The only time in 20+ years of hunting I have even seen a game warden happened about 12 years ago.
I went bow hunting in the morning in the public woods across from the 4 acres I lived on at the time.
I came out of the woods about 10:30 and walked to my house. I decided to change clothes,get my dog and shotgun and go hunt some pheasants a couple miles down the road.
I shot 2 roosters and headed back home to change back into deer hunting gear and go back to the woods.
I was almost home when I spotted a rooster under a pine tree just off the road.
I thought, this will make 3,the limit, so I stopped about 100 yards past the bird and got out my gun and dog.
As I walked back to the bird a Suburban came roaring down the gravel road. I stopped, thinking WTH?
He pulls up,skidding in the gravel,gets out and starts grilling me about what I am doing.
I tell him there is a rooster under the pine that is about 50 yards ahead.
He tells me to go ahead and go try for him so I did.
I missed!
I walk back and he then asks me to see my hunting lic. It dawns on me it is in my wallet, in my camo pants, back at my house.
I tell him I do not have it with me and he kind of gives me that,oh yeah look.
I then tell him the good news is that I live right there, pointing to my house.
He was really cool about it then.
He followed me back to my house, I went inside while he pet my dog.
I came out with my wallet and showed him my lic.
He did tell me he could still write me up as you are required to have your lic on you while hunting.

Turned out to be a nice guy. We talked about hunting for a while before he left.

I went back to the woods and shot a nice doe that afternoon.

2 birds,a doe and no ticket.
Pretty good day