Game Warden Question

[overcomer401965]

Rules bring in revenue you know, gotta have them.

[Tmag]

Come on guys, it was a question about a kids license! Why take it as an opportunity to slam the very people we do not hesitate to call when someone is breaking the rules.

Rules define the line between right and wrong. They aren't that hard if you will read that little book you can get almost anywhere.

[Low Fence]

This was part of the prank I helped play on a GW last year. (I had my wifes HL in my wallet)

YOU MAY ONLY BE IN POSSESSION OF ONE HL (YOURS)

[bboswell]

My warden advised that it would eliminate any question of wrong doing or ill intent if I only had my childs license with me when I had that child with me. He never said it was against the law to have but I agreed with his reasoning.

[Chaindiggity]

My warden advised that it would eliminate any question of wrong doing or ill intent if I only had my childs license with me when I had that child with me. He never said it was against the law to have but I agreed with his reasoning.

That makes sense....

[DTala]

Game Wardens don't have anything to do with making up the rules...the higher ups do that, and some of them have been away from the field for too long.

We used to be asked to submit a list of needed changes every year, they all went in the circular file, never saw a single one of them implemented. And some of the requests were endorsed by a large majority of the field Officers.

troy

[Sparkles]

The law says you can't "use" another person's license. As long as you have your own license and use your own tags, there is no law saying you can't possess another person's license.

I am going with this answer right or wrong. I would hope a GW wouldn't ticket me for carrying my kids lic.

[neskora]

Talked with a game warden this w/e and asked that very question and the answer was yes you can carry your youth's hunting license but you can't use it to tag an animal.

You can carry it.

Just don't use the tags for your deer

What is that illegal or something? these dang new rules are getting RIDICULOUS!!

[ZenDaddy]

I have two boys that want to shoot a doe or pig this year so I bought them the $7 youth license. I have it in my wallet cause they will lose it. I just realized that might be illegal. Can I carry their license or do I need to leave theirs at home when they arent with me?

Don't want to interfere in your business but

My son has carried his since he was 9. That and a copy of his birth certificate (even though it's not needed.) Doesn't make sense to hand a boy a gun and ammunition and not expect him to think things through - which includes keeping his license with him.

My job is to make sure he packs it before we go to the lease, and again before we get into the stand. Once in the stand I ask to see it. No license? No shoot. Valuable lesson learned.

[DeadeyeDeb]

Don't want to interfere in your business but

My son has carried his since he was 9. That and a copy of his birth certificate (even though it's not needed.) Doesn't make sense to hand a boy a gun and ammunition and not expect him to think things through - which includes keeping his license with him.

My job is to make sure he packs it before we go to the lease, and again before we get into the stand. Once in the stand I ask to see it. No license? No shoot. Valuable lesson learned.

Good advice. If they can't keep ahold of a piece of paper, they may not be ready to handle a weapon.

[Kodiakk]

Why take it as an opportunity to slam the very people we do not hesitate to call when someone is breaking the rules.

Rules define the line between right and wrong. They aren't that hard if you will read that little book you can get almost anywhere.

Who's slamming game wardens? Only complaint I heard was there are to many rules.

If the rules aren't that hard why was I given two different answers from two different game wardens on the same question? This happened agian with a entirely different question two weekends after the first question.

[tvc184]

Reading Chapter 42 of the Parks and Wildlfe Code, it seems clear that there are no rules against possessing a child's license and no law against the child not having it on his person.

The law does require to present a license when asked by a GW. The law however provides a defense saying if it can be shown that the person did actually own a license on that date, any charges "shall be" dismissed.

It is the same as a driver's license. You are required to have it on you but if you can show that you were issued one on the date in question, the court has to dismiss any charge. That simply means that if a person shows the GW on the scene his child's license, the law has been complied with. Even if the person forgets his child's license and a citation is issued, it will be dismissed on presenting the license in court.

Sec. 42.024. EXHIBITING LICENSE. (a) No person required by the provisions of this chapter to have a hunting license may fail or refuse to show the license to an officer on demand.

(b) If on or before the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, the person produces for the court or the prosecuting attorney the proper hunting license issued to the person and valid at the time of the offense, the court having jurisdiction of the suit shall dismiss the charge.