Game Wardens

[oneshot]

On 9/21/2019 at 8:46 AM, tjm said:

Divorce is not the smartest thing to do either, but the idea that anyone in jail will ever be able to pay a debt is ludicrous and once you have put the guy or gal in jail you have made their future possibility of gainful employment so slim that after they get out they will be likely always  dependents of the government in some form.  Any job application that doesn't ask "have you ever been in jail?"? Does your company hire ex-convicts? Jails cost more than just signing the mom and dad all the kiddies up for perpetual welfare would. Jail is just a dead end for society, a pit in which to burn our combined wealth; if an individual is a danger to the public, fry him/her. If not  dangerous find a punishment that fits the crime such as cutting off a thief's finger. Five minutes, $25 cost and he will remember forever. A j-walker could be staked out in a busy roundabout during rush hour for a couple days, etc. Poachers could be forced to eat possum for a month. We really need to as a society find an alternative to housing half the population in jail  at the expense of the few that actually contribute.  Soylent Green. anyone?

Possum is better than Coon. Actually pretty good.

oneshot

[oneshot]

I was fishing outside the Park casting towards the bridge and was given a Warning by the Park Ranger in Winter when the Park was closed.

oneshot

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, oneshot said:

I was fishing outside the Park casting towards the bridge and was given a Warning by the Park Ranger in Winter when the Park was closed.

oneshot

What else does the park ranger have to do when the park is closed.  😄

[tjm]

DNR cops have authority out side the Park? I thought the title "Park Ranger" was also their job description?

I don't know what went down in RRSP Sat. but a Sheriff's car passed me on the way from Cassville and was lit  up in the  campground when I got down there then 15 minutes or so later the P Ranger showed up and they were both there for quite a while. I wondered why the Ranger took so long to respond, didn't wonder enough to ask. 

[MOPanfisher]

Many State Park Rangers have more than one park they patrol, and they don't live in the parks so at any given time there may or may not be one there.  They are also certified LEO's so they do have some statewide authority, however they obviously don't enforce park rules outside the parks.

[fishinwrench]

6 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said:

Many State Park Rangers have more than one park they patrol, and they don't live in the parks so at any given time there may or may not be one there.  They are also certified LEO's so they do have some statewide authority, however they obviously don't enforce park rules outside the parks.

I'm not so sure.   I had one write me a citation for expired plates while inside the boundaries of BSSP.  I turned the ticket over to my lawyer, and a week later my lawyer called and said "it's fixed, keep your money, the officer was out of his jurisdiction".   🤔

I wouldn't have thought he was OJ while clearly inside the park....but that's 100% what my lawyer said.

[oneshot]

22 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

What else does the park ranger have to do when the park is closed.  😄

I had an Agent want to give me a Ticket down at Barclay for catching and killing a Snapping Turtle.

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39 minutes ago, oneshot said:

I had an Agent want to give me a Ticket down at Barclay for catching and killing a Snapping Turtle.

oneshot

I remember you mentioned that before. What happened?

[fishinwrench]

When we were kids we used to go out on the bridges north of town and shoot turtles and snakes.  One day a game warden came by and told us to quit shooting turtles.  Well can we shoot snakes?  NO!    Well what are we supposed to shoot then?  IDGAF but don't shoot the turtles and water snakes.  Shoot Woodpeckers, he said. 🤣

Now WTF?  A game warden telling us to shoot WOODPECKERS!    If that don't beat all.   🤔

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Woodpeckers are rare relative to turtles and snakes.