WARDEN'S WATCH: November 2019

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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Maine's Operation Game Thief

Here's What We Discuss:

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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Maine's Operation Game Thief

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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Maine's Operation Game Thief

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