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re: Let’s hear some good game warden stories where people did dumb
Posted on 6/5/19 at 7:47 pm to SOLA
Posted on 6/5/19 at 7:47 pm to SOLA
GW story though I wasn't involved.
To frame the story, our county GW is a friend of mine and a very honorable man of stellar character and does things by the book, no exception.
Around 10 or 12 years ago or so, he's making his rounds on dirt roads outside of a town of 3500 in the middle of central Oklahoma. It's opening morning of waterfowl season. He hears a few shots in the distance and advances towards the sound.
When he gets close enough to have to exit his truck and cross fences, he continues to hear shooting and notices that it's coming from several locations but all coming from the one ranch. It's about two square miles of land, owned by a prominent lawyer and businessman well known as the wealthiest man in the county. Our GW knows the owner personally, as they have attended fundraisers and wildlife education events together for years.
GW crosses onto the land and begins heading towards the nearest shots. As the first pond, a 5 acre watershed, comes into view, he glasses three blinds from his vantage point. He writes down data in his notebook and approaches the nearest blind. He introduces himself and the landowner happens to be there at that particular blind, and greets him first.
GW asks the other 4 present with the landowner at that blind to present their hunting licenses and duck stamps, after seeing several dead ducks already in the bag. Landowner says, "before we go there, let me introduce you to the president of Ducks Unlimited", at which point one of the men steps forward and reaches out for a handshake. GW says, "pleasure to meet you. Now, about that license?"
To shorten the story, GW wrote multiple tickets to landowner, president of DU and 15 other officers and board members of DU that were hunting three seperate ponds on the ranch. Not one had a valid nonresident hunting license or duck stamps. They were none too happy, the DU president actually telling the GW, "I hope you enjoyed your last day on the job because you'll be washing dishes at McDonald's tomorrow."
GW finishes his shift and goes home for the day. That evening, he received a call from (former) Oklahoma governor Brad Henry, telling him to void the copies of the tickets he'd written that day and that it would "be in your best interests to overlook what happened today."
I had heard rumors of this but only actually got confirmation from the GW himself about a year ago when he checked my wife and I while we were catfishing a local lake last summer. He was visibly disgusted when telling me very few details, but at least he still has his job.
Have never thought the same of DU ever since. They are just another corrupt organization of rich, greedy fat cats who are obviously above the law.
To frame the story, our county GW is a friend of mine and a very honorable man of stellar character and does things by the book, no exception.
Around 10 or 12 years ago or so, he's making his rounds on dirt roads outside of a town of 3500 in the middle of central Oklahoma. It's opening morning of waterfowl season. He hears a few shots in the distance and advances towards the sound.
When he gets close enough to have to exit his truck and cross fences, he continues to hear shooting and notices that it's coming from several locations but all coming from the one ranch. It's about two square miles of land, owned by a prominent lawyer and businessman well known as the wealthiest man in the county. Our GW knows the owner personally, as they have attended fundraisers and wildlife education events together for years.
GW crosses onto the land and begins heading towards the nearest shots. As the first pond, a 5 acre watershed, comes into view, he glasses three blinds from his vantage point. He writes down data in his notebook and approaches the nearest blind. He introduces himself and the landowner happens to be there at that particular blind, and greets him first.
GW asks the other 4 present with the landowner at that blind to present their hunting licenses and duck stamps, after seeing several dead ducks already in the bag. Landowner says, "before we go there, let me introduce you to the president of Ducks Unlimited", at which point one of the men steps forward and reaches out for a handshake. GW says, "pleasure to meet you. Now, about that license?"
To shorten the story, GW wrote multiple tickets to landowner, president of DU and 15 other officers and board members of DU that were hunting three seperate ponds on the ranch. Not one had a valid nonresident hunting license or duck stamps. They were none too happy, the DU president actually telling the GW, "I hope you enjoyed your last day on the job because you'll be washing dishes at McDonald's tomorrow."
GW finishes his shift and goes home for the day. That evening, he received a call from (former) Oklahoma governor Brad Henry, telling him to void the copies of the tickets he'd written that day and that it would "be in your best interests to overlook what happened today."
I had heard rumors of this but only actually got confirmation from the GW himself about a year ago when he checked my wife and I while we were catfishing a local lake last summer. He was visibly disgusted when telling me very few details, but at least he still has his job.
Have never thought the same of DU ever since. They are just another corrupt organization of rich, greedy fat cats who are obviously above the law.
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Posted on 6/5/19 at 7:52 pm to SOLA
Came back from college on break and my dad took me up to the management area to go hunting. I didn’t have a license (can’t recall why) but we never see the green hats when we’ve been in the past. Just doing a bit of small game hunting whatever jumps. Probably have a few squirrels and a rabbit. Come back towards the car and see the game warden. My father knows I don’t have a license. We walk straight up to him, show him our kills, talk about the area, what’s changed etc. then my dad starts to pull out his wallet “ oh you probably want to see our licenses” green hat stops him saying that’s ok. And good luck. Smooth bluff by pops!
