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narrator:
Coming up on "lone star law."

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whoa! Whoa, whoa.

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Man: Those people may still be
out there shooting.

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They killed a stag of mine.

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The perfect line of sight.

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Game warden!
You remember me?

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I have a warrant
for your arrest.

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[ gunshots ]

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your gun's not plugged.

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I need to be honest with me,
that animal's definitely shot.

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I mean, your body language
is his telling me.

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a texas game warden's job

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is to protect wild animals
and wild places.

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Keep the public safe.

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And every now and again
put a bad guy in jail.

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I've got a gentleman standing
here by the fence,

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I'm gonna stop
and check him out.

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excuse me, sir?

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Could I speak with you
for a moment?

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That's a lawful order
from a police officer.

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You must obey.
[ chuckles ]

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come here.

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I've never known a hog

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that didn't have some good
information.

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You see anything
out of the ordinary,

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or anything you think I need
to know,

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you've got my number --
give me a call.

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What do you say?

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[ chuckles ]

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he didn't want to talk to me
like I thought he did.

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He just stuck his but at me.

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I took that as a hint
to go away.

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today, I'm going to be trying

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to serve arrest warrants
on individuals

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that received citations
for fishing infractions

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and they did not take care
of their responsibility,

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didn't show up to
talk to the judge.

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A little bit of time has passed
now and he's issued warrants

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whenever you sign the citation,

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well, it's a promise
that you will contact the judge

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on or before an appearance date.

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If you don't do that, then they
will issue an arrest warrant.

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[ dog barking within ]

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[ rapping on door ]
game warden!

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[ sighs ]

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even though I have a warrant,

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it's a class-c misdemeanor
violation,

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which doesn't give me the right
to enter the residence.

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If it was a felony warrant
for a serious matter,

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I could, so I'm just going to
have to keep coming by,

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knock until somebody decides
to come to the door

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and talk to me or I catch him
outside the house,

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go into town or go into
the store or going somewhere.

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I've got a warrant
on an individual

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that I wrote a citation
to back in the fall.

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The original violation
was a fishing infraction,

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but he failed
to contact the judge.

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So now he's probably going
to have additional charge

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of failure to appear.

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Well, here goes nothing.

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[ knocking,
dogs barking within ]

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hello!

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You're peter, right?

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looking at some
blackbuck antelope.

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Blackbuck are just one of
the many exotics

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that people have imported
to texas

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to raise for hunting purposes.

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Landowner has put a lot of time
and money

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and effort into raising exotics.

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You can be driving
a back road out here

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and see some
kind of african game.

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I see wildebeest or zebra,
red stag.

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Particularly in
the hill country,

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poaching exotics is a big,
big problem that we have.

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Any kind of hunting is regulated
by texas game wardens.

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And so it's part of my job
to get out here and make sure

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that when people hunt on,
they do it in a safe manner

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and that they've got
a hunting license

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and that they're following
all the rules and regulations.

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I'm headed over to
robinson park.

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that's a cute dog.

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[ laughs ]
that dog tryin' to kiss 'im.

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how's it going, guys?
Game warden.

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I like your dog.
-Thank you.

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-That a lab?
-Yes, sir.

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Good. It's a cute pup.

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Hey, I see
he's got a life jacket on.

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Do you have
another one on board with you?

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Okay, y'all need to get off
the water

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until you get that life jacket.

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Yeah. You don't have to
have it on if you're over 13,

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but you still got to have it
at least with you.

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Okay? The ticket for that can
be up to $500.

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So it's not worth it.

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And the reason that is,
you may be a great swimmer,

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but I do a lot
of body recoveries

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and I'd hate to have to pull you
out of this river tomorrow.

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He can continue kayaking and you
want to hang around out here,

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but you need to have
at least another one,

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have one onboard
with you, okay?

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oh!

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you're peter, right?

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You're not peter.

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Is he here?

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Okay, do you have a driver's
license with you?

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Let me take a look at it
right quick.

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Where would he be at?

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Where's he live at?

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Okay. How long has he been
living over there?

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Are you his brother?

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Older brother?
Okay.

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Yeah, well, if you talk to him,
you might tell him to...

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He'll know what it's about.
Tell him to call that judge.

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Deliver that message
for me.

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evidently, it was his brother
I talked to.

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He says he's not living there.

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I highly doubt that.

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I'll end up making
some more trips down here.

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A lot of times it takes
four or five,

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six attempts, but somehow
some way,

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the long arm of the law

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is going to reach out
and grab 'em.

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nine-twenty.

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game warden!

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I need to talk to you.

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What's going on?

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You you remember me?

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But do you remember me?

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Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I do!

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Do you have
your traveling shoes on?

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Why, what's the matter?

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I have a warrant for
your arrest.

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do you have
your traveling shoes on?

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Why, what's the matter?

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I have a warrant
for your arrest.

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Go 'head and turn around for me.

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What am I under arrest for?

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Hold on.
[ handcuffs ratchet ]

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do you remember the citation
that I issued you?

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How do you know that?
'cause I got a bill in the mail.

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Okay, well,
you didn't take care of it --

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I can pay it right now.

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Talk to my neighbor
and borrow some money.

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Nah, we're gonna talk to the
judge up here at the jail.

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But he issued a warrant.

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And it's been since,
I mean, may.

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I haven't been working
much, my knee and stuff.

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I understand,
but you when you signed

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that citation, you made
a promise to talk to him.

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Okay?
So you're under arrest.

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We're gonna go up to jail
and you can talk to him there.

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Which jail we going to?
Hunt county.

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Let me let you hop
in front of my truck.

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if I don't go enforce
these warrants,

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only the honest people
that go pay their fines

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are the ones that have
the law applied to them.

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Have you been fishing any more?

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It's gonna be that time of year
before much longer,

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it's going to warm up and
the fish gonna start bitin'.

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You can go down and get your
license this time.

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It's important that people
purchase a fishing license.

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The funds that we raised
help stocking efforts

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and other fishing programs.

