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Narrator: Coming
up on "lone star law"...

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Barge: I'm bettin'
he's got a hurt wing.

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Captain, this ain't looking
good. Way too small.

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Looks like we got some
issues with their oysters.

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Man: You and
me... I got a fight?

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We want to make sure
there's no weapons.

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They'll gettin'
ready to throw down.

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♪♪

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For real?

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[ Gunshot ]

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Go, go, come on. Go, go!

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Hey! [ Gunshot ]

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Put your gun down.

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♪♪

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[ Rattling ]

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[ Gunshot ]

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Man: 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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♪♪

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- How are you all?
- Good.

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Havin' fun?

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You got your equipment you need.

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- Yes, sir.
- Yeah.

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We carry it in a truck.
- [ Laughs ]

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Narrator: Deer season
is the busiest time of year

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for Texas game wardens.

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[ Laughter ]

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Up in cass county, north Texas,

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game wardens Jeff
Powell and Jason Jones

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are patrolling places

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with the heaviest
hunting action.

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We're gonna work this
area up along Thomas lake.

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Powell: I'm coming up here to
cass county working deer season.

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A lot of forested
land, a lot of deer,

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so we had a lot of
people from different parts

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of the state that
come out here to hunt.

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So we're just gonna start up
there and just work back east?

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Yeah, we're gonna
start up in this area.

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There's a lot of camps
just right off the road,

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and then a lot of core land.

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All right? Good, let's go.

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♪♪

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Oh, I actually grew
up pretty close to here.

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I'm from the piney woods area.

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It's pretty familiar to me,

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so I enjoy working up
this part of the country.

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Good lord. Ah,
look at that buck.

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[ Laughs ] Let's
go look at that.

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Whoo.

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Wow.

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Whistle at him.

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[ Whistling ]

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[ Bleating like a deer ]

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[ Laughs ]

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Man, that's a pretty
buck. [ Laughs ]

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Oh, god.

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All right.

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Narrator: In this nearly
1,000-square-mile county,

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much of the hunting takes place

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in private camps
and on land leases.

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Jones: There's over 100 deer
camps just scattered around.

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Jeff and I are gonna
be traveling from camp

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to camp and answering calls,

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checking for hunting
license, tagging violations,

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or just normal compliance.

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Where'd you take your hunter ed?

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School? I took it online.

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Powell: Hunting camps,
they're a big tradition in Texas.

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Basically, it's where everybody
goes to get away from home,

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go hunt with their
family and friends.

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Man: Good seein' ya again.

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Y'all call when
it's supper time.

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Y'all know I won't be far.

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[ Laughter ]

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Any blood anywhere?

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Is there blood? What
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Not yet. [ Laughter ]

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Jones: With them being familiar

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with who we are and what we do,

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they have that more
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[ Cellphone chirping ]

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Hello?

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Yes, sir. Okay.

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Are you up at the
camp now? Okay.

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I actually just drove
past your gate.

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[ Laughs ]

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I'll come by here
in just a second

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and take a look
at it, all right?

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All right, bye.

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- Oh, gosh.
- Yeah.

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Narrator: 180 miles
south in Angelina county,

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Texas game warden James barge

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finishes up his morning routine.

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[ Chickens clucking ]

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Barge: What are you girls doing?

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There you go.

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All right. Got one egg today.

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Y'all are gettin' lazy.

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[ Clucking ]

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♪♪

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I've been a Texas game
warden for 19 years.

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It's very important for me
to be able to help wildlife,

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but I also look out for the
people in our communities.

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Angelina county has got a
bunch of different landscapes in it.

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We have rollin' pine hills

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that's part of the
national forest

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that has good Turkey
and deer habitat in it.

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We have Sam rayburn lake,

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which is the biggest
lake that lies completely

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within the state of Texas
at 114,000 surface acres.

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There's just all
kinds of wildlife

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that enjoy livin' here,

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and lots of people
come every year

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to see the beauties
of Angelina county.

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I'm headed to Hudson

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to pick up an owl that
is in a man's garage.

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I'm gonna be careful
and do what I can to keep

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from gettin' talons
stuck in my hand.

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Howdy? How are you?

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All right, let's
take a look at him,

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and then we'll figure out
where to go from here.

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Yeah, the way he's holding
that wing, I'm bettin'...

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I'm bettin' he's
got a hurt wing.

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All right.

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Let's go with this one.

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Just hold in the back for me.

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I want to drop this towel
over him from behind,

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and then I'll scoop him up.

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He don't realize that
you're trying to help him.

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He just knows that
there's a big guy

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with a towel coming after him.

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Yeah, he's not feelin' good.

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He's pretty docile.

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I've got a vet, and
we're gonna go meet her,

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and she's gonna
take a look at him.

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Look out, buddy.

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He's not feelin' good at all.

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He's got an
undersized. Oh, gosh.

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Narrator: Back near texarkana,

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a hunter suspects his
buck is shy of the legal limit.

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It's laying in the back
of the side-by-side.

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Yep, there it is,
right in front of us.

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- How are y'all this morning?
- I've been better.

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Been better? [
Laughs ] I understand.

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Well, tell me about it.

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- Really?
- Yeah.

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Oh, wow.

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He does, don't he?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That... that... yeah.

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It's like an older deer, too.

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- Yeah, it's an old deer.
- Yeah, he's an old deer.

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Man: He's got a
pretty big neck on him.

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- Yeah.
- Big body.

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What'd he measure up at?

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Narrator: The space
between the antler tips

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has to be at least
13 inches to be legal.

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12 1/4.

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Well...

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You got your hunting
license on you?

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Yes, sir. I got a tag in here.

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Oh, yeah.

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What I'm gonna do is just
write you a warning on it.

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That way, you can
get him processed,

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and it's all been taken care of.

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- He was limping bad.
- Yeah.

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I thought, somebody
already shot him.

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- Right, right.
- That's what I thought.

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He's been uncomfortable
for a couple years.

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- Yeah, exactly.
- If you're gonna shoot one

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like that, that's a
good one to shoot.

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Yeah, you don't want to
see anything suffer like that.

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I'm surprised the
coyotes ain't got him

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or run him down yet, you know.

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Jones: There's a lot of
factors that we look at,

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case by case, on
these undersized.

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It was 12 1/4.

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It was limping, had a
deformity on its front leg.

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Wasn't in the best of
health anyway, so it was...

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It was a good harvest, so...

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Get you to sign right there.

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It's just showing that's you
that I wrote that warning to.

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They're admitting
to an honest mistake,

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so I didn't think that it
would deserve a citation.

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Let him keep the meat.

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What he'll do, he'll
process that deer

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and feed his family with it.

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Yeah, he's not feelin'
good. He's pretty docile.

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When I looked at the owl,

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one of its wings
was tucked in up

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against him like
it's supposed to be.

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The other one was
kind of stickin' out.

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I believe the owl's gonna have

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an injured wing
on the left side.

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Yep, he's still in
there looking around.