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:31 pm to C
The last time I hunted Boeuf state management area I hunted the green tree. Got there and hunted the flooded timber. I brought my pirouge and was wading through the timber and dragging my gear behind me in the pirouge. I finished my hunt and headed back to my truck. I got about halfway back and got in it and paddled the rest of the way. The GW was at my truck waiting.
I spoke to him and he asked me for my license. I showed him my lifetime license with fed duck stamp. Then he wanted my clearing permit, truck copy, my birds, my shells, everything he think of and I had it all except for the last thing he asked for. A life jacket.
I had left it in my John boat at home. I explained that it was knee deep water and was basically using it as a gear float. He didn’t want to hear it. Wrote me up a $200 ticket.
I stopped by Columbia Sheriffs office to check on the price of the ticket. The radio operator/clerk asked where I had gotten the ticket? She was kinda pissed. I told her I was in the Boeuf management area in the green tree and a state GW for Boeuf wrote it. She said the judge had torn those GW butts up before for writing $200 tickets for that offense. That thee was a $50 ticket they could write if they felt they had to write one. She said I needed to call my local sheriff and see if they could call and work something out. I told my sheriff but we never heard back from Caldwell parish so I just went ahead and paid it.
The GW had every right to issue me the ticket, but he didn’t have to. Just because you can do something does mean you should. He just wanted to write me up because he could. Not because I was doing something illegal or dangerous.
Never have been back to Boeuf, which is probably what the GW wanted anyway.
I spoke to him and he asked me for my license. I showed him my lifetime license with fed duck stamp. Then he wanted my clearing permit, truck copy, my birds, my shells, everything he think of and I had it all except for the last thing he asked for. A life jacket.
I had left it in my John boat at home. I explained that it was knee deep water and was basically using it as a gear float. He didn’t want to hear it. Wrote me up a $200 ticket.
I stopped by Columbia Sheriffs office to check on the price of the ticket. The radio operator/clerk asked where I had gotten the ticket? She was kinda pissed. I told her I was in the Boeuf management area in the green tree and a state GW for Boeuf wrote it. She said the judge had torn those GW butts up before for writing $200 tickets for that offense. That thee was a $50 ticket they could write if they felt they had to write one. She said I needed to call my local sheriff and see if they could call and work something out. I told my sheriff but we never heard back from Caldwell parish so I just went ahead and paid it.
The GW had every right to issue me the ticket, but he didn’t have to. Just because you can do something does mean you should. He just wanted to write me up because he could. Not because I was doing something illegal or dangerous.
Never have been back to Boeuf, which is probably what the GW wanted anyway.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:34 pm to SOLA
Me and a buddy went turkey hunting at Big Lake WMA during closed season once. 
Wondered why we had it to ourselves.
Was dove hunting with a different buddy and buddy’s dad brought the gw back to check us all. One dude didn’t have a license but gw only asked if we were legal didn’t check. Nicest gw I’ve come across that i didn’t know.
Wondered why we had it to ourselves. Was dove hunting with a different buddy and buddy’s dad brought the gw back to check us all. One dude didn’t have a license but gw only asked if we were legal didn’t check. Nicest gw I’ve come across that i didn’t know.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:54 pm to SOLA
Was duck hunting with my uncle on a WMA. We get stopped and checked as we are walking out. Everything good as far as duck stamp and licenses went.
Game warden asks my uncle as he’s handing his license back how his deer season had been going.
Uncle- “Killed a little spike but haven’t seen many”
Game warden- “why do you have 6 tags still?”
*writes ticket for not tagging a deer*
Told on himself, I laughed my arse off the whole ride home. He didn’t find it as funny as I
Game warden asks my uncle as he’s handing his license back how his deer season had been going.
Uncle- “Killed a little spike but haven’t seen many”
Game warden- “why do you have 6 tags still?”
*writes ticket for not tagging a deer*
Told on himself, I laughed my arse off the whole ride home. He didn’t find it as funny as I
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:37 pm to SouthernImmigrant
There were no citations issued in this story,but I'll be damned if I don't laugh everytime I think of it.
I was probably 11 or 12. I had killed a doe, pops was gutting her at the check in station for our lease. Game warden rolls up,also a member of the club, and congratulates a young HoW on the kill.
So Pappa Waffles is elbow deep in the field dressing job, and we hear a very distinctive truck coming down the road. Fun fact, this same truck had threw it in neutral in front of our stand the day before and gave it hell. Another fun fact, we could see the truck, and pops didn't like that dude for shite beforehand.
So my old man starts laughing when the guy pulls up. Took me a second, but I realized why he was laughing as slid to the side a bit.
Guy got out of his truck, got almost to us,pops stood up. Pointed at him with a big arse smile, and said " jfhnehdi, just the man I wanted to see!"
He proceeded to motherfrick that dude at a level that I have never seen anyone but him achieve. The best part? He's got that two blade Case he was using to field dress that doe, but now it's become an extension of his hand. He forgot it's there. I didnt. The game warden (who had known all involved parties for years) didn't, and the dude recieving the motherfricking damn sure noticed it.
