What motovates people-

tripod3

tripod3

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to want to get so called blood on every firearm to the point of breaking the law by using forbidden or restricted firearms.
Not to mention out of season or at night.
I can't count how many guys salivate doing it and at least a few that have been cited.
They are so driven to go for it they lose focus and don't realize the warden is watching.
 
More insight is needed so we don't speculate as to what you are trying to sayOriginally Posted By: tripod3to want to get so called blood on every firearm to the point of breaking the law by using forbidden or restricted firearms.
Not to mention out of season or at night.
I can't count how many guys salivate doing it and at least a few that have been cited.
They are so driven to go for it they lose focus and don't realize the warden is watching.
 
Some of my rifles have never seen blood and probably never will. I have no good answer to your question. Just guessing, maybe they think its worthless until it has killed something.
 
Not just one set of circumstances, but the drive to want to kill an animal with every gun they own legal or not.
Like taking a deer with a .22 long rifle.
Or taking an elk with a .22-250 or a .410 bird shot.
Or taking an elk with modern rifle in bow or black powder season.
Or taking a duck with a .223.
It goes on and on
 
You must hang out with a tougher crowd than I do, I can't think of anyone right off hand that does any of that.
 
I'd hate to loose my lifetime hunting license over doing something stupid. The people tripods talking about probably don't have a license so it wouldn't matter anyway.
 
It's pretty astonishing some of the things I see.
Yes some of them never had a license and some I know of won't have a license for a period of years now.
A person can also lose the firearms, equipment and vehicles.
None of these things stop people from doing it.
 
The worst part is people like this ruin it for honest people. The honest hunters are the ones that end up suffering for the acts of the dishonest.
 
Quote:Are you out in the field with these people?

Not with them but unbeknown to them, I have seen them do some of these things while I'm out.
The few that I have met gave it away when they bragged about it.

Quote:The worst part is people like this ruin it for honest people

My feelings exactly and part of why I posted this.
These are not bar fly's or kids or someone feeding the family,
actually educated employed members of society. A couple of them are even in law enforcement.
 
If you know about it you really should report it, I believe WA has an anonymous tip line. And yes there are a lot of things that folks do that aren't right.

One of my favorites in "no trespass", "I shoot them off the road all the time, the land owners don't care".

In WA one of the places I hunted someone unloaded their AK on three cows and just left them right along the road. 20 geese dumped in the parking lot of the boat landing. Or shooting ducks and making no effort to retrieve sailers. If I have a duck(any game bird) I can't retrieve it gets counted toward my limit.
 
Quote:Many people don't consider game laws as "real laws."
I believe that!

Quote:If some are in Law Enforcement, I would introduce them to some more Law Enforcement. A badge don't make it legal.

Local game warden had to bring in outside units and supervisor to bust 5 cops this year. This was a big deal because they had busted 4 different cops last year.
Can't help but to hope this will put a ding in their record.

I like to do my part which isn't easy at times.
I am personal friends with several wardens, state cops, and two federal officers so having their numbers helps.
I am one person imagine multiplying that with reality.
 
I have used the tipline a couple times over the years. Once I reported illegal bait and I know they staked it out because they checked me out even though I was hunting on the other side of the ridge. Don't know if they ever caught them. Another time it was ATV harassment while I was hunting a WMA.The warden came a couple days later and followed the tracks to muddy bikes in the barn. A small fine, but they lost registrations for a year.
 
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