Ever been approached?

[7mmx2]

Ever been approached in the woods from a CO wanting to see ID/License?

I was just curious how active CO's are to find illegal hunters.

I myself have no worries....Permission to be on the land and license's.

[Hammer]

woods no, on the water, 2 times, hunting out of a pit once.

[150PandY]

I have never been stopped while in the field. I was going to take down a tree stand once and ran into the CO at the gate I sat and talked to him for about 30 minutes and he never did ask me for my license. He just ask if I had done any good that year and I told him not yet, still waiting on the big one. He was really nice.

[Duster]

I use to get checked regular in Indiana both in the field and on the water. After moving back to Kentucky only on the water and then by out of county CO from Simpson county. Might be because the old and new CO's for Muhlenberg county are neighbors that visit my place from time to time.

[Luckybuck]

Nope, but met a couple in a podunk little hole in the wall grill one time. Very nice fellas! I hope they can slow down some of the crap that goes on around where i hunt....four wheelers, trespassers, trucks, poachers, etc...

[GSP]

Plan on being checked on about every public dove shoot in the 6th & 8th Districts. I can't speak for the others, but have been checked almost every time on these.

We had had a group of youth out last winter and were checked by the Jessamine and Woodford Cos. Thought the Woodford CO was gonna rough us up some.;):D

[trust me]

Once. I got checked by a local CO accompanied by one from the Purchase area last fall. We were running dogs, which is apparently considered hunting, so he checked our licenses, which we had. They were very courteous and professional.

I've never been checked on the water, had CO's motor past me around docks, marinas, on the open water, and they never glance my way. I wonder what profile they're checking that I don't seem to fit? Is it that obvious that I'm not catching any fish, legal or otherwise?:D

[Hammer]

, and they never glance my way. I wonder what profile their checking that I don't seem to fit?


just don't wear your, I'M A MODERATOR shirt, and you should be fine! ;)

[mcdenney]

I have been checked on the water several times (in tournaments as well as not) and a few times "in the field", mostly small game or while elk hunting. Most of the times I have been checked in the field was on public land out of state (mainly in Georgia). Most were very nice, some were out right jerks though. This will probably ruffle some feathers but I guess I have a little sore spot on being checked in the field without just cause. Walking upon someone while he/she is actually hunting, talking big game here (deer, turkey, elk), without just cause is totally uncalled for IMO. Walking thru the woods looking for someone to check or driving in the field doing the same. Most of the time it has happened in the field were both dangerous situations not to mentioned ruined the hunt. My hunting time is very precious to me and to have it ruined only to check my license is uncalled for, again without just cause.

In one particular instance the CO, wearing a shinny black jacket approached me in the woods when I was about ready to lay the hammer down on a big gobbler. The gobbler suddenly disappeared and then guess what I saw? What if I had accidently shot him? It just seems to me that most of us could be checked on the way out near the truck, etc. I guess I can see both sides and certainly there are times when just cause is necessary but I am not very fond of it for the most part.

[150PandY]

Once. I got checked by a local CO accompanied by one from the Purchase area last fall. We were running dogs, which is apparently considered hunting, so he checked our licenses, which we had. They were very courteous and professional.

I've never been checked on the water, had CO's motor past me around docks, marinas, on the open water, and they never glance my way. I wonder what profile their checking that I don't seem to fit? Is it that obvious that I'm not catching any fish, legal or otherwise?:D

I guess you dont look anything like your avatar then or you would be on the top of the harrasment list..... lol

[trust me]

just don't wear your, I'M A MODERATOR shirt, and you should be fine! ;)

I guess I shouldn't drive the Uncle Lee's Hummer either? Bummer.:(

[Xi Bowhunter]

I have never been checked in the woods or on the water, but I have always been legal, and would have no problem producing the proof.

