"Wardens of the North" Unfinished Business

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1 00:00:08,266 --> 00:00:09,400 [Leadman] State Conservation Officer, 2 00:00:09,567 --> 00:00:11,266 you want to step out for a moment? 3 00:00:11,433 --> 00:00:13,000 Why are you throwing all the logs across the road 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,266 on the way back here? -[man] Yeah, they got it. 5 00:00:15,433 --> 00:00:17,400 They're like a freight train in the water. 6 00:00:17,567 --> 00:00:19,100 -[speaker] Was there two? -[Goniea] No. 7 00:00:19,266 --> 00:00:21,166 Oh, nice! 8 00:00:21,166 --> 00:00:23,367 [Ofc. Busken] And we also don't want blinds to be left out and abandoned 9 00:00:23,367 --> 00:00:24,567 and become a nuisance. 10 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:26,867 We're gonna go back and check the hunter 11 00:00:26,867 --> 00:00:28,100 here opening morning. 12 00:00:28,100 --> 00:00:29,100 -Need to chat with you for a moment... -[hunter] All right. 13 00:00:29,266 --> 00:00:30,867 ...about the deer you shot. 14 00:00:30,867 --> 00:00:31,667 Which one? 15 00:00:31,667 --> 00:00:33,166 Which one? I don't know. 16 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:35,400 How many did you shoot? 17 00:00:35,567 --> 00:00:36,634 [narrator] Wild animals... 18 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,567 and wild places. They're more than a picture. 19 00:00:39,734 --> 00:00:44,600 They're inspiration, excitement, and adventure. 20 00:00:44,767 --> 00:00:48,066 Patrolling and protecting these natural resources is 21 00:00:48,233 --> 00:00:50,100 a first-class band of peace officers. 22 00:00:50,266 --> 00:00:55,667 These are the wardens, dedicated to the preservation 23 00:00:55,667 --> 00:00:56,800 of our great outdoors. 24 00:00:56,967 --> 00:01:00,967 [theme music plays] 25 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:08,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 26 00:01:22,467 --> 00:01:25,467 Michigan conservation officers are always on the lookout for 27 00:01:25,467 --> 00:01:27,100 blinds left on state land. 28 00:01:36,066 --> 00:01:38,667 [Ofc. Busken] This is one of the nicer blinds we found out on 29 00:01:38,834 --> 00:01:40,266 state land, actually. 30 00:01:45,367 --> 00:01:47,767 You can hunt from a blind on public ground, 31 00:01:47,767 --> 00:01:49,000 but at the end of the season, 32 00:01:49,166 --> 00:01:50,667 you must take your blind down. 33 00:01:50,834 --> 00:01:52,367 Plus, all blinds must be marked 34 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:54,467 with the owner's name and information. 35 00:01:54,634 --> 00:01:57,300 It's not marked, and obviously we're into April here, 36 00:01:57,467 --> 00:02:00,200 near May even, and it hasn't been taken down yet. 37 00:02:00,367 --> 00:02:02,900 So this is fully on state land. 38 00:02:03,066 --> 00:02:05,767 Sometimes we'll run into it where it'll be partially on 39 00:02:05,934 --> 00:02:07,266 private land, partially on state land. 40 00:02:07,433 --> 00:02:09,266 This one is completely on state land by 41 00:02:09,433 --> 00:02:11,734 several thousand feet, even. 42 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,166 In Michigan's District 2, 43 00:02:16,066 --> 00:02:18,700 COs Jon Busken and Brett Gustafson 44 00:02:18,867 --> 00:02:20,867 are checking on one such blind. 45 00:02:20,867 --> 00:02:22,900 Yeah, you can see it's got a metal frame down here 46 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:26,266 and then a roof on the top of it, too. 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,467 The braces are lag-bolted into the trees and nailed into 48 00:02:32,634 --> 00:02:34,467 the tree over here to keep it stable. 49 00:02:34,634 --> 00:02:37,100 We locate these in general patrols throughout the summer. 50 00:02:38,266 --> 00:02:41,000 We get tips from the public, people that are out mushroom 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 hunting or bird hunting in the fall or something or just 52 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 out hiking that locate them. 53 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,000 [Ofc. Busken] The bracing he has here, you can see it, 54 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,500 like Officer Gustafson pointed out, lag-bolted into a tree. 55 00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:52,900 That would be illegal at any time on state land. 56 00:02:53,066 --> 00:02:56,200 It causes damage to the trees, which will affect their timber 57 00:02:56,367 --> 00:02:58,967 sale value later on, and that sale money will 58 00:02:59,133 --> 00:03:01,100 obviously go back to the state and the people of the state. 