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- Hi.
- Hey.

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There's our patient, so...

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All right, well,
let's take him back,

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and we'll take a look at him.

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So what we're gonna do,
just kind of lay him over.

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And let's get a look
at him real quick.

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You're not near as
worried about getting got

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as I am, are you?
- [ Laughs ]

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Let's see what we
got with these wings.

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- Whoa!
- Shh, shh, shh.

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He decided to come alive now.

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We're gonna need
that wing there.

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That one there looks like
it's messed up a little bit.

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That wing is wanting to
droop on this side pretty good.

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It kind of felt a little bit, like,
loose and fractured here.

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What we'll do is, we'll
take an X-ray of that

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and see if it's in a location

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that is fixable for him.

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And then if he is,
then it's something

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that we can pin and repair.

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Okay.

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Our ultimate goal is to
be able to get this owl well

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if he's injured and get him
released back into the wild.

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All right.

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So, we did confirm

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that we definitely have
a humeral fracture there.

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That's the fracture
on both ends there.

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What we'll do is go ahead
and set this back with a pin,

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and stabilize it for the
next four weeks or so.

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And then get him all healed up,

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and then send him
to the rehabber there

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for her to go ahead,
put him in a flight cage

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and get him back
to flying again.

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- Great.
- Okay?

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♪♪

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Barge: It feels good to be
able to help a wild animal

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continue to do what god's
put him on this earth to do.

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♪♪

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Narrator: 200 miles
south on the Gulf coast,

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Texas game wardens mack chambers

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and Jennifer provaznik are
checking commercial fishermen.

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He's throwing
something out the back.

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Net's in the
water. He's culling.

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Oh, that's right. He is.

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♪♪

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Gulf shrimp are the
biggest fishery in Texas.

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How ya doin'?

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Any luck?

257
00:11:36,163 --> 00:11:37,427
Provaznik checks to see

258
00:11:37,430 --> 00:11:39,629
that the shrimper's
catch is legal size,

259
00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:41,832
and that he's not
keeping any by-catch.

260
00:11:41,835 --> 00:11:44,435
Chambers: She's making sure
that they don't have any flounder.

261
00:11:44,438 --> 00:11:46,103
At this time of the year,

262
00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,039
when the flounder are
full of eggs and spawning,

263
00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:52,642
our rules state that it has
to be all by pole or line.

264
00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:54,310
- Any fish?
- No.

265
00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:55,779
You sure?

266
00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:58,849
And if these shrimpers
catch flounder in their nets,

267
00:11:58,852 --> 00:12:01,652
they have to throw 'em back.

268
00:12:01,655 --> 00:12:03,921
Narrator: 100 million
pounds of shrimp

269
00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:06,256
are harvested in
Texas each year,

270
00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:08,125
which adds a half
a billion dollars

271
00:12:08,128 --> 00:12:09,392
to the state's economy.

272
00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,229
Whoo. You got your licenses?

273
00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:16,734
That's good. You're good.

274
00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:20,670
Ooh.

275
00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,405
Thank you!

276
00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:25,542
Talk about one clean catch.

277
00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:27,544
Yeah, no fish?

278
00:12:27,547 --> 00:12:29,413
I guess when you're
catchin' shrimp like that,

279
00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:30,614
you don't really
want the fish, huh?

280
00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:31,882
Man.

281
00:12:31,885 --> 00:12:33,884
♪♪

282
00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,419
Narrator: They continue
further out into galveston bay

283
00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:37,955
to the oyster reefs.

284
00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:39,756
Chambers: We're
going out to make sure

285
00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:42,493
that the oyster boats
are in compliance.

286
00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:44,761
We're gonna be checking
for oyster licenses,

287
00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,029
oyster boat licenses,

288
00:12:46,032 --> 00:12:47,898
and also making
sure that they have

289
00:12:47,901 --> 00:12:49,232
the right amount of oysters,

290
00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,701
the size of the oysters,

291
00:12:50,704 --> 00:12:53,103
if they're putting tags
on their oyster sacks.

292
00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:57,107
- Got the tags on there.
- Okay, good job, guys.

293
00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,242
Provaznik: It's very
important as a game warden

294
00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:01,378
to know the different
species that we have

295
00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:04,181
and how important
their stock assessment is

296
00:13:04,184 --> 00:13:05,716
to the state of Texas.

297
00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:07,384
Chambers: Oysters
down in this area

298
00:13:07,387 --> 00:13:11,655
is a multi-million
dollar business.

299
00:13:11,658 --> 00:13:13,990
They'll harvest the
oysters out of this area,

300
00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:15,392
they'll put 'em on a truck,

301
00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:17,060
and they'll send 'em all
over the United States.

302
00:13:17,063 --> 00:13:19,396
♪♪

303
00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:22,533
They sure are moving.

304
00:13:22,536 --> 00:13:26,270
Loaded down.
- That's what I'm talking about.

305
00:13:26,273 --> 00:13:29,039
All right, you find you a
sack, and you dump it out.

306
00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:32,809
How y'all doing?

307
00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:36,012
- Hey!
- How many sacks do you got?

308
00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:37,213
- Nine.
- Nine?

309
00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:39,149
- Yeah.
- Clean that table off

310
00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:41,952
for me real quick.

311
00:13:41,955 --> 00:13:43,353
Jennifer's gonna
check their oysters

312
00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:44,621
and make sure
that they're legal,

313
00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:48,292
make sure they're
the right size.

314
00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:49,559
[ Clattering ]

315
00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:52,296
All right. Go that way.

316
00:13:52,299 --> 00:13:56,833
An undersized oyster is
anything that's under 3 inches.

317
00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:58,502
Legal-size oyster is anything

318
00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:01,638
that's gonna be
3 inches or above.

319
00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:03,907
Narrator: Oysters grow
on top of other oysters.

320
00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:07,177
Empty shells and undersized
ones are chipped off

321
00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:11,048
and must be
returned to the reef.

322
00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:13,784
When you leave a reef,
you have to dump your shells

323
00:14:13,787 --> 00:14:15,452
so that the oysters can regrow.

324
00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:17,721
You guys are good.

325
00:14:17,724 --> 00:14:21,591
- Good?
- They're all big.

326
00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:23,593
Except for the shells.

327
00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:24,928
In the water, on the reef.

328
00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:26,396
- Okay.
- That next year's oyster.

329
00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:29,733
Make sure you clean this up
before you even leave the reef.

330
00:14:29,736 --> 00:14:33,203
The only way oysters
reproduce is either

331
00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:35,405
on rock or on other shell.

332
00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,941
And so if they don't return
these shells back to the water,

333
00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:40,644
then we're not gonna have
any oysters next year at all.

334
00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:45,549
♪♪

335
00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:48,652
Boy, they are piled
up on this little reef.

336
00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:57,961
How many sacks you got?

337
00:14:57,964 --> 00:14:59,362
- Three.
- Three?

338
00:14:59,365 --> 00:15:00,229
Thank you!

