My hats off to my state's Wildlife Resource officers and I never pass up a chance to "pick their brains" after a hunting/fishing license check. Okay, I'll admit it never hurts for them to be thinking... "oh no, not him again...he's good to go...got a lifetime license and if I check him he'll talk my ear off for hours", lol! But this year, I've had a couple in their haste to kick me to the curb pass me off to the District wildlife biologists' e-mails. I've found them quite helpful. I now have a district mammal and a district fisheries biologist's 'addie' that I worry the piss out of regularly. They're not behind a desk much and sometimes slow to respond, but they'll eventually get back to me. And more than once I've been able to bring stuff to their attention they were unaware of and helped them to better perform their jobs. I'm sure they'd like to ditch me, but they've come to the realization that I'm a "useful" pain. The fish guy has figured out that I'll rise to a good "presentation" of a juicy tip and leave him alone for days. (the trout stocking secrets I've gleaned I'm taking to the grave, so don't even ask!)
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