59 00:03:01,266 --> 00:03:03,600 So this is causing damage to that tree, which will, 60 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:05,367 in the end, hurt the people of the state of Michigan. 61 00:03:06,667 --> 00:03:09,100 Cutting the trees would be another violation. 62 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:12,567 Maintaining this, you can see that this lane wasn't naturally 63 00:03:12,567 --> 00:03:14,467 here -- you can see some of these other trees that have been 64 00:03:14,634 --> 00:03:15,734 cut down over the years. 65 00:03:15,734 --> 00:03:17,700 [Ofc. Gustafson] This has been maintained for years. 66 00:03:17,867 --> 00:03:19,500 So there's multiple violations 67 00:03:19,667 --> 00:03:22,900 and it's definitely worth following up on. 68 00:03:23,066 --> 00:03:24,700 [Ofc. Busken] These blinds on state land, hunters are allowed 69 00:03:24,867 --> 00:03:26,667 to have them, but they have to be removed. 70 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:28,000 We want everyone to have an equal chance 71 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:29,367 to use that land. 72 00:03:29,367 --> 00:03:32,100 And we also don't want blinds to be left out and abandoned 73 00:03:32,266 --> 00:03:33,266 and become a nuisance. 74 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:40,767 [suspenseful music plays] 75 00:03:40,934 --> 00:03:43,266 The officers find a second blind left out 76 00:03:43,266 --> 00:03:44,333 after the season. 77 00:03:44,333 --> 00:03:46,467 This one a little less elaborate than the first, 78 00:03:46,467 --> 00:03:48,266 which makes it easier to abandon. 79 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:52,567 And these blinds like this are normally the ones that, 80 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:53,767 if somebody stops using them, 81 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:55,100 there's not much invested in them. 82 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,166 So they'll just leave it, you know, and let it fall in. 83 00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:00,266 And you have a pile of garbage out on state land. 84 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:02,066 Yeah. 85 00:04:02,233 --> 00:04:05,967 COs Busken and Gustafson mark the GPS locations of the blinds 86 00:04:06,133 --> 00:04:08,166 and will check them come deer season to see if they can 87 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:09,300 contact the hunters. 88 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:17,266 Materials from abandoned blinds are just some of the items that 89 00:04:17,433 --> 00:04:20,200 groups working with Michigan's Adopt-a-Forest Coalition 90 00:04:20,367 --> 00:04:21,266 clean up. 91 00:04:21,266 --> 00:04:23,100 [Ada] And this one happens to be 92 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:24,300 four or five televisions. 93 00:04:24,467 --> 00:04:26,000 There's a couple across the street. 94 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:29,500 This type of stuff, really, especially electronics 95 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:32,667 like these TVs, they might have lead cathodes in them that can 96 00:04:32,667 --> 00:04:34,367 cause environmental damage. 97 00:04:34,367 --> 00:04:37,767 The Adopt-a-Forest program has helped clean 2 million acres of 98 00:04:37,767 --> 00:04:39,667 public land in Michigan, and they work with 99 00:04:39,834 --> 00:04:43,266 conservation officers to help figure out who left the trash. 100 00:04:43,433 --> 00:04:46,567 Littering fines in Michigan can be in the thousands of dollars, 101 00:04:46,734 --> 00:04:48,166 depending on the amount of trash. 102 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:52,500 But we do find often the people who do it, and it's not always 103 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,367 because they leave their name at the site. 104 00:04:54,367 --> 00:04:56,400 There's some really cool ways that these people, 105 00:04:56,567 --> 00:04:58,767 that the law enforcement, have found 106 00:04:58,767 --> 00:05:00,900 the culprit over the years. 