Me and green jeans are crying. The other dude is damn near crying, but not in the same way. Finally pops realized what he was doing, dropped the knife, apologized to the game warden, slapped dudes hat off, and told him a direction he should frick off to.
I was probably 11 or 12. I had killed a doe, pops was gutting her at the check in station for our lease. Game warden rolls up,also a member of the club, and congratulates a young HoW on the kill.
So Pappa Waffles is elbow deep in the field dressing job, and we hear a very distinctive truck coming down the road. Fun fact, this same truck had threw it in neutral in front of our stand the day before and gave it hell. Another fun fact, we could see the truck, and pops didn't like that dude for shite beforehand.
So my old man starts laughing when the guy pulls up. Took me a second, but I realized why he was laughing as slid to the side a bit.
Guy got out of his truck, got almost to us,pops stood up. Pointed at him with a big arse smile, and said " jfhnehdi, just the man I wanted to see!"
He proceeded to motherfrick that dude at a level that I have never seen anyone but him achieve. The best part? He's got that two blade Case he was using to field dress that doe, but now it's become an extension of his hand. He forgot it's there. I didnt. The game warden (who had known all involved parties for years) didn't, and the dude recieving the motherfricking damn sure noticed it.
Me and green jeans are crying. The other dude is damn near crying, but not in the same way. Finally pops realized what he was doing, dropped the knife, apologized to the game warden, slapped dudes hat off, and told him a direction he should frick off to.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 8:17 am to SOLA
Buddy and I didn't have anywhere to dove hunt so we went riding around (this was before everything was leased), Find a cutover with goat weed and the dove are going nuts.
We jump out and start blasting, kill about 10 in 2-3 minutes.
Here comes green jeans, I'm standing in knee high weeds and he tells me to look at the ground. Freaking wheat everywhere
. Some redneck had dumped 4-5 bags right where we were.
He wrote us both up for hunting over bait but we got it reduced in court after explaining what happened.
We jump out and start blasting, kill about 10 in 2-3 minutes.
Here comes green jeans, I'm standing in knee high weeds and he tells me to look at the ground. Freaking wheat everywhere
. Some redneck had dumped 4-5 bags right where we were. He wrote us both up for hunting over bait but we got it reduced in court after explaining what happened.
Posted on 6/7/19 at 7:49 am to SouthernImmigrant
quote:
Told on himself
I saw a young man in court who was written for dove hunting during a split in the season. GW was waiting at his truck and asked what he was doing. Dove hunting, the kid said. Ticket written.
The kid told the judge that he honestly had no idea the season was closed, as evidenced by the fact that he admitted to the GW he was dove hunting even though he had not seen a single dove or fired a shot all day.
Posted on 6/7/19 at 8:33 am to Twenty 49
I had a buddy that was hunting one of the late seasons on La Delta years ago. It was the beginning of the season and he’s sitting directly on a main road. He’s shooting a few but mainly passing time.
A warden, who’s also a friend of mine, that would have written me or his mama if he found a violation, pulls up and sits on the road and watches. My buddy waves and keeps hunting assuming he’s going to walk out.
Eventually he does, says “Mr. So&so, dove season is closed. I’m going to have to cite you.” Very politely but matter of fact.
So&so says “Its not closed, have you got a pamphlet? If not there’s one over on the dash of my truck, the windows down.”
Go walks over and sure enough it’s open??
“Have a good one buddy” and he rolls off. My friend never got off of his stool ??
A warden, who’s also a friend of mine, that would have written me or his mama if he found a violation, pulls up and sits on the road and watches. My buddy waves and keeps hunting assuming he’s going to walk out.
Eventually he does, says “Mr. So&so, dove season is closed. I’m going to have to cite you.” Very politely but matter of fact.
So&so says “Its not closed, have you got a pamphlet? If not there’s one over on the dash of my truck, the windows down.”
Go walks over and sure enough it’s open??
“Have a good one buddy” and he rolls off. My friend never got off of his stool ??
Posted on 6/8/19 at 11:22 am to SOLA
I have a cousin who took a deer illegally spotlighting at night from a road. Shot the deer, buddy drove off while he went to retrieve it.
When he got back to the road with it, he threw it in the back of the truck and went to get into the passenger side.
Come to find out, game warden had the same make, model, and color truck as his buddy...
When he got back to the road with it, he threw it in the back of the truck and went to get into the passenger side.
Come to find out, game warden had the same make, model, and color truck as his buddy...
Posted on 6/8/19 at 2:15 pm to SOLA
Think it was 87-88 dad and his crew hunted the Bob Marshal on a pack in trip. Took two mikes to bring in their booze, wine and beer on an all day trip. They arrived early enough to do some fishing, couple cases of white cans and they’re off to the stream. Limit was 3-4 trout per man and being from Louisiana they had 15-20 on each stringer. They also had a stringer for their empty’s staked to the bank. Guys paddles up to them and introduces himself as the game warden and they happily hold up all their trout and announce where they hail from. GW never says a word about the limit but praised them for their stingers of empty white cans.
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