well Big Holla
the hunter if you can call him that, doesn't ever hunt on land he owns or has permission to, the l;and he is always on, is land owned by a non resident of PA, and doesn't care to help me try to stop folks from trespassing on his or my lands, been down that road many a time with him trying, even offering him a few bucks to allow me to throw folks out on his side
so this hunter is always hunting private property he doesn't have rights to be on
and as for this game warden, well, sadly every warden I ever delt with in PA has been like this
Nomad, can even tell some stories on hios side of teh state too, sems like a state practice to do as little as needed, unless theer , just out to harass you in game lands parking lots, which I have seen so many times and been part of too!
they like easy money and spending time in opne spot I think, not so big on helping if they have to be called, from my experience
a few yrs back, and I posted it here, a sick fox was trying to bite my handi cap father in a wheel chair , every time he went outside, it would go after him, and they were watching my sisters little kids at the time, aso if the kids went outside, the fox went after them
they called the game dept, was old a officer would call them back,. mean time they called me, I live 60+ miles away
I drove up there to help
3 yrs go by, still no call back from the game dept(and I shoudl add the local warden lives about 3 miles from my parents)
I called again, asking when they would show up, as the dam fox was sick and still in the yard
I even asked if I could shoot it, and was told NO if I did they would charge me with an illegal kill
a few more hrs went by, still no call, back
and was told again, oficer would call me soon
mean time I got pissed and called a the local cops, as I knew many of them, ,. to maybe see if they could just come and shoot it
as what it it wanders away, after all it was a wild animal, and for sure was sick
they told me straight out they couldn't, as if they did the game dept would fine them too!
got to love how they work together LOL
so I called the game dept again, it was now about 6 hrs into this, and asked again if I could shoot it, since there warden seemed to be not responding, and I didn't want this thing to get away and maybe bite a neighbors kid or person
I was told doing so would again result in a fine, but they would contact the local warden again, and stress he call me ASAP
an hr went by, real spedy they are
and he finially told me to shoot it
BUT I had to hold it there for him to collect and have tested
it was in the freaking 90's that day hpt as hell, I shot it, left it lay right where it died
within an hr it was covered with fly's and what nots and already starting to stink
just lovely!
2 hrs goes by, I call warden again, asking where the hell he is, I don't have all day to be waiting on him
and he said, why you waiting on me???
Like WTF, all day I been waiting on him to call, or any one from the game dept to show up, then after hrs and several calls, after speaking with him, and being told to shoot it, and wait there for him to come
and he says why am I waiting on him??
would have loved to strangle him at that point
so I say how about coming and taking this sick dead critter
he says, well, I don't have time, just do with it what you want??
and hung up
I called him back and said what the ehll do you mean, you said it needed to be tested , due to acting like it did
and all he said was just throw it in the trash
I can tell you several other stories of my game dept and there all like this, piss poor help on there part
and I can also tell you, once they get there eye's on you, they will make your hunting and life in general a miserable as they can
and like Nomad said, here in PA, they have powers above even the state police
a pure shame, all that power and do so little good with it !
and I will say on record, most of the officers don't know there own rules
I shoudl know, when I sold there lic' they had me in court 3 yrs in a row, claiming I didn't follow there rules, last time, 100+ charges
and guess what, according to the judge, I was found not guilty of all charges every time, due to they didn't read there own rules??
all the proof I needed and need to see what and how they run there business
a pure shame1 and a sore note with me, due to I know how well this state could be if they stepped it up and just did there jobs!