Nobody is ever happy to see you, unless they called you. Even then, it's 90% certain they'll be pissed.
shoulda been a firefighter
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Nobody is ever happy to see you, unless they called you. Even then, it's 90% certain they'll be pissed.
Montana generally pays well below the national average for most professions, public or private. It's always been a place where your extra salary is made for by the "scenery tax."
It's also why public land hunters are fiercely defiant of attempts to privatize the resource. If your best benefit on your job is 2 weeks in elk camp, then god help the poor bastard that tries to take that away from the people.
Not to shoot mule deer forkies.Do any of you R Montanans ever travel outside of Montana as a NR?
You get:
A territory the size as some states
People shooting at you whether they know you are there or not
On call 24-7
People will complain if you get a new truck to replace the one with 179,000 miles - about 20% of which are from pavement, and only 20% of the remaining were on decent gravel roads.
Someone calling you to take care of the snake in their front yard.
Ticketing drunk college kids on the river (ok, maybe not the best, but not the worst benefit)
Nobody is ever happy to see you, unless they called you. Even then, it's 90% certain they'll be pissed.
Next time you see a warden, go talk to them. In the same way it is good to know your local biologist, it is good to know your local warden.
I know some on here have had negative experiences, but the one warden I personally know is salt of the earth, and really a foundation of the community. Of course wardens enforce the game laws of Montana, but they also serve as critical ambassadors between hunters and landowners, assist local and understaffed law enforcement on non-game things when the shit is real, and they are an important source of information regarding the pulse of many different local issues.
They sure as chit should be paid more.