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We do take it serious
and we will enforce.

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he can continue kayaking.

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Oh!

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you all right?
Want me to hold your dog?

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What's your puppy's name?

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Jed.
Hi, jed.

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[ both laugh ]

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that water cold?

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See, it can happen
that fast.

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That's exactly why we ask you
to keep a life jacket onboard.

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All right, guys, well,
appreciate it.

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Just don't go back out,
I'm kicking you off or anything,

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just get your life jacket,
and you'll be good to go.

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Okay?
Sounds good. Thank you.

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Appreciate it, guys.
Be safe. Stay warm.

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I felt I was justified
in just giving him a warning

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because he was
so close to the bank.

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He's making an effort,
he's got a son in a life jacket,

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which is probably
the most important thing.

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But it's an instance like that
is exactly why we enforce

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the life jacket laws.

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That's all it takes
is one quick slip in cold water.

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And, you know, your day
can turn south real fast.

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hello?

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Yes, sir?

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All right, if you can make
contact with him,

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that'd be good -- tell him to
get him there and hold him.

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Thank you, sir.
-Not a problem.

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so that may just
change some things.

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A red stag is not
native to texas,

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you can hunt exotics year-round,
day or night,

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but because it was shot on
someone else's property,

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that's a class-a misdemeanor,

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that's an arrestable offense.

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If this guy's still shooting,

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we need to get there
as quick as possible.

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The only problem is it's
in another county.

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I'm covering two counties
right now.

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If we can catch this guy,

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I will absolutely
take him to jail tonight.

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It's something that we don't
tolerate in texas.

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seventy-two-ten, seven-seven,
I'm 23 on this ranch.

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man: Okay, well,
we'll let tim know.

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Talk me through
what happened.

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[ indistinct ]

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you want to come with us?

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Let's go down there,
we'll take a look.

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[ starts engine ]

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these animals that are being
killed over here

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are not your
run of the mill animals.

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Red stag can range anywhere
from ten to twenty

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$30,000.

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They're rightfully upset.

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And, you know,
I can't blame 'em for that.

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There's a lot going on,
weapons are involved,

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emotions are high.

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Not only are they hunting
without landowner consent,

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they shot pretty close
to the landowner and his wife

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so they recklessly put
other people's lives in danger.

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man: We just come out,
to put out corn,

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scattered it.

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So the blood
just starts up here.

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-Yeah.
-Okay.

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Sure enough,
hit a perfect bullet hole.

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He's still warm.

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I want to see
if there's an exit wound.

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If not,
I want to dig that slug out.

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Exit -- damn it.

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Could you tell
what he was wearing?

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No, I couldn't -- I couldn't
even identify him either.

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He's a little too far
to see.

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Okay, well, I was hoping
we were going to be able

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to dig the slug out,
but we've got an exit wound,

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so there's no telling
where it is.

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Where's that blind at?

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I can see --
yeah, I can see right here.

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I'm going to scale the fence
and go take a look at the blind,

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see if there's shell casing.

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no casings.

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I'm assuming you want
to press charges.

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-Yes, sir!
-Yeah.

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So if you all want to take this,

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if you don't want it
to go to waste,

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what I want to do now is go talk
to the other landowner,

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figure out who was
hunting in the blind,

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see what their side
of the story is.

253
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254
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255
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256
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This is kegan gould,

257
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llano county game warden,

258
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if you could give me a call
back at your convenience.

259
00:16:03,390 --> 00:16:05,560
I'd appreciate it very much.

260
00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,330
[ beep ]

261
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see if I can make contact
with him tomorrow.

262
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Right now, I've basically got
half of the puzzle.

263
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Everything points directly
towards this guy's property.

264
00:16:19,710 --> 00:16:21,770
What I don't have is who did it.

265
00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,940
We have everything
but the smoking gun.

266
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[ telephone ringing ]

267
00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:42,360
hey, ian.
This is wei-wei startz,

268
00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,000
a game warden
in guadalupe county.

269
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:49,140
Hey, ian, so I am headed
your way here shortly.

270
00:16:51,270 --> 00:16:54,770
Awesome.
All right, see ya.

271
00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:56,910
I recently found out
that a barn owl

272
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that I took to the rehabber
is now ready to be released.

273
00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,990
It looked like it had hit
a window or maybe a power line.

274
00:17:06,990 --> 00:17:08,420
It had been pretty windy,

275
00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:12,290
so it was probably injured
during the windstorm.

276
00:17:12,290 --> 00:17:15,860
Barn owls are my absolute
favorite birds ever,

277
00:17:15,860 --> 00:17:19,730
I've actually never had a chance
to see one really in the wild.

278
00:17:26,070 --> 00:17:27,370
Oh, nice!

279
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,880
She looks awesome!

280
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,480
Wow, look at her.

281
00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:33,980
So what was wrong
with her exactly?

282
00:17:33,980 --> 00:17:36,220
I believe she came in
on Halloween.

283
00:17:36,220 --> 00:17:38,850
She had a tear
on the back of her elbow.

284
00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:42,020
Oh, wow. So she did have
some kind of damage.

285
00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:43,590
Okay.
So we sutured it up

286
00:17:43,590 --> 00:17:46,230
and it's healed up -- I can't
even find where --

287
00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:47,860
there's no scars.
Awesome!

288
00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:49,900
She looks great.

289
00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,360
Out in our
big flight chamber.

290
00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:52,730
Yeah.
And she flew great.

291
00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:53,800
Awesome.
Yes.

292
00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,800
So I've got her
a cage over here.

293
00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:00,610
It's easier for me to open it.

294
00:18:00,610 --> 00:18:01,810
And close.

295
00:18:01,810 --> 00:18:04,640
She need a blanket
or anything?

296
00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,180
She'll be okay.
Okay.

297
00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:08,850
-Short trip.
-All right.

298
00:18:08,850 --> 00:18:10,720
She probably won't
fly out of there.

299
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Her face.

300
00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:15,460
That's how they act
intimidating.

