I have never had a bad experience with a GW but you only need to watch that one old loudmouth dude on their TV show to see that many people should never wear a badge of any kind.

These posts are always the same. The folks who are squared away have never had an issue and the folks who got caught crying foul.

Absolutely, just like with cops. Then, some are jerks and/or some that engage in illegal activity themselves, like Chris Fried who was hunting after hours a Cooper Res. without a valid license when he heard gunshots and ended up getting shot by people target practicing. Just an honest, hard working GW trying to do the right thing will illegally hunting. https://www.statesman.com/story/new...king-law-but-holds-onto-job/10037167007/ https://www.gohunt.com/content/news/game-warden-poaches-deer-yet-keeps-his-job

yeah you can go find the bad ones online any day - but you can also find the bad ones online in ANY profession - still does not give hunters the right to ignore the law period.

I have been 100%squared away several times and had very bad interactions with Wardens. I mean multiple convinced I had broken some game law!!!

I have also received citations from Wardens who were polite, professional, respected my rights.

You're overlooking those who never broke any laws but were treated as if they had done so. I once had a game warden in another state encourage me to shoot from a public road. Needless to say, I didn't take the bait. People tend to never forget being treated as if they had broken the law despite having done nothing wrong.

Thankfully, the closest I've ever had that happen in Texas is when an officer accused me of incorrectly marking the back of my license. He felt very strongly that I had made a mistake until he realized the store where I had purchased my license had printed it on last year's license sheets. During the previous year, a box was checked if the buck had a spread of 13-inches or more. In the current license year, the same box was to be marked if the buck was a spike.

Trapper, I am an open book sir

I told my bad encounters of being hassled twice

I was cited once and it was dismissed

The other time, I was flat out hassled for no reason

Now, I must mention for those on here who have a hard time with this

I competitively fished for more than a decade plus hunted 60 plus days a year

So my possible encounters were probably more than most.

I never had an encounter in the woods, all mine were either on the water or water related

I didn’t want to type this but I will, y’all can choose your own idea but I swear this is all true and this is my complaints..

1. In 2001, I bought a brand new, never owned Skeeter bass boat. At the time of purchase, the dealership tells me that TPW is behind on boat registration stickers so they cannot give me one at the time of purchase. But they provide me w a proof of payment receipt.

So I go and fish, several times…4,5,6 idk and get stopped by the GW on the way home one day on a Farm To Market Road. So I pull over obviously and sure enough we do a boat inspection on the side of the road. I have life jackets, whistle, throw float, and fishing license….even though I am not required…it’s because i wasn’t fishing!…I am stopped 30 minutes from the nearest lake. Hell, he inspected my livewell, which was empty

There are 0 violations here. Then he asked where my TPW sticker is and I tell him how they are backed on issuing stickers but I have my payment receipt right here. He looks at it and sure enough, issues me a ticket for no sticker.

Number 1, I paid in full for a sticker and provided proof of payment, number 2 I wasn’t fishing when he stopped me, the man just wanted to cite someone. It was dismissed in court.

There is another example but dam that was a long type….

So how should I feel?

Should I pretend that he was right and I was wrong?

I was polite the whole time

WTH, here is the other…

I said I was wrongfully cited once and hassled the 2nd time

Here is the 2nd time

Like mentioned, I tournament fished for a long time…

There is a local jackpot tourney near me weekly which last about 4 hours on a week day evening

So my partner are fishing and we are hammering them on this particular point and sure enough the GW shows up to check us, which is fine. Even though this counts against our time. So we pass, no violations…15 minutes of our time gone. And we win the tourney that night.

We fish the next week, on the same point, in the same boat and we get checked again by the same Gw And I tell her, ma’am you just checked us in this same spot 7 days ago. Without regard, she informed me she was checking us again. Again, 15 minutes of our time is gone and we passed. AGAIN

So I originally said, I have been wrongfully cited once and hassled once

Some guys are boot lickers and you can’t help them is all I can say

But I will always call them like I see them

My God man!

Ima double quote him

I really don’t know what else I could have done in my circumstances

The GW’s are the only LE with a very limited amount of time to justify their positions.

I said it, I lived it

Seems like others have too

Trapper, I didn’t get caught w squat

I did nothing wrong but I still feel this way

I haven’t fished in 10 years and I hunt out of state now

Tx GW’s are a joke for the most part

I am thinking some of you need to quit hunting - clearly it takes a lot of effort for you to follow the law and rules - if it is always such a struggle then go fishing instead (oh yeah there are rules and laws with that too and GW's ) .. so maybe just go find a new hobby where you do not have to encounter anyone in law enforcement - night and out

I am not the only one w a complaint here

You are still licking boots..

You don't have to believe my posts, I doubt you will

Would you care getting cited for a violation you didn't commit?

Gus, you arent the only one. There is at least an entire HANDFUL out of MILLIONS of people. You drew a bad card. I would suggest you get over it before you have a heart attack. Also, adjust your expectations. If you fish and hunt as much as you said then the odds of something happening are much greater. Just realize that and move on. Dwelling on the past is not gonna help.
Thus ends my sermon for the day.....

I had the same constant battle with my wife.....again, just because you paid for and received your vehicle registration and have it prominently displayed in the envelope on the kitchen island doesn’t mean you can’t get a citation. She has been lucky... so far.

^^^^^^^^^^

just don't break the game laws

Rage Against the Machine - comical.

The world isn’t perfect and I got checked twice - whaaa, whaaa!

Some of you sound like you'd like a Warden season opened up, "no AR" restrictions. Hilarious and comical.....

That's your definition of being hassled? Being checked on back to back weekends? Oh, the horror.

the institute for justice is on it now

these bootlickers in this thread will be the first to turn over their guns, all the man has to do is send their buddy the game warden to do the confiscating.

yessa, right away sir

The issue I have is being stopped or having your property searched without a warrant or probable cause, which happens often. I know the former LEO's and boot-lickers think that's fine, but every citizen who believes in the Constitution should have a problem with it. You can't legally do it to folks driving, and you shouldn't be able to do it to hunters on their land or a guy pulling a boat down the road.