Shawn, try taking off your socks and hand them to them. Keep smiling. It'll work.

My experience is once you say enough is enough and tell them it’s either time to stop or write a ticket, it’s over. Either they do or they don’t.

I'm going to say you're right. I'm over 65 (over 65 don't have to buy MO. H&F permits) so I HAVE to carry ID in lieu of a fishing/hunting permit. I can't see where it says a license holder has to carry a drivers license in addition to the permit. You should have ask, "Is that a command or a request?" and see what they say.

Any resident of Missouri sixty-five
(65) years of age or older may take fish, live
bait, clams, mussels, turtles, and frogs as
provided in Chapter 6 without permit (except
trout permit or daily tag in areas where pre-
scribed); provided, while fishing, s/he carries
a valid Missouri driver license, notarized
affidavit, or similar official document prov-
ing his/her eligibility based on residency and
age, and shall submit documentation for
inspection by any agent of the department on
request;

At 16 you have to start buying hunting and fishing permits, and there are LOTS of kids out there with fishing licenses that don't have drivers licenses. so..............

Here's the Missouri Wild Life Code, tha's Missouri Conservation's Holy Grail.
If the requirement exists it'll be in there: https://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/3csr/3csr.asp

By the way, it's NOT Missouri law that you must show law enforcement ID, unless you're driving of course, or want to. You must give your full name and address. That's it.

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Ya, I showed it to them, I don't have anything to hide. I just believe it's an over reach of their authority. A game warden in missouri is commissioned by the state same as highway patrol or municipal cop. Who I don't believe can just demand ID without suspecting you of committing a crime or about to commit a crime. Well they can ask, but I don't believe your required to show.

This is how it is around here. The state guy is great but I cringe when I see the feds pulling up. It is guilty until proven innocent with most of them. I'm always legal but they still make you nervous. The last fed that checked me duck hunting was the best one I ever met so hopefully he sticks around here.

Waterfowl hunting is one of their specialties. . . . so, you better be right. You won't get a "ticket". They take your info and send a "pink slip" to the area Federal Court. The Fed Magistrate / Judge will send you a payable fine and / or a MUST APPEAR court date :-)

Definition of a sportsman is a violator that hasn’t been caught yet.

The onus is always on the hunter to show compliance...if you are up front and transparent it should be quick. If you have pulled a fast one in the past or hunt with someone who has they may inspect a little bit longer that it just how it works. The guys who are often checked never tell their full stories regardless how well you think you know them.

Having said this, anyone can make a mistake and it does happen.

They often know who's who in their local patrol Area and you think they don`t, better think again.

The issue that is being raised more and more nationally, and one that is causing more and more wildlife agencies to change their policies, is when a warden enters private property to do routine compliance checks. The contention being if the warden has no reason to believe that a violation has/is being committed, the entry onto private property would be improper. Obviously on public land or a routine compliance check as hunters are exiting private property would not be an issue in this situation.
We were always taught that an exception to the search warrant rule called the “open field exception” allowed for this practice. That has been challenged and hasn’t held water where tested in the courts.

Remembering Eugene Wynn
Died April 2019 died in the line of work

The Best Game Warden I've ever had the pleasure of having checked my Trap Tags

R.i.P.

Each State has their own Laws, Regs, and Policies. The only important things for individuals AND GWS' to KNOW are those parameters which apply.

I email the local dnr around me to find beavers and I tell you most don't know what's out in that area thete telling me . The b eaters have been trsped out for so many years!!.

HA! Thanks Jayme, I’ll give that a go!!

I’ve actually not had much trouble with our local guys. What my buddy’s in a Canadian have been going through the last couple years is ridiculous. I’ll give them the sock tip!

back a few years we had a group of young guns dnr come into our area of the u p , if they wanted a place to hunt and you were there first, they would harass your group until you left, well I had a lease on 14 acre of the best duck hunting in the area, they drove all of my friends away, well I finally had enough and press charges against them for hunter harassment , well I try the local dnr wouldn't do it so I saw the local judge never had a problem again, three of them got moved to different parts of the state , they probably did more the hurt hunting than all the anti!!!!, the one gps, 70 bow deer stands , see we couldn't bait deer until the opening day of bow season, and every one would put out bait before season , so he wrote 70 ticket opening day , now they change the rule, so you can bait 30 days before opening,

I’ve had good and bad experiences over the years, we had a Warden in SE Wisconsin that was often out of line, he stopped (2) of my sons friends that were squirrel hunting after school, he asked what are the legal shooting hours today?, the kids said they didn’t know because they only planned to hunt for an hour- we’ll before close. He then berated them on how he should right a citation and continued to abuse his power. I followed up with a phone call to provide my feedback, he could’ve used it as a learning experience and seeing two young men enjoying the outdoors in a world where that’s not always the norm should’ve been refreshing.

I had a warden give me the option of which violation I wanted him to charge me with. Twilight hunting or a nonresident hunting on residents only day. The twilight hunting was a bogus charge, the residents day only wasn't. I can't remember which one I picked. He was pleasant enough.

I don't know what the requirements are, however a name is on your hunting license, a picture of you is on a drivers license. How do they know that you are the name on the hunting license with out a picture I.D.?

I think you are required to provide identification if asked. They look you up to see if you have warrants.

This ^^^^ . . . In MD it is required also.