A cop was waiting at my car last night when I was out hunting. I came back 5:30, it was dead dark by then. He asked for my license and hunting license and the typical what are you doing out here, where are you from, etc. Wtf? Why would he have been out at a random park ok mg spot? I did nothing illegal and he just stopped and quizzed me. It was obvious that I was out hunting since I had my bow and orange on. Does this happen to you other hunters and is this normal? Can he do it again to on a different day at the same spot?
he's a federal agent and you're in danger, use some camouflage netting interwoven with your native brush to hide your vehicle when hunting, and don't use orange either, its like a beacon to them
Let's say I killed a deer at the tail end of shooting hours. I was 20-30 minutes from my car without being loaded up with a deer. Field dress plus the hike out and I might not get back until 7-7:15 if I killed at 5:30. Would he think I was poaching? how would I prove that I killed at a legal hour?
They have to prove you guilty, you don't have to prove yourself innocent.
sadly in Clapistan it doesn't work this way
Yes it does. You're just stupid.
Temperature
I mean it’s pretty obvious what’s happening here even from your basic description. If you hunt in a place that you wear orange, oof. If you actually took anything you would’ve had it with you, making his line of questioning irrelevant. Maybe you should learn to hunt, coyotes for example, and then work on the harder stuff.
>He either has to let you leave, or detain you. If he detains you he has to have reason to believe that you have committed a crime.
In an ideal world. Cops can pretty much do what they want they just have to do some legal gymnastics that will almost always fall in their favor in court. They can literally kill you and will almost always get away with it unless you're a minority and it provokes a media chimpout
Just buy land and you won't have to worry about this anon
how much did you pay for your land?
>car parked in the woods after dark
anon he was making sure you werent burying a dead body in the woods
he only asked for your ID and hunting license because its standard procedure
calm the frick down
This
I’ve had it fishing a bunch of times, especially when I’m parked near businesses and fishing dusk on a Saturday at these lakes in commercial or industrial areas. They’re almost always cool when they see the fishing rod and not a crow bar.
this
also remember its literally a crime to not have ID on you at all times, or at least be able to retrieve it within 24h
Can you site the law in question?
I hunt in NF so I don’t know what the frick you’re talking about. But yeah, stop being a brokie.
Don’t you have to wear orange in National Forests?
No? Everyone wears whatever the hell they want. State Regs vary.
What state are you in that doesn't require blaze orange ( or pink in Wyoming :3 Kawaiii ) ?
NTA but PA only requires hunters to wear orange, and only certain amounts of it depending on what they're hunting. I go out and wear whatever I want, pisses off the boomers something fierce but they can't walk their fat asses to where I camp anyway.
Yeah in Wyoming you only have to wear one piece. There's a hat I see out here alot that people wear thats just a 2x4" patch on the back.
I grew up in WV and was always decked out in orange. Too many drunk dipshits out there
Colorado allows blaze pink too
99% chance you have less than $10k in your savings account
You didn't drive far enough. The cops don't go beyond cell phone coverage.
You're in luck anon, technology too will solve this problem, with AI and cyborgs/androids, sadly it will not be a perfect solution.
You were likely just Karen'ed
I dont understand you people
You claim you hate cops but you call them every single time you have a problem
Its beyond pathetic really and its the kind of shit this homosexual would do
>You call them
Projecting
What the flying frick does this have to do with my comment that some hatchetfaced busybody old c**t probably put the law on OP?
>pond jumping for ducks in the local waterfowl management area
>official sunset hits just as I get back to the dyke
>unload gun
>flock of ducks fly overhead, point out of habit
>walk the mile back to my truck
>fishdick with a spotter scope goes "good thing you didn't shoot, not that you could have"
>doesn't even ask for my license
Skinwalker, do not engage
Regular cops don't handle poaching.
Game wardens do. And their powers are kinda ridiculous and in blatant violation of the 4th amendment imo.
If it was a just a regular cop this guy is right:
Cop was just checking out a suspiciously parked car.
They've had reports of a random stranger lurking around, he wanted to see if it was you.
Cops are always looking for a reason to hand out tickets and arrest people.
Cops job is to destroy peoples lives
I was driving through Utah recently and realized I left my wallet in the RTT. i pulled off the road outside of town ( in a weird ATV area) and opened the tent to grab my wallet. As soon as I had it unfolded I saw a cop coming down the road and immediately knew he was coming to talk to me. Pulled over and asked what I was doing.
>"Think I left something up here"
>"Oh gotcha" walks up to look in my windows
>"Is there something wrong?"
>"No, just keep in mind you can't camp here"
>"Thanks, wasn't planning on it"
>Gets in car and leaves
Like c'mon dipshit, obviously I'm not setting up right next to the highway at 10 AM to camp in your shitty hodunk town.
Maybe you wouldn't , but there's plenty of morons out there that would.
This. He probably bothered that anon because it isn't the first time kek
are you white?
it's ok to be white
I have a roof top tent, obviously I'm white.
he was searching for pedophiles op. surprised he let you off.
Clay Hilton of Spokane sheriff's department is just one of thousands. You're a disingenuous guy
Its not really that serious. Most of the time when i get calls of parked vehicles along the treeline during hunting season, i just run the tags to see if its an abandoned or stolen vehicle. Its a good thing too, since a few years ago we had an old hunter who broke his leg falling out of a tree stand, and the day before we ran his plates and had a general area to search for him.
You could have asked him, in all honesty. Not sure you would've gotten a completely truthful answer but after he checks everything and you're good to go he had no real reason to lie.
>Nah, I don't answer questions
then just start screaming
>AM I BEING DETAINED
Have you never dealt with the police?
Oh yeah screaming at a pig while carrying a gun is the best way to deal with the situation. Not even slightly likely to be shot dead. No siree.
I've disassembled my hunting spear. I know that I said I'd provide a webm of using it to stick a wild hog once I got a truck and a license, but I've since decided this is vain and unwise.
Your hubris in thinking you could dispatch an animal so easily, with a weapon you have little experience with, is the worst arrogance. The type that leads to senseless agony and suffering.
It's not like you were going to practice on watermelons until you were proficient. Be aware of yourself.
how do you know someone only hunts public land?
don't worry, they'll tell you
>cops very rarely do get held accountable for corruption
Fixed this for you.
Except for the US, which is notoriously corrupt in rural areas.
Cops cannot legally ask for your hunting license in most states. He could sue for hunter harassment if this actually happened.
A) You only need to show him the tag if you actually caught something.
B) your first response should be "am I suspected of a crime? If not I'm leaving"--and leave"
C) If they keep asking questions say "I don't have to answer your questions"
stop empowering these doushbags.