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we have the main game warden assigned to each district then there are a bunch of deputy wardens..those deputys are the ones we have most of the problems with and I am not sure they even get paid. Not all but most of them do flash the badge thing. Example, 2 of us hunting deep in the woods. We assign a point back there and wait for the other at that point prior to walking out. After hrs, guns unloaded, long hike out only to find deputy saying we were hunting kind of late..Said..No sir. He asked do you know what time it is?..Yes,then told him. Then he said well then you were hunting after hours. We said..No sir, nothing in the books say we have to be out of the woods by end of shooting hours. Just have to have gun unloaded and not be hunting after shooting hours. He then asked well then what are shooting hours. 5:01. and guns unloaded then, just long walk out.(I stress to everyone, you better know your shooting hours..for this reason) ..then he said we have to be out by then. We told him where in rule book does it say you are not alowed to walk into the woods in morning before legal shooting hours and if we wanted, we could sit back there all night just as long as we are not hunting and same rule applies for walking out.This is just one example. Another better one is guy overdressed due to cold morning. While on his stand, took off his orange coat, hung it on limb next to him, slipped out of heavy sweatshirt, put orange coat back on...and did all of this with his orange hat still on..etc..but warden seen him and wrote him up for not wearing his 250sq in of orange. They went to court and even the judge asked the warden how he could get out of a sweatshirt under his coat without removing the coat first..guy won..Fish warden going to fine a dad for using his sons fishing pole without a license. The kid was only 2yrs old. The pole a play plastic one with yarn for a string along with those big plastic hooks you use to pick up plastic fish...this was tionesta pa at the steel bridge and story ended when dad tossed the deputy off the bridge ..only about 3' to the water...then dad got in car and left...Allegheny co. deputy wardens are the worse. Alleg Co only has 1 state game land and the deputy lives at border of game lands..he lays for you and will fine you for walking wrong...Most real gamewardens are great people though..Know a few and glad they have the job. I still would like to know if Adam H has problems with posted hunting club lands in his area. Few years ago finding a bear hunting spot from central pa to the east border was hard to do..They are just now starting to buy up farms and woods in my area..If you don't belong to the expensive hunting club, hard to find an area to hunt.
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