Chris Wright is the Assistant Chief with the Idaho Fish and Game Department. Chris began his career in Montana and has had a colorful career involving many cases in Idaho. Chris, Wayne, and John discuss many of the details of Chris’s biggest investigations including a case that involved 86 poached deer and a prosecution attempt that ended in political influences. We also discuss CWD, Operation Game Thief, citizen involvement to catch poachers, and creating gene diversity in wildlife populations when necessary.
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Here’s What We Discuss:
- Assistant Chief Idaho
- Starting in Montana
- Father was a Fish and Game Employee
- School to be a Science Teacher
- An Opportunity in Idaho, External Hire
- Let’s Take the Case from a Different Angle
- Lateral Career Moves, Supervising People Twice His Age
- 86 Dead Deer on Search
- 82 of 86 Died from Bullets, Then a Warrant for the House
- Political Issues in Prosecution
- Frustrating Case vs Outfitter
- Competing for Kids Time, Outdoor Solutions
- Sports are Different Now
- Getting Out, Creating Memories
- Never too Late to Start Hunting Again
- COVID Effects on Hunting and Enforcement Changes
- Big Game Species, CWD
- Deer Dying Along River Beds
- Operation Game Thief and Turning in a Poacher
- Citizens Involvement
- Tag Prices for Non-Residents
- License Fraud Utah and Washington
- A Moose Population in Idaho
- Warden’s Working Close with Biologists
- Relocating Big Horn Sheep to Create Gene Diversity
- Biologize
- More Complaints About Wildlife from Non-Hunters
- Culture Clashes
- Apprentice Hunting License and Passport
- Hunter Ed, Online, No Field Day, a COVID Change
- Game Wardens are Ambassadors