I have never had a bad experience with a game warden. I have been legal all but one time. The one time I was not legal the warden gave me a break. Me and my dad were out hunting ruffed grouse and I was using a .410 that I had just bought used from a dealer. We were driving up the road and saw a coyote in the ditch so we stopped and my dad shot it with my 220 swift, I always carry it just for that purpose. We then proceeded up the road where we saw a bull moose standing in a field. We stopped and got a good look at him only to discover it was a decoy. When we started to go the warden drove up and stopped us. He asked me what we had shot at and I told him about the coyote just up the road. He then checked my bird license and asked to see my shotgun. He put shells in the magazine and found to my surprise that there was no plug in it. I had been using like a single shot shooting birds on the ground. I explained to him that I had just bought the gun and never thought to check the magazine. He then took the serial number and asked where I purchased it. He told me he would contact the dealer and see if the gun left the store with a plug in the magazine. He told me that if the dealer said yes I would have to be charged. He then asked to see the coyote we had shot so we took him back up the road to where it was laying. He did not confiscate the gun and said he would contact me in a few days. He then asked me if I thought his decoy set up looked realistic. I told him yes and he sent us on our way. A couple days later he phoned and told me the dealer had no idea if the gun had a plug when it left the store so I would not be charged. He then told me if it had of been a 12 guage he would have charged me on the spot, but he could not see the advantage to a 4th and 5th shot with a 410. He was very polite and relaxed, but then so was I.