107 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:06,266 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, it's hot. 108 00:05:08,166 --> 00:05:11,000 The opening morning of Michigan's firearm deer season 109 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,100 starts like many mornings for 110 00:05:12,266 --> 00:05:14,100 Conservation Officer Brett Gustafson, 111 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:17,467 by having breakfast with his dad, Bruce, a retired CO. 112 00:05:17,634 --> 00:05:19,767 [Ofc. Gustafson] Not necessarily just a job. 113 00:05:19,767 --> 00:05:22,800 It's been since I've been five years old. 114 00:05:22,967 --> 00:05:25,567 So it's more of kind of a lifestyle, I guess. 115 00:05:26,767 --> 00:05:29,166 They trade stories with Brett catching his dad up in 116 00:05:29,166 --> 00:05:31,667 the latest department news and Dad telling Brett where 117 00:05:31,667 --> 00:05:33,500 he plans to hunt later that morning. 118 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:36,166 Sit and probably watch muskrats and beaver more than 119 00:05:36,166 --> 00:05:37,266 I'll watch a deer. 120 00:05:37,433 --> 00:05:39,567 With two kids interested in law enforcement, 121 00:05:39,734 --> 00:05:42,266 CO Gustafson hopes a third-generation officer 122 00:05:42,433 --> 00:05:44,500 is just a few years away. 123 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:47,467 So we'll see. It'd be, uh, it'd be -- 124 00:05:47,634 --> 00:05:50,100 I'd definitely enjoy it, so. -[chuckles] 125 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:52,967 And I know Grandpa would, so. 126 00:05:54,166 --> 00:05:56,767 After breakfast, CO Gustafson is on patrol 127 00:05:56,934 --> 00:05:59,667 with plans to check on a handful of illegal blinds 128 00:05:59,834 --> 00:06:01,100 he found over the summer. 129 00:06:01,767 --> 00:06:04,500 Hunting blinds on state land are allowed but must be 130 00:06:04,667 --> 00:06:06,266 taken down at the end of the season. 131 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:08,767 The blinds Officer Gustafson has been tracking 132 00:06:08,767 --> 00:06:10,166 have been left out all year. 133 00:06:10,333 --> 00:06:11,900 [Ofc. Gustafson] And we're gonna go back and, uh, 134 00:06:12,066 --> 00:06:13,867 check the hunter here, opening morning, 135 00:06:13,867 --> 00:06:18,200 and hopefully get the situation corrected. 136 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:28,000 [energetic music plays] 137 00:06:29,266 --> 00:06:34,000 [music continues] 138 00:06:35,567 --> 00:06:45,000 [leaves rustling] 139 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:56,767 Nobody home. 140 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:01,900 Also, his trail camera's gone, so. 141 00:07:04,367 --> 00:07:06,867 I don't know. Maybe he was only bow hunting. 142 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,000 Maybe he harvested his deer, 143 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,967 and he's done hunting. I don't know. 144 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:16,467 A short walk away is another illegal blind CO Gustafson 145 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:17,867 found over the summer. 146 00:07:17,867 --> 00:07:20,367 But after making his way to this one through the rain 147 00:07:20,533 --> 00:07:23,000 and flooded trails, it's also empty. 148 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,567 With no one at either of these illegal blinds, CO Gustafson 149 00:07:32,567 --> 00:07:35,266 checks a couple of other deer camps and finds most people are 150 00:07:35,433 --> 00:07:38,100 staying in on opening morning due to the heavy rain. 151 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:43,533 Those who are out, are having slow mornings. 152 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,600 -[Ofc. Gustafson] Morning. -Morning. 153 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,300 -[Ofc. Gustafson] Get your buck already? -No. 154 00:07:49,467 --> 00:07:51,000 -[Ofc. Gustafson] No? -It's raining too darn hard. 155 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:52,200 [Ofc. Gustafson laughs] 156 00:07:53,467 --> 00:07:54,800 I don't see you dragging anything. 157 00:07:55,767 --> 00:07:57,667 [Ofc. Gustafson laughs] 158 00:07:57,834 --> 00:07:58,767 No? 159 00:07:58,934 --> 00:07:59,900 Nothing this morning? 160 00:08:00,133 --> 00:08:01,400 No, I didn't see a deer this morning. 161 00:08:01,567 --> 00:08:02,667 Okay. 162 00:08:02,834 --> 00:08:03,767 All right. 163 00:08:03,767 --> 00:08:05,367 Well, we haven't seen many people out. 164 00:08:05,533 --> 00:08:07,000 -No. -For sure. 165 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,000 [man] That has to be so nasty this morning. 