[keith meador]

I guess I shouldn't drive the Uncle Lee's Hummer either? Bummer.:(

i am okay with not wearing the shirt, but i will keep driving the hummer and keep using the company jet.....btw, have any of the other mods heard anything about the new airports they are building at the wma's?:D

i have been checked in dove fields. i have been checked by the water patrol years ago, a very nice fellow. i have never had a bad run in with a CO, all i have met have been very courteous and helpful.

[gobbl4me]

I've been checked once while fishing and everytime i have hunted at FT Campbell by the federal wardens runnin around there.

mike

[daking]

I guess I just have a criminal look about me. I've been checked at my truck while deer hunting, in the field rabbit hunting and on the water four or five times. The worst was when the guy got through checking my license and boat and then proceeded to tell me about his survelliance that let him watch me cast on three straight attempts into the same tree.

[12 pointer]

i am okay with not wearing the shirt, but i will keep driving the hummer and keep using the company jet.....btw, have any of the other mods heard anything about the new airports they are building at the wma's?:D

i have been checked in dove fields. i have been checked by the water patrol years ago, a very nice fellow. i have never had a bad run in with a CO, all i have met have been very courteous and helpful.

I traded in the Hummer and got a Jag. Little better on gas. They said it was ok. will get a new unit next year anyway.:)

[quackrstackr]

Three times in the field, twice duck hunting and once turkey hunting. Once at the truck during deer season and only once for a creel survey on the water.

[120+]

Three times in the field, twice duck hunting and once turkey hunting. Once at the truck during deer season and only once for a creel survey on the water.

I think I was checked once about 25 years ago while rabbit hunting. Other than that I don't remember being checked while hunting.

Been checked on the water several times while in a boat and on the bank.

[droopy]

only time i ever got checked hunting was driving out of the woods around 9 pm, "after spending a couple hours burried nearly to the bumppers in a swamp",got stopped in the road and asked if i knew legal shooting hours for the area.i had all my tags and such but made a wise crack about depends on how brite my lights are.thought i was going to get strip searched before getting out of there.

[Chuck Milam]

I've only been checked while fishing (public parks), and even then only when fishing from the banks, never on the open water.

[woodsnwater]

I was just curious how active CO's are to find illegal hunters.



Depends on where and when you hunt/fish. Go to some of the high profile public areas and your chances of getting checked go way up. If you hunt private land in rural areas, you may never see a CO.

BTW, never been checked in 20+ years on private or public ground.

[CSS archer]

Plan on being checked on about every public dove shoot in the 6th & 8th Districts. I can't speak for the others, but have been checked almost every time on these.

We had had a group of youth out last winter and were checked by the Jessamine and Woodford Cos. Thought the Woodford CO was gonna rough us up some.;):D

Yeah, that Woodford CO checks me too regularly, threatens to rough me up too.... :D

[KYHUNTER14]

I have been checked once while deer hunting on public land.

[rick243]

I was checked at a road block on Sat. after dark, after the 1st day of the Beaver Creek WMA quota hunt. Must have been 5 or 6 of them there (CO's). They were set up at a location to catch most anyone hunting the Eastern side. They asked if I had done any good, looked in the bed of my truck, asked if my rifle was loaded. Then asked to see my Drivers License and proof of insurance.:confused: Never mentioned my Hunting license.

[notimlmit]

First time I was ever checked in the woods was my first year of deer hunting back in 1974 in Edmonson co next to the park, two co's were hid in a barn and when our party of 5 came out and started un loading they popped out but we were all legal. Been checked duck hunting twice and fishing quite a few times.

[lkj118]

been checke don the same farm twice in casey county. the game warden waited by the truck until we came out. really nice guy. talked to us for a while each time and went on his way

[BuckUp]

Ever been approached in the woods from a CO wanting to see ID/License?

I was just curious how active CO's are to find illegal hunters.

I myself have no worries....Permission to be on the land and license's.


Several times on the water and in the wood's when I lived in Ohio. Since moving to Ky. not once.

