How to deal with game wardens?

[Sawitrightoff]

Give respect, get respect.

Oh, the folks who think(or wish) all encounters are so rosy and professional.
The day before opening morning of turkey season, I was setting in my truck, (about 25 yards off a rural gravel road) listening for gobbles. Along comes a game warden, spots me, brakes to a crawl, stares, and slowly pulls out of site. About 20 minutes later, l leave and as I pull out on the road, I see his truck. He had turned around, was facing me, and had pulled off to the side of the road, as if he is listening for me to shoot, maybe. Nothing wrong with that, just doing his job. Did he stay there, until I passed? No, he wants to stay sneaky so he pulls into a private drive,(as if I didn’t see him), to eliminate any chance of conversation or casual confrontation, had I elected to stop at his vehicle. Maybe he was thinking, “That may be the guy who reported poaching near here, and I never called him back.”

 

[Ringbill27]

Follow the regs, answer the questions and be friendly. After a visit or two he or she doesn’t even ask questions anymore. Ends up being a 5-10 minute BS session and I’m on my way. I’ve never had issues.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Oh, the folks who think(or wish) all encounters are so rosy and professional.
The day before opening morning of turkey season, I was setting in my truck, (about 25 yards off a rural gravel road) listening for gobbles. Along comes a game warden, spots me, brakes to a crawl, stares, and slowly pulls out of site. About 20 minutes later, l leave and as I pull out on the road, I see his truck. He had turned around, was facing me, and had pulled off to the side of the road, as if he is listening for me to shoot, maybe. Nothing wrong with that, just doing his job. Did he stay there, until I passed? No, he wants to stay sneaky so he pulls into a private drive,(as if I didn’t see him), to eliminate any chance of conversation or casual confrontation, had I elected to stop at his vehicle. Maybe he was thinking, “That may be the guy who reported poaching near here, and I never called him back.”

So nothing happened? Whats the problem?

 

[Sawitrightoff]

So nothing happened? Whats the problem?

Didn’t say there was a problem. I was replying to the comment, “Give respect, get respect”. Sorry, but I have a problem respecting a sneak, who goes out of their way to hide and avoid confrontation, but knows they did a lousy job of it.