Thursday, December 19, 2019

023 Colonel Eddie Henderson - Georgia DNR


Colonel Eddie Henderson spent 36 years serving the state of Georgia at the Department of Natural Resources.  Now retired, Col Henderson is able to reflect on his many cases that ranged from drug trafficking, to night hunting, to exotic animals and search and rescue.  We discuss the changes that Col Henderson has seen over the years and get into details on a few of his exciting cases.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • My Second Colonel Interview
  • I Don't Have an Accent
  • 36 Year Career in Georgia DNR
  • Basic Academy and Hunting Season
  • $32,500 only 5 Years Ago
  • Patrolling Up River
  • Boating, Fishing, Hunting, DNR Land
  • Shorts are Optional
  • Cuff On, Then What?
  • Drug Trafficking and Exotic Animals
  • Dragging Out a Deer in August
  • 100 Applicants, 20 Jobs
  • Dodge Power Wagon
  • The Next Piece of Equipment
  • A Night Hunting Case
  • A Ford Bronco and Too Easy
  • The Gotcha Moment
  • Search and Rescue Support Team
  • Search and Rescue Dollars
  • Focus on Conservation Law Enforcement
  • Georgia Special Teams K-9
  • Critical Incidents Reconstruction Team
  • Investigative Teams Overt and Covert
  • Poachers Like to Brag, Generally
  • Building a Network
  • Focus on the Positive
  • Conservation Enforcement Leadership
  • The Appalachian Trail

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Thursday, December 5, 2019

022 Mark Ober - North Country Game Warden


Mark Ober is now the Lieutenant for District 1 for the NH Fish and Game Department, but before that, Mark was a Sargent and Trainee under Wayne Saunders (the host of Warden's Watch).  Mark and Wayne discuss various situations and cases that they worked  together including several night hunting cases,  decoy sets for illegal shooting, and some north country search and rescue missions.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • Don Noyes Chevrolet
  • Opportunity vs Entrapment
  • He Took My Job
  • The Berlin Area
  • Ruining a Good Time
  • A Snot Ticket
  • Wet, Intoxicated, Covered in Blood
  • Punch Happy
  • Muzzle Flash
  • Drop the Phone, Big Bang, Game On
  • Furrows on the Train Tracks
  • Loons are Powerful, I'm Cramping Up
  • A Moose Double Kill, Wait Triple Kill
  • Accidents Happen
  • A Stratford Case
  • Face of the Radio Glows
  • KaBoom, KaBoom, KaBoom
  • The Plywood Decoy
  • The Value of a Chase Vehicle
  • A Big Buck on the Tail Gate
  • A Necessary Evil
  • Finding the Beacon

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Thursday, November 28, 2019

021 Bryan Koontz - Guidefitter


Bryan Koontz, is the CEO of Gudiefitter. Guidefitter is the online community for guided hunting & fishing adventures, enabling sportspersons, guides, outfitters, and the organizations that serve them to collaborate and better promote their shared passion for the sport.

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  • Software, Internet, and Hunting and Fishing
  • Making a Searchable Site for All Guides
  • More Money Spent on Fishing
  • Gear Junkies
  • A Warden in Maryland
  • The IWC Mission
  • Northwoods Law and Lone Star Law
  • Balance Budget and Warden Numbers
  • The Survey to 10,000 Members
  • Not Enough Wardens
  • Squeaky Wheels Get Oil
  • Higher Penalties for Poaching
  • Reciprocity
  • A Legislative Act
  • Losing Your Livelihood for Poaching Violoations
  • Thorough VS Guilty
  • Good Cop Bad Cop
  • Biologize

