A while back a friend and I had a problem with an EPO. We were pheasant hunting and my dog was on point, beeper sounding and I went into the scrub to kick out the bird. My friend was standing on the edge of the cover when an EPO came up. My buddy asked him to "hold on a minute"we were on a bird. The guy got pissed and started giving my buddy grief! Told him to put his gun on the ground ($$ OU), accused him of jacking deer (an old duffer in head to toe Filson's, 2 birddogs, bells, beepers, whistles, etc.) and proceeded to do a check 1 step this side of a strip search. I was talking about this with a retired EPO. He said that guy & most of the EPO's these days come from the law enforcement side and many have no "outdoor background"; guys who wanted to become state police officers but took the EPO position because that's what was available.
PS I stayed in the scrub with the dog until he left!
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