339
00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:03,500
He probably got ten sacks.

340
00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:06,436
He has, like, 11.

341
00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:07,971
No, they on top
of each other, Jen.

342
00:15:07,974 --> 00:15:10,573
Nobody else has that many.

343
00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,843
We'll check him.

344
00:15:12,846 --> 00:15:16,713
Chambers: When you have
everybody else with nine or ten sacks,

345
00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:19,249
and you have somebody
with double that amount, yeah,

346
00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,317
it's probably gonna be an issue.

347
00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,920
[ Motor revs ]

348
00:15:22,923 --> 00:15:26,189
One of these things does
not look like the other.

349
00:15:26,192 --> 00:15:27,391
Look at that pile right there.

350
00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:34,264
♪♪

351
00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:37,066
Chambers: Look at
that pile right there.

352
00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,668
Provaznik: Nobody
else has that many.

353
00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:41,538
Narrator: On galveston
bay, game wardens

354
00:15:41,541 --> 00:15:43,339
check an oyster boat's catch.

355
00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:45,275
Get the count on.

356
00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:49,412
♪♪

357
00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:51,948
How y'all doing? You captain?

358
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,217
- Yeah.
- Can I see your license?

359
00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:57,621
♪♪

360
00:15:57,624 --> 00:15:59,823
[ Clanging ]

361
00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:02,025
If you could, just dump
this sack on here for me.

362
00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:03,960
I may be here for a while.

363
00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:07,163
21 sacks.

364
00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:09,365
Okay. That's the most we seen.

365
00:16:09,368 --> 00:16:12,902
♪♪

366
00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:15,705
The game wardens count one sack

367
00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,040
for every 20 on board,

368
00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:19,776
and only 15% of the
oysters are permitted

369
00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:22,312
to be less than 3 inches.

370
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:25,115
How are you guys
measuring these things?

371
00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:27,250
You don't measure? At all?

372
00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:28,985
Why not?

373
00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,053
Too hard?

374
00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:31,721
Captain, I've giving
you a lot of leeway

375
00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,656
on these guys, okay?

376
00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:37,794
Way too small.
Gotta throw 'em back.

377
00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:40,797
Not looking good?

378
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,667
Well, looks like
we got some issues

379
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:48,604
with their oysters.

380
00:16:48,607 --> 00:16:51,141
♪♪

381
00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:52,609
Powell: There's Rob.
Furlow: What you say?

382
00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:54,010
Jones: There you go.

383
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,946
Narrator: In east Texas, game
wardens Jones and Powell

384
00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:58,415
meet up with Rob furlow,

385
00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:02,552
who's had reports of gunfire
along this unpaved road.

386
00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:05,822
On that Ridge where
that white bucket is?

387
00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,690
- Yeah.
- In the state of Texas,

388
00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:09,492
a public road is any roadway

389
00:17:09,495 --> 00:17:12,829
that allows the general public
to freely drive up and down.

390
00:17:12,832 --> 00:17:15,765
And it doesn't matter
whether it is paved or dirt.

391
00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:19,035
You are not allowed to
shoot from the public roadway.

392
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,970
♪♪

393
00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,239
- Got it?
- Yeah.

394
00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:24,907
Road hunting is illegal
mainly for safely factors.

395
00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:26,643
You don't know what's
behind that deer that

396
00:17:26,646 --> 00:17:28,578
you're trying to shoot,
whether it's another animal,

397
00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:31,181
a person walking,
a vehicle, a house.

398
00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,650
So that's why we take
road hunting so serious.

399
00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:35,118
It is very dangerous.

400
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:37,253
As long as nobody shoots
it walking down here.

401
00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:40,123
[ Whistles ]

402
00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:42,492
Right on the edge.

403
00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:49,532
It's a fine line
being too far off

404
00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:52,002
and close enough
where they'll look at it.

405
00:17:52,005 --> 00:17:54,204
Where it looks realistic.

406
00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:57,273
Sometimes it works during
the day, sometimes it doesn't.

407
00:17:57,276 --> 00:18:01,011
Let's go get in our spot.
- Yeah.

408
00:18:01,014 --> 00:18:03,480
Decoy operation takes
a little bit of dynamics.

409
00:18:03,483 --> 00:18:05,148
Powell: Just back
down this road,

410
00:18:05,151 --> 00:18:06,682
and we'll get far enough back

411
00:18:06,685 --> 00:18:09,352
where they can't see or hear.

412
00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:11,288
We're heading back
in the woods a little bit,

413
00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:13,623
got two-way
communication with Rob.

414
00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:17,961
- You read me on five, Jason?
- Yeah, 10-4.

415
00:18:17,964 --> 00:18:21,831
You good?
- Yeah, 10-4.

416
00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:23,232
If somebody does shoot,

417
00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:24,301
he'll give us a
description of the vehicle

418
00:18:24,304 --> 00:18:26,503
and tell us to
"come on, come on."

419
00:18:26,506 --> 00:18:28,371
All right, waitin' begins.

420
00:18:28,374 --> 00:18:31,174
♪♪

421
00:18:31,177 --> 00:18:33,776
It's a good spot, if
we just get the traffic.

422
00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:34,978
Mm-hmm.

423
00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:39,182
[ Vehicle approaching ]

424
00:18:39,185 --> 00:18:42,985
Rob: Hey, we got a car coming.

425
00:18:42,988 --> 00:18:44,521
They're backing up.

426
00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:52,862
Chambers: Not lookin' good?

427
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:53,997
I just saw her face,

428
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,465
and her face told me
there is some issues

429
00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:58,001
with their oysters.

430
00:18:58,004 --> 00:19:00,470
If these oysters are
determined to be undersize,

431
00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:02,005
they'll go back where
they came from,

432
00:19:02,008 --> 00:19:03,540
right back on the reef.

433
00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:05,408
Yes, sir.

434
00:19:05,411 --> 00:19:07,544
Provaznik: Gotta make sure
these rocks come off, too.

435
00:19:10,884 --> 00:19:12,282
You know, this is
next year's oyster.

436
00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:15,351
This is the viability
of the oyster industry.

437
00:19:15,354 --> 00:19:17,554
And for individuals not
to clean their oysters,

438
00:19:17,557 --> 00:19:18,889
it makes me upset.

439
00:19:18,892 --> 00:19:22,158
Captain, this
ain't looking good.

440
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:25,762
[ Pounding ]

441
00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:27,363
But everybody else
has, like, ten sacks.

442
00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:29,365
You got 21.

443
00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:32,369
♪♪

444
00:19:39,312 --> 00:19:42,112
[ Radio beeps ] 280 good.

445
00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:45,782
There were only
280 that were good,

446
00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:48,885
and now she's counting to see
how many small oysters he has.

447
00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:52,923
[ Clangs ] How many?

448
00:19:52,926 --> 00:19:55,525
- 110 bad!
- All right.

449
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:58,461
And add eight to the good ones!

