NM Warning to keep celebration in camp

Shootwice · Oct 4, 2006

Don't drink and drive!! Anyone been stopped?

SANTA FE, N.M. ? Hunting seasons are under way in most parts of New Mexico, and officers with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will be conducting roadblocks statewide to collect harvest information and detect hunting and fishing violations.

Department officers may be assisted by other law enforcement agencies such as the New Mexico State Police, sheriff's deputies and U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management rangers. They will be checking for proper hunting, fishing and driver's licenses, proof of insurance and vehicle registration as well as for DWI, seat belt and other violations of the motor vehicle code.

In addition to roadblocks, the Department will be conducting night and daytime decoy operations using fake deer or elk to catch hunters shooting from roadways or outside legal shooting hours.

To report hunting and fishing violations, contact your local conservation officer or call the Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers may remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of game law violators.

Oldshed · Oct 25, 2006

I never saw a roadblock

GrizzlyHunter · Oct 25, 2006

Unit 16A, 1st rifle hunt...we never saw one either. But it doesn't mean they're not there so BE CAREFUL!!!

Grizzly

moneyman · Oct 25, 2006

If they were really doing roadblocks, they would not tell everyone about it. This is just a ploy to try and deter would be law breakers without actually having to spend any of their precious money. Like the old lady that puts up a "Beware of Dog" sign on her door, but only has a 3 legged chihuahua.

txhunter58 · Oct 26, 2006

Just be legal. If you do that, there is nothing to worry about!

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)

Shedreg · Oct 26, 2006

We were in 16A, close to Snow Lake and we turned this corner and there was this State Trooper sitting there!
He stopped us and I told him we had some weapons in the truck and he asked me why he stopped us, and told him, "speeding?"
He said, "no, I don't have my radar gun with me, but noticed you didn't have your seatbelts on".
He took my drivers license, insurance and registration and then came back and gave me a verbal warning.
Anyways, he did ask us if we were drinking but we weren't.
We couldn't believe there was the highway patrol that far into the woods, on a Sunday morning.
This information just proves that they were out there.

GrizzlyHunter · Oct 26, 2006

Come to think of it we did see three state troopers in town Thursday morning (10/19/06). We thought it was a little weird having that much authority in a town with a population of only about 320 and the next town being miles and miles away.

Grizzly

browtine · Oct 26, 2006

>If they were really doing roadblocks,
>they would not tell everyone
>about it. This is just
>a ploy to try and
>deter would be law breakers
>without actually having to spend
>any of their precious money.
>Like the old lady that
>puts up a "Beware of
>Dog" sign on her door,
>but only has a
>3 legged chihuahua.

Actually, in Utah, they announce road blocks in the paper. I am completly serious. Im not sure if NM is the same, but I would suspect they would probably do the same. Putting these things in the paper doesn't really make much of a difference... Road blocks still produce DUI's, Drug offenses, and Hunting Violations. Not sure the precious money has anything to do with it either... Law Enforcement Officers dont collect the money. Those road blocks are to keep people safe and some of the bad eggs out there off the streets. I for one commend them for setting them up. Why do these offend you?

Later, Brandon

Shootwice · Oct 26, 2006

I am all for stopping cars for cause. If I have horns showing and a cop wants to see the tag, pull me over. If I look like the average Joe (with my seatbelt on) leave me alone. If they are on the hunt for some fugitive I wouldn't mind being stopped either. There is no justification for stopping 50 people to catch one DUI Driver in a roadblock. Griz, I'll bet one of those troupers we saw was the one that pulled over Shedreg.

GrizzlyHunter · Oct 26, 2006

Shootwice,

I was thinking the same thing. I remember looking up...seeing lots of uniforms and badges and then immediately thinking "I hope we're obeying all of the laws right now" as they walked by while we were icing down our meat in the coolers for the drive home. And we were...but they still make me nervous. Must be from my days as a youth.

Grizzly

Shedreg · Oct 27, 2006

The State Trooper or highway patrolman we saw, he was in a pickup and was a very young kid, "rookie"?
He was very courteous and nice. You just got to respect them and do what they tell you and not argue or complain or do anything dumb. The only complaint I had, was the cell phone coverage! As soon as we crossed into AZ, it was like full coverage! I had my sat phone, but dummy me, I forgot the charger, so we were very limited on usage, due to the battery almost out and only using it if in a emergency.

Cookie2 · Oct 28, 2006

They don't get too busy during the elk hunts but you can bet you will see them now that the deer hunts are going! It will be a mess on the highways from the hills tomorrow night!

GrizlyHunter · Oct 29, 2006

Really...why's that?

Grizzly

moneyman · Oct 29, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Oct-29-06 AT 08:11AM (MST)[p]"Actually, in Utah, they announce road blocks in the paper. I am completly serious. Im not sure if NM is the same, but I would suspect they would probably do the same. Putting these things in the paper doesn't really make much of a difference... Road blocks still produce DUI's, Drug offenses, and Hunting Violations. Not sure the precious money has anything to do with it either... Law Enforcement Officers dont collect the money. Those road blocks are to keep people safe and some of the bad eggs out there off the streets. I for one commend them for setting them up. Why do these offend you?"

I don't really have anything against them, except it is a little iffy on the "illegal search and seizure" issue.

I was just saying that it is probably more cost effective to announce road blocks in the paper, news, etc, than to actuall goout and set them up. Scare people into thinking they will get caught, without spending the money for the actual road blocks.