BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 13, 2022
Simply put, ethics are what you do when nobody is looking. The reality is, laws and rules fall more into the category of guidelines rather than resolute direction. There are few arenas where this is truer than the outdoor recreational world, specifically hunting and fishing. As a Maine Game Warden, I was exposed to every shade of the ethical color wheel. I found most sportsmen and sportswomen are good people that do their best to adhere to fish and wildlife laws and rules. I’m both happy to report that I saw far more people do the right thing when it would have been so easy to do the wrong. Do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons.