Do Biologists and Game Wardens Listen to Sportsmen?
One by one, you and your hunting buddies walk to the microphone and vent your likes and dislikes about a variety of topics. Did those words ever leave that hearing room? Were the biologists and wardens taking notes or was this hearing like the op-ed page of the local newspaper, designed to let readers (sportsmen and women) blow off steam. Plenty of evidence leads me to believe a rift is spreading in the outdoor community, between Department personnel and license-holders. The talk around variety store lunch counters seldom is praising the Department. It’s safe to say that hunters and anglers agree that biologists spend too much time studying dragonflies and turtles instead of game species and that wardens are still not that pleasant to meet in the field. Previous to Col. Tim Peabody, the Warden force acted as though they came off duty in a Georgia chain gang. Less that one in ten ever had a friendly word to say and the public was deemed guilty until proven innocent and then held under s