301
00:18:15,460 --> 00:18:17,320
Oh, cool! Look at that.

302
00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:18,520
Pretty scary.

303
00:18:18,530 --> 00:18:19,930
I'm very scared.

304
00:18:19,930 --> 00:18:21,630
They'll also
hold their heads down

305
00:18:21,630 --> 00:18:23,100
and shake it
back and forth.

306
00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:26,870
Her face just says it all
right. There.

307
00:18:26,870 --> 00:18:28,430
Well, thank you
so much for that.

308
00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,200
Let me know how she does.
Okay, I will.

309
00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:31,440
Great, thank you.
All right, see ya.

310
00:18:42,450 --> 00:18:45,750
with bird releases,
we try our best to get them back

311
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:47,890
to where they were found.

312
00:18:47,890 --> 00:18:50,220
So this particular location,

313
00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:53,890
it's within eight miles of
where I initially found

314
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the barn owl.

315
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,460
I've invited the family
that called

316
00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:01,230
so it can be there
to also watch the release.

317
00:19:06,670 --> 00:19:09,210
surprise!

318
00:19:09,210 --> 00:19:10,780
She looks a little better,
right?

319
00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:12,040
So it was just
a wing?

320
00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:16,480
It was a tear
in, like, part of her wing.

321
00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,450
So right now, she's trying
to look really weird

322
00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:21,420
and intimidating.
She wants you to go away.

323
00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:23,720
Yeah!

324
00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,390
Yeah, yep.

325
00:19:25,390 --> 00:19:28,230
This is gonna be really good
habitat for her

326
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because we're close to
farming areas

327
00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:33,600
and also tree lines
that she can hide in,

328
00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,840
and fields
that she's used to.

329
00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,510
[ screeching ]

330
00:19:53,390 --> 00:19:56,790
as a game warden, I seem to get
the most owl calls.

331
00:19:56,790 --> 00:20:00,360
People know that
I don't mind picking them up.

332
00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,530
There's just something
mysterious about barn owls,

333
00:20:03,530 --> 00:20:06,470
so, her front feathers.
They're orange, right?

334
00:20:06,470 --> 00:20:08,830
That's how you know
it's a female.

335
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,700
See how her head can move?

336
00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:13,670
So owls are unique like that.

337
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:18,680
Their head can move 360 degrees
all the way round.

338
00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,480
Y'all ready for this?
I think she's ready.

339
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,020
She's ready.
She wants to get away from me.

340
00:20:24,020 --> 00:20:27,850
All right.
Let's go. Ready?

341
00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:29,720
There she goes.

342
00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:36,860
Oh, and she's gonna go across.

343
00:20:36,860 --> 00:20:39,400
It's so rare for me
to be able to release an owl

344
00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,700
within the county
that I wanted to bring

345
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,370
some individuals from the area

346
00:20:43,370 --> 00:20:46,770
that may not even get
to see owls up close,

347
00:20:46,770 --> 00:20:49,140
just so that they can see
that their efforts of calling it

348
00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:52,680
in actually made a difference.

349
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,210
I'm sure this owl will live
a long and healthy life.

350
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,190
so I got a call last night
from a landowner.

351
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,660
He was out filling feeders,
and he was sitting there

352
00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:14,900
watching some red stag
at a pond,

353
00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:16,870
and he hears a shot.

354
00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:18,700
Sounded like it went right over
the top of his head.

355
00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:21,770
All right.
One of his stag goes down.

356
00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:23,940
Right there behind him
was a high fence.

357
00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:25,580
And there's a guy sitting
the blind.

358
00:21:25,580 --> 00:21:27,410
The landowner said,
hey, you shot my stag.

359
00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:29,950
Guy said, "I didn't
shoot any stag."

360
00:21:29,950 --> 00:21:32,920
the landowner next door
was very adamant

361
00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,150
they didn't shoot anything.

362
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,490
Well, when I try to go
over there last night,

363
00:21:36,490 --> 00:21:37,960
no one answered the phone
so I couldn't get in.

364
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,530
So talked to him this morning

365
00:21:39,530 --> 00:21:40,760
and he's willing to cooperate,

366
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,360
so I'm coming out
and interview him

367
00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,130
and his hunters.
-Oh, okay.

368
00:21:44,130 --> 00:21:46,800
Look at all the cars down there.

369
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,830
He said there was like eight
or nine people.

370
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,440
All right.

371
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,740
Morning.
-Morning, you find it all right?

372
00:21:54,740 --> 00:21:57,040
Yeah. You gave good directions,
man, I appreciate it.

373
00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:59,010
Kegan gould,
nice to meet you.

374
00:21:59,010 --> 00:22:01,310
Kegan?
Nice to meet you.

375
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,920
Tell me what you know about
last night, or what happened.

376
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,750
Okay, so last night,

377
00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:06,790
while I'm hunting,

378
00:22:06,790 --> 00:22:08,790
he called and said,
you know,

379
00:22:08,790 --> 00:22:10,120
"somebody just shot.
I just --"

380
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,760
he said he talked to him.
Yeah.

381
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,860
And I said, man, there's no way
anybody here would do that.

382
00:22:14,860 --> 00:22:16,260
There's no way.

383
00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:17,700
He said, "I got the sheriff
and game warden over here."

384
00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:19,930
I was like,
"please come over."

385
00:22:19,930 --> 00:22:22,170
and then you called me
at 10:45,

386
00:22:22,170 --> 00:22:23,670
but I missed your call.

387
00:22:23,670 --> 00:22:25,400
Can everybody do me a favor?

388
00:22:25,410 --> 00:22:26,710
If you can get
your driver's license

389
00:22:26,710 --> 00:22:28,710
and your hunting licenses
is out for me.

390
00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:30,840
That way we can at least check
and make sure everyone's legal.

391
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:32,110
Anybody shoot anything
yesterday?

392
00:22:32,110 --> 00:22:34,250
We shot a doe yesterday
at a doe this morning.

