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I think they are all human and as such are subject to the failings of the human race as a whole.  Guess I’ve been pretty lucky; I haven’t had any bad encounters with any of our Missouri Conservation Agents.  I have worked closely with some of them professionally and I have been checked while hunting and fishing when they didn’t know me from Adam and I have always been treated professionally.  The only outdoor specific officer I have ever felt had a bit of an attitude was a U.S. Forest Service Ranger.  As it was he recognized me and knew where I worked, he had been “let go” from my agency several years before and I am quite sure that had everything to do with his attitude.  There wasn’t a problem this was just a routine check while my dad and I cleaned some game in the field but when he realized who I was he immediately stiffened up.  He moved on quickly and it was a non-issue other than my dad commented how awkward the encounter seemed.  That was the human factor within the Forest Ranger; it certainly wasn’t on my end as I hardly knew the guy.