450
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:02,332
288 good, 110 bad.

451
00:20:02,335 --> 00:20:05,735
So, he's somewhere
around 30% already.

452
00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:09,005
All right, get cleaned up! I'm
jumping on for the next one!

453
00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:10,407
The law allows 15% undersized.

454
00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:13,276
He's already double that,
so we'll count another sack,

455
00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:16,479
and I don't know if he
can recover from that 30%

456
00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:18,214
on that first bag, so...

457
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:20,550
[ grunts ]

458
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:22,953
All right, let's find
us a sack down here.

459
00:20:22,956 --> 00:20:26,689
[ Radio beeps ] 44-15, Houston.

460
00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:29,359
Run a driver's license for
department priors, as well.

461
00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:31,361
Woman: 10-4, standby.

462
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,599
[ Radio beeps ]

463
00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,572
[ Radio beeps ] 44-15,
Houston. How many?

464
00:20:45,178 --> 00:20:46,176
[ Radio beeps ] 10-4, thank you.

465
00:20:46,179 --> 00:20:49,912
♪♪

466
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:53,382
Furlow: You guys read me?

467
00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:55,918
Go ahead. We got a truck coming,

468
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,787
hear him coming down toward us.

469
00:20:57,790 --> 00:21:00,890
♪♪

470
00:21:08,735 --> 00:21:10,199
Get ready, get ready.

471
00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:13,169
♪♪

472
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:22,912
For real?

473
00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,155
[ Gunshot ]

474
00:21:32,158 --> 00:21:33,156
Go, go, go, go!

475
00:21:33,159 --> 00:21:34,223
Come on!
- Go!

476
00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:35,825
[ Gunshot ]

477
00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:39,629
♪♪

478
00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:44,067
Hey! Put your gun down.

479
00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:50,340
♪♪

480
00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:54,778
[ Gunshot ]

481
00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:57,514
Go, go, go, go. Come on.

482
00:21:57,517 --> 00:21:59,048
[ Gunshot ]

483
00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:00,449
Furlow: Hey!

484
00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:02,919
Narrator: In Marion
county, shots are fired

485
00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:04,787
from an unpaved public road.

486
00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:06,056
Furlow: Put your gun down.

487
00:22:06,059 --> 00:22:09,859
Put your gun down.

488
00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:11,660
Guns down.

489
00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:12,996
Powell: We don't know
how many shooters we got.

490
00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:14,197
We got one game
warden down there,

491
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,132
so our first priority is safety,

492
00:22:16,135 --> 00:22:17,533
especially for other
game wardens.

493
00:22:17,536 --> 00:22:21,271
So me and Jason, we're
getting there as fast as we can.

494
00:22:21,274 --> 00:22:23,540
- Where you guys from?
- Dallas.

495
00:22:23,543 --> 00:22:25,141
- Dallas?
- Yeah.

496
00:22:25,144 --> 00:22:28,611
Do you have your
I.D., hunting license?

497
00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:29,812
Jones: Adrenaline's rushing.

498
00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:31,080
You know they've
got loaded weapons.

499
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:33,082
You guys got any
other weapons on you?

500
00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,750
Nothing? Okay.

501
00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:37,487
Do you know what you did wrong?

502
00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:38,754
Yeah? What'd you do?

503
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,756
- Yeah. [ Indistinct ]
- Yeah?

504
00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:45,628
This is a public road.
It's against the law.

505
00:22:45,631 --> 00:22:48,498
You guys, if you don't mind,
just stay right back here, okay?

506
00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:52,301
Yeah. There's a gun right there.

507
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:55,972
Jones: All right, that
one was loaded, too.

508
00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:58,641
That one.

509
00:22:58,644 --> 00:23:01,044
Getting the shells, that's
just part of our evidence.

510
00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:02,111
That's showing
they did discharge

511
00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:03,446
that firearm from the road.

512
00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:05,048
- One more here somewhere.
- There's one more.

513
00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:07,716
- Yeah.
- There it is.

514
00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:10,786
Same one?

515
00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:11,987
Powell: That
wasn't there earlier.

516
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:14,590
I mean, that's...
Ain't no telling.

517
00:23:14,593 --> 00:23:15,525
[ Whistles ]

518
00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:18,327
Hey! Unh-unh! Unh-unh!

519
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:20,130
Stay back over here.
Guy was walking away.

520
00:23:20,133 --> 00:23:22,465
And we don't want him going
back to the truck with their guns.

521
00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:23,399
I don't want you
coming over there.

522
00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:24,667
You stay back over here.

523
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:28,938
♪♪

524
00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:30,206
[ Radio beeps ] 10-4, thank you.

525
00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:32,008
Narrator: On galveston bay,

526
00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:33,476
game wardens check the catch

527
00:23:33,479 --> 00:23:35,812
of an oysterman
with prior violations.

528
00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:37,614
Provaznik: These
guys, they just don't care.

529
00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:40,417
They're thinking dollar signs,
and they can get $50 a sack,

530
00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:43,152
so I mean, this
guy has 21 sacks.

531
00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:45,822
Do the math, I mean, you
can make a lot of money

532
00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:47,290
on small oysters.

533
00:23:47,293 --> 00:23:49,826
This really upsets
us as game wardens

534
00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:52,962
because we're here to
protect these natural resources,

535
00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:54,363
and when they say,

536
00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:57,166
"I don't care to measure
them, it's too hard"?

537
00:23:57,169 --> 00:24:00,303
I mean, come on, guys.
That's just pure laziness.

538
00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:04,374
Narrator: 21% of the oysters

539
00:24:04,377 --> 00:24:07,710
in the second sack they
check are undersized.

540
00:24:07,713 --> 00:24:10,045
Chambers: You got too
many small ones, captain.

541
00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:11,714
Way too many small ones.

542
00:24:11,717 --> 00:24:12,716
Provaznik: [ Sighs ]

543
00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:18,121
When we catch 'em,

544
00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:19,722
it's not just a
slap on the wrist.

545
00:24:19,725 --> 00:24:21,858
I mean, they lose a
whole day's worth of pay.

546
00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:25,595
They have to return those
oysters back to the reef.

547
00:24:25,598 --> 00:24:29,465
You can't be out here
taking small oysters, okay?

548
00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:33,870
All right, there they go,
dumping in that water.

549
00:24:33,873 --> 00:24:36,539
You're being cited
for undersize oysters.

550
00:24:36,542 --> 00:24:37,674
You are at 21%.

551
00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:39,609
Sign here, it's
not a plea of guilt.

552
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,280
It could range from $25 to $500.

553
00:24:44,283 --> 00:24:45,515
All right, mack!

554
00:24:47,553 --> 00:24:48,617
[ Grunts ]

555
00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:51,020
Okay, guys.

556
00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:54,557
Clean 'em up for me, okay?

557
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,560
Next time, okay?

558
00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:00,196
♪♪

559
00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:07,837
♪♪

560
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,305
[ Whistles ] Hey!