393
00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:36,150
-Okay.
-And this is the guy

394
00:22:36,150 --> 00:22:38,250
that was hunting
the fence line.

395
00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:40,650
Okay.
You were sitting in the blind?

396
00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:42,250
I was sitting in the blind,
yes, sir.

397
00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,290
Are you the one
that he talked to.

398
00:22:44,290 --> 00:22:48,130
Didn't talk to anybody,
okay.

399
00:22:48,130 --> 00:22:50,760
Okay.
Yours is in the cooler?

400
00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:53,670
Okay. We'll gather everyone's
I.D.S real fast

401
00:22:53,670 --> 00:22:55,770
and we'll get out of the sun.

402
00:22:55,770 --> 00:22:59,370
All right.

403
00:22:59,370 --> 00:23:01,570
So, I guess [bleep] saying that
somebody that --

404
00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:03,140
he talked to somebody
last night,

405
00:23:03,140 --> 00:23:05,750
but none of your guys said they
had a conversation with 'im.

406
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:07,280
Nobody.

407
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,480
I know where --
I'll show you on the map here

408
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,120
where everybody was hunting.

409
00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,650
Yeah.

410
00:23:13,650 --> 00:23:15,420
So this is a map of your place?

411
00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:17,990
This is our house right here.

412
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:20,230
So this is all low fence.

413
00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:23,000
This is all high fenced.

414
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,570
And so he has like
a zoo of animals in here.

415
00:23:26,570 --> 00:23:28,000
That's right where
that guy was huntin'.

416
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,840
So, yeah, there's a blind
right here.

417
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,200
Right here.
That's where he was.

418
00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:33,740
I mean, he's hunting
all his life.

419
00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:37,240
Any reason why he may lie?

420
00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:38,310
Not that I would know of.

421
00:23:38,310 --> 00:23:39,780
Okay.

422
00:23:39,780 --> 00:23:41,210
I feel like they're lying to me.

423
00:23:41,220 --> 00:23:42,680
At least somebody is.

424
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,020
There was somebody
sitting there.

425
00:23:44,020 --> 00:23:45,920
Somebody shot something.

426
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,620
So either the landowner is
covering for somebody

427
00:23:48,620 --> 00:23:50,820
or the hunters are lying to me.

428
00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:53,230
Can you tell me what you know,
what happened?

429
00:23:53,230 --> 00:23:55,560
Okay. Literally, I was
in the stand

430
00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,170
and I shot a doe
probably at 5:40, 5:45.

431
00:24:00,170 --> 00:24:02,130
And got her down away
from the feeder,

432
00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:04,540
brought her back;
all through the whole time,

433
00:24:04,540 --> 00:24:07,510
I'm watching across the high
fence looking at his oryx.

434
00:24:07,510 --> 00:24:09,880
I mean everything --
literally there was somebody

435
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,210
that shot to the north of me.

436
00:24:11,210 --> 00:24:12,710
What time was that shot?

437
00:24:12,710 --> 00:24:14,150
6:15, 6:30.

438
00:24:14,150 --> 00:24:16,350
From the time you heard
the shot,

439
00:24:16,350 --> 00:24:17,850
how long was it before
he drove up?

440
00:24:17,850 --> 00:24:19,750
They were already
on the property.

441
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:21,890
He was literally driving
around his property.

442
00:24:21,890 --> 00:24:24,420
So, I mean, it was within
just a couple minutes.

443
00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:25,720
Was basically it.

444
00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:28,360
And again, he literally pulled
closer to the fence,

445
00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:30,330
yelled, "you shot my stag."

446
00:24:30,330 --> 00:24:32,870
and I said,
I did not shoot your stag.

447
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,370
he yelled,
"you shot my stag."

448
00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:44,880
and I said, I did not shoot
your stag.

449
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,310
I shot a doe.

450
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:47,410
Can we follow y'all down there

451
00:24:47,420 --> 00:24:49,050
so we can take a look at
the blind and the area

452
00:24:49,050 --> 00:24:50,480
and all that --
would that be possible?

453
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:51,550
Yep.
Okay.

454
00:24:51,550 --> 00:24:53,620
First, that hunter tells me

455
00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:55,290
that he didn't talk to anybody.

456
00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:56,560
Are you the one that
he talked to?

457
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,090
I didn't talk to anybody
didn't talk to anybody.

458
00:24:58,090 --> 00:24:59,530
Okay.
I did not.

459
00:24:59,530 --> 00:25:01,490
And now his story is changing.

460
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,400
He's telling me that he did talk
to the landowner,

461
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,300
but he didn't shoot his stag.

462
00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:10,140
So I'm already seeing some
inconsistencies in the stories.

463
00:25:10,140 --> 00:25:11,400
Let's play devil's advocate.

464
00:25:11,410 --> 00:25:12,770
If he didn't do it,
then who the hell did?

465
00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:14,140
Was there somebody
walking around

466
00:25:14,140 --> 00:25:16,810
without them knowing,
shooting?

467
00:25:16,810 --> 00:25:18,710
All right, I'll climb up there
and take a look.

468
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,250
So this is where you were sat
yesterday and this morning?

469
00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:28,490
Okay. And when did you
shoot your deer?

470
00:25:28,490 --> 00:25:29,690
-5:30.
-Yesterday?

471
00:25:29,690 --> 00:25:31,460
-Yes.
-Okay, where was that deer at

472
00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:32,860
when you shot it?
-At the feeder.

473
00:25:32,860 --> 00:25:34,360
Right at the feeder?
Okay.

474
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,400
And how many shots did you take?
One shot.

475
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:41,130
Can you show me where that deer
was that you shot?

476
00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:42,300
Where'd the blood be at?

477
00:25:47,070 --> 00:25:49,240
Oh, it was right here.

478
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,080
Okay.

479
00:25:54,650 --> 00:25:56,920
What'd you shoot her with?

480
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,180
Okay.
Where's your shell casing?

481
00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:02,150
Did you eject it in the blind?

482
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,060
All right.
So you just shot one time?

483
00:26:04,060 --> 00:26:05,520
Just one time,
yes, sir.

484
00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:07,360
Okay. Wasn't a follow-up shot
or anything?

485
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,190
There was no follow-up shot.
Any other animals you shot at?

486
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,230
No.
Okay.

487
00:26:11,230 --> 00:26:12,860
And when you're sitting in
the blind, could you...

488
00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:14,500
You could see onto that side?

489
00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:15,670
You could see that side, yes.
Yes, sir.

490
00:26:15,670 --> 00:26:17,000
You said you heard a shot.
Yes, sir.

491
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,800
Before you came over here.
No, he was literally --

492
00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:21,940
they were driving on the top
side of his property;

493
00:26:21,940 --> 00:26:23,880
as they're driving,
I heard a shot.

494
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,180
Okay. Could you tell which
direction the shot came from?

495
00:26:26,180 --> 00:26:27,950
To the north.
To the north?

496
00:26:27,950 --> 00:26:29,010
Yes. Yes.

497
00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:31,020
Can you estimate
about how far --

498
00:26:31,020 --> 00:26:32,380
close, far, was it loud?

499
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,090
Like 80, 90 yards.

500
00:26:34,090 --> 00:26:35,450
Okay.

501
00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:37,190
The feeder's that
they have have

502
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:38,890
are pretty similar to this.

503
00:26:38,890 --> 00:26:41,330
No chance you looked over there
and didn't see the fence?

504
00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:43,330
It wasn't an accident?
No, sir.

505
00:26:43,330 --> 00:26:44,600
Okay.
No, sir.

506
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:45,930
I'm gonna go up here
to the blind,

507
00:26:45,930 --> 00:26:47,630
I'm gonna get up there and look
in it myself.

508
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,840
[ telephone ringing ]

509
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,510
-yeah?
-Hey, I'm in the blind,

510
00:26:58,510 --> 00:27:00,110
where are you at?
-I'm shining my light at you.

511
00:27:00,110 --> 00:27:02,210
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I see it.

512
00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:04,980
Look how narrow of a window
that is.

513
00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:06,420
Yeah, it is.

514
00:27:06,420 --> 00:27:09,050
I'll see if there's any
shell casing.

515
00:27:09,060 --> 00:27:11,720
Let me poke around over here.
-Okay, all right.

516
00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:13,960
-Okay, bye.
-Bye.

517
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,060
He's actually got
a pretty small window

518
00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:17,830
that he would have had
to shoot through

519
00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:21,130
to shoot the stag
on his neighbor's property.

520
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:24,540
But I got to keep in mind that
he has lied to me once already.

521
00:27:24,540 --> 00:27:26,040
I know that he was at the scene.

522
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,840
I know that he shot
a doe already.

523
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,380
It is highly unlikely that
there was someone else out there

524
00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:34,080
that shot this stag
less than 100 yards

525
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,180
from where this guy was sitting
at that exact same time.

526
00:27:37,180 --> 00:27:39,690
So obviously, we need to get
to the bottom of this.

527
00:27:39,690 --> 00:27:41,090
I need to figure out
what's going on,

528
00:27:41,090 --> 00:27:44,390
because we do -- I do have
at least one dead animal.

529
00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:46,090
Okay.
Here's what I want to ask you,

530
00:27:46,090 --> 00:27:47,790
and I need you
to be honest with me.

531
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,160
I've been doing this
a long time, okay?

532
00:27:52,270 --> 00:27:54,970
That animal was definitely
shot, 100 percent.

533
00:27:54,970 --> 00:27:57,370
Here's what we're looking at:
Whoever shot the animal,

534
00:27:57,370 --> 00:27:58,740
looking at
a couple of charges.

535
00:27:58,740 --> 00:28:01,210
We're looking at hunting without
landowner consent,

536
00:28:01,210 --> 00:28:03,040
class-a misdemeanor.

537
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,010
What is more concerning to me
right now is the fact

538
00:28:07,010 --> 00:28:10,850
that there were people there
when the animal was shot,

539
00:28:10,850 --> 00:28:14,320
and that there's going
to be deadly conduct.

540
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,920
Deadly conduct
is third-degree felony.

541
00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:20,060
That person is looking at
a minimum

542
00:28:20,060 --> 00:28:21,330
two to 10 years in the pen.

543
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,700
I mean, your body language
is telling me...

544
00:28:38,210 --> 00:28:40,050
man:
Look how good the water looks!

545
00:28:40,050 --> 00:28:41,610
Woman: It's pretty.

546
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:44,250
Man: Tell you what, that's going
to be the hardest thing for me

547
00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:45,720
not to be getting
in a patrol boat.

548
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,250
Just have to go
drive your boat.

549
00:28:47,250 --> 00:28:48,650
It's not the same!

550
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:51,860
Today I'm here in
port aransas, texas,

551
00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:53,830
with game warden flores.

552
00:28:53,830 --> 00:28:56,930
My partner
of the last seven years,

553
00:28:56,930 --> 00:28:58,900
is retiring.

554
00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:00,700
We're going to go
check the south jetty.

555
00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:02,030
When I started off
as a new game warden,

556
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,670
that was the very first place

557
00:29:03,670 --> 00:29:05,370
I started
checking fishing license.

558
00:29:05,370 --> 00:29:07,940
So it's the start for me,
and it looks like

559
00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:10,780
it's going to be the end
of my career working out there.

560
00:29:11,810 --> 00:29:13,350
Turtle!

561
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,120
A lot of turtles today.

562
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,380
Three right here, four.

563
00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:21,150
Williams: It is nesting season.

564
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,420
Green sea turtles
are a threatened species,

565
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:29,030
but they're not one
of the endangered species yet.

566
00:29:29,030 --> 00:29:32,970
They feed on the algae and the
moss that grows on the rocks.

567
00:29:32,970 --> 00:29:36,870
We have a lot of greens
around here.

568
00:29:36,870 --> 00:29:39,270
Y'all folks have a nice day.

569
00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:44,010
remember one of the first times
I walked the jetty with you,

570
00:29:44,010 --> 00:29:47,250
and I ate it on the algae
like three times.

571
00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:50,120
"lerrin, quit doing it,
quite doing it!"

572
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:51,320
how are y'all doing?
-Good.

573
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:52,950
Get him in.
We'll check 'im.

574
00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:55,290
Shark.
-Huh, nice.

575
00:29:58,330 --> 00:30:00,660
Twenty-four.

576
00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:02,430
Come on, straighten out, buddy.

577
00:30:02,430 --> 00:30:05,860
Aah!

578
00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:08,200
Gould: We need to get to
the bottom of this.

579
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,170
I mean, your body language
just is telling me...

580
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,840
Okay.

581
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,140
So to walk me
through the whole story,

582
00:30:15,140 --> 00:30:16,380
tell me what happened,
what you saw.

583
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,050
It looked like a doe.

584
00:30:27,050 --> 00:30:29,890
How many times did you shoot
over there?

585
00:30:29,890 --> 00:30:34,590
Just the once, okay, so there
wasn't a second shot?

586
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,030
Okay.
Did you see the fence?

587
00:30:36,030 --> 00:30:37,600
Did you know it was
someone else's property?

588
00:30:40,430 --> 00:30:42,070
Where's your gun
right now?

589
00:30:42,070 --> 00:30:44,970
It's in your truck, okay.

590
00:30:44,970 --> 00:30:46,140
So here's what's
going to happen.

591
00:30:46,140 --> 00:30:47,640
I'm going to do
everything I can with you.

592
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,010
I'm going to talk to the d.A.,
you're not going to jail today.

593
00:30:49,010 --> 00:30:51,380
I do have to take your gun
just for today.

594
00:30:51,380 --> 00:30:54,880
Appreciate your honesty, okay?

595
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,380
I'm really passionate about
working cases like this.

596
00:30:57,380 --> 00:30:58,850
Number one is the danger aspect,

597
00:30:58,850 --> 00:31:01,690
you this guy's shooting
across property lines.

598
00:31:01,690 --> 00:31:03,290
You don't know where that bullet
is going to end up.

599
00:31:03,290 --> 00:31:06,090
-Man, I apologize.
-No, I don't --

600
00:31:06,090 --> 00:31:07,390
-I didn't lie to you.

601
00:31:07,390 --> 00:31:09,230
I thought I was telling you the
truth.

602
00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:10,900
I'm the liar. I am...
I am sorry.

603
00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:14,170
Number two, he's taken away
somebody's livelihood.

604
00:31:14,170 --> 00:31:16,170
These ranchers put a lot of time
and money

605
00:31:16,170 --> 00:31:17,900
into raising these animals.

606
00:31:17,910 --> 00:31:21,010
So it's important for me to stop
crimes like this from happening.

607
00:31:23,010 --> 00:31:24,480
Here's your receipt
for your rifle

608
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,510
since it's going to be put into
evidence for the time being.

609
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,550
He is going to be charged
with a class-a misdemeanor,

610
00:31:29,550 --> 00:31:30,950
hunting without
landowner consent.

611
00:31:30,950 --> 00:31:33,220
He's also looking at possibly
paying restitution

612
00:31:33,220 --> 00:31:34,590
back to landowner as well.

613
00:31:34,590 --> 00:31:38,320
An animal like this can cost
easily $4,000 or more.

614
00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,330
-Thank you, guys.
-I appreciate y'all's honesty.

615
00:31:40,330 --> 00:31:41,890
Y'all have a good day.

616
00:31:46,770 --> 00:31:48,370
come on, straighten out, buddy.

617
00:31:48,370 --> 00:31:49,840
Aah!

618
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:50,940
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

619
00:31:50,940 --> 00:31:52,540
Ow!

620
00:31:55,340 --> 00:31:56,740
Flores:
You try not to get bit.

621
00:31:56,740 --> 00:32:00,510
I'd have to make up a story
if you get bit out of the water.

622
00:32:00,510 --> 00:32:02,380
Man: 29 or 28?

623
00:32:02,380 --> 00:32:03,920
Williams: Yeah, he's good.

624
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,120
Y'all gonna keep 'im?

625
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,550
We've never done nothin'
with a shark,

626
00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:08,550
I don't know what to do with it.

627
00:32:09,820 --> 00:32:11,660
Yeah. You can eat 'em!
You gotta...

628
00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:13,530
Buttermilk
the heck out of 'em.

629
00:32:13,530 --> 00:32:14,990
One of the things about sharks

630
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,500
is they excrete
their waste through their skin.

631
00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:21,800
So you have to make sure
you get all that out of there.

632
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,870
Flores: If y'all don't think
y'all gonna keep it,

633
00:32:23,870 --> 00:32:25,370
just toss it back in.

634
00:32:25,370 --> 00:32:27,140
If y'all decide y'all gonna
use it...

635
00:32:27,140 --> 00:32:28,910
They're fun to catch.

636
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:32,380
Looks good.

637
00:32:32,380 --> 00:32:34,080
Flores:
He oughta be pretty good.

638
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,310
We just got him out.

639
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,250
Ah!
There we go.

640
00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:39,990
That was a good catch
and release.

641
00:32:39,990 --> 00:32:41,890
Have a good one.
Thanks a lot.

642
00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:46,160
-Just you fishing, sir?
-Yes, ma'am.

643
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,230
Woman: I've really just been
taking it easy.

644
00:32:48,230 --> 00:32:50,300
-That's fine.
-Should be the texas one, right?

645
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,200
Yeah, but that's your
red drum tag.

646
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,030
How about
the actual license?

647
00:32:54,030 --> 00:32:55,670
Oh, um...

648
00:32:55,670 --> 00:32:57,870
Do you have one?
I thought I did.

649
00:32:57,870 --> 00:32:59,340
Thought that was --
I'm not from here,

650
00:32:59,340 --> 00:33:00,440
so I thought I did --

651
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,310
I got 'em from
every other state, I mean...

652
00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:05,580
Yeah, see, you got a one-day,
but that was back in may.

653
00:33:05,580 --> 00:33:06,950
So if you bought a one-day,

654
00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:09,480
why would you have one
that's good for the whole year?

655
00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:20,690
so you bought a one day,
but that was back in may.

656
00:33:20,690 --> 00:33:22,190
Yes, ma'am.

657
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,400
All right, well,
what we do is a citation

658
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,230
for fishing without a license.
Okay?

659
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:28,030
Dang.

660
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,070
If you'll sign down there,
it's just promise to contact

661
00:33:30,070 --> 00:33:31,540
that office on or
before that day.

662
00:33:31,540 --> 00:33:33,170
It's not a plea of guilt.

663
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,580
Albert, red drum coming.

664
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,110
How are you doing?

665
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,050
[ indistinct ]
good day.

666
00:33:45,050 --> 00:33:46,750
Good deal.
Let me check your license

667
00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:47,990
and I'll take
a look at your tag.

668
00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:49,450
See what you got there.

669
00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:50,690
Have you fished
down here before?

670
00:33:53,530 --> 00:33:54,790
Okay.

671
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,160
Take a look at this quick
real quick.

672
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,200
you know what? On the tags,
they have dates behind them

673
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,700
and then it has the months.

674
00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:04,900
You've got to cut it

675
00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:07,270
because otherwise people
use them again and again.

676
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,540
The tag was on it,
but the dates aren't cut out.

677
00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:13,480
So we got a little bit
of a problem.

678
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:14,510
That's the only fish you have?

679
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,150
You don't have anything else
with you?

680
00:34:16,150 --> 00:34:18,150
No filets, no,
nothing like that?

681
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,060
Okay.
All right.

682
00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:28,330
All right, what do we got?

683
00:34:28,330 --> 00:34:32,330
He has the tag on the fish,
there's nothing cut out.

684
00:34:32,330 --> 00:34:33,970
All right, it's just
one citation

685
00:34:33,970 --> 00:34:36,070
for improperly tagged
redfish.

686
00:34:36,070 --> 00:34:37,940
Sign down there,
it's just a promise

687
00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:40,110
to contact that office,
it's not a plea of guilt.

688
00:34:40,110 --> 00:34:42,640
All right.
Be safe out here.

689
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,160
-hi, how are you guys?
-How's everyone doing?

690
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,260
Hi, ben, joann mayberry,
nice to meet you.

691
00:35:01,260 --> 00:35:02,830
How many game wardens
are there in texas?

692
00:35:02,830 --> 00:35:05,460
There's about 540
in the state.

693
00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:08,000
We're a very specialized unit.

694
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000
Today, we're at sam houston
state university

695
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,470
criminal justice career fair,

696
00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:13,540
explaining the opportunity
with texas parks and wildlife,

697
00:35:13,540 --> 00:35:14,910
which we have
two different opportunities --

698
00:35:14,910 --> 00:35:18,210
that'd be state park police
and texas game warden.

699
00:35:18,210 --> 00:35:20,650
We are tasked with protecting
and conserving

700
00:35:20,650 --> 00:35:24,120
our natural resources,
our wildlife and environment.

701
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,050
And we do that by enforcing
the hunting,

702
00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:28,420
fishing and boating laws
at the state.

703
00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:31,760
We're definitely looking for
diverse candidates

704
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,690
because it broadens
that perspective

705
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,360
and helps us connect
to the people

706
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,360
in the communities
that we serve.

707
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,940
The way you're treated is how
you put yourself out there.

708
00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:50,510
I determine how I'm treated.

709
00:35:50,510 --> 00:35:53,150
I don't let somebody else tell
me how I'm going to be treated.

710
00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:54,480
Malonson: Game warden
joann garza,

711
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,220
she's an integral part
of recruiting operations.

712
00:35:57,220 --> 00:35:59,450
About 10%
of our workforce is female.

713
00:35:59,450 --> 00:36:01,850
So I think it's great
that we have the opportunity

714
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:03,990
to showcase joanne,
and she can explain it

715
00:36:03,990 --> 00:36:06,120
from a different perspective
than us guys.

716
00:36:06,130 --> 00:36:07,660
-Thank you for your time.
-You're welcome.

717
00:36:07,660 --> 00:36:09,430
It was nice meeting y'all.

718
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,970
gonna head over to
wei-wei's house.

719
00:36:19,970 --> 00:36:23,040
We're going to do
some dove hunting patrol.

720
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,750
-hey!
-Hey!

721
00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:33,250
Should I bring my binoculars?
Do you have some.

722
00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:35,890
I've got some.
We'll both need them

723
00:36:35,890 --> 00:36:37,190
at the same time.

724
00:36:37,190 --> 00:36:38,790
I need to put sunscreen on.

725
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:46,700
okay.

726
00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:48,100
I've got the game warden
cologne on now.

727
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:52,600
[ laughs ]
god.

728
00:36:52,610 --> 00:36:54,640
We're going to go check
the sibelow field.

729
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,340
that's good right here.

730
00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:00,780
Hi, how y'all doin'?

731
00:37:00,780 --> 00:37:02,810
Y'all can just unload your guns

732
00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:04,450
and I'm going
to check your licenses.

733
00:37:04,450 --> 00:37:05,550
Okay.

734
00:37:08,590 --> 00:37:10,790
[ gunshot ]
he, look, we brought the birds,

735
00:37:10,790 --> 00:37:11,960
look.

736
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,890
At least you hit it.

737
00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:15,460
That would've been bad
if you missed it.

738
00:37:15,460 --> 00:37:17,330
I hit it, steve,
you got it from me,

739
00:37:17,330 --> 00:37:18,760
it was going down.

740
00:37:18,770 --> 00:37:20,230
How are y'all?

741
00:37:20,230 --> 00:37:22,900
[ indistinct ]

742
00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:27,710
oh, my god.

743
00:37:27,710 --> 00:37:29,370
Y'all don't even go there.

