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Can we get a park ranger/hunting regulations rage thread going? Because I seriously hate these people. Not all of them, obviously. I've met some alright park rangers, even though even most of the nice ones are glorified cub scouts. >hunt for many years "illegally" (just without a license) >be scolded by a few other hunters in town for not having a license, some even threatened to turn me in >these are the jackasses that leave their beer cans all over the woods, shoot fucking little doe that are barely regulation and stuff them in their living rooms like their so damn proud, hunt for like two hours in a cozy stand and spend the rest of their "hunting trip" getting wasted and arguing at the bar >I realize these guys are douchebags, but everyone else also suggested i get my license and yeah, getting my license was the right thing to do, I'm not saying it wasn't >go to police station, 1st night, me and three of my friends >we're young guys >come in on time, take our seats, immediately notice how out of place we our >every other person is either really old (maybe getting theirs renewed? idk) or really young, like 11 or 12. I guess that's when you first need to get one. >theyre all staring at us with extremely obvious condescending looks; like NO subtly whatsoever, complete with raised eyebrows and proud independent black woman "ohnoyoudidn't" faces >why are they looking at us like that? >we notice the reason we stand out: we're wearing hoodies, jeans, and nikes
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>wearing hoodies and nice jeans and basketball shoes >"well of course you are," you say, "you're in philadelphia, a major urban centre, in the fall. that choice of clothes is not ridiculous in any way. it actually makes complete sense." >yes, yes it does. but apparently we didn't get the memo >everyone else here, at a police station in north philly, was wearing full hunting gear. like, fully decked out in camo body suits, orange hats, gloves, etc. some guys were wearing ghillie suits. i shit you not. >our "instructors" come out. one perfectly round ball of fat and some creepy anorexic guy, both decked out in full hunting gear >literally EVERYBODY in that damn place was staring at us like we were naked covered in hot sauce jacking off >after everyone settles in and the stares are at a minimum, my friend tells me he forgot to bring a pencil >we had one instruction. to bring a fucking pencil. >"ok, go ask for one" >"dude...theyre gonna get mad" >my friend is not a brave man by any definition >after a short argument and my calling him a pussy, i walked up and asked for a pencil, telling them my friend forgot his >Jabba the Hut squirms around at the sight of me, and looks up and down like he's checking me out, and then that same sassy black woman look >he says to the other instructor: "hehheh, these are the type of kids that go into the woods wearing sneakers and then complain when their feet get cold!" >they both share in a girlish giggle >i shit you not >he looks at me, finally actually acknowledging me >says in his best bitch voice: "the pencils are in a bin in the back. you're obviously not a tracker, or you would've noticed them." >my mouth is actually open at this point. utter disbelief >i walk away to get the pencil, and talks to me again "hey buddy. seriously, if you're going to be out in the bush, you're going to have to be prepared. mother nature doesn't listen to your excuses." >i try to resist bashing my face in the closest object Voodoo
I've never been questioned/stopped while hunting so far. I've had fishing liscense checked at the boat ramp, but that's it. I got stopped by a private lake employee before.>Private lake that charges $10 per person per day >only fished lake twice >fish below the spillway and creek that leads to spillway runoff >fished spot 100's of times >never paid, never had problems >take some friends that don't fish often >carrying my revolver because snakes >have CCL >get to spot >good day >buddy sees cotton mouth >aggressive bastards >buddy freaking da eff out it charging >pull revolver shoot it >decide to pack up and call it a day >get back to SUV >ranger Rick wannabe comes up all flustered >"you shooting anon?" >"yea, had a snake" >"you can't shoot on lake, and you didn't pay" >"we'll I wasn't on lake so that's why" >"you still gotta pay" >"the river is public water" >he's all butthurt >pack my shit ignoring his BS >drive away >get about mile from town >blue lights light me up >attractive female officer pulls shotgun on me >get cuffed, searched, bla bla bla >tell cops the story >he asks if I hit it >yep.jpg
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they were right, you obviously got the memo, so you had no excuses
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>>91683 I took mine when I was 19 I think. I was the youngest guy there. We just had online class and take the test in person. We really have pretty good laws here, nothing too retarded. My only complaint is blaze orange during modern gun season for deer. You have to have 200 sq inches on even if you are in a stand and the orange is not visible.
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>>91686 I considered it, trust me.
>>91685 damn, yous got charged by a cottonmouth? that alone is crazy. I've never had a snake act very aggressive, except a copperhead that got caught in a fishing net, but thats not the same. how many shots it take him to hit it?
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>>91683 Continued 2.
Also, slight edit. I said in the first post i hunt in upstate New York, and i have no idea why i said that. I hunt in upstate Pennsylvania
>sit back down, still shocked from what i've just experienced. >my two friends have no idea, i hand my sissy friend his pencil and we just sit there, ill tell them later >the lesson gets going, overview, blah blah blah >i imagine it was all standard stuff, but i was so seriously pissed at this point that everything that came out of this instructors mouth sounded like diarrhea to me >they get into the lesson. >it was ridiculous. completely ridiculous. every video we watched was just badly made pro-hunting propaganda. it was fucking awful. >they actually tried to make Disney sound evil, and that they were conspiring against hunters and pushing a liberal agenda >under any circumstances this presentation would be ridiculous, but what pushed it over the edge was that we were all there to get our fucking HUNTING LICENSE. obviously we're not against hunting! jesus fucking christ! >and, if that wasn't enough, these people were eating it up as fast and sloppily as possible. they were all contributing little anecdotes about time the dumb-inferior hippies tried to tell them how they were wrong and then they sacrificed baby rabbits in their face and raped their bodies just to show what the natural order of things was >then we finally get into hunting regulations and rules. i dont even want to get into this. the gist of it was: don't ever do anything ever in the woods. make no attempt to hunt whatsoever. >he also told us his radio was tuned into every channel in Pennsylvania, and if we tried to communicate over walkies he would find us and arrest us >we all laughed, he informed us angrily that he was not joking >i guess he didn't know how radios worked >we get into the meat of my hatred for him. >he goes into rules when hunting around joggers and fisherman >what? wait, what? Voodoo
>>91699 Only 1, rat shot. I've had em drop from trees into boats, charge me, and even stalk. One latched his tail down in moving water and poked his head up like he was a twig. He followed me downstream for around 100 yards. Every time I put distance between us, he closed it.