561
00:25:09,308 --> 00:25:11,975
Unh-unh! Unh-unh!

562
00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:13,175
Stay back over here.

563
00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:14,310
Jones: When we
got multiple hunters,

564
00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:15,778
we've got to be on our toes

565
00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:16,912
and be very vigilant.

566
00:25:16,915 --> 00:25:18,914
There ain't nobody coming.

567
00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:21,517
Just stay back over here.

568
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,919
We don't want 'em
getting behind us

569
00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:26,922
and either rush us
or harm us any way.

570
00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:29,125
All right, guys, we
got a lot of violations.

571
00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:31,994
You'll get three citations.
You'll get two citations.

572
00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:33,062
You guys know
what you did wrong.

573
00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:34,464
We're not gonna sit
here and preach at you.

574
00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:35,732
- Yeah.
- We'll take care of it

575
00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:37,533
and move you along, okay?

576
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:41,070
They're receiving a
hunting from a public road,

577
00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:43,906
having a loaded firearm on
a wildlife management area,

578
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:46,075
and discharging a
firearm from a public road.

579
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,143
Furlow: If you would
sign right here at the red x,

580
00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:50,547
this is just a promise
to contact the judge.

581
00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:52,748
Powell: This is the reason
we do these decoy operations,

582
00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:54,150
so people don't
shoot off the road.

583
00:25:54,153 --> 00:25:55,752
They learn their lesson.

584
00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:58,755
You gonna come back? Well, good.

585
00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:01,357
Well, come back,
but just don't do this.

586
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:02,692
Don't hunt from
the road next year.

587
00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:04,093
- [ Laughs ]
- Come on.

588
00:26:04,096 --> 00:26:05,361
All right. I thank you so much.

589
00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:07,430
- We're good?
- Y'all be careful.

590
00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:09,031
Jones: They knew that
they did something wrong,

591
00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:11,233
and it was a
positive thing for us,

592
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:14,169
being able to educate 'em, also.
- Put 'em all in the cases.

593
00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:15,238
Make sure they're
all in the case.

594
00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:17,373
- Okay?
- Y'all be careful.

595
00:26:17,376 --> 00:26:18,908
Man: All right. Thank you.

596
00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:22,512
♪♪

597
00:26:22,515 --> 00:26:26,049
Narrator: 350 miles
southwest in comal county,

598
00:26:26,052 --> 00:26:28,250
Texas game warden Ryan mcginley

599
00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:31,454
patrols the lakes and
farmland around gruene,

600
00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:34,523
a cotton farming town
founded in the 1840s

601
00:26:34,526 --> 00:26:37,727
and listed on the national
register of historic places.

602
00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:38,994
Gruene hasn't changed.

603
00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:40,396
It's been the same
way for years.

604
00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:42,732
You've got gruene hall, the
oldest dance hall in Texas.

605
00:26:42,735 --> 00:26:44,000
Big tourist draw.

606
00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:45,468
Even local game wardens
like to go over there

607
00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:48,004
and hang out and
listen to some live music.

608
00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:51,140
I grew up here in new braunfels.
About a mile from gruene.

609
00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:52,474
I think the stars aligned,

610
00:26:52,477 --> 00:26:55,077
something happened that
I got back to comal county.

611
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,745
I love being here.
My family's here.

612
00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:59,548
It's a... It's a
good place for me.

613
00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:02,018
I'm gonna meet my
partner, Michael McCall,

614
00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:03,285
and we're just gonna go out

615
00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,088
and make sure everyone
has a fishing license

616
00:27:05,091 --> 00:27:06,689
and is keeping
with the regulations

617
00:27:06,692 --> 00:27:08,757
on the fish today.

618
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:09,826
More people up here.

619
00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:12,494
There was nobody
on the bridge earlier.

620
00:27:12,497 --> 00:27:14,297
Before becoming a game warden,

621
00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:16,432
I started doing some
ride-alongs with warden McCall

622
00:27:16,435 --> 00:27:17,834
and learned about the job,

623
00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:19,835
and I decided, this
is what I want to do.

624
00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:22,705
I want to be outside. I
want to help the community.

625
00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:25,574
All right. I do see
one guy fishing down

626
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:29,178
over here on this side
by the railroad trestle.

627
00:27:29,181 --> 00:27:32,782
There's another access
point on the other side.

628
00:27:32,785 --> 00:27:35,584
Working with Michael
McCall is a good partnership.

629
00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:39,388
I think the old and the new
coming together is a good thing.

630
00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:41,524
Are you talking
to me? [ Laughs ]

631
00:27:41,527 --> 00:27:44,594
I guess that old man hearing
was working too well right there.

632
00:27:44,597 --> 00:27:46,662
I'm sorry. [ Laughs ]

633
00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:48,797
Your day's coming.

634
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,532
I kind of build off
of what he's done

635
00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:52,668
for the past 16 years
and learn from him.

636
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,138
And I think my enthusiasm
flows over to him

637
00:27:55,141 --> 00:27:56,739
and kind of gets him going, too.

638
00:27:56,742 --> 00:27:58,540
Let's see if he caught anything.

639
00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:00,209
Hello.

640
00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:01,277
We're state game wardens.

641
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,280
- I have nothing.
- Nothing? Dang it!

642
00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:07,016
No, nothing at
all. [ Dog barking ]

643
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:08,283
[ Laughter ]

644
00:28:08,286 --> 00:28:10,419
- Nothing? All right.
- [ Laughs ]

645
00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,154
You got your fishing
license on you?

646
00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,090
Oh, yeah.

647
00:28:14,093 --> 00:28:15,624
Oh, lord, they just
wasn't biting today.

648
00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:16,893
- Wasn't biting today?
- No.

649
00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:18,761
- All right.
- Not at all.

650
00:28:18,764 --> 00:28:19,896
Looks good, sir. Thank you.

651
00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:21,230
Sure. [ Laughs ]

652
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:22,965
And tell...

653
00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:25,368
I forgot his name already.

654
00:28:25,371 --> 00:28:27,236
Billy. No, not Billy.

655
00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:28,571
[ Laughter ]

656
00:28:28,574 --> 00:28:31,574
There was another one,
he's a state trooper now.

657
00:28:31,577 --> 00:28:32,508
That was before
my time, I guess.

658
00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:35,111
[ Laughs ] See?

659
00:28:35,114 --> 00:28:37,780
That's like way back in the
day if it's before your time, man.

660
00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,248
Yeah. [ Laughs ]

661
00:28:39,251 --> 00:28:40,983
I think he's talking
about me now.

662
00:28:40,986 --> 00:28:42,451
[ Laughter ] All right.

663
00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:44,654
You have a good
rest of your afternoon.

664
00:28:44,657 --> 00:28:45,788
Nice talking to you.

665
00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:47,857
♪♪

666
00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:50,927
That was the nicest man
I've met in a long time.

667
00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:53,662
Just happy, man.
Happy to be alive today.

668
00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:55,598
[ Dog barking ]
Take care, buddy.

