Talk:Game warden

Search & Seizure
I think we need to quit this reverting war. If you want to reamin anonymous and not get an account on wikipedia, then stay out of it. Get an account come here on discussion and lets talk about it.

I agree that it's not true that game wardens don't have to abide by search and seizure laws, but it certainly is true that the sets of search & seizure rules they operate under give them way more leeway than the average street cop. A game warden doesn't need a warrant to come onto private property to conduct game checks and doesn't need a warrant to check for fish in the live well on boats (this statement is very misleading). They don't need warrants to check a vehicle that has just shot at a deer on the highway that is suspected of having illegal game. The open fields doctrine is no where near what I am referring to. Sure a deputy could access a piece of property private without a warrant if he had reason to believe a person was in danger there, but that's about it. A game warden's probable cause is the mere presence of wildlife on the property that someone may be takign illegally or legally. To imply that a game warden needs a warrant to check someone's fishing license is laughable.Sf46 (talk) 05:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Having served over 25 years as a police officer (State Police and Game Warden in Va), and a current Criminal Justice college professor, I tend to be a little sensitive to misinformation on the subject. "More leeway than the average street cop" seems a little naive. My only issue with your "Wiki article" here, is that you imply that a deputy sheriff cannot enter onto private lands to look for marijuana, simply not true, unless he/she enters the curtilage of the property as outlined in numerous SC cases (check out Oliver v. US or Hester). "Someone in danger" is certainly not a requirement for a law enforcement officer to enter private property. I don't recall implying that a game warden needs a warrant to carry out a license check, so I really don't have a response to that one. Believe me, the myth of the all-powerful game warden helped me out more than once over my career, I just hate to see a false representation of the 4th Amendment's restrictions on law enforcement on a public information site (my students frequent this site, against my suggestions for exactly this reason). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjprof (talk • contribs) 00:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

"it is a fallacy that they cay..."??!! Uhm, POV, anyone?? Even if their power WAS a fallacy, since this is an encyclopedia and it's supposed to be objective, that should be stated as "Their power has been widely questioned" or something along those lines, AND cite a reliable source. Period. Unsourced claims don't belong in Wikipedia. Fix it or I'll remove the whole paragraph. And I have a whole lot more time and energy to spend reverting reverts, so.--Plavalagunanbanshee (talk) 20:12, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * A complete section of law from one state is cited in the article to address the subject. Feel free to jump in and explain why common public ideas about game wardens are or are not true about the search  seizure issue.Sf46 (talk) 12:08, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Discussion link?
A little help? I realized that in responding to the previous discussion, I simply edited the existing page - is there discussion response tab somewhere that I'm not seeing? Also, if you would like some help in editing or adding to the article, I'd be happy to help. I'm currently working on a college text for Environmental Conservation Law Enforcement, so I have a lot of resources for all the states. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjprof (talk • contribs) 00:18, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I think your last edit sets things about where they need to be. Sf46 (talk) 13:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Move?

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 03:13, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Game warden → Game Warden – 06:48, 28 January 2012 (UTC) User:Kiko4564 20:04, 27 January 2012‎ (UTC)
 * Comment: Do you have a reason for this proposal? Without an explanation, I might oppose this based on the "Use lower case, except for proper names" rule of WP:TITLEFORMAT. A number of reliable sources do not really treat the phrase "game warden" always as a proper noun. Zzyzx11 (talk) 09:26, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above observation. seems irrational bout of capitalisationitis, and contrary to the general practice that generic terms are not capitalised. -- Ohconfucius  ¡digame! 12:23, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I oppose this unexplained proposal to treat a common name as proper for no apparent reason. —David Levy 14:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Link to German jagermeister is nonsense
The link points to an alcoholic beverage which is named Jägermeister, but the site does not cover the profession. Jägermeister is not used for the profession, instead Wildhüter would be the correct lemma. I do know if it makes sense to let the link point to a German entry, but pinting to the wrong site is definitely wrong.80.153.1.82 (talk) 06:45, 22 July 2015 (UTC)Andy

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Merge with Conservation officer
I think these pages should be merged because of their overlap. They are both not great articles, and could be improved by a merger. The difference between game wardens and conservation officers is so small I think it is covered by WP:NAD — Preceding unsigned comment added by AntiCompositeNumber (talk • contribs) 13:46, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed and ✅ Klbrain (talk) 14:19, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

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A portion of the text and references of the North American Game Warden Museum was copied to Game Warden. See the former article's history for the names of contributors. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 19:18, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

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