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

020 Ron Ollis - Operation North Coast - Ohio DNR Special Ops & Investigation


In a case that took 2.5 year to investigate through a special operations division of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ron Ollis and his team were able to take down the largest poaching crime ring enterprise in Ohio history.  It required intense ground work and undercover efforts and a clever prosecutor to convict using the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Laws, typically used in large scale crime ring investigations an prosecutions.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • The TIP program
  • Turn In a Poacher
  • 2.5 Year Wildlife Investigation
  • Operation North Coast
  • $18/lb Perch, and Great Lakes Fishery
  • Biggest Case in Ohio History
  • That Neighborhood Guy, A Thorn
  • Wildlife Crime, and Drug Crime Go Hand in Hand
  • Illegal Check In, Electronic Crime
  • RICO Statutes, An Enterprise Crime for Profit
  • Communications Fraud, Theft from State of Ohio
  • Restitution for Trophy Animals
  • Deer Meat Wrapped Not for Sale
  • Lots of Moonshine
  • Hunters, Talkers, Braggers
  • Multiple Bucks in a One Buck State
  • Antlers and Smokies
  • Money Laundering, Game Violations
  • 270lbs of Deer Meat and Only 2 Tags
  • 48 Deer Mounts, in a 1 Buck State
  • A Diary and Sales List
  • Non Hunters Checking Deer
  • Pictures and Text Messages
  • Size of Deer to Deer Meat Ratios
  • A Special Prosectuor
  • Instead of a Bunch of Misdemeanors, Go RICO
  • No Hunters on Grand Jury
  • The Lorraine Case - Selling on Craiglist
  • A Police Officer, Fraud, Theft, Electronic Crimes

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

019 David Loewen - Montana Fish and Wildlife - Chief Law Enforcement


David Loewen spent time in the US Coast Guard stationed in California, mostly chasing drug crime. His post Coast Guard career lead him back to Montana to protect the wildlife in the land only second to the wildness of Alaska. David shares with us many stories of poachers and about the dangers that the job presents.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • Time in the Coast Guard - Cali to Montana
  • A College Fund and Marine Biology
  • Relying on a Team
  • A Rural District to a Populated One
  • From the Baby Warden to the SGT
  • 15 Year on the Ground Prepping for Chief
  • Horses, Horse District, Water, Water District
  • A Headless Elk 
  • Shot During the 3rd Qtr of the Superbowl
  • A Jeep and an RMEF License Plate
  • Getting Stale  24 Hours Later
  • Rolling in Hot, Elk Head Raid 5AM
  • Trophy Restitution, and Fines
  • TIP Program, Turn in a Poacher
  • Felonies
  • Sharing Info, Tax Fraud, and License Fraud
  • Resources to Investigate 
  • Answering to the IRS instead of the State of Montana
  • The Best Fishing in the United States
  • Delist the Grizzly
  • Losing 9 Officers, It's Dangerous
  • Reading People, Body Language
  • Managing Situations Verbally
  • Verbal Judo
  • More to Hunting than Shooting an Animal
  • Online Hunter Ed vs Classroom 
  • Montana is a Great Place

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

018 Mark Rutkowski - The Bear Trap


Mark Rutkowski is one of six supervisors for the Pennsylvania Game Commission.  Mark started out as a deputy and eventually worked his way into a full time Warden. Mark has been involved in many interesting game thief investigations over the years in a state with a rich tradition of hunting.  Mark shares with us many stories on this episode.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • One of 6 in the State of PA
  • The Deputy Program 325
  • There for Resources Not Money
  • Special Tactical Team
  • Rhodesian Army
  • Being Comfortable in the Woods
  • The Creek Thing
  • The Bear Trap
  • A Conservation Land, Sweeping for Mines, Open for Hunting
  • Paramedic in Scranton
  • 10 Deputies that Became Game Wardens
  • On the Job Training
  • A Culture
  • 1% of the Hunting Population in PA
  • 1st Day Deer Season is Like Xmas
  • Saturday Afternoon after Thanksgiving
  • Hunting Tradition and Participation
  • A Sportsmen's Meeting, Antler Restrictions
  • Poacher, Killing Several Hundred Deer
  • Ring Bologna - A Christmas Sausage
  • A Stolen Car, Another Poacher
  • Chop Shop and Burglary 
  • An Attorney on Retainer, Career Criminal
  • Three Point Restrictions, Controversial to Support
  • 800+ lbs Black Bear, Pike County
  • 25 Group Hunting Parties, But No Baiting
  • Half Finished Mounts, Stolen Mounts
  • Two Hides, Cutting Tags, He Ratted On Himself