669
00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:57,933
♪♪

670
00:28:57,936 --> 00:29:01,136
I was gonna take comet
out to 306 and hop on there.

671
00:29:01,139 --> 00:29:03,205
[ Shouting ]

672
00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:04,507
Are they in a fight?

673
00:29:04,510 --> 00:29:06,341
They're in an
argument or something.

674
00:29:06,344 --> 00:29:09,812
We'll flip around.
[ Siren wails ]

675
00:29:09,815 --> 00:29:11,747
These guys gettin'
ready to throw down.

676
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,316
[ Siren wails ]

677
00:29:16,121 --> 00:29:19,655
♪♪

678
00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:22,592
[ Siren wailing ]

679
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:26,195
[ Shouting ]

680
00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:28,264
McCall: What's up, guys?

681
00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:29,398
What's going on, all right?

682
00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:31,467
Y'all about to throw
down? What's going on?

683
00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:32,935
Where the Lane was converging...

684
00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:34,336
It was not converging yet.

685
00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:35,671
You moved over when it was...
- Dude, we passed.

686
00:29:35,674 --> 00:29:37,073
The right Lane ends...
- All right.

687
00:29:37,076 --> 00:29:38,741
Are you carrying right now?
- I am not.

688
00:29:38,744 --> 00:29:41,210
Okay, all right.
You go over there.

689
00:29:41,213 --> 00:29:43,078
You come over
here, how about that?

690
00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:44,947
When we encounter
a situation like this

691
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:46,816
with two gentlemen
that are heated,

692
00:29:46,819 --> 00:29:48,484
what we want to do is make sure

693
00:29:48,487 --> 00:29:49,818
there's no weapons.

694
00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:51,220
Immediately, we pull up

695
00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:53,355
and try to get the
guys separated.

696
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:55,892
What's going on?
I was passing him.

697
00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,560
He moved over into my Lane,

698
00:29:57,563 --> 00:29:59,762
forced me over
into oncoming traffic.

699
00:29:59,765 --> 00:30:01,163
Okay. So I...

700
00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:03,899
There was a car coming that
was gonna hit me head-on,

701
00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:05,768
so I had to move back over.

702
00:30:05,771 --> 00:30:08,037
All of a sudden, I see him
coming, and he's doing this.

703
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,838
He comes past
me with his trailer,

704
00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:12,508
and so I start scooting
over as much as I can.

705
00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:13,976
The back of my
trailer hadn't cleared

706
00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,511
the front of his truck yet.

707
00:30:15,514 --> 00:30:17,179
Still clips the side of my car.

708
00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:18,514
Gets out, and he's just yelling.

709
00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:19,715
Comes out and
starts yelling at me.

710
00:30:19,718 --> 00:30:21,150
I'm, like, are you kidding?

711
00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,585
Call the cops right now
'cause this guy is irate.

712
00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:24,787
Evidently, our
stories don't match.

713
00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:27,923
Sometimes we are a
mediator. It really is.

714
00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:29,158
Somebody's mad at somebody else.

715
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,860
It could be a landowner
mad at a hunter.

716
00:30:30,863 --> 00:30:33,529
This situation was two gentlemen
on the side of the highway.

717
00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:36,065
I was trying to move back over
because there was a car coming

718
00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:38,134
that was gonna hit me head-on.

719
00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:39,802
Okay. I just...

720
00:30:39,805 --> 00:30:41,671
But everybody's okay,
that's the main thing right now.

721
00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:43,272
Everybody's okay.

722
00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:46,275
♪♪

723
00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:47,743
How's it going?

724
00:30:47,746 --> 00:30:49,812
Hey, we just had a
minor traffic accident.

725
00:30:49,815 --> 00:30:53,082
They were just sat
on the side of the road.

726
00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:54,617
Today, we set out
to check fishermen

727
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,619
and maybe find
a wildlife violation.

728
00:30:56,622 --> 00:30:59,355
We didn't expect to encounter
a fight on the side of the road.

729
00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:01,223
- All right, you ready?
- Appreciate it, guys.

730
00:31:01,226 --> 00:31:03,159
All right, have a
safe evening, sir.

731
00:31:03,162 --> 00:31:04,760
That's what makes the
job of a game warden

732
00:31:04,763 --> 00:31:06,161
so appealing to me.

733
00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:07,763
I go out every day, not
knowing what I'm gonna get into.

734
00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:11,300
It could change like
that, so I really enjoy it.

735
00:31:11,303 --> 00:31:13,035
They were gonna have a
big fight, I promise you that.

736
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:17,840
They were gonna have a
big one. They were yelling.

737
00:31:17,843 --> 00:31:21,277
♪♪

738
00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:25,047
Barge: Y'all been
down at the lake?

739
00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,582
We just kind of
drove down there.

740
00:31:26,585 --> 00:31:29,452
There's people camping, I think.
- Is there? Okay.

741
00:31:29,455 --> 00:31:30,987
Narrator: In Angelina county,

742
00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:33,522
game warden barge
heads to a remote part

743
00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:35,657
of the state's largest lake.

744
00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:39,661
- Thanks, guys, y'all be careful.
- Have a good night.

745
00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:41,864
Barge: There's a little
dirt boat ramp here

746
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:43,599
that puts into Sam rayburn lake.

747
00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,000
It's kind of out of the way,

748
00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:46,335
and people use it

749
00:31:46,338 --> 00:31:49,805
to try to avoid
being found by us

750
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:53,876
because they don't think
we'll show up down here.

751
00:31:53,879 --> 00:31:57,012
How are y'all? James
barge, how you?

752
00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:58,280
Want to see them
fishing licenses?

753
00:31:58,283 --> 00:31:59,148
[ Laughs ] Are you fishing?

754
00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:00,683
Yes, sir. You got a line out?

755
00:32:00,686 --> 00:32:02,284
- We've been hand fishing.
- Okay. You have been?

756
00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:04,286
I just got here, sir.
I ain't been fishing.

757
00:32:04,289 --> 00:32:05,955
Okay. Do y'all have any fish

758
00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:07,823
caught up right now that
we can take a look at?

759
00:32:07,826 --> 00:32:10,826
- [ Indistinct ]
- Perch?

760
00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:12,361
- One catfish.
- All right.

761
00:32:12,364 --> 00:32:13,428
You want me to go down
there and bring 'em up for you?

762
00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:14,730
I'll walk over there with you.

763
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:19,902
Man: One catfish
laying right there.

764
00:32:19,905 --> 00:32:21,370
- One blue?
- Yeah.

765
00:32:21,373 --> 00:32:22,972
Them make some good
eating. Y'all gonna scrape 'em?

766
00:32:22,975 --> 00:32:24,240
Yeah, we're gonna scrape 'em.

767
00:32:24,243 --> 00:32:26,108
We may flay a few
of the bigger ones,

768
00:32:26,111 --> 00:32:28,310
but we got some
pretty good size in there

769
00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:30,513
the sticker on this
side of your boat is out.

770
00:32:30,516 --> 00:32:32,648
Is there a sticker on the other
side of the boat that's current?

771
00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:33,916
No, sir, there's not.

772
00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:36,385
- It's not registered right now?
- No, sir.

773
00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:38,187
But for the boat to
be on public water,

774
00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:39,522
it's got to be registered.

775
00:32:39,525 --> 00:32:42,391
This boat hasn't been
registered since 2011?

776
00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:43,826
Yeah.

777
00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:53,936
♪♪

778
00:32:53,939 --> 00:32:56,538
Narrator: In Angelina county,

779
00:32:56,541 --> 00:32:59,342
game warden barge
checks some local fishermen.

780
00:32:59,345 --> 00:33:02,745
Barge: Me and you have run
across each other somewhere before.

781
00:33:02,748 --> 00:33:05,480
Where have we met before?
- Uh...

782
00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:07,749
You caught me one
time illegal hunting,

783
00:33:07,752 --> 00:33:09,418
and I ain't done it since.
- All right.

784
00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:11,620
You told me the story that
you wasn't illegal hunting.

785
00:33:11,623 --> 00:33:13,822
Oh, he was innocent
when he told it to you?

786
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,224
- No, I...
- [ Laughs ]

787
00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:17,626
You lie. I had to pay the fine,

788
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,761
but I paid the ticket
and got my gun back.

789
00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:21,430
Hopefully, I was nice to you.

790
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:23,165
- Oh, you was.
- I'm gonna go to the truck

791
00:33:23,168 --> 00:33:24,633
and use the radio
for a few minutes,

792
00:33:24,636 --> 00:33:27,102
and I'll be right back
with you all, okay?

793
00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:31,907
Barge: I've been here where
I'm at for so many years,

794
00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:34,243
I met so many people.

795
00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:37,380
Johnson, white male.

796
00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:39,247
This guy here, I've
written him a ticket

797
00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,783
before for illegal hunting,

798
00:33:40,786 --> 00:33:42,384
but you know, we're
not having any trouble

799
00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:45,454
'cause the first time I did
it, I was nice to him then.

800
00:33:45,457 --> 00:33:46,721
I'm gonna be nice
to him this time

801
00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:47,803
as long as he'll let me be.

802
00:33:59,738 --> 00:34:02,938
Narrator: Tcic, the Texas
crime information center,

803
00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:05,474
shows an outstanding warrant.

804
00:34:05,477 --> 00:34:06,976
What's the hit for?

805
00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:10,813
10-4.

806
00:34:10,816 --> 00:34:14,416
Mr. Johnson, can I
take a look at your hands

807
00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:17,153
and arms right quick, please?

808
00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:19,488
♪♪

809
00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:21,289
Narrator: Back in comal county,

810
00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:23,225
game wardens McCall and mcginley

811
00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:25,461
monitor the shores
of canyon lake.

812
00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:32,301
Mcginley: There's several boat
ramps on the north side of the lake.

813
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,437
There's no lights, and
it's really kind of dark.

814
00:34:40,646 --> 00:34:42,378
In the past, we've encountered

815
00:34:42,381 --> 00:34:44,513
numerous individuals
in possession of drugs

816
00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:46,649
or actively using drugs.

817
00:34:46,652 --> 00:34:49,251
So, boat ramps are
one of our honey holes

818
00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:51,387
where people like to go
where we like to always patrol.

819
00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:53,188
'Cause most of the
time, the sheriff's office

820
00:34:53,191 --> 00:34:54,723
may not be going down there.

821
00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:56,792
There's a car right there.

822
00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:59,661
Interesting.

823
00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:02,264
Somebody in it? Yep.

824
00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:05,234
♪♪

825
00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:12,074
Hello! Man: Yes, sir.

826
00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:13,742
What's up, guys? How you
doing? State game warden.

827
00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:15,010
Woman: Yes, sir.

828
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:16,345
What we up to?

829
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,082
Okay. Can you hop
out for us real fast?

830
00:35:20,085 --> 00:35:23,218
You got any guns,
knives, or anything on you?

831
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:24,553
Okay, just leave
that there for us.

832
00:35:24,556 --> 00:35:27,289
Hop back over here real
fast. See what's going on.

833
00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:28,823
What are y'all up
to this evening?

834
00:35:28,826 --> 00:35:30,158
Keep your hands out of
your pockets for me, sir.

835
00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:32,160
- All right.
- For us as police officers,

836
00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:34,096
being night time, we wanted
to hop out of the vehicle

837
00:35:34,099 --> 00:35:35,964
so we can see if he's
concealing anything from me.

838
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:40,502
Narcotics or a weapon
that could injure us.

839
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:42,972
Okay.

840
00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:45,441
All right.

841
00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:46,575
No, I understand.

842
00:35:46,578 --> 00:35:49,178
We just come down to
a public area over here,

843
00:35:49,181 --> 00:35:51,500
kind of see what's going on.
You guys have any I.D. On you?

844
00:35:55,454 --> 00:35:56,585
You do have a
current driver's license,

845
00:35:56,588 --> 00:35:58,654
you just don't have
it with you, huh?

846
00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:00,055
Okay. Y'all got meat in there?

847
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:04,473
Where y'all gonna
cook your steaks at?

848
00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:11,132
The two individuals said
they were seasoning the steaks

849
00:36:11,135 --> 00:36:13,669
to go back to their campsites
to grill 'em up this evening.

850
00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:14,737
That's what they were saying.

851
00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,405
They're out here
just enjoying the night

852
00:36:16,408 --> 00:36:18,741
and seasoning their steaks
in their vehicle at a boat ramp.

853
00:36:18,744 --> 00:36:21,343
[ Laughs ]

854
00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:23,825
Is there anything illegal in the
vehicle we need to know about?

855
00:36:26,151 --> 00:36:27,682
- You can have wine.
- [ Laughs ]

856
00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:29,552
I'm more concerned
about something else

857
00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:32,087
that might be in there.

858
00:36:32,090 --> 00:36:35,291
Take your shoes off? Okay.

859
00:36:35,294 --> 00:36:37,293
That's what I was saying. Okay.

860
00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:39,628
Just hang tight right
there for a second for us,

861
00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:41,363
and I'll be right back.

862
00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:42,898
He gave us consent
to search the vehicle,

863
00:36:42,901 --> 00:36:44,366
see if we got anything.

864
00:36:44,369 --> 00:36:45,768
It's just kind of
suspicious, they're out here

865
00:36:45,771 --> 00:36:46,702
in the middle of the night.

866
00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:47,769
I don't know what they're doing.

867
00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:48,903
Do you have his
name and date of birth?

868
00:36:48,906 --> 00:36:50,305
Yeah, I do. I'll
check him out, then.

869
00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:52,240
Okay. I'm gonna have them

870
00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:53,775
come sit in front of the truck.

