What would you do?

[Lokmdwn]

why does she have to be cute? She has land to hunt

[BIG IRON]

I see a win win situation here. Rat him out, while he is in the pokey start keepin company with the owners daughter and then you can hunt for free!!

Perfect!

[Brannon74]

I see a win win situation here. Rat him out, while he is in the pokey start keepin company with the owners daughter and then you can hunt for free!!

Thats funny right there.

[Bassbucker]

I see a win win situation here. Rat him out, while he is in the pokey start keepin company with the owners daughter and then you can hunt for free!!

you've seen the property now all you need is a picture of the bass boat

[rjet]

Or tend to your own business and don't worry about it if it does'nt effect you.

+1. Had same situation on the lease where I grew up. Both of our Presidents sons were felons and hunted. Knowing em since youngsters I sure wasnt going to rat em out. Dad didnt like it one bit so he ended up quitting and I did the following year but not due to that. I figured they would hang themselves soon enough.

[greg# 4]

350.00 a gun is cheap, kinda tough , but i would drop a dime on him and hope for the best

[RedSeal]

I know a guy that cant have a gun so he just bowhunts!

[Smart]

I just found out that a person on my lease has a charge from his past and cannot even posess a firearm. He is family of the person that we lease from and we don`t have any say who gets to hunt. We get to hunt for 350 per gun so we can`t complain to much, but the person with a felony is full of bs and gets away with whatever he wants because he lives with the owners daughter. I don`t think he can even buy a liscense if he has a felony conviction, but I may be wrong.Do you think I should drop a dime on him to the GW and get him real trouble or bite my tounge and put up with his bs from now on. I really don`t want him to get in serious trouble, but I would like it a lot if he wasn`t on our lease . I forgot to mention that he hunts for free as well to. The owner added him to the lease and didn`t go down on the price per hunter either.I really don`t want to jepordize my hunting priviledges by telling on him so I thought someone might have a creative idea to how handle the problem so it wouldn`t come back to bite me on the back side. I really don`t want to let the jeanny out of the bottle and not be able to get him back in.

he can purchase a license.....are you sure he will be possessing a rifle because he can hunt with a bow?....

[Stuck]

As long as she is cute.....

Woke up with a "10" every time did ya? Don't be so quick to cull, if she's not too cute she will be VERY thankful.

[Johnny Dangerr]

A lot of GW's and Lo's in the country turn a blind eye to the National gun laws. I would keep my mouth shut and either leave or smile and go along with the show....

[Bones]

I have the operation game thief phone number saved in my phone. And, I have not turned down a reward yet. What you may find really interesting is that law enforcement, to include TP&WD, is very good at following up on leads with the utmost discretion.

Lets just say that some "random" visits to hunting camp, fishing locations, or other recreation areas, are not really so random

Steve

[BuckSmasher]

Woke up with a "10" every time did ya? Don't be so quick to cull, if she's not too cute she will be VERY thankful.

Y'all crack me up! lol They were "10"s when I went to sleep......the sober fairy came and dusted them with ugly......

[Pistol]

The problem with the "minding your own business" thing is that if he is truly a convicted felon and cannot posess a firearm, he should be turned in. You didn't do the crime, he did. Have to pay to play. Too many people just turn a blind eye and that has become an accepted view throught society. I wouldn't stand for that, but that is just me. I would get all the facts first though, regardless of what you decide.

Ditto. Besides, just let the GW know about the dude. He will hang himself all alone if it turns out he is a felon with a firearm. All the GW has to do is stop him at anytime and check to see if he has a gun. Any LEO can do that. As far as I can see, not many facts you can check. Just tell the GW "hey I think this dude is a felon, and he is hunting." The GW will take care of the rest. If he is only hunting with a bow, no harm no foul.

[Pistol]

My husband always says "what is tolerated in one generation is accepted in the next."

[BTLowry]

I have the operation game thief phone number saved in my phone. And, I have not turned down a reward yet. What you may find really interesting is that law enforcement, to include TP&WD, is very good at following up on leads with the utmost discretion.

Lets just say that some "random" visits to hunting camp, fishing locations, or other recreation areas, are not really so random

Steve

This

County sheriff might be subject to the "good ol boy" mentality but I have yet to meet a game warden who is.

This guy's criminal record is probably public record, should not be too hard to find out. Smith county has a site, just type in a name and it gives you mugshot, arrest record and convictions if i remember correctly. Your county might have the same