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Quote from: scout/sniper on September 19, 2013, 06:39:11 PMQuote from: ucwarden on September 19, 2013, 06:26:52 PMA few of you have seen my posts of the last couple of days. I am brand new to this forum stuff, so forgive me if I get something wrong when trying to post.Welcome aboard. Yes,welcome. But look out ucwarden.....there are resource LEO's on here that take exception to calling wildlife LEO's "game wardens"
Quote from: ucwarden on September 19, 2013, 06:26:52 PMA few of you have seen my posts of the last couple of days. I am brand new to this forum stuff, so forgive me if I get something wrong when trying to post.Welcome aboard.
A few of you have seen my posts of the last couple of days. I am brand new to this forum stuff, so forgive me if I get something wrong when trying to post.
Quote from: 3nails on September 19, 2013, 07:24:17 PM I wonder how many other wardens are on here? The county I live in has a couple of real good men patrolling the woods. I'd hunt with either one of them in a second. I have to share a quick story. Last weekend I was fishing Fort Casey with a buddy and our two sons. At one point I got hot and hooked 6 or 7 fish in a short amount of time. I only landed three but lost the others right at the beach. After landing one of the fish and being caught up in the moment I forgot to mark it down. A couple casts later I remembered and marked it. The fishing slowed down and since the boys had stopped I had them grab the cooler and take it up the hill to the truck while we made a couple of more casts. Well after getting into the truck and putting it in reverse another fisherman hurried over and tapped my window with his wallet. Getting my attention he then flipped it open to reveal his badge! He asked to see our licenses and fish. We stepped out and showed him everything. Looking back I think he may have thought we were trying to be sneaky sending the boys back before us. He was very polite and respectful the whole time. He mentioned that I needed to mark the fish immediately which I sheepishly agreed. He also gave me some advise. Don't wear a white hat while fishing. It's too easy for him to keep track of me. Great dude and my day was better having the interaction. Wish I would have remembered to ask his name.Was he young, thin and 6'4" + or older, stocky and mostly bald?
I wonder how many other wardens are on here? The county I live in has a couple of real good men patrolling the woods. I'd hunt with either one of them in a second. I have to share a quick story. Last weekend I was fishing Fort Casey with a buddy and our two sons. At one point I got hot and hooked 6 or 7 fish in a short amount of time. I only landed three but lost the others right at the beach. After landing one of the fish and being caught up in the moment I forgot to mark it down. A couple casts later I remembered and marked it. The fishing slowed down and since the boys had stopped I had them grab the cooler and take it up the hill to the truck while we made a couple of more casts. Well after getting into the truck and putting it in reverse another fisherman hurried over and tapped my window with his wallet. Getting my attention he then flipped it open to reveal his badge! He asked to see our licenses and fish. We stepped out and showed him everything. Looking back I think he may have thought we were trying to be sneaky sending the boys back before us. He was very polite and respectful the whole time. He mentioned that I needed to mark the fish immediately which I sheepishly agreed. He also gave me some advise. Don't wear a white hat while fishing. It's too easy for him to keep track of me. Great dude and my day was better having the interaction. Wish I would have remembered to ask his name.
GLAD to have you here! Welcome! I have the utmost respect. When we are out enjoying what we love the most, you are working. THANKS!!!
except "game wardens" is exactly what we need, not State Police!
I guess you guys/gals see these user names and avatar's as "people" so you get bent by my comment. I view them as opinions without a face, typing stuff on the internet. So ya I do value some opinions moreso than others; I'll listen to a professional in the field over an armchair opinion each and every time. If I owned this site I'd do what I could to retain those professionals in the fold - unless they were dinks and couldn't adhere to the forum rules. RT illustrates my point by calling out ucwarden, calling him what amounts to a bad warden "one of them" even though he had no clue who he was and never even had contact with this warden. He goes on to admit he's carried loaded weapon on his ATV and somehow had a bad contact for that? Please! What did he expect? A finger wagging and warning - "ok now RT don't do that again now "Some of you folks on here would slash RT's atv tires, shoot the engine, burn it, and hang RT naked upside down with his head in an anthill then spray honey on his body for *gasp* riding an ATV - let alone with a loaded weapon on it The very fact that ucwarden choose his usercp "warden" speaks volumes, and to top it off he's here to help change the system, make things better and help usher in common sense policing with officer descretion. He's clearly against volume over quality policing yet some of you can't hear or understand his words because you're so full of vitrol.