871
00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:55,377
Hey, guys, you mind just
hopping in front of the truck

872
00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:57,312
for me just for a second?
I'm gonna look real fast,

873
00:36:57,315 --> 00:36:59,014
make sure there's
nothing in here, okay?

874
00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:03,118
Yes, ma'am.

875
00:37:03,121 --> 00:37:04,252
I'm gonna be out
with a vehicle here

876
00:37:04,255 --> 00:37:05,720
at boat ramp 23.

877
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:09,457
I'd like to check two, please.

878
00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:10,925
Mcginley: My contact
with individuals,

879
00:37:10,928 --> 00:37:13,262
it appears there's a little
something off with the vehicle.

880
00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:14,863
Usually in these situations,

881
00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:17,600
there may be some narcotics
involved, so we want to...

882
00:37:17,603 --> 00:37:19,734
We want to verify there's
nothing in the vehicle.

883
00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:22,204
There's evidence of maybe

884
00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:24,073
some possible
drug paraphernalia.

885
00:37:24,076 --> 00:37:25,473
Which is weird.

886
00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:28,343
We found a can with
some holes punched in it.

887
00:37:28,346 --> 00:37:30,145
They're actually making
a homemade pipe.

888
00:37:30,148 --> 00:37:32,748
♪♪

889
00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,216
When's the last
time y'all smoked?

890
00:37:34,219 --> 00:37:36,485
Marijuana, anything.

891
00:37:41,026 --> 00:37:42,105
That's what you were doing.

892
00:37:44,229 --> 00:37:48,630
Okay.

893
00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:50,365
So these two
shouldn't be together?

894
00:37:50,368 --> 00:37:51,367
Woman: Yeah.

895
00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:57,640
♪♪

896
00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:01,270
So these two
shouldn't be together?

897
00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,381
Narrator: At a boat
ramp along canyon lake,

898
00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:09,651
a routine check uncovers
a domestic violation.

899
00:38:09,654 --> 00:38:12,587
There's some sort of protective
order between you two.

900
00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:15,724
You're the protected
person from him.

901
00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:22,531
Narrator: Back in east Texas,

902
00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:25,034
game warden barge
checks a fisherman's license.

903
00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:36,011
Barge: Mr. Johnson,
can I take a look

904
00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:38,147
at your hands and
arms right quick, please?

905
00:38:40,419 --> 00:38:42,918
You got any tattoos on you?

906
00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:44,553
Johnson: One on my back.

907
00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:46,955
Okay, I don't want
to see that one.

908
00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:48,824
All right. Well,
what the deal is,

909
00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:52,027
there's a guy with the
same identifiers with you

910
00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:54,229
that shows to have
warrants for driving

911
00:38:54,232 --> 00:38:56,164
while intoxicated charge.

912
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,832
Could that possibly be you?

913
00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:59,901
No, I take medicine
from a doctor

914
00:38:59,904 --> 00:39:01,570
that tells me no drinking.

915
00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:02,771
Okay.

916
00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:04,639
Let me see if I can
get 'em to shoot me

917
00:39:04,642 --> 00:39:05,907
a picture right quick,

918
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:08,710
and we'll go from there.

919
00:39:08,713 --> 00:39:09,844
Woman: Go ahead.

920
00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:13,682
I'm not seeing any
tats on this gentleman.

921
00:39:21,393 --> 00:39:25,326
Okay, well, 10-22 on that,
then, 'cause he's clean on tats

922
00:39:25,329 --> 00:39:27,129
on what I can see.

923
00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:30,599
That must not have been me.

924
00:39:30,602 --> 00:39:31,934
Barge: No, no, it wasn't.

925
00:39:31,937 --> 00:39:33,935
She looked at the head,
and he was evidently

926
00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:35,604
pretty well sleeved
out with tats.

927
00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:36,738
Yeah.

928
00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:38,474
So, we decided
that it wasn't you.

929
00:39:38,477 --> 00:39:39,942
No. Mr. Luther?

930
00:39:39,945 --> 00:39:41,210
- Yes, sir.
- It's a violation of law

931
00:39:41,213 --> 00:39:43,345
to have an unregistered
boat on public water.

932
00:39:43,348 --> 00:39:45,814
What's gonna happen tonight is

933
00:39:45,817 --> 00:39:47,081
I'm gonna have a ticket

934
00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:50,085
for not having your
boat registered.

935
00:39:50,088 --> 00:39:52,488
Barge: They didn't expect
to see the game warden

936
00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:55,223
down here on a Tuesday
night in the middle of nowhere.

937
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:57,025
Have a good evening.

938
00:39:57,028 --> 00:39:58,694
You just don't know
where we're gonna be or

939
00:39:58,697 --> 00:39:59,895
when we're gonna be there,

940
00:39:59,898 --> 00:40:02,097
so always be lookin'
over your shoulder

941
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,465
if you're messin' up in Texas.

942
00:40:06,438 --> 00:40:08,103
♪♪

943
00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:09,972
Narrator: Back on canyon lake,

944
00:40:09,975 --> 00:40:12,307
a night patrol uncovers
a domestic problem.

945
00:40:12,310 --> 00:40:14,243
There's some sort
of a protective order

946
00:40:14,246 --> 00:40:15,245
between you two?

947
00:40:18,383 --> 00:40:19,714
Mcginley: When we
ran it through dispatch,

948
00:40:19,717 --> 00:40:22,517
warden McCall found a
protective order for the individuals.

949
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,852
They're not supposed
to be with each other.

950
00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:25,787
We were at the court
house together, you know.

951
00:40:25,790 --> 00:40:26,922
McCall: Okay.

952
00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:42,337
- Okay?
- In this situation,

953
00:40:42,340 --> 00:40:43,938
it doesn't matter what
the individuals say.

954
00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,740
Through Texas
criminal procedure,

955
00:40:45,743 --> 00:40:47,275
that the individual
is not supposed to be

956
00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:48,743
with the other individual.

957
00:40:48,746 --> 00:40:50,879
That individual will
have to go to jail.

958
00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:52,681
Do me a favor, go
ahead and turn around.

959
00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:56,418
Put your hands behind your back.
- All right.

960
00:40:56,421 --> 00:40:58,019
[ Cuffs clink ]

961
00:40:58,022 --> 00:41:00,289
Go sit down back in your
car for me a second, okay?

962
00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:03,025
Just go warm up
in there, all right?

963
00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:05,561
At this point, we're waiting
for the lady's husband

964
00:41:05,564 --> 00:41:07,162
to show up to give
her a ride home.

965
00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:09,364
This stop was good for
us. As game wardens,

966
00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:11,699
we have to switch it up
and do some different things,

967
00:41:11,702 --> 00:41:13,768
so we're out here doing our job,

968
00:41:13,771 --> 00:41:14,970
and sometimes we come across

969
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,504
some things we're
not really expecting.

970
00:41:16,507 --> 00:41:18,507
Take care.

971
00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:21,543
♪♪

972
00:41:22,305 --> 00:42:22,754
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