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Originally Posted by Miscguy

Dont you love it when people over step there bounds and abuse there power?

I have a number of stories of run-ins with game wardens. Most are good people, but there are always assholes.

We had one pair of wardens stop us on our way back to the landing on a local lake about 20 minutes before dark. By the time they were done checking us 30 minutes later they wanted to write us a ticket for no lights onthe boat. If they hadnt taken so long, we would have not been out in the dark without lights. That one about got ugly, but they finally let us go.

Another time the marine patrol got pissed because they tried to bust us for drinking inthe boat, but we had one sober guy. They checked every required piece of safety equipment twice, just to piss us off.

Another time I was checked while fishing this little backwater hole on a lake. No problem there, but when they were done, another boat of GWs showed up and they just hung out yapping right where i was fishin. They didnt bother to leave until I bounced my spinner bait off their outboard a couple of times.

I cant count the times that my boat and everything in it has been completely searched while hunting. Its happened so often I half expect it now. And the state boys are sweethearts compared to the federals.

A final word of advice is not to call game wardens/marine patrol "chickenshit". They dont care for that one little bit. ed: