Date: Tuesday, November 14, 1995  
Source: John A. Caesar.   
Section: COMMENTARY  
Column: Voice of the people (letter).   
Dateline: WOODSTOCK    
Copyright Chicago Tribune

HUNTER'S HORROR II   

   Fair game?  I guess all American citizens are these days.  I applaud the
Tribune for printing Bruce Kollar's letter (Voice, Nov. 9).  I, too, went
through the same road block near Lexington, Neb., and was harrassed
unmercifully.  I was searched like a criminal, frisked, spoken down to and
had my personal items torn apart as if I were trying to sneak through
"Checkpoint Charlie."
   The appalling aspect of this ordeal was that all these law-enforcement
agencies hid behind the Department of the Interior and their supposed
game-check station so that they could gain "legal" access to citizens' cars.
It is funny how my glove box was the first thing searched while looking for a
poached 700-pound elk.
   Incidently, the 15 federal and state agents who were involved in searching
our hunting party didn't find one illegal item.  We are all law-abiding
citizens who were assaulted by our own government.

   I am not in a militia, nor do I aspire to such radical ranks. But I can
now understand with clearer vision their fears and concerns toward our
federal government.  Until your government is taking out its frustrations on
you personally, you can't imagine the horror and helplessness one encounters.
It is a true learning experience, one that will be with me forever!