gates are locked

How many people on here have shot a javalina? How many have shot more than 2 in a given year? How many have shot more than 2 in an afternoon or morning hunt? How many have shot a deer that was trapped in a hog trap in bad shape?

Back to the javelin... I think I can count on one hand the number of people on here who have admitted to eating javalina, me being one of them and I know far more have shot them than eat them. Saving the cape for a mount doesn't count either.

It will raise the suspicions of the game warden.