166 00:08:09,166 --> 00:08:10,400 [Ofc. Gustafson] I know. I know it. 167 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,867 [man] We walked all out, and it was raining so hard, I said, 168 00:08:13,033 --> 00:08:14,166 "I don't even think we can get back." 169 00:08:14,333 --> 00:08:16,700 That, uh, I mean, we had snow last week, 170 00:08:16,867 --> 00:08:19,667 and I thought, "All right, that'll be -- that'll be good." 171 00:08:19,667 --> 00:08:22,066 [man] Yeah, that's what we was thinking. 172 00:08:22,233 --> 00:08:23,567 Well, it's a little disappointing, 173 00:08:23,734 --> 00:08:25,600 'cause there was a lot of time 174 00:08:25,767 --> 00:08:28,600 between myself and Officer Busken checking it, 175 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:31,367 at various times this summer and this fall. 176 00:08:33,266 --> 00:08:36,066 But we'll -- we'll find him. 177 00:08:36,967 --> 00:08:38,367 They'll show up anyway, so. 178 00:08:38,367 --> 00:08:39,567 He didn't take his blind down. 179 00:08:39,567 --> 00:08:40,767 Even if he's done hunting this year, 180 00:08:40,767 --> 00:08:42,200 his blind's gonna be there. 181 00:08:42,367 --> 00:08:44,667 If we don't get him this year, we'll get him next year. 182 00:08:54,934 --> 00:08:56,500 This is a wedge prism. 183 00:08:56,667 --> 00:08:59,100 It's used for measuring basal area, and it's giving me 184 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:02,300 an idea of how much trees are growing on an acre of land. 185 00:09:02,467 --> 00:09:03,967 Forest technician Cory Luoto 186 00:09:04,133 --> 00:09:06,300 has worked for the DNR for 20 years. 187 00:09:06,467 --> 00:09:08,934 We inventory one-tenth of our forest every 10 years 188 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:10,867 so as a state we're inventorying about 189 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:14,266 400,000 acres a year and over 10 years 190 00:09:14,433 --> 00:09:16,734 we'll inventory about 4 million acres. 191 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,767 He surveyed the spot 10 years ago and has tracked significant 192 00:09:20,767 --> 00:09:22,266 growth over that time. 193 00:09:22,433 --> 00:09:26,834 What I'm looking at here, I was out in this stand 10 years ago, 194 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 and the average aspen diameter 10 years ago across this stand 195 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,500 was only 3 inches. 196 00:09:31,667 --> 00:09:34,066 Our aspen that we're looking at here is considerably larger 197 00:09:34,233 --> 00:09:35,400 than that now. 198 00:09:35,567 --> 00:09:37,000 We're looking at -- these quaking aspen 199 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:38,567 are probably around 8 inches, 200 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:42,667 And the balsam was about 3 inches before, on average. 201 00:09:42,834 --> 00:09:44,133 But last time when we were out here, 202 00:09:45,166 --> 00:09:48,667 I called the stand pretty much immature, but there is lots of 203 00:09:48,667 --> 00:09:50,367 mature timber out here now. 204 00:09:50,367 --> 00:09:54,467 In 2019, parts of this section will be put up for timber sale. 205 00:09:54,467 --> 00:09:56,600 Besides generating income for the state, 206 00:09:56,767 --> 00:09:59,667 the harvesting and replanting of sections provides diverse 207 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,100 habitats for wildlife. 208 00:10:02,934 --> 00:10:04,867 [saw whirring] 209 00:10:04,867 --> 00:10:08,667 When we clear cut our aspen, that is key for the survival 210 00:10:08,667 --> 00:10:11,967 and the enhancement of grouse and deer and rabbits and all 211 00:10:12,133 --> 00:10:13,367 that type of stuff. 212 00:10:13,367 --> 00:10:15,667 And when we're taking areas of hardwood like this, 213 00:10:15,667 --> 00:10:17,734 there's nesting birds that use this hardwood. 214 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:21,467 So we'll break up the areas that we're cutting to not 215 00:10:21,634 --> 00:10:24,567 disturb that solid canopy throughout the forest land. 216 00:10:24,567 --> 00:10:27,000 But then when we do open it up, that's enhancing areas. 217 00:10:27,166 --> 00:10:29,100 The hawks have better vision to the ground. 218 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:31,667 They can hunt better for mice and whatever else that 219 00:10:31,667 --> 00:10:33,100 they're eating, so, you know, 220 00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:35,000 everything benefits from the cutting. 