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>>91701 I might as well finish this goddamn story.
>rules of hunter around joggers and fisherman and pedestrians >what? >Jabba hunts in Fairmount Park. >nothing wrong with hunting in public parks, of course. but when you act like the big man and talk about being "out in the bush" and give an entire class crazy unrealistic advice and instructions... >Jabba also lets slip he has never hunted outside of the city. In fact, the only time he's every been outside of Philadelphia was to go to the Jersey Shore. >too much. just too much. >thinking about this guy makes me rage to this day Anonymous
>>91704 That's crazy, I'd shit my pants. What state, Georgia? In Penn. the only thing we get is timber rattlers and very rarely copperheads, and their both fairly docile. which actually sucks sometimes for the timbers, almost stepped on one before
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>>91712 Arkansas. I've spent time at a ranch in south Texas tht had tons of eastern diamond backs. The ranch head had a cage he kept cought ones in. We would microwave wet towels and put them in front of the cage. They would go effing nuts over tht hot towel. The cook fried us some one day, and yes it tasted like chicken. Really good chicken
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I'm a ranger in Australia, but I kinda fell into the job. I did 85% of an engineering degree and realised it wasn't for me but kept with it for my friends hoping it would get better, eventually I just did some terribly easy biology degree and got hired instantly by the state govt.
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>>91729 I should really say I don't hate park rangers at all, actually. There's just been a few that have pissed me off and whenever I see a ranger in uniform I get a bit sour. There's park rangers in my family and their all pretty cool.
And fuck no I don't leave garbage in the bush. People who blatantly do that shit deserve to be banned, that's something I agree on. The worst part about it is they act like you're giving them a hard time for no reason when you confront them about it.
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> out camping on my back property (about 13 acres that's cut off from the rest of by road) > decide I'm going to take out some vacation days at work and just poof for a few days > have everything set up at a great out croping of trees about 20 yards from the edge of a river > everything is awesome, got fire going with no problem, everything set up great, didn't forget anything, even fishing was going along no prob(3 large mouth bass around 5lbs each in maybe 10 mins) > never had such a perfect little time camping and reading a book and playing with fire. >crunch crunch crunch loud ass foot steps like a mother fucking sasquatch wearing clogs > one of Missouris finest steps out of some trees >"we've got complaints of trespassers blah blah blah" >"?... I don't remember calling" >"that's because it was the land owners" >"that's right, this is my property from the road down the river till a wood fence" > pull out map, show him all that is my greatness. > end up becoming friends and he and his two sons camp out there a couple times a summer
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>be at pic related >park ranger standing by sign that says "beware of falling rocks. do not stand within 20 feet of the waterfall" (when it rains heavily, sometimes rocks will be washed down the falls) >ask him if we can go under the waterfall anyways >he's real bro-tier, gives no fucks and let's us be all up in that waterfall's shit
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Never had a negative encounter with a Park Ranger or a Game Warden. Any time I run into one, all they do is ask to see necessary licenses, then tell me to have a good day. A lot of times I just shoot the shit with them, have found some really good fishing spots due to that. They'll usually just be like "So how's the fishing" and if it's shitty, I'll mention it, then they'll be like "Well, you go off shore in blah bay, people have been doing great on whatever fish with whatever bait." Just as useful as the bait shop guys, in my opinion.
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>>91729 I watched videos of what y'all call duck shooting there. The protesters were wearily bright colors and blowing rape whistles. I would love to hear stories about that if you have any.
>>91740 I've always wondered how LEOs could find out who the land owner actually is. I know leases can have the coordinates listed, but most owners don't have the deed on hand. I know you can find out about land at the courthouse.
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>>91663 >>91683 >>91701 >>91710 >poaches >is extremely self-conscious >gets offended easily >thinks he knows everything already >doesn't get along well with others What the hell did you expect? Next time try not to be a touchy little Phaggot who cares about everybody's opinions but makes no effort to meet their expectations. Also, your story had nothing to do with park rangers.
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>>91663 You sound like some spoiled city bitch.
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>>92167 Well obviously. OP made it a point to say he was from Philly and wears hoodies as his "normal" clothing.
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Odocoileus virginianus !PumaM174Ds Sat 20 Apr 2013 21:51:43 No. 92198 Report Quoted By:
>>91663 You're an enormous faggot and bring a bad name to all those who hunt and fish responsibly. Game wardens are easily the most bro-tier law enforcement officers that exist, don't fuck around with them though.
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A cousin of mine is a park ranger and the sort of hyper-retards he has to deal with on a daily basis would probably break the average person. He has to convince people to not be stupid without directly calling them out as the morons they are. Instead he has to say stuff like, "Are you sure a few lunchables, no water and flip flops are all you'll need for this 12 mile hike?"
