Originally Posted by Frankie
GWs have no more legal rights than any other law enforcement agencies.



That is true but only if another LEO is searching for game in a place that it could be hidden. That wouldn't likely get very far in court though because it would be viewed as a pretextual search (saying your searching for one thing when the truth is you are searching for another). One incident it might hold true is if a Deputy responded to a call about illegal hunting because a GW is not available for whatever reason so they are acting in a GW capacity. See my earlier response, State law right now states that a LEO may search any place a hunter or fisherman may store game if they are investigating a possible game violation. Like Clem pointed out, this is still the law because no one has challenged it yet. Other than that, GWs are just like any other State LEO, just with a lot cooler job most of the time, if you don't mind being overworked and underpaid.


Lord, please help us get our nation straightened out.