221 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,166 It's a whole complete circle 222 00:10:37,333 --> 00:10:38,834 for everything that we're doing. 223 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,266 Red pines grow between 65 and 80 years 224 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:44,967 before the state conducts their final harvest. 225 00:10:45,133 --> 00:10:47,500 And once a section is harvested, it's replanted, 226 00:10:47,667 --> 00:10:50,000 by hand, and the cycle starts anew. 227 00:10:50,166 --> 00:10:52,667 [Luoto] This stand right here is what it'll look like 228 00:10:52,834 --> 00:10:55,767 in about 55, 60 years. 229 00:10:55,934 --> 00:10:58,200 This stand will have one more thinning in it before 230 00:10:58,367 --> 00:10:59,533 it's final harvested. 231 00:10:59,533 --> 00:11:01,934 This red pine that we grow on sites like this is some of 232 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:03,600 our most valuable products. 233 00:11:03,767 --> 00:11:06,834 On final harvest, we'll get $5,000 to $6,000 an acre for 234 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,767 this, and we can grow these sites -- grow trees 235 00:11:10,767 --> 00:11:13,467 very effectively in places like this. 236 00:11:14,767 --> 00:11:16,500 [peaceful guitar music plays] 237 00:11:16,667 --> 00:11:17,934 In Michigan's District 8... 238 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:20,734 Conservation Officer Shane Webster received a tip 239 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:22,567 about a hunter shooting a nice buck, 240 00:11:22,734 --> 00:11:24,300 Just need to chat with you a minute. 241 00:11:24,467 --> 00:11:26,867 -Alright. -About the deer you shot. 242 00:11:27,033 --> 00:11:29,934 Which one? 243 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:33,100 The hunter only purchased a doe tag. 244 00:11:33,266 --> 00:11:35,567 Oh, which one? How many did you shoot? 245 00:11:35,567 --> 00:11:37,367 -[hunter speaking] -You shot a deer? 246 00:11:37,533 --> 00:11:39,367 -[officer on radio] The one in Blackman Township. -Okay. 247 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:42,100 -Who are you? -My stepdad. 248 00:11:42,266 --> 00:11:43,200 His stepdad? Okay. 249 00:11:43,367 --> 00:11:44,500 Um... 250 00:11:44,667 --> 00:11:46,667 then why are there a whole bunch of photos of you 251 00:11:46,834 --> 00:11:47,734 posing with the deer? 252 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:49,100 Cause I was with the deer. 253 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:51,000 -Okay. -[stepdad speaking] 254 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,066 That's the first deer that I've been with. 255 00:11:53,233 --> 00:11:54,500 Okay. 256 00:11:54,667 --> 00:11:56,934 First deer I've been around. 257 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:58,967 So your name attached to it 258 00:11:59,133 --> 00:12:01,667 with a bunch of photos being sent around. 259 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:04,767 [indistinct radio chatter] 260 00:12:04,767 --> 00:12:07,567 Pictures on Facebook? 261 00:12:07,567 --> 00:12:10,100 Yeah, Facebook, sent from friend to friend, 262 00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:11,400 text messages. 263 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:14,166 Why would everybody be saying you shot this deer? 264 00:12:15,166 --> 00:12:17,400 I have no idea. 265 00:12:17,567 --> 00:12:20,667 The suspect says his stepdad shot the deer, but both are 266 00:12:20,667 --> 00:12:23,367 having trouble convincing Officer Webster of their story. 267 00:12:24,266 --> 00:12:26,533 You don't have any pictures of yourself posing with it? 268 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,667 Okay. That's all you've got? 269 00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:34,266 Just the one? So you took pictures of 270 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:38,467 you posing with it by yourself, but pictures of 271 00:12:40,066 --> 00:12:41,867 both of you... -[step dad speaking] 272 00:12:41,867 --> 00:12:44,400 All right, let's -- let's not be silly, okay? 273 00:12:44,567 --> 00:12:46,266 All right, you know I know. 274 00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,667 So, why not just tell the truth? 275 00:12:49,667 --> 00:12:51,367 I know you shot it and you put his tag on it. 276 00:12:51,367 --> 00:12:52,400 Let's not be silly. 