[GSP]

When I started hunted you could bet on being checked by the Game Warden by the end of January. Licenses ended on December 31st, new ones required January 1. Many a years Frankfort was late in getting the books to the County Clerk and then the Clerk was late in getting them to the local stores that also sold them. There are two times that I remember you could NOT buy a licenses until after Jan 1, especially if it hit on a Friday. Also in those days all we hunted was small game, the GW knew everyone's truck that parked and knew who he had checked. Our GW was David Adkins, I remember him walking up 1/2 mile up a holler in about 5" of snow just to check to licenses. That and trying to catch folks graveling catfish in June or starting squirrel season a week or two early was about it. The deer season then existed in the manner of, ok we have one. My dad was one of the few that hunted them and he usually killed a buck. Then the thought of attempting something illegal with a deer ranked in the same category with knocking over a bank. You just not even consider it!

Times changed; so did hunting and the Co's, heck they ain't even Game Wardens anymore. The hunting lands got smaller, habitat of the older favored diminished, the game animals changed and I will even say greed of hunters joined the ranks.

The new generation of Conservation Officers are unlike David Adkins was, though the best of the best still have a lot of David Adkins in them. The current CO does not know every truck they see parked as it was 40 years ago cause now we are from everywhere. They probably are not going to walk a 1/2 mile up a holler to check a squirrel hunter, but they may if they know something is going on with this guy. Todays CO has to deal with things that David had not even dreamed about.

Today they get to deal (aka phone call) everyday with some type of deer issue. They are required to spend 30 hours a week on the water in the summer, even during the opening of dove season and opening of bow season, BUT they are required to check all the public fields AND baited ones. While this goes on, the bull elk season is on the heals and they are deployed from different areas of the state to help work this, that is 1st of October. This is right in time for youth/ML season to open with turkey on the following week. WHEW Thank God it is Halloween, cause tomorrow the big push on spot lighters starts, reported poaching increases for 2 weeks and then? Opening gun season, we all know how well behaved many of the new day deer hunters are, 4-wheelers,tresspass, cow shooting etc! Whew, got over that, Thanksgiving waterfowl season opens..... and etc.

With all the above said, these folks are only allowed to work 37.5 hours per week! These folks are required to have the same training as every other peace offer in this state and they are expected to enforce EVERY law as same as every other peace officer in this state. Again within 37.5 hours...

BUT these folks are not paid to recieve the required training as every other peace officer. They pay out of their OWN pocket. Thank you for reading this advertisment. Call your local State Rep and tell him to support giving the COs access to KLEFP. This is one thing that won't cost you a dime, you already paid for it.

[KYBOY]

Fishing dewey lake,several times..Hunting never.

[F250Stroke]

Fishing,a few times at a state dock,hunting for over 20 years,never.

[Snareman2]

I have been checked alot and in other states. Always legal and willling, nice to meet them, treated professionally.

[emuller]

The running deer is pretty neat. How did you do that?

Erik

[AteUp]

just don't wear your, I'M A MODERATOR shirt, and you should be fine! ;)

I got pulled over once in my company car. Guess I fit the profile.:cool:

http://www.jesseshunting.com/photopost/data/500/yugo_monsteraup.JPG

[KYhunter79]

Dang, Ateup. You use that every chance you get. :D

[piebald buster]

Checked once deer hunting on public land when I came out.

Checked once during dove hunting.

Checked twice in Minnesota Boundary Waters Area.

Never checked while fishing locally though.

[turk2di]

Checked just last weekend by a CO in Henderson Co.

[slickhead slayer]

Checked duck hunting several times,mostly at the boat ramp after hunting. Received 1 citation for not having a properly working fire extinguisher. The extinguisher had dried up.
Checked once duck hunting in the field, by both the state and federal guy.
Checked several times at the same dove hunt.
Checked once on the Cumberland river for a creel survey.Checked several times fishing on the cumberland river,once dad got a ticket for not having a life jacket aboard his "vessel".His vessel was a float tube. :rolleyes:

And then checked and cited for drinking beer while boating on Taylorsville lake while a college student.

I have had my share of citations.

[treedog]

you only get checked here in southeast ky if one of the CO buddies tells them to.