744
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:31,110
The other day
I checked on public lands.

745
00:37:31,110 --> 00:37:33,810
This guy comes out with an air
rifle, like, .22,

746
00:37:33,810 --> 00:37:35,380
that holds 10 rounds,
I'm like...

747
00:37:35,380 --> 00:37:37,820
Well, gonna write that one.

748
00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:40,850
When you're dove hunting
migratory game bird

749
00:37:40,850 --> 00:37:42,490
in the state of texas,

750
00:37:42,490 --> 00:37:45,620
your shotgun cannot have
an ammunition capacity

751
00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:48,060
of greater than three shells
in it.

752
00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:51,100
To do that, you have to put what
we refer to as a plug

753
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:53,870
inside your shotgun,
so that you cannot exceed

754
00:37:53,870 --> 00:37:55,600
that capacity.

755
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:56,940
Looks good, thank you.

756
00:37:56,940 --> 00:37:59,270
We want to give both the hunter
and that bird

757
00:37:59,270 --> 00:38:01,640
fair chase.

758
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,140
All right, guys,
come on! Y'all load back up.

759
00:38:04,140 --> 00:38:05,680
Don't let me stop y'all.

760
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,110
Hey, guys, how y'all doing?

761
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,080
Good, state game warden.

762
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,650
Gonna check your guns
and your licenses.

763
00:38:12,650 --> 00:38:16,050
Could y'all unload them, please?
Point them in a safe direction.

764
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:18,520
License on your phone.
-Yes, ma'am.

765
00:38:18,530 --> 00:38:19,660
Just bought it last night.

766
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,270
do you have your
hunter ed card?

767
00:38:27,270 --> 00:38:29,070
Yes, ma'am.
Take a look at that.

768
00:38:29,070 --> 00:38:31,500
I'll grab your gun.

769
00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:37,380
your gun's not plugged.

770
00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:48,590
your gun's not plugged.

771
00:38:48,590 --> 00:38:50,590
Give me your
driver's license please.

772
00:38:50,590 --> 00:38:53,190
And do you have
any birds on you?

773
00:38:53,190 --> 00:38:54,890
Okay.

774
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,430
Took the plug out?

775
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,300
Okay, I'm going to check
your partner's here real quick.

776
00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:06,240
All right,
you ready with your gun, sir?

777
00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:08,270
Your license on your phone?

778
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,040
Yes.

779
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,680
Don't scratch it up,
it's brand new.

780
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,450
[ both chuckle ]

781
00:39:14,450 --> 00:39:17,950
okay, you're good on that.

782
00:39:17,950 --> 00:39:20,090
Do you have another gun
you can shoot with?

783
00:39:20,090 --> 00:39:22,390
I just --
I had the pin in here.

784
00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:25,160
Okay. So it's plugged in now.
That's good.

785
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,090
Okay, so the offense is having
an unplugged shotgun.

786
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:30,430
And you know the rules
behind that, right?

787
00:39:30,430 --> 00:39:32,400
You can have
two in the magazine,

788
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,830
one in the chamber,
and no more than that.

789
00:39:33,830 --> 00:39:35,500
Yes, three total.
Yeah.

790
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,740
Right. Your signature at the x
is not a plea of guilt,

791
00:39:37,740 --> 00:39:39,940
only a promise to contact
the judge and make arrangements.

792
00:39:39,940 --> 00:39:42,470
But in the future,

793
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,910
just make sure that you check
that before you come out here

794
00:39:44,910 --> 00:39:46,240
dove hunting.

795
00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:47,410
I just put three in it,
I shot three times.

796
00:39:47,410 --> 00:39:48,880
Yeah.

797
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,880
I did issue him a citation,

798
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,850
and he has definitely learned
a valuable lesson today

799
00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:58,320
to make sure that he checks that
plug every time he comes out.

800
00:39:58,330 --> 00:39:59,890
Have a good day.
You too, thank you.

801
00:39:59,890 --> 00:40:01,890
All right!
[ laughs ]

802
00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:09,800
here we go.
Need a selfie,

803
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,400
might be the last one

804
00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:13,070
I can send you this one.

805
00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:15,110
One, two.
Your arms are longer.

806
00:40:15,110 --> 00:40:16,040
Three.

807
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:17,910
There we go.

808
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:20,310
Yeah, I probably won't get
to walk the jetty's

809
00:40:20,310 --> 00:40:21,650
with you again after this.

810
00:40:21,650 --> 00:40:22,750
Probably not.

811
00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:24,350
You gonna go jump in?

812
00:40:24,350 --> 00:40:25,980
It's kind of hurting right now,
lerrin.

813
00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:27,720
Aww.
It really is.

814
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:31,590
Good day, the water's pretty,
it's a good day to come out.

815
00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:37,230
you know, I've got more stories

816
00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:39,860
than 10 people can have
in a lifetime.

817
00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:41,700
Doesn't this bring back
memories, lerrin?

818
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:42,930
Like four summers ago

819
00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:45,170
when we had
our first ice creams together?

820
00:40:45,170 --> 00:40:49,610
This just an incredible career,
and I hope that in the future,

821
00:40:49,610 --> 00:40:52,410
every warden that comes out
remembers who we work for

822
00:40:52,410 --> 00:40:53,610
and why we do it.

823
00:40:53,610 --> 00:40:56,010
We work for the people of texas.
And, you know,

824
00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:57,780
we're always going to be
game wardens at heart,

825
00:40:57,780 --> 00:41:00,220
and that's gonna be something
really hard for me to give up,

826
00:41:00,220 --> 00:41:02,890
because that's who I'm always
going to be.

827
00:41:02,890 --> 00:41:04,490
Next time you're
eating ice cream,

828
00:41:04,490 --> 00:41:06,220
I'll come sit by you
with a margarita.

829
00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:08,090
You're going to miss me?
I am.

830
00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:09,630
Who am I going to bicker with?

831
00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:11,560
[ both laugh ]

831
00:41:12,305 --> 00:42:12,598
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