I LIVE IN REPUBLIC WA. RURAL EASTERN WA. SMALL TOWN NOT MUCH TO DO UP HERE IF YOU DONT LIKE TO FISH AND OR HUNT. OUR GAME WARDEN IS A TERROR. HE WRITES TICKETS FOR EXPIRED TABS ON YOUR VEHICLE TERRORIZES PEOPLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ABOUT ORV LICENCES. HE THINKS HE IS THE DICTATOR OF FERRY CO. RECENTLY HE GAVE AN 87 YEAR OLD MAN A TICKET FOR FISHING WITH TWO POLES. THE OLD MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE FLY FISHING SIDE BY SIDE AND THE WIFE GOT TANGLED UP SO HE TUCKED HIS ROD UNDER HIS ARM AND TOOK HER ROD AND WAS WORKING ON THE TANGLE BOTH OF THE LINES WERE IN THE WATER UP COME THE WARDEN AND WRITES THE TICKET. I BELIEVE HE CAME HERE FROM FORKS AFTER HE RECIEVED DEATH THREATS OVER THERE WHICH I CAN NOT CONDONE BUT UNDERSTAND WHY. THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR STORIES I COULD TELL BUT I HAVE TYPED TOO LONG ALREADY. THESE ARE THE REASONS I HATE GAME WARDENS. NOT FOR THE CONSERVATION WORK THEY DO. WE LIVE IN A POLICE STATE. I WAS FISHING ON LAKE ROOSEVELT AND GOT HASSLED BY A STATE GAME WARDEN A TRIBAL GAME WARDEN A FEDERAL GAME WARDEN A PARK RANGER AND TO TOP IT OFF A COASTGAURD OFFICER. ALL IN THE SAME DAY. LK. ROOSEVELT IS CONSIDERED A NAVAGATABLE WATER OR SOME THING AND FALLS UNDER COASTGAURD JURISDICTION I WENT HOME WITH A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH THAT DAY. MY SON GOT A METAL DETECTOR FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND WE WERE CAMPING ON LAKE ROOSEVELT AND GOT A TICKET BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO HAVE A METAL DETECTOR IN A NATIONAL REC. AREA. I HAD NO IDEA. REASONS LIKE THESE ARE AGAIN WHY I DISLIKE WARDENS. WHEN A WARDEN APPROACHS ME I AM NERVEOUS BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW CLOSELY I STUDY THE REGS I WORRY THAT I EITHER MIS ENTERPED OR JUST PLAIN MISSED ONE.