I live on a boat. I see my rods and tackle box as I type this. The only thing I am guilty of is typing on the computer and watching TV. If I carry my rod and tackle up to my truck because I am going somewhere to fish, I am not fishing. I can stop by Wal-Mart buy a license continue to my destination to fish and have abided by the law completely. Places that are illegal to hunt include WMA boundary roads, timber operations, and any improved roads. I will be the first to admit I have walked through theses all of my life and never had a problem from an LEO.
With your logic everyone leaving a bar should be charged with drinking and driving, regardless of their blood alcohol content. If LEO�s can simply say you were hunting, why are we spending taxpayer dollars on mechanical deer for hunters to shoot at? If the Alabama Attorney General�s definition of 9-11-257s is irrelevant, then why do we bother with his opinion? And what happened to Alabama open Carry Law as provided by Alabama�s constitution? You guys saying I am guilty are saying I was on railroad property and trespassing. Alabama has no law regarding railroad trespass. But if as you say I was on railroad property, then I am not on a WMA and Alabama open carry laws apply. You could spin this thing a million different ways. The truth is I was walking off the management area and back to my truck when stopped by 2 LEO�s who cited me for hunting from a RR.
I was exactly as measured by a GPS 147.5 yards + or � 15 feet from the end of the management area and headed off the management area and back to my truck when stopped, I asked the Leos� why I was being charged with hunting and was told it was because I was walking slow and looking. I asked specifically if the charge had anything to do with the rifle . I was told no the problem was that I was hunting, it would have been the same charge if I had a bow and arrow. I asked the fine and his exact answer was �he did not know, the court set the fines� With the fine clearly stated in the law he either lied or did not know the law. This I swear on my children�s life, which I put higher than anything on this earth. I am 60% disabled (crippled on the right side) and totally blind in my right eye. I am allowed to walk slow, I will sit on the damn tracks if I so choose, it is not illegal.
And Patriot my veteran friend potes meos suaviari clunes .
For the rest of you in English, Patriot can kiss my ass.
