Tag: Operation Game Thief

Here’s What’s Discussed in this Episode:

Dedicated to Capt Brian Allard
Ducks Unlimited Podcast
Warden’s Watch Gear
The Case Unit 231 Nevada to Utah
A Poached Elk
Was It Depredation?
A SpotLight on Camera and an ATV
The Flat Brim Army
The Whole Crime on Game Cam
Take a Look at Zachary – Instagram and Facebook
Felony Conviction, No Jail Time
$20,000 Fine
Nevada Isn’t the Wild West
The Crime Checked All the Boxes
What Changed? Family and Kids
Matlock, My Dad’s Kid
Connection with the Outdoors, but Unguided
Flintlock Muzzleloaders from Scratch
Poached a Doe and an Elk in Yellowstone
A 9 Year Old, an Apple Orchard, a Tag, and a Doe
An Honest Poacher, No Lying
No Electricity, Middle of Nowhere
Dove into the Application Process, Nevada was Hiring
There’s Always Evidence, and Generally Witnesses
Sometimes Your Only Friends Are Other Game Wardens
Treasuring Civilian Relationships
Life Balance
70 Active Prosecutions
2013 Writing a Warrant
Deer and Elk Tags, Undocumented Immigrants Poaching
Non-Game
Las Vegas Metro and Mexican Cartels
Random Meat in Ziplock Bags
Samples Tested, 5 Different Deer
Timing is Everything
Starts with a Little Tip, then it Grows
CSI from Crime to the Court, Homicide School
A Fork on the Left G4 Identification Measure
Working with Maggots, Stages, Time of Death
3rd Case No Secrets
Photographs Contain Metadata
Great Witnesses are Instrumental
COVID is Messing Up Jury Trials
Usually Don’t Get Jail Time
20 Days in Jail is a Big Message
Massachusetts and New Jersey Last Ones IWC
Reciprocation License Loss (Nationwide and Canada)
Sheep Cases are Rare – Serious Dedicated Hunters Typically
Transformation from Child to Adult

048 Scott Fischer – Arizona Game and Fish

Posted on November 19, 2020June 22, 2021 by nhfishcop10

Scott Fischer is an Officer with Arizona Game and Fish and also the director of the department’s Operation Game Thief program. Scott and Wayne discuss the qualification for becoming an Arizona warden, Arizona’s outdoor opportunities for big game outdoors men and women, and a few operations that Scott has been on trying to stop illegal drug trafficking. They also discuss how important the community is to assisting with illegal poaching through Operation Game Thief.

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Arizona Command Structure
Law Enforcement Program Manager
Wildlife Managers 92 State Wide
Voluntary Reporting at the End of the Season
Location, Permits, Time Frame Compliance
Higher Education Requirement in AZ
Qualifications for Arizona Game and Fish
Education Component
Background History, Abuse
Dream to Be a Game Warden
Pool of Law Enforcement Dwindling
Loosening the Reins for Applicants
Scientific Method Biology
600 Applicants Down to 120 Today
Minimum Standard Physical Regs
Operation Game Thief
Coos vs Coues
Dispatcher to Officer
2000 Sq. Mile District to Cover
Cactus and Agriculture
Playing Dumb Cop
Sticking to Lies
Cal Fish and Game and Wildlife
Wildlife Canine Handler
The Detail, Treat it Like a Homicide
Big Elk, Lottery Program
Mountain Lion, Deer Archery Over the Counter
Bear Season
Elk Over the Counter – Low Success
Shorts and a T-Shirt Hunting
Desert Mule Deer
Illegal Border Activity
High Human Traffic High Human Traffic
Cowboy Type, Let’s Go Get Him
I’m in Good Shape, But…
Drug Runners are In Better Shape
12 Illegals and a Big Load of Dope
Moose Case on International Lines
State Dispatchers are Life Lines
Arizona is Diverse
We Need the Public Thru Operation Game Thief

047 Chris Wright – Idaho Fish and Game

Posted on November 5, 2020June 22, 2021 by nhfishcop10

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

046 Matt Holmes Part II – The OHRV Crash

Posted on October 8, 2020April 17, 2024 by nhfishcop10

Matt Holmes, a NH Fish and Game Conservation Officer and regular on North Woods Law, jumps in the pick up truck with Wayne to talk more about Matt’s career as a Game Warden. They discuss in detail Matt’s OHRV crash that occurred in June 2020 while on radar patrol. Special narration and commentary from Bob Mancini.

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Here’s What We Discuss:

Evolution of OHRV Riding in NH
The North Woods Law crew
The Bear that Killed the Chickens
An Errant Discharge of a High-Powered Rifle
2 Vehicle Crash, Running Radar
Connecting with Bob Mancini
2 Side By Sides at Excessive Speed
Blue Lights On
A Red and White Collision
Did I Break My Back? Can I Breathe?
Familiar Faces in the ER
Pain Level
Physical Therapy and Back to Work
My Favorite Trainee
Just Wanted to Clarify that You’re Not From Maine

045 Matt Holmes – Part I

Posted on September 24, 2020June 22, 2021 by nhfishcop10

Matt Holmes, a NH Fish and Game Conservation Officer and regular on North Woods Law, jumps in the pick up truck with Wayne this week to talk about Matt’s career as a Game Warden. Wayne and Matt go way back and have lots of stories to tell on this episode.

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Here’s What We Discuss:

Shooting and teaching hunter safety
Not loosing face with the court
Integrity
A Short Burst of Automatic Fire
Losing a Wheel on the Cruiser
A Repeater and the Cats Out of the Bag
I’m Not from Maine, Despite the NH Accent
Typing Skills, Old Fashion Man in Modern World
Driving with Code 3
Robert’s Brook Washout
We All Bring a Skill Set
Multiple Does in Parts and 22 Bullets
Irate Because a Deer Was Wasted
Hit Em, Hit Em Simultaneously
A White Suite and Moose Necropsy
Only One Party Didn’t Return the 2nd Weekend
Mass Residence Listing Their Firearms
The Perfect Villain
Own Up When You Mess Up
How You Act After the Fact Determines Your Fate
No Short Way to the Summit
Glen Is Grumpy about It
Ed Bacon, Perfect Storm of Misery
Mount Lafayette

044 John Nores and the California Bear Poaching Case

Posted on September 10, 2020June 22, 2021 by nhfishcop10

From the Nancy Foley podcast stemmed a conversation with John about a bear poaching case that needed exploration. John and Wayne discuss a case in California that started as a small time investigation of bear poaching that lead to convictions on numerous game and firearm violations. The case expanded into a large scale illegal guiding service and John went undercover to crack the case wide open.

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