Hypothetical Situation

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Out in the hills hunting, right unit for the tag I have and I encounter G&F unit officer!

 He asks for my hunting license and tag information! I produce all documents! Everything is good!

Does the officer have the authority to request a search of my backpack?

Remember, hypothetical!

[firstcoueswas80]

Request, yes. But you have the right to deny. 

[Lucafu1]

7 hours ago, firstcoueswas80 said:

Request, yes. But you have the right to deny. 

I agree with this. Thats weird they would ask that.

[n2horns]

They can request anything, up to you to deny it all.

[Ernesto C]

Probable cause. If you are deer hunting but he sees the turkey feet sticking out of you back pack yes he will request a search. 😅

[wish2hunt]

9 hours ago, Non-Typical Solutions said:

Out in the hills hunting, right unit for the tag I have and I encounter G&F unit officer!

 He asks for my hunting license and tag information! I produce all documents! Everything is good!

Does the officer have the authority to request a search of my backpack?

Remember, hypothetical!

You must have gave him a pretty good reason to want to look inside.

 

Hypothetical 

[firstcoueswas80]

3 hours ago, Ernesto C said:

Probable cause. If you are deer hunting but he sees the turkey feet sticking out of you back pack yes he will request a search. 😅

Kind of. With probable cause he can legally do a search. Without probable cause he can still request a search but it can be denied. Like you said if your deer hunting and he sees turkey feet sticking out of your backpack that's definitely probable cause to look in your backpack.

[Redman]

We were finally checked after many years of not seeing a G&F officer in 33—and it was a good interaction. He was driving a CAN-AM SXS X3 with a small decal on the door, so I didn’t realize he was an officer at first. It wasn’t until he asked to check my son’s license that I figured it out. He wasn’t on the main trail either; we had just stopped like we normally do to chat and see how things are going.

He checked my OHV tag and I noticed he also looked in the back of my Honda (it’s open), which was fine—there was just an ice chest and a yellow bin back there.

Now to the actual question: They can ask to search, but you don’t have to allow it, right? I don’t have anything to hide, so I probably would have asked why he wanted to look and then said “okay” anyway.

[n2horns]

so how does all this come into play when at the strip club and you do a frisk and frisk some more?

[trphyhntr]

4 minutes ago, n2horns said:

so how does all this come into play when at the strip club and you do a frisk and frisk some more?

There’s no sex in the champagne room. 

[firstcoueswas80]

1 hour ago, Redman said:

We were finally checked after many years of not seeing a G&F officer in 33—and it was a good interaction. He was driving a CAN-AM SXS X3 with a small decal on the door, so I didn’t realize he was an officer at first. It wasn’t until he asked to check my son’s license that I figured it out. He wasn’t on the main trail either; we had just stopped like we normally do to chat and see how things are going.

He checked my OHV tag and I noticed he also looked in the back of my Honda (it’s open), which was fine—there was just an ice chest and a yellow bin back there.

Now to the actual question: They can ask to search, but you don’t have to allow it, right? I don’t have anything to hide, so I probably would have asked why he wanted to look and then said “okay” anyway.

Correct. He/she can ask for consent but you have every right to deny the search. Unless an arrest is made, or there is PC for a search you are well within your right to say no.