Wardens in the woods

[300UltraMagShooter]

I wish every one of you would start getting pulled over every day for being in the act of driving.... 

And when they see you in a boat, I wish every one of you would get check and searched... and be ran through a TSA scanner. 

You'd all deserve it.

[Button Nubbs]

I got checked early archery, probably the first time in 10 years. I was happy to see them. I don't know why anyone would be mad to get rolled up on by a gamie. Unless you have something to hide...

[300UltraMagShooter]

don't worry about it.  if you are doing nothing wrong, then you're good to go.


plus, i hope they are monitoring this forum to see who has guns, then comes to your house to make sure you have them locked up properly and all register and every "i" dotted and every "t" crossed.

It's what we pay them for.

[300UltraMagShooter]

I got checked early archery, probably the first time in 10 years. I was happy to see them. I don't know why anyone would be mad to get rolled up on by a gamie. Unless you have something to hide...

[norsepeak]

they've been running around like crazy with the F.S. LEO and local Deputy today.  Good to hear, at least 6 officers on the radio today in my neighborhood.

[bobcat]

I just wish they'd spend more time in the woods when it's NOT hunting season. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

exactly Bobcat ...thats when the poaching goes on the most 

[dscubame]

I just wish they'd spend more time in the woods when it's NOT hunting season. 

Very good point.  They are spending too much time checking temperatures of walk in coolers at the local restaurants in the off season.

[huntergreg]

My father, son and me got checked 2 times today by two different officers.

[whitey]

Bust suction! Bwahahahahaha. Hilarious. 

I was at a loss for words.
 

[Mudman]

I think they should be active and enforce all laws butrandom stops and check stations seem to imply you are already in the wrong.  I dont think it american.  What happen to innocent not presumed guilty?  Watch n check ya when you are walking/hunting but where do ya draw the line?  Random dui roadblocks?  Regular leos are not suposed to stop ya for no reason, so why do wardens?

[Sitka_Blacktail]

" but he turned diagonally in the road and blocked it ".

 Thats  & lack of respect when they move in on you like that!

Yah, there is that and the fact they were wearing stun guns didn't sit well with me, and one was definitely the "good" cop and the other the  "bad" cop. But you know what? I'm not going to bust their chops for that. I was glad to see some enforcement.

Why did it bother you that they had taser guns? They are law enforcment and allot of the time they are alone and have no backup. If one of them has si go hand to hand with someone that is bigger then them would you rather have him shoot the guy or possibly be killed by the guy? The stun gun can be a immediate game changer for a situation like that.

Everyone complains about poachers and then they want to complain when they get stopped by a game warden to make sure they are legal.

Let's just say that I think being confrontational causes confrontation some times.  Had they just pulled over and got out in a friendly manner and asked to see our licenses I wouldn't have given it a second thought. But when they skidded to a sideways stop blocking the road and jumped out looking loaded for bear, then one tries to keep us occupied while the other slips around back to peer into my canopy, well there's some people who might get provoked over something like that. A show of force isn't always the best way to win respect and co-operation from people. It creates an us against them feeling instead of a let's work together to get the bad guys attitude.

But as I already said, I won't bust their chops for it. I was really glad to see some enforcement in the woods. Now if they'd just work on their people skills.

[clindsayrun]

Wardens don't stop you "for no reason", they stop you because you are engaged in hunting or fishing activity. Driving one the back road in hunter orange with a rifle on the front seat. What else would you be doing? Perfectly reasonable to expect to be checked out. I've never had a warden stop me and the family out on the highway driving to the grocery store; but motoring around the lake with a pole in the water... different story.

As far as people skills... remain professional, maybe a little personable, but have a plan to kill everybody.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Wardens don't stop you "for no reason", they stop you because you are engaged in hunting or fishing activity. Driving one the back road in hunter orange with a rifle on the front seat. What else would you be doing? Perfectly reasonable to expect to be checked out. I've never had a warden stop me and the family out on the highway driving to the grocery store; but motoring around the lake with a pole in the water... different story.

As far as people skills... remain professional, maybe a little personable, but have a plan to kill everybody.

Have a plan to kill everybody? Seriously.......  with that attitude you'd soon have everybody with a plan to kill you out of self defense.

For your info, we weren't engaged in hunting at the moment we were stopped. We were just driving in. We could have been out picking mushrooms or just out for a Sunday drive. No hunter orange on or any guns out.  They didn't "know" we were hunting until they asked us (as expected) and I confirmed it. So the confrontational attitude was a bit extreme in my opinion. But again, I was glad to see them out showing their faces.

[washelkhunter]

Anyone know exactly how many wdfw officers there are now?