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

017 John Nores - Before the Weed


Before John Nores retired and wrote his book Hidden Wars, he was a Game Warden for the State of California.  There he trained and learned and developed his skills that would eventually take him to a special task force called MET- Marijuana Enforcement Team.  Through MET, John dealt with thousands of members of drug cartels where he discovered that the cartel operations were growing toxic marijuana, destroying habitats and natural resources, and leaving behind an environmental disaster.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • The Trailblazer, a Pioneer
  • 28 Year as a Game Warden
  • Cartel Growers, Marijuana Tactical Groups
  • California Academy Days
  • 4 Years on the Civilian List
  • California was Focused on Preservation on Conservation
  • Unity instead of Polarization
  • It Got Western Quick
  • CA Based Gang Bangers After 11pm
  • AK, 10-22, Assault Shotguns
  • Illegal Guns, Dead Animals, A Shooting Game
  • 1983, Spotlighting Cases
  • Now Thermal Imaging
  • Back Burner, Front Burner
  • Joe Rogan Show, Thin Green Line
  • General Public Doesn't Understand the Game Warden Job
  • Illegal Baiting Cases, Known for Tactics
  • FBI Certified Shooting School, SWAT
  • Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program
  • Humility and Appreciation is the Key  
  • Marijuana Specialized Department Team
  • 5-6 Week Baiting Case
  • Too Dark for Gen 2 Night Vision
  • A Major Wake UP Call, Blood Trail, and 2 Arrests
  • Navigation in the Dark
  • Nothing Better Than Being There
  • The Hidden War on Drugs and Habitat
  • Diversity and Adaptability to Protect the Environment 
  • Toxins and Banned Chemicals with Drug Cartels

 

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

016 Sgt Todd Szewczyk


Todd Szewczyk is a retired Sargent with NH Fish and Game.  Todd shared a similar timeline as Wayne did and has many colorful stories to tell about life on the job as a Game Warden.  We cover a near death experience, snorkeling for pagers, and a new phenomenon -investigation using Facebook.

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

015 Nick Brunson - Nevada Fish and Game Warden


Nick Brunson is a Nevada Fish and Wildlife Warden.  Nevada is some vast wild west territory and Nick has 9000 square miles to cover on his patrol.  With only 31 Warden's in the state, it can be overwhelming and Nick often times will camp out as he attempts to catch a poacher instead of returning home for the night.  It's just part of the job.

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Maine's Operation Game Thief

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  • Massive Wild West, 9000 Square Miles
  • 1st Warden Check in 20 Years
  • 31 Officers
  • Your a Cowboy, Need a Horse
  • East Vs West
  • One Tag, One Sheep
  • Sheep Pneumonia
  • Not Much Hunting Data with One Sheep Kill
  • A Flight Patrol in a Helicopter
  • Law Enforcement is Part of the Management
  • A Wildlife Case, 2 Days Surveillance
  • An Elk vs a Moose
  • The Utah and Idaho Border
  • Bold Face Lies
  • I Didn't Know I Was in Nevada
  • Lady Hunters are Finesse Hunters, Patient and Calm
  • Wardens Detect 1% of Crime
  • Can't Be Everywhere
  • A Poached Deer Concealed in Brush
  • Easier to Stay and Camp
  • If You Kill It Use It
  • Crime Along the Border
  • A Migration from Idaho
  • An Outstanding Wife
  • No Cell Signals
  • A Little Piece of Gods Country
  • Get Wild in Nevada, Not Just Vegas

 

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

014 Jen Wolf - Michigan DNR


Jen Wolf is with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and has seen a variety of work over the last 21 years.  Jen has spent time on the Michigan State Police, as a VCO and also was involved in the environment enforcement of  the Flint Michigan Water Quality issue. Physical fitness is a priority for Jen and she says that the job has always had it's challenges, but says your reaction is how you keep chaos under control.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • Jen Wolf, DNR, 21 Years
  • Pushups, Physical Fitness
  • Michigan State Police
  • Travers City, Michigan
  • VCO - Volunteer Conservation Officer
  • City Game Warden
  • As Good at a 25 Year Old Man
  • Pigeon River Forest
  • Checking Licenses
  • Car Stuck Where Trucks Go
  • Pressures of the Job, Understanding
  • Pollution Control and Environmental Protection
  • Federal and State
  • Water Quality to Fish and Wildlife
  • Trust, Flynt Michigan Water Issue
  • Finally the Truth, Bring it to Prosecution
  • Order to Chaos
  • Water Patterns are Cyclical, Look at History
  • Long Term Solutions, Not Short Term
  • Woods Water Seasons
  • Dealing with Good People and Bad People
  • Being Treated Differently
  • It's All How You React to It
  • I'm Capable
  • The Dispatch Center
  • Regional Rep, 250 Officers
  • We Are Hiring
  • Never a Line at the Bathroom

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Thursday, August 15, 2019

013 Grant Hacking - Wildlife Artist


Grant Hacking a world renowned wildlife artist and whom the International Wildlife Crime Stoppers call their own.  Grant's pieces sell for from $1,000 to $30,000.  Grant's prints can often be seen on the covers of well know wildlife magazines like Gray's Sporting Journal and Safari Magazine.

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Maine's Operation Game Thief

Here's What We Discuss:

  • A Passion for Conservation
  • Conservation, Not Preservation
  • A Leopard and a Sable
  • A Fancy Way for Prints
  • Imagination, for Settings and Scenes
  • 4 Galleries, 2 Major Shows
  • Money into Conservation
  • Listening to Hunters, Describing the Scenery
  • Magical Childhood
  • Starving Artists, Making Money
  • Ducks, Ducks, and Duck Stamps
  • Not Canadian, Canada Geese
  • Gulls, not Seagulls
  • North American Animal Learning Curves
  • Guy Harvey
  • www.GrantHacking.com
  • Awards
  • I'm a Bit of a Snob
  • The Print Market is Amazing
  • 22 Years
  • $1000 to $30,000
  • Why Would They Shoot a Peregrine Falcon
  • Dangerous Stuff, Crazy Stories

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

012 Kris MacCabe - Maine Warden Service


Hitting clean up is Kris MacCabe as part of our interview series of North Woods Law Warden's as a lead up to the North Woods Law Throwdown Softball Game.  Kris is a competitive guy with a passion for the woods of Maine and the Maine Warden Service.  

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • The Maine Warden Services
  • A Name Back to 1880
  • Vacationland vs Live Free or Die
  • Search and Rescue, Police in the Woods
  • Competitive
  • 2 Weeks to 2.5 Year Search
  • A K-9 and Return to Base
  • Warden Search vs Volunteer Search
  • Sighting and False Sightings
  • Hunting and Search for Closure
  • Not a Job, It's a Lifestyle
  • The Earle of Errol
  • The People's Game Warden
  • A Warden's Reputation - Healthy Fear
  • Role Reversal, Mrs MacCabe
  • Hunting Under the Influence
  • The Red Coats
  • My Neighbor was a Really Good Night Hunter
  • A Decoy and a Backyard Case
  • A Preemptive Warrant
  • A Birthday Gift with Deer All Around
  • The Canadian Did It
  • Red Handed Night Hunt
  • Standby to Standby, Nerve Racking
  • Manhunt for Corp Cole's Killer
  • FBI Agents and Clearing the Cabin
  • North Woods Law
  • Game Wardens are Curious
  • We Always Have the Best Spots
  • Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
  • Airing in Germany, Less Commercials in Europe

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

011 Eric Fluette - The Job of a Game Warden - Part Two


Eric Fluette covers the north east region of New Hampshire and is the operator handler for K-9 Moxie. This is part two of a two part interview.  We discuss moose season, accidental moose shootings, scuba diving in the Carribean, and a few rescue missions turned recovery.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • A Remarkable Moose Season
  • Correcting the Yup Yup
  • A Sick Moose in Dummer
  • A Double Moose Mistakenly
  • The Antler is Usually Attached
  • Long Strides and Liquid Attractant
  • Diving on Turks and Caicos
  • A 6'5" Shark
  • Zero Air
  • Picking a Working K-9
  • Moxie's First Swim
  • a 30.06 Case, a Legal Shot
  • Airboat Pre-Flight
  • The Airboat Team
  • A Dangerous Scenario, a Drowning
  • A Rescue or Recovery, High Emotions
  • The Worst Hour and Informing the Family
  • Closure
  • Coming Up Next: 

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

010 Eric Fluette - The Job of a Game Warden - Part One


Eric Fluette covers the north east region of New Hampshire and is the operator handler for K-9 Moxie. This is the first of a two part interview.  We discuss the beginning of Eric's career, to Alaska, to the seacoast of NH and eventually to northern New Hampshire.  And we tell a few great stories too.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • K-9 Moxie
  • History and the Colonel Jordan of the Worlds
  • Don't Forget the Teeth
  • We Can't Remember Everyone
  • The Swiss Army Knife
  • Matt Holmes District One
  • NH Big Woods, Alaska Fisheries
  • A Two Prop Plane, Cases of Beer
  • A Thicker Sleeping Bag, Smolt Traps
  • An LL Bean Package
  • Salmon Salmon Salmon
  • Brown Bears vs Grizzly Bears
  • A Life Line
  • Becoming a Conservation Officer
  • Seascoast District 6 to Erroll
  • Protecting a Natural Resource
  • First Shooter Night Poacher
  • Throwing the Lobster Gauge in the Snow
  • Lobster Poaching and Proving the Case
  • Watching
  • Coastal Binos are Bigger
  • DEET Eats Rubber
  • Josiah Alewives
  • $2000 per Pound
  • Mark Hensel, The Mill Buildings and the Lamprey
  • A $6800 Fine in Cash
  • A Chunked Up Tuna
  • The Feds Beyond 3 Miles
  • We Don't Make the Laws, We Enforce Them
  • Cod and Striper - A Resource Story
  • Coming Up Next: Eric Fluette Part II

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

009 Greg Sirpis - Maine's Operation Game Thief


Poaching is no different than stealing from a grocery store. Backed by the members of Maine's Operation Game Thief (OGT), Greg Sirpis strives to lead Maine's charge against poachers.  As Chairman of the Board for Maine's OGT, Greg's mission is to protect Maine's natural resources. By organizing and promoting, educating, and making reporting easier for everyone, Greg hopes to catch one poacher at a time and reduce the number of animals and fish that are illegally taken in Maine every year.

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North Woods Law Softball Game

Here's What We Discuss:

  • Upcoming Softball Game
  • Operation Game Thief
  • Wildlife Crimes Stoppers
  • Turning in a Poacher, Anonymously
  • Rewards, Most Don't Want the Money
  • A Passion for Catching Bad Guys
  • Greg's Start with OGT
  • An Opportunity for Cabela's to Lead the Charge
  • It's a Full Time Job
  • New Content - Live Streams
  • A Non-Profit That Represents
  • Friends of OGT
  • Educational Committee, The Ethics
  • 25,000 Deer Taken Illegally in Maine
  • Poaching is No Different Than Stealing 
  • 1 800 Alert Us to a 411 App
  • Limited Amount of Resources
  • Quality Information
  • Eleven Volunteers
  • The Moose Lottery on a Weekend
  • Aug 3rd, Hadlock Field, North Woods Throwdown
  • International Wildlife Crime Stoppers
  • Northeast Wildlife Conference
  • Africa Fighting Tooth and Nail
  • Coyotes - Losing the Balance
  • Hard to Measure
  • Coming Up Next: Eric Fluette