277 00:12:52,567 --> 00:12:53,433 Let's make this simple 278 00:12:53,433 --> 00:12:54,867 and let's get down to the brass tacks. 279 00:12:55,033 --> 00:12:57,266 [stepdad speaking] 280 00:12:59,300 --> 00:13:01,166 -Okay. -[hunter speaking] 281 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:02,266 All right. 282 00:13:02,266 --> 00:13:04,100 [peaceful music plays] 283 00:13:06,567 --> 00:13:07,967 In Michigan's District 2... 284 00:13:10,367 --> 00:13:13,166 Conservation Officer Brett Gustafson is checking on 285 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,834 a deer taken during archery season. 286 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,567 a property owner called with a trespass complaint. 287 00:13:18,567 --> 00:13:21,266 As CO Gustafson investigated the complaint, 288 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:24,100 he determined that a deer was shot on an adjacent piece of 289 00:13:24,266 --> 00:13:26,734 property and the hunter had gone onto the complainant's 290 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:28,834 land in the course of tracking it. 291 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,934 And met with the property owner, and we went out 292 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:32,200 and found the drag mark, 293 00:13:33,467 --> 00:13:36,066 determined that the deer was shot somewhere else, 294 00:13:36,233 --> 00:13:38,834 and they had just tracked it onto his property. 295 00:13:39,867 --> 00:13:42,400 After recovering the deer, the hunter left camp 296 00:13:42,567 --> 00:13:44,300 and returned home downstate. 297 00:13:44,467 --> 00:13:47,166 The trespass complainant was happy the hunter searched for 298 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:48,367 and found the deer. 299 00:13:48,533 --> 00:13:50,467 But I still wanted to follow up, make sure that it was 300 00:13:50,467 --> 00:13:52,266 a legally harvested deer. 301 00:13:53,567 --> 00:13:55,600 Tracked it back a mile and a half 302 00:13:55,767 --> 00:13:59,100 to near the state forest campground. 303 00:13:59,266 --> 00:14:00,967 Found where it had been shot. 304 00:14:01,133 --> 00:14:02,467 Determined who the property owner was. 305 00:14:03,367 --> 00:14:06,500 I had Officer Chris Keel down in Metro area, Detroit, 306 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,467 go and contact and interview him. 307 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:16,000 And determined that it was a spikehorn buck. 308 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,834 that he had harvested. 309 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,266 The hunter had purchased a combo tag, which meant for 310 00:14:20,433 --> 00:14:23,066 the area he was hunting, he could only take a deer with 311 00:14:23,233 --> 00:14:25,567 at least three antler points on one side. 312 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,367 Since the deer was only a spikehorn, 313 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:30,467 CO Gustafson went to the house to seize the deer. 314 00:14:35,367 --> 00:14:37,200 The hunter had returned to his home downstate 315 00:14:37,367 --> 00:14:39,166 after taking the deer and told the officers 316 00:14:39,333 --> 00:14:41,000 he would return to camp that night. 317 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,667 CO Gustafson planned to visit him the next day 318 00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:44,800 to issue him a ticket, 319 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,767 but just as CO Gustafson was getting ready to leave, 320 00:14:47,934 --> 00:14:49,000 the hunter pulled in. 321 00:15:09,266 --> 00:15:10,567 -Hello. -[man] Hello. 322 00:15:10,734 --> 00:15:11,634 How you doing? 323 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,000 [man] Uh, I guess not too good, huh? 324 00:15:22,467 --> 00:15:25,266 Mackinac County, located in Michigan's District 2, 325 00:15:25,266 --> 00:15:27,300 is more than 70 miles wide. 326 00:15:30,767 --> 00:15:32,767 Immediately north of Mackinac Bridge, 327 00:15:32,767 --> 00:15:34,934 conservation officers can log a lot of miles 328 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:36,033 patrolling the county. 329 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,667 You shot the spike? 