[shaman]

In twenty years of hunting, I never got checked. Then one day a few years ago Pat Taylor, the CO for Bracken County, put the sneak on me and got within ten feet of myself and my son out turkey hunting on our own property before we knew he was there. He was cordial and friendly, but he did business. He checked all our licenses and permits and jawed with us for a while.

I would not have wanted to be a poacher when Pat was on the prowl.

[ptbrauch]

A couple of times fishing on Laurel Lake. We were fishing from the shore, but they could tell we were catching trout. But not a bad experience with them.

[KYBOY]

Checked several times fishing on the cumberland river,once dad got a ticket for not having a life jacket aboard his "vessel".His vessel was a float tube. :rolleyes:



You know I rememeber you talking about that. I mentioned to a CO once that I "knew" about an citation over this and he laughed, then he saw I was serious and was shocked:eek:

[slickhead slayer]

You know I rememeber you talking about that. I mentioned to a CO once that I "knew" about an citation over this and he laughed, then he saw I was serious and was shocked:eek:

Ky afield several shows back had Tim Farmer and a few others fishing out of Float Tubes, and with no life jackets. I told my dad he should e-mail Gasset and ask him about that.
We had a game warden help us with trespassers in Nelson county, and we brought it up to him, and he said the same thing about that being BS.
Apparently that CO, I want to say his name is Bullock or something of that nature, has that reputation.

[KYBOY]

Its deffinitly not the norm. No CO I know would write a ticket for that.

[Hallal]

been checked bank fishing the river in Frankfort probably six years ago

got stopped at Green river WMA running dogs which as someone mentioned earlier apparently is considered hunting in KY

As far as deer hunting the CO pulled up to my truck one year while I was loading up. We talked a bit but he never asked for a liscense. I didn't have a deer that day though

[mwezell]

I saw one that appeared to be pulling over anyone that had hunter orange visible. This was on a 4 lane hwy. I think his time may be better served where the hunters are but what do I know?

[Bucknuts]

Been checked back fishing many times. Have met a few on my way in but they never asked to see my license only if I had them. Go figure?

[mudd]

Been doing this hunting thing for 22 years and only been checked 1 time, and that was to see if my shotgun had a plug in it while dove hunting.
According to some of the guys that tell me of their run in's with CO's
I don't look forward to the next one.

[MJMbowman]

We used to hunt Indiana alot. A few years ago I killed a ten pointer on opening morning of shotgun season on private land that we leased. My brother went to hunt that stand that evening. About an hour before dark he heard something and saw two guys walking toward him. It was two CO's. This stand was in the middle of the lease (150 acres). They walked right up to him and checked him. He was legal but it pretty much ruined that hunt.

[yote hunter]

ive been checked one time while hunting .the CO knocked on our hunting cabin door about 1 oclock pm during late muzzle.i asked who is it (where we are at we dont get visitors)he said its the game warrden we laughed and said come on in game warden and it really was.there where three of us and he checked us out and we talked to him about 45 mins he was a real nice guy.he knew where every little hunting camp in the area was and checked out most of them.

[kentucky_redneck]

I was checked (if thats what you call it)once in Green county and given a ticket. A friend called me and asked me to come and help find his doe. When I got there i grabbed my gun and hat. When we got back to his house there was a co and he asked if we was hunting. We told him our story that my buddy was and i was just helping look. After being called a lier to my face he proceeded to write my ticket.
I decided it wasnt fair cause i really wasnt hunting, but cause we had 2 guns in his eyes i was. Anyways i want to court and the judge laughed and asked if i had orange vest. i was like yes sir it was in my truck. He said no I mean do you have some now. which i told him it was at home. He laughed again and said I had 2 weeks to bring it in and show someone in the court house, and laughed again and said heck wear it and your vest in here.
You should have seen all the funny looks I was getting while putting my orange hat and vest on in the court house parking lot.:eek:
That was the first and only time being checked. i know her was doing his job, but he was a real prick his partner was real nice though.