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

008 Sgt Aaron Cross - Live at Cabelas


From the 2019 Maine Moose Lottery, we sat down with Sgt Aaron Cross from the Maine Warden Service.  As regular on the North Woods Law television program, Aaron has many stories to share that reflects his career as a Maine Warden, his involvement with Operation Game Thief, and International Wildlife Crime Stoppers.

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North Woods Law Softball Game

Here's What We Discuss:

  • The Moose Lottery
  • Operation Game Thief
  • Hired Prior to Finishing College
  • Whitewater Rafting 
  • Swift Water Training
  • Tricked into a Date
  • The Game Warden Story
  • Frequent Flyers and an Arrest Warrant
  • Walking Toward Shore, Bickering Felons
  • Family Member Tickets
  • 2032 Graduation and Retirement
  • Night Hunting Beaver
  • Losing the Decoy
  • Locked in with a Moose Decoy and No Suspect
  • Another _______ Minivan
  • Checking the Gun, a 22 Mag is a Poacher's Choice
  • Killed Before Court in a Bar Fight
  • Duck Hunters in Boxer Shorts
  • Good People Make Mistakes Too
  • Smelting on Kingsbury Pond
  • Being on the Job
  • How to Be a Game Warden in Maine
  • Knowing the Activity
  • A Possible Hunting Incident -Dead Guy in the Driver's Seat
  • A Drug Deal Gone Bad
  • Cold Cases and Missing Persons
  • A Deer Hunting Case in March
  • It All Comes Around
  • Aug 3 Maine OGT North Woods Law Softball Game

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

007B Ashley Mayers - Salt of the Earth Artist


Sometimes it's not just about the Wardens.  In this case, Ashley Mayers is the artist behind the Warden's Watch logo and also girlfriend of Eric Hannett.  We go behind the scenes and discuss life with a good friend of the conservation community.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • The Warden's Watch Logo Artist
  • Salt of the Earth
  • The Jersey Shore
  • Off Shore vs Deep Sea
  • Pine Baron Reserve
  • Eric Hannett GF
  • NJ to NH
  • I Don't Like Snow
  • Hurricane Sandy
  • The Bear and Deer of New Jersey
  • Duck Hunting

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007 Eric Hannett - Salt of the Earth


Eric Hannett is a 16 year Conservation Officer veteran of the NH Fish and Game Department covering the Monadnock region of New Hampshire.  Eric is also one of the featured Game Wardens on Animal Planet's hit television show North Woods Law. Eric says that the demands of the job are never the same and that some days he can't believe he gets paid do his job, yet other days he says he doesn't get paid enough.

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  • 16 Years, Almost a Vegetarian
  • Riding Snowmobiles, a 700
  • Physically Fit, Being Injured
  • A 36-40 Hour Shift
  • Bonding and Slap Happy
  • The Brink of Breaking
  • Regular Police Work
  • The Keene Patrol, Adult ADD
  • Chased by a Moose
  • The Alligator in the Connecticut River
  • A Rescue Story on Icy Roads
  • Starskey and Hutch Style
  • Operation Ice Holes and the Panfish Plunder
  • 1000 Fish Over the Limit
  • A Night Hunting Case
  • The Milk and Whisky Story
  • Cold Case from the 1970s
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Flying Ninja Kick
  • 6 Days of Filming for a 40 minutes Segment

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

006 Norm Lewis - Maine Game Warden


Maine is an awesome place to be a game warden. They don't call it Vacationland for nothing. Woods, waterways, mountains, oceans, coastline, Maine has it all.  Similar to New Hampshire, Maine's Warden Service goes hand in hand with operations along the NH border. Norm Lewis is a great warden and woodsman. He's big, burly with a soft touch and a mean streak when needed. 

