disabled hunter
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1
disabled hunter
Hello i have a friend that is having problems from a new game warden about disabled people using their atv to get to their tree stand he told me the other game wardens let him do this. But this new one isn't so they are going to court over this matter. Can you help me with this.
#2
The first thing I would do is review the regulations and if there are stipulations for handicapped people.
Sometimes officers take things at their own discretion; kinda like an officer deciding to give a ticket or a warning for speeding.
Your friend first should consider that maybe the first set of officers were making an exception for him and the 2nd officer was going by the book. If there are rules saying people can't access certain spots via atv and doesn't make reference for the handicapped with special permits, then your friend should be more considerate for the freedoms he has had thus far and realize he won't get far in his case proceedings.
I think if special favor was personally granted for his atv use without permit, his self-centeredness should be more of gratitude than a willingness to take the 2nd officer to court.
If no such special permit exists for the handicapped, then your friend, if he cares enough, can take matters to the legislature and get such a law applied. The DNR could also maybe point him in the right direction to take.
Good luck,
iSnipe
Sometimes officers take things at their own discretion; kinda like an officer deciding to give a ticket or a warning for speeding.
Your friend first should consider that maybe the first set of officers were making an exception for him and the 2nd officer was going by the book. If there are rules saying people can't access certain spots via atv and doesn't make reference for the handicapped with special permits, then your friend should be more considerate for the freedoms he has had thus far and realize he won't get far in his case proceedings.
I think if special favor was personally granted for his atv use without permit, his self-centeredness should be more of gratitude than a willingness to take the 2nd officer to court.
If no such special permit exists for the handicapped, then your friend, if he cares enough, can take matters to the legislature and get such a law applied. The DNR could also maybe point him in the right direction to take.
Good luck,
iSnipe
#5
Why are they going to court? Did your friend get a ticket or something? Just wondering. Anyhow, I have a disability and had to get a permit from the state to gain access to roads that are normally closed. Your friend must be hunting on public land where the use of ATVs are prohibited. Sorry for all the assumptions but we don't have a lot of information to go on.
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 679
knight39 if you would have written your "LOCATION" it would have been easier to answere your question ..
i don't know why people on this forum don't fill out they're LOCATION ????????
from now on if i don't see LOCATION i will not answere the posting !!!!!!!
i don't know why people on this forum don't fill out they're LOCATION ????????
from now on if i don't see LOCATION i will not answere the posting !!!!!!!
#8
Originally Posted by heinz57
from now on if i don't see LOCATION i will not answere the posting !!!!!!!
If more people would fill out their profile, it makes answering questions easier... and also people can identify more with each other when we have an idea where people are.
iSnipe
#10
I have to assume a little arrogance on the your friend's part. I suspect there's more to this story. Mostly because you gave very little facts to go on plus taking a handicapped hunter to court makes little sense to me, if all he did was use an atv. A simple warning would have been in order.