All of the game wardens I've met have been good folks. However, there was one that could have had better timing. Me and a buddy and made a long trip to get to a spot for ducks one morning. We drove 2 and a half hours, hiked about a mile and then had to cross some very difficult marsh that damned near took us under a couple of times. The temp was is the 20s and we were both sweating like pigs by the time we got to our spot on a small patch of firm ground about 50 yards into the marsh.
About 15 minutes after legal shooting time a GW called to us from the shore and told us to unload our weapons and come to him so he could check us. WTF!? The birds were flying, but it took us over half an hour to get to the shore again. We were done by the time we got back to shore and had no intention of going back out after that. Sure enough, the birds continued to fly for a while and all of them were out of range and a lot of them were flying over our little island. The worst part was that we were there to put a check-mark on our bucket lists. The birds were mostly Black Ducks. Neither of us had ever gotten one before. I still haven't.
About 15 minutes after legal shooting time a GW called to us from the shore and told us to unload our weapons and come to him so he could check us. WTF!? The birds were flying, but it took us over half an hour to get to the shore again. We were done by the time we got back to shore and had no intention of going back out after that. Sure enough, the birds continued to fly for a while and all of them were out of range and a lot of them were flying over our little island. The worst part was that we were there to put a check-mark on our bucket lists. The birds were mostly Black Ducks. Neither of us had ever gotten one before. I still haven't.