Question about game wardens

[knightrider]

I wonder if seeing a group dressed in hunting clothes and carrying shotguns gives them enough suspicion to investigate further. Checking for license, correct rounds in the guns, shot etc.

Under the old interpitation yes, but not now.They have to have written permission to enter your land

 

[Swampster]

It's not against the law that he wore no orange as he wasn't hunting but kinda dangerous IMO .

This time of year I do not engage in any activities on my own land without wearing orange. I also wear orange when going on long walks along the roadsides behind my farm - much of it is through wooded areas. Besides that, on two occasions I've seen roadside "hunters" set up in their pickups.

 

[rem270]

I wonder if seeing a group dressed in hunting clothes and carrying shotguns gives them enough suspicion to investigate further. Checking for license, correct rounds in the guns, shot etc.

I don't believe that's enough suspicion to walk across the property to check. If the adjoining landowner called in for possible baiting and gave them permission to survey on his side and then seen a baited duck hole then it's my understanding they can go onto the property. Same as if someone was deer hunting and the warden seen an active feeder or bait on the ground.
If the neighbor calls in and the warden surveys from an adjoining land and doesn't see a violation then they have no right to cross over for a "possible" violation.

I could be wrong on that tho.

 

[Rainbowtrout1]

I don't believe that's enough suspicion to walk across the property to check. If the adjoining landowner called in for possible baiting and gave them permission to survey on his side and then seen a baited duck hole then it's my understanding they can go onto the property. Same as if someone was deer hunting and the warden seen an active feeder or bait on the ground.
If the neighbor calls in and the warden surveys from an adjoining land and doesn't see a violation then they have no right to cross over for a "possible" violation.

I could be wrong on that tho.

Yeah this was my understanding. Couldn't have been the baiting scenario because he didn't even bother to check the pond. We did some digging and found that this warden actually has gained permission to hunt the next property over. Now I'm almost 100% sure the warden was the one sitting on the next property while we were setting up our blinds the evening prior. I don't think anyone called in on us for anything. The landowner (hunting buddy) decided not to do anything this go around but if it happens again we are going to tell him to kick rocks. I wish I had said something the first go around but like I said I just wasn't 100% on the ruling and didn't want to come across as an ass. Next time I'll be an ass. At that point it would be hunter harassment in my opinion

 

[knightrider]

Yeah this was my understanding. Couldn't have been the baiting scenario because he didn't even bother to check the pond. We did some digging and found that this warden actually has gained permission to hunt the next property over. Now I'm almost 100% sure the warden was the one sitting on the next property while we were setting up our blinds the evening prior. I don't think anyone called in on us for anything. The landowner (hunting buddy) decided not to do anything this go around but if it happens again we are going to tell him to kick rocks. I wish I had said something the first go around but like I said I just wasn't 100% on the ruling and didn't want to come across as an ass. Next time I'll be an ass. At that point it would be hunter harassment in my opinion

I understand, but it was illegal and harassment the first go around, no way if i was the landowner his supervisor wouldnt be seeing me face to face