WARDEN'S WATCH: October 2019

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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Maine's Operation Game Thief

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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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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