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Here's What We Discuss:

  • A Serious Moose Case
  • You Catch a Game Warden on a Bad Day 
  • Head Lights on the Side of a Mountain
  • T-Shirt and Shorts Like I Own the Place
  • Accessory After the Fact
  • Are You from Canada? The Alien License
  • Coulda Charged Him but Didn't
  • A Prominent Maine Man
  • Just Tell Me What You Know
  • I Liked the Old Guy
  • Forestry at Oreno
  • 6 Inches of Dunkin Donuts Cups
  • It's How You Want to Live
  • A Deer Decoy, a Wildlife Simulator
  • Few Things Trump Everything, but This Did
  • Jaws on the Floormats
  • They Must Have Stolen It
  • Coffee and Apple Pie
  • We're Seizing the Blazer
  • I Could Use a New Ride
  • A 1973 Rusty Ford Pickup Truck
  • We Keep It, You Never Get It Back
  • The Buck from LL Bean
  • Becoming Administration, Not for Me
  • Not a Great Place to Be, IA
  • A Dog that Looks Like Norm
  • My Dog Had an Affinity for Cadavers
  • High Profile Serial Killer
  • Border Patrol, Crossing States to Get There
  • No Paperwork, Talking to the Press
  • The Road to Katahdin 

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Thursday, May 2, 2019

005 Graham Courtney - Seacoast Game Warden


Covering the mainland is one thing, but having to cover the seacoast in addition to the mainland in a densely populated area adds a whole new dimension to being a game warden.  The Joint Enforcement Agreement helps to cover an area with lots of traffic and keep the fisheries sustainable. The 13 miles of coastline in NH doesn't seem like much, but it's as active as any coastline area in the country with lots of commercial and recreational fisherman using these coastal waters.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  •  I Didn't Really Want To Be a Game Warden 
  • Associates Degree, Kept the Door Open
  • The Seacoast of New Hampshire
  • I Get Sea Sick
  • A 52' Hinckley Sail Boat
  • Perfect Storm
  • We Won't Ourselves at Risk
  • Lobstermen
  • Shell Disease 1 in 5
  • The Lobster License
  • V Notch and Egg Bearing Females
  • Deer Population of the Seacoast
  • A Concentration of People
  • Chris McKee and Training in My 40s
  • A 5 Gallon Bucket and Apples
  • Mark Hensel and a Canine
  • I've Never Kicked in the Doors
  • Dumpin Donuts
  • The Conservation Asepect
  • Integrating the Community
  • Soft Shell Clams
  • A Clam Rake as a Weapon
  • He's Gonna Swim for It
  • Dave, Super Cop Fell in the Mud
  • From Fine to Felony
  • A Deputy Status
  • A Steak and Lobster Dinner

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Thursday, April 18, 2019

004 Lt David Gregory - One Vermont Moose Case that Became 9


We're going to Vermont on this episode to talk to an old friend Lieutenant David Gregory.  It's fun when as the host of the show, I also get to be the listener.  Lt Gregory has some amazing stories to share and we were able to capture them here. I was on the edge of my seat.  Some of the stories we discuss are light hearted and some make you look life right in the face and realize that being a Game Warden is about life and death, and sometimes we're putting our own lives on the line.

