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Post by oneshot on Dec 10, 2007 10:07:58 GMT -5
As a sportsman let me first say that I appreciate all you guys in green do. I wish you wern't spread so thin. Now my question. This happened to me 2 years ago. While afternoon hunting during the muzzleloader season in the Daviess Co. river bottoms I approached my truck which was well off the county road on private property. As I started to unload my gear I hear a voice. This person did not immediately identify himself as a ICO. It was dark, I was by myself in an area noted for meth, and poachers I became immediatelyconcerned. As this person came forward I was relieved to see it was an ICO. Question. should this ICO have immediately identified himself as an ICO? By the way I was legal and I told the CO to come back more often. Second case. A friend of mine was hunting deer in Gibson Co. this year. He had a ICO sneak up to his tree stand location through the brush and was he [ICO] was not wearing orange. I realize the job of an ICO is to catch bad guys but how safe is the two situations above? Thanks in advance for your response.
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Post by buster on Dec 19, 2007 23:38:51 GMT -5
There are no regulations that specify when we have to identify ourselves in a situation. There are times when I do not have to identify myself, as the uniform usually does that for me. But in a nighttime/dark situation, I like to do it immediately for safety reasons. But each scenario is different. I rarely wear orange when I am checking deer hunters in the woods. However, there are times I am dressed as a deer hunter, complete with an orange hat, camo and shotgun, with my uniform underneath my coat. Depends on the situation, again.
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