ORIGINAL: Sylvan
If I came down to your state, hunted without a license, but stayed within the law as to not be checked by the warden would you be OK with that?? What else does a warden have to know I am licensed in some ways without checking?
If I came down to your state, drove a licenced and registered car with all the stickers but without a drivers license, but stayed within the law as to not be checked by the police would you be OK with that?? What else do policehave to know I am licensed in some ways without checking?
Let me answer... A police officer can not tell if the driver of a vechicle has a valid drivers license unless he pulls the vehicle over and checks. Cetainly there are people driving on the road that do not have a drivers license yet it is still illegal for an officer to pull you over for no other reason than to check and see if you have a license to drive. None of you who support the idea of a wco checking your hunting license for no other reason than to see if you have one can explain why that is o.k. but it's not ok for a police officer to do the same regarding a drivers license. It's either proper for a state official to detain/question/search you without reasonable suspicion of wrong doing or it isn't. I say it's not proper regardless of the agency envolved or the legal activity the citizen is engaged in. When the founders wrote the 4th ammenment they didn't make any exceptions for hunting situations.
Actually, no I would not be OK with you driving with no licesne in my state as I would not be OK with you hunting my state without a license either.
I am saying a cophas allot of other things to check ID ofvehicles for legality andcan check who owns that vehicle, if its inspected, and if its registered/insured. They also have allot more opportunities to pull you over and check your drivers license.A warden has nothing to go on unless he sees youviolating a game law. In the woods thats pretty low as compared to the open road. He has no other checks to make to see if all else in on the up and up.There are also allot more cops, and theycan follow you around. Wardens have no advantage as that. I see cops every day on the road, I rarely see wardens in the woods.
I am sure we could go on the cop analogy all day.But I don't udnerstand why paying license holders do not want wardens checking for non paying hunters. Thats an invitation for poaching. Why should I, as an out of stater, pay 100+$ to huntPA when I can just doit for free??Especially when I know I won't get checked??Why bother getting a doe permit if he can't check tags?? These laws are there foryour benefit as honest paying hunters, not the wardens.