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Maryland.. At one time it really was scofflaw heaven. But things were tough so people had a tendecy to live off the land..or water. I knew this guy pretty well. He was put on the force about 1956-58. He continued to trap and hunt wherever he wanted..and had the badge to allow it.(well that's what most people back then figured)..if ya had a badge it was ok to be where you were. There was a lot of cronyism in Md at that time..politics etc. even my father was tied up in it some. He got a part time job with the State racing commission just cause he was mildly connected. The game warden was eventually made to quit because of a lot of complaints...about 1970 or so IIRC. The guy was more than mildly connected though..so he got away with what he did for a fairly long time. And when he was enforcing the law..he really was pretty good at it..and fair. He made some pretty big cases. Not all game wardens at the time were very fair. The best were very fair as long as you were straight with them. BTW we had NO deer to speak of in the 50's to early 60's. We did have waterfowl though...ducks. And in the early to mid 60's the geese..the population just exploded goose hunting was unbelievable at times..good to great at others