If it is as cut and dry like you said it is....like others have stated....there is plenty of grounds for a lawsuit.

Why does that sound fishy to you Simp? I think KY is the same way, where if you have broken wildlife laws and regs and the case is still pending you aren't allowed to hunt....A guy I know is going through this over waterfowl hunting near a "baited" barn lot (hunting a pond out behind the cattle barn which is used as a feed lot in the winter)...they took his gear and gun...fined him and he can't hunt atleast until his court date...where he will likely loose the right to hunt for a set period after that. Im not close to the guy or anything, just know of his situation. Not saying he doesn't deserve being fined, but it sometimes seems these officers stick it to the guy trying to follow the rules to the extreme....when they SHOULD be out looking for the real poachers.

But as it goes, for every 10 good officers there is 1 bad one to ruin all of their reputations. Almost all the wildlife officers I know are great guys and awesome to talk to.....they arent out to punish every guy out fishing or hunting. I like running into them out on the river during the summertime, seeing what kind of research project they were working on.


As sad as it is, some of them use their power to carry out personal grudges or whims...regardless if it is right or wrong.