Montana game warden show

[BRTreedogs]

Wait.... you mean I can't roll my window down and blast a doe with a pistol from the comfort of my own truck?

I mean, you can, it just mite be against the law.
A law doesn’t physically keep you from doing stuff, it just provides a consequence for getting caught.

 

[BRTreedogs]

It was when it happened

So, the guy’s a poacher?

Was he convicted of poaching?

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I'm always surprised how many people they contact. The only warden I've seen in the field posts up on a waterfowl production area and checks shells and plugs. Outside of that, I haven't seen one anywhere else in close to a decade

While hunting upland birds up north, we saw the same warden all three days. He checked our licenses the first time, chatted a bit, then suggested a good spot for pheasants. Very friendly and helpful.

 

[Jethro]

It was when it happened

So, the guy’s a poacher?

No, he’s not. Simply a guy that violated a wildlife regulation.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Come on don’t you know all the problems in MT and ID are caused by all the NRs?

Are they? Well we should definitely keep you out then.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

How we taught a Game Warden a lesson!

We have lots of geese here year round (mostly honkers) and the field hunting can be outstanding. We got a new young Game Warden as a replacement for our local Warden who retired. We (3 of us) were breaking down our blind and bagging up the decoys when the new Warden walked out in the field to check us. Licenses, steel shot, plugs in shotguns and our limits, which are 2 dark geese apiece. He mentioned that he would like to hunt geese someday as he hadn't hunted much waterfowl growing up. He gave me his card and left.

Later in the season, we talked about inviting him for a hunt. I called and set the date and all the details with him. We were hunting a field that was getting a lot of geese feeding and we got some good shooting. The 3 of us had our limits and the warden had only one. I saw a flight of about 50 coming and started calling and they set their wings and came in to the decoys really great. The warden shot and killed 2 with one shot! Low & behold....he was over limit. I thought he was going to have a stroke!! LOL. I called the farmer who owned the field and he came out and took the extra bird. He showed the new guy his licenses and stamps so he could legally have the bird.

We usually have breakfast at a local diner after the hunt is over. We got to talking to the new guy and he got a valuable lesson how accidents happen. I think the message was received..........

 

[Stache Attack]

Sad part is the wardens now can’t answer questions on the refs, it’s up up to their interpretation. I’m pretty good friends with one warden on the show and one that worked with all the guys you see. They were the ones who are friends of locals and not out of GWOT or police academy. Now every warden assumes guilt until proven otherwise, three current biologists have told me this.

A new warden stopped a group of us cow hunting on the main road out after dark (she was checking every vehicle) and it was past the end of the last day. After confirming we all had tags I asked her what would happen if we didn’t and were just along. She didn’t have an answer and I also spoke with whom she replaced telling him the story. There are no legal bounds for her to check past last light of the season and no requirement to stop

 

[fishslap]

According to the Colorado regulations book, you can’t pack out a portion of an animal and put it in a cooler and drive with it in your possession to get more ice or drive home then come back and pack out the rest. According to the reg, you can’t drive away with any meat unless you have all of it together.
I called a wildlife officer on this topic and he had no clear answer. I have a local hunt I do where I drive each day and don’t camp. I’ve killed elk before so the only solution is to pack it all to the trailhead and leave it hanging until it’s all out. With the distance and being solo, it takes a few days. Can’t put the first loose meat load into a cooler and take it home until it’s all out. See last sentence below.

“If a carcass is cut in pieces or deboned, evidence of sex needs to be attached to a quarter or another major part of carcass. All portions must be trans-ported together.”

 

[bmart2622]

It was when it happened

So, the guy’s a poacher?

Pretty sure I never said that. Im also pretty sure that having the head naturally attached would have sufficed evidence of sex requirements.

 

[MuleyFever]

According to the Colorado regulations book, you can’t pack out a portion of an animal and put it in a cooler and drive with it in your possession to get more ice or drive home then come back and pack out the rest. According to the reg, you can’t drive away with any meat unless you have all of it together.
I called a wildlife officer on this topic and he had no clear answer. I have a local hunt I do where I drive each day and don’t camp. I’ve killed elk before so the only solution is to pack it all to the trailhead and leave it hanging until it’s all out. With the distance and being solo, it takes a few days. Can’t put the first loose meat load into a cooler and take it home until it’s all out. See last sentence below.

“If a carcass is cut in pieces or deboned, evidence of sex needs to be attached to a quarter or another major part of carcass. All portions must be trans-ported together.”

I know a guy that packed out part of an elk back to the truck then drove to a different access point closer to the animal for the rest. I would think this would be common. I also know a guy that has accidentally cut the sex organs off not thinking about it a few times. Its not hard to make a minor infraction that would result in a ticket if held to the letter of the regulations.

 

[fishslap]

I know a guy that packed out part of an elk back to the truck then drove to a different access point closer to the animal for the rest. I would think this would be common. I also know a guy that has accidentally cut the sex organs off not thinking about it a few times. Its not hard to make a minor infraction that would result in a ticket if held to the letter of the regulations.

Yep. Lots of legit scenarios where someone might have part of the animal in transportation but not all of it. The wildlife officer didn’t dispute that but didn’t have an answer on meeting the letter of the law. He just said take lots of pictures of the carcass.

 

[Yoder]

Yep. Always every time. Tagging is first, like it should be.

In PA you don't have to tag it until you move it.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I've had to "educate" a couple wardens up at our boat during crabbing season. They saw me putting some cooked and cleaned crab in my cooler in the truck. Both of them said the same thing, that the possession limit was 2 daily limits. I then pulled out the regs and showed them that was not the case. In processed form, which includes being cooked, you can have as many as you want. Both of them sulked back to their trucks and I could see them looking at the regs on their laptops. They never bothered me again.