330 00:15:37,834 --> 00:15:39,367 -Yeah. -Okay. 331 00:15:39,367 --> 00:15:44,100 Tonight, CO Brett Gustafson is on the west end of Mackinac 332 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:46,934 investigating an illegal deer kill. 333 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:49,867 Okay, so we'll deal with the deer issue in a minute. 334 00:15:51,967 --> 00:15:54,467 The other thing is, it must have been when the boys went 335 00:15:54,634 --> 00:15:57,967 back, they did some donuts and spinning around in 336 00:15:58,133 --> 00:15:59,100 the state forest campground. 337 00:16:00,066 --> 00:16:01,367 -[man] Probably. -Okay. 338 00:16:01,367 --> 00:16:04,934 A friend's teenagers were also up at camp and caused damage to 339 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:07,000 a state park with an ATV. 340 00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:09,367 [Ofc. Gustafson] One spot they pulled down to the lake shore and trenched it 341 00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:11,000 coming back up in one of the campsites. 342 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:13,867 -[man] I wasn't aware of that. -Okay. 343 00:16:15,166 --> 00:16:16,233 I had... 344 00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:18,367 -[man] I'll take responsibility for that. -Okay. 345 00:16:18,367 --> 00:16:19,867 Well, what -- 346 00:16:19,867 --> 00:16:23,600 what I had today is I had a couple of the, um, 347 00:16:24,934 --> 00:16:26,767 state park workers 348 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:28,767 go down and check out and see what 349 00:16:28,934 --> 00:16:31,100 they estimated the damage was. 350 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:35,867 So they're -- they're looking at about $800 351 00:16:36,033 --> 00:16:41,400 in gravel and topsoil and their time -- half a day to fix it. 352 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:42,567 So... 353 00:16:42,734 --> 00:16:44,500 The teens use the hunter's ATV, 354 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:47,100 so he takes responsibility for the damage. 355 00:16:47,266 --> 00:16:50,867 CO Gustafson also seizes the hunter's deer. 356 00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:53,367 The hunter had purchased a combo tag, which meant for 357 00:16:53,533 --> 00:16:56,300 the area that he was hunting, he could only shoot a deer with 358 00:16:56,467 --> 00:16:58,867 at least three points on one side. 359 00:16:58,867 --> 00:17:01,400 Antler point restrictions vary throughout the state, 360 00:17:01,567 --> 00:17:03,867 and the hunter said he misread the hunting digest. 361 00:17:04,033 --> 00:17:07,567 CO Gustafson takes the deer to a needy family in the area 362 00:17:07,734 --> 00:17:08,967 so it does not go to waste. 363 00:17:10,667 --> 00:17:12,500 Back in District 8... 364 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:17,567 CO Shane Webster doesn't believe the story he's hearing 365 00:17:17,567 --> 00:17:19,000 from these two hunters. 366 00:17:19,166 --> 00:17:22,367 The hunter on the right says he shot and tagged the buck, 367 00:17:22,367 --> 00:17:25,834 but CO Webster has information leading him to believe it was 368 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,567 actually the hunter on the left who pulled the trigger. 369 00:17:28,734 --> 00:17:29,834 He separates the two 370 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,066 and asks one final time for the truth. 371 00:17:34,367 --> 00:17:35,500 [Ofc. Webster] People I've talked to 372 00:17:36,967 --> 00:17:39,000 don't want to have to be named, but they know you, 373 00:17:39,867 --> 00:17:41,000 okay? 374 00:17:42,834 --> 00:17:45,400 -I know it's a bad situation. -[hunter] Mm-hmm. 375 00:17:45,567 --> 00:17:47,667 I don't want to drag them into this. 376 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,367 I know you don't want them dragged into this. 377 00:17:50,567 --> 00:17:53,266 All right? Got a doe tag, I understand it. 378 00:17:53,433 --> 00:17:54,767 Most of the time, that's all you see. 379 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:58,033 You get a chance at a buck, you take it. 380 00:17:59,367 --> 00:18:00,667 -All right? -[hunter] Mm-hmm. 381 00:18:00,667 --> 00:18:01,934 Yeah, tag goes on it. 382 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:04,200 Tag went on it. You're not a poacher. 383 00:18:04,367 --> 00:18:05,667 -I don't think you're a poacher. -[hunter] Mm-hmm. 384 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:06,834 All right? 