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No , the bottom line is that no one posting here (including me) knows exactly what went on other than the old man is dead. We know nothing of the actions leading up to that event.

Mike

Good idea.

If I ever get caught illegally elk hunting I'll just tell the GW I am not really elk hunting, I am just trying to get close and observe them and I'm carrying a rifle because I'm scared of running into a bear.

That should work.

Yeah, I think the lesson here is not to let the game warden get the drop on you. In the future everyone should just SSS.

Nope we don't, but I find it funny some of the thoughts of others on here.

What I do know is there was a 76 year old man, private property, a game warden, and a death.

No, we pretty much do know what happened. And I don't really care what the GW says. As far as I'm concerned he is wrong and a murderer.

Didn't know it was illegal to carry a gun, must be in your liberal state. I know in Alaska folks carry them all the time, you would also be hard pressed to find a month of the year that some form of game isn't in season. Guess folks on salmon streams with shotguns should be ticketed for not having a hunting license.

IMO the GW messed up big time. If he had any sense he would have come back later and caught up with the guy at his house. Instead he decides to go the "bully with a badge" route. Some GW's seem to be lacking in common sense. Just recently my cousin lost his license for a year. He was deer hunting in a state where tags are issued by county. He was in a county where he did not have a license and some archery hunters flagged him down. They had wounded a deer and could not get close enough to get another chance at it. This was during gun season too. They asked my cousin to shoot it for them to prevent further suffering. He did just that and some GW was watching the whole thing from a mile away with binocs. So he got charged for shooting a deer in the wrong county. At least he got his gun back. BTW he was in the wrong county by about 300 yards.

But the law is the law.

No more than 7 1/2" Chad.
5.5" was the minimum for big game with a handgun but I think they did away with that.

Mike

OK Mike, thanks. Sorry for the error folks.

Chad

Oh , so you were there ?

Mike

The sad thing about this is that I could my dad getting into with a game warden. My dad probably hasn't even had a speeding ticket in 40 years, but he gets more and more stubborn as he gets up into his 70s. If someone were to come onto his land and presume to order him around, I could see things getting a little testy.

And old man killed on his property when the underlying offense was a minor misdemeanor at best. Yep, that equals murder as far as I'm concerned and I don't have to be there to make that determination.

Don't see in the regulations about stuff you folks have been posting, except pertaining to Game Lands, which from what I gather doesn't mean a mans property.

Were you there?

Mike

01.00-F PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. The possession of any tackle or killing device in fields, forests, along streams or in any location known to be game cover, may be considered along with other evidence as prima facie evidence that the possessor is hunting or fishing.

Out of the Arkansas regulations. miles

Amazing.. how many folks here were giving crap to Obama about not having the balls to handle some pirates, but now they're bashing an LEO for not running away when somebody threatened his life?

Whole story not known, but having ANY armed officer retreat due to a threat on his life is ridiculous. If anything, that's the one time that I'd say an LEO shouldn't retreat unless he's obviously outnumbered/outgunned.


And, here in Nebraska, purchasing any fishing or hunting permit does give game wardens permission to enter your house to verify that you are abiding by the possession limits. Had one GW doing a boater instructor class say how narcotics officers would use the GW's to enter suspects houses to check the freezers, and while there also look for anything laying around that they could then use to get a search warrant. But, the GW's don't have permission to trespass on your land without reasonable cause though. Know your state laws...

jmho..

Folks have become accustomed to being servants it appears.

Wyoming is liberal?

When did that happen?

I gotta read the papers more.

Thanks for the heads up.

I don't have to have been. The GW is a murderer.