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Here's What We Discuss:

  •  Northeast Kingdom of Vermont
  • The Old Fish Hatchery
  • Dropping Bags of Walleye
  • You've Bred Another F'in Game Warden
  • Montpelier Police Service
  • The Hunter Ed Trapping Tapes and a Job
  • First Big Case and Buying a Cape
  • Long Story Short, I'm Guilty
  • A Bloody Hand Print on the Mountain Dew Can
  • Got the Guy But Not the Deer
  • A Beaver Set
  • The Ones that Got Away Still Burn
  • Gotta Run Both Decoys
  • The Chase Vehicle
  • Logging Roads and Traffic Lights
  • One Case that Turned into Nine
  • Can't Leave the State - Ruining Christmas
  • Ticketing The Pennsylvania Hunter, Still Wrong Moose
  • Getting Hot in the Kitchen
  • My Grandson Shot It - He Needs a Nitro
  • An .06 Muzzle Flash at Night at 3 Steps
  • Crossbows Part of an Aging Trend
  • A Drowning in the Connecticut River
  • The Last Hole and the Underwater Camera
  • Down 30-40 Jobs
  • Training with Sargent Jewett
  • Looking Into the Son's Eyes and Backing Out, Backing Up
  • An Assaulted Officer, Just Leave
  • To Disarm a Police Officer 

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Thursday, April 4, 2019

003 Kevin Jordan - The Colonel and I


Kevin Jordan is a colleague and a great friend and he's the Colonel of the New Hampshire Fish and Game. I've worked side by side with the Colonel for many years and learned ton from him.  Colonel Jordan is a great investigator and prosecutor.  I caught 'em, he cleaned 'em as we used to say.  I was a sponge when it came to working with Kevin and he took me under his wing and help me get back into law enforcement after I was shot in the line of duty.  

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Here's What We Discuss:

  •  Two New Things
  • Changed and Evolution
  • Pulling Out Roses
  • A Night Hunting Case in Bishop Brook
  • He'll Learn
  • He's Gonna Shoot!
  • The Colonel's First Night Case
  • A Folder with Blank Paper
  • Burning the Deer Remains
  • Taking Deer All Over the North Country
  • Case of a Career and a Dog Sled
  • Left for Dead
  • It's a Homicide... Of an Animal
  • Loudon Race Weekend and Mount Lafayette
  • New GPS and Landing a Helicopter
  • Skag on a Rock and the Victim Lives
  • The Patrick McCarthy Case - Search and Rescue and the FBI
  • A Hornets Nest and Anaphylactic Shock
  • An Epi Pen
  • Grief
  • Trained to Be a Robot
  • Sonar Team and the State Police
  • Tickets at 20 Below
  • Covered in Blood and CPR
  • A Blink of and Eye and Life Changes
  • Freak Accidents and Heavy Heads
  • 16 Fatalities and Running Radar
  • Delayne and a Stop Sign

 

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Thursday, March 21, 2019

002 A Warden's Best Cases - Wayne Saunders


The best day and the best cases is about an investigation and a night hunting case.  I discuss the Warden's involved and the perpetrators and how the cases evolved.     

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Here's What I Discuss:

  • More Experience, More Cases
  • Night Hunting Cases
  • Sgt Robert Bryan
  • Decoy and Surveillance
  • Operation Game Thief
  • We Catch Bad Guys
  • Shots Fired
  • Musky Smell, Blood on the Hands
  • A Search Warrant and Drag Marks
  • Fresh Blood, You Got Me
  • I Don't Want to Lose the Gun
  • A Pound of Flesh and a Confession
  • Some Guys are Playing Poaching Games
  • Who Can Poach the Most Deer 
  • Flash of a Muzzle
  • Break Lights Lit Up the Whole World
  • A Gun Shot at Night Means a Night Hunt
  • A Browning BAR
  • Like That Treestand Over There?
  • A Moose Autopsy in the Woods
  • Unsolved... Never Got a Suspect
  • My Stetson is Off to Him
  • Homicides and Searches Run Hand in Hand
  • Cold Cases Go On, But Game Cases Die
  • Out the Back Door - You Can't Hear a Crossbow
  • An Important Piece of Conservation

 

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