Don't ever really recall a bad experience. I work outdoors all year and then hunt and trap also so I have dealings with them on a regular basis. To give ya a couple of examples, I was in an unfamiliar area to trap beaver this last spring. Mostly private land and I had not ever done any beaver trapping. Got ahold of the local warden. This is how it went, he took several hours of his day and ******ed me around the county introducing me to land owners and showing me where the beaver were. When he found out that I was using foot hold traps he offered me the use of his body grip traps as well as his chest waders. I had never met this gentleman before but he is a BIG credit to his agency. Here locally I run into them all the time, only one time have I actually had one check and sign off on my license and this was because he was spending to much time BS'ing with me and some other hunters and had to show some productivity for the day. I get calls from them about predator problems and have an "open season" to deal with livestock killers as I see fit. Most of the time they will handle the calls and then decide what to do however they allow me to deal with the problem and then call them, a big time saver. On the other hand I also help them out thwne ever I can, as a trapper I see and find lots of signs of poaching that I report, I have also helped them gut and pack out usable poached animals. It's really a 2 way street. I do have to say that NM is VERY particular who they hire for this job. The majority of their openings are from retirement. Was visiting with one of their investigators awhile back and he was telling me that they had just finished the hiring process they only interviewed I believe he said 9 people, hired 6 and 2 quit when they found out that they had to carry a gun LOL> He said that they apparently thought that they were applying for a job to go out and hug bunnies LOL!

"The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse ALWAYS gets the cheese"