They no longer put in the books. This was 15 or so years ago. And the carp cops ran with it. They did in fact tell people that if they had record of you buying a license that they could walk into your home and check your freezer without cause or a warrant and that it was illegal to tell them no. At the time or neighbor and long time family friend was a retired state cop and the active county sheriff. He was outraged by the way the carp cops were conducting themselves.
Bret, I commonly take what people claim about LEOs with a grain of salt. But about 2 years after I retired from the Army I got a taste of MN DNR officers. No, I didn't do anything illegal! I was in my deer stand on my property. About 10 minutes before time to shoot I heard a shot. Couple of minutes later I hear a vehicle in the field about 100 yards behind me which would be on my farm. So thinking maybe my wife needed something I got out of my stand and walked back there. It was our local carp cop. He right away accused me of shooting! I had not even loaded my rifle yet. Then he threaten to arrest me if I didn't admit to shooting too early. Now my rifle had been cleaned after it was shot the last time so I handed him my rifle and told him to check it to see if it had been fired. Then he handed the gun back to me and ask who else was hunting my property and which one had shot early. When I told him who else was out there and where they were located he called me a liar and threaten me again. So totally screwing up opening day for me I took him around and showed him that indeed only one other person was hunting and from where he said heard the shot fired he was in the wrong direction and the carp cop had in fact seen him in a stand 1/4 mile away on the other side of the highway when he pulled in my drive! I did send a letter to DNR complaining about his actions and got a reply that he had been within his authority. The same season he ticketed a guy I know who did illegally shoot a deer. He had a buck only tag. His daughter on her first hunt had an either tag youth license was with him and he tagged it with her tag. Thing is according to the regulations she had to shoot it herself. When the carp cop stop them to check them he, without consent, pulled her away from her father and questioned her. According to her (14 YO) he said that he knew he father had shot the deer and if she didn't tell the truth he would jail her dad. Now according to our neighbor it was illegal for law enforcement to question someone under the age of 16 without the consent of a parent or guardian and that said person or a lawyer had to be present during questioning. Her dad just paid the fine because he couldn't afford to fight it. Gary, my LEO neighbor was outraged over that and told her father that he would have helped pay for a lawyer had he known before the fine was paid!
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