How huge? As of 2017 Texas Game Wardens salaries were:

Trainee $3,362/mo
After one year $4,436/mo.
After 8 years $5795/mo

If the State of Texas, or any other state, actually used all of the money raised from the sell of fishing licenses instead of funding other non outdoor related budgets, Game Wardens could have anything they wanted/needed and our lakes, ramps, public docks, etc would be unbelievably nice and well maintained.

Bingo. I wish our docks, ramps, and parking lots were a fourth of what you all have in surrounding areas. Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas I'm jealous.

Got any links to support that?

I do, but they don't support Brutaldudeski's numbers.

https://salaries.texastribune.org/state-...ife-department/

I figured he was going off of opinion and not fact. Especially considering TP&W budget and warden pay is public info.

5-8k a month is a little off but if you look the striking majority are clearing 5k a month easy with some of the higher jobs making much more, per the website linked

The striking majority grossing, not clearing $5k a month. That's pre-tax. Game wardens also buy a lot of their own equipment. And they work more hours/week than most of us could endure. None of them are getting rich and that's not why they qualified for and took the job.

Personally, I don't think our Wardens make enough $$$.

Just keep making it up as you go.

The Game Warden and the state biologist that work with us on our deer lease and managed land permit are nothing but first class. We always call them when we are out all night long during the night time game surveys. Our old cabin is always available for coffee, cold water or just a break, during hunting the season, we always have extra doe tags and turkey hunts for their kids to use if they want.
I don't know any of the lake wardens but I'm sure they have been schooled in game warden "ettiquette" For the money they make and what they have to do, It's a thankless job. I'm glad we have them.

This....

I have a couple of wardens (retired and current) that are good friends. Instead of just plucking ideas or numbers out of the sky, you should take a moment and talk with them.
People would be surprised if they knew how many hours a warden put in relative to the pay they receive. They are probably the most misunderstood law enforcement branch working today.

You could outrun him with an Ultrex...awesome.

I agree 90% of the time but I came in contact with one at Monticello once who needed his a$$ whipped. What a jerk and he ramsacked my boat like he was looking for a corpse or something. He was wanting/needing to write someone a ticket and I disappointed him.

Ran into one @ Cypress that was the same way. He did get to write me though, my fault entirely.
I think we started our meet and greet off wrong when I kicked his boat off so he didn't ram into me.. He seemed put-out by that.. (or maybe it was the wording I chose when I told him to learn to drive)