There have been at least three Fish and Game Officers killed in Idaho in
recent years. Several others have had violent confrontations. When you are
all alone out in the toolies a little banger friend is good. It also takes
some smarts to avoid being bushwacked. Those of us who love the wildlife
appreciate the work those officers do. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:55 AM
To: Olympus mail list
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Speaking of Glocks,
I said:
>> I know a guy who is a law enforcement type for the US Fish & Wildlife
>> Service and these folks carry Glocks
and John Hudson asked:
are fish dangerous and need a Glock to bring them to heal [or tow the line]?
Just curious !
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Nope, no Glocks required to control the fish or the ducks. However, at
the particular refuge in question (Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
in Palm Beach County, Florida, last bit of the northern Everglades)
<http://loxahatchee.fws.gov/home/default.asp> there are dangers of the
human kind.
The most common is poachers, mostly after alligators for skin and meat
but some after birds. Less common but much more dangerous are drug
runners. It's very easy to fly a small plane at low altitude from the
Bahamas and drop a drug package into the Everglades. A GPS will record
exactly where it is in order for the pickup gang to find it. You would
not want to encounter these folks without some form of armament. A
Glock would be the absolute minimum. Although I live outside Boston
these days I used to work at the LNWR for six years as a volunteer.
Many other refuges have poaching problems of their own sorts.
Chuck Norcutt
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