385 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,834 But the problem is that if you don't work with me, 386 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,166 the prosecutor's office isn't gonna work with you either. 387 00:18:12,333 --> 00:18:14,667 -[hunter] Yeah. -You understand me? 388 00:18:14,834 --> 00:18:15,767 [hunter] Yeah. 389 00:18:15,934 --> 00:18:17,033 Do you want to tell me the truth, 390 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,567 and we'll just make this easy? -[hunter] Yeah. 391 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:22,533 Okay. 392 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:24,600 -What'd you shoot it with? -[hunter speaking] 393 00:18:24,767 --> 00:18:26,166 12-gauge. Was that opening day? 394 00:18:26,333 --> 00:18:28,266 -[hunter speaking] -Okay. 395 00:18:28,433 --> 00:18:30,367 -Did his tag go on it? -[hunter speaking] 396 00:18:30,533 --> 00:18:31,467 Okay. 397 00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:32,567 [hunter speaking] 398 00:18:34,767 --> 00:18:35,700 I understand. 399 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:37,467 The hunter admits to shooting the buck 400 00:18:37,634 --> 00:18:39,867 and using his stepdad's tag. 401 00:18:39,867 --> 00:18:43,166 Officer Webster seizes the deer from the local processor 402 00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:45,166 and issues the hunter a citation. 403 00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:49,400 In this case, it's a court-ordered $6,660 fine, 404 00:18:49,567 --> 00:18:52,667 with $6,500 of that going directly back to 405 00:18:52,667 --> 00:18:54,567 the State Fish and Game Fund. 406 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:58,967 Kind of pulled him aside, explained it to him that 407 00:18:59,133 --> 00:19:01,467 we already knew, we already had enough evidence, 408 00:19:01,634 --> 00:19:04,600 and he eventually confessed that he had shot the deer. 409 00:19:04,767 --> 00:19:06,834 We went down, we seized the rack from 410 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,867 the processor that they had taken it to. 411 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,767 And that's about what we had. 412 00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:13,834 And unfortunately, it seems like we're getting a lot of 413 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,934 that these days of people just borrowing and loaning tags 414 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:18,867 instead of wanting to go out and just purchase one 415 00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:21,467 for themselves. A tag is cheap. 416 00:19:21,467 --> 00:19:23,266 You're looking at a nine-point buck. 417 00:19:23,433 --> 00:19:25,867 We're talking some pretty high fines up into the thousands of 418 00:19:25,867 --> 00:19:28,367 dollars instead of just doing it right the first time. 419 00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:31,567 ♪♪ 420 00:19:39,767 --> 00:19:41,066 We're here today for deer camp. 421 00:19:41,233 --> 00:19:43,100 Everybody know what deer camp is? 422 00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:45,266 At least have an idea what deer camp is? 423 00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:47,100 What's deer camp all about? 424 00:19:47,266 --> 00:19:51,400 [narrator] The day before Michigan's firearm deer season 425 00:19:51,567 --> 00:19:54,066 opens, this conservation officer is in front of 426 00:19:54,233 --> 00:19:56,767 an elementary school class talking to second, third 427 00:19:56,934 --> 00:19:59,066 and fourth graders about hunting as a part of 428 00:19:59,233 --> 00:20:00,667 the DNR's deer camp event. 429 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:06,166 Deer camp is about tradition, about deer hunting 430 00:20:06,333 --> 00:20:08,567 and about family. Okay? 431 00:20:08,734 --> 00:20:12,166 This officer talks safety, 432 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:14,567 hunting ethics, and his duties as CO. 433 00:20:14,734 --> 00:20:16,100 [officer] How many points are on this deer? 434 00:20:16,667 --> 00:20:18,266 -Shout it out, guys. How many you got? -[indistinct replies] 435 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:21,266 Ten points. 436 00:20:21,266 --> 00:20:24,467 What he's asking is if he travels on somebody else's 437 00:20:24,467 --> 00:20:27,033 property, what's that called? Shout it out. 438 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,300 -[class] Trespassing. -[officer] Trespassing. 439 00:20:28,467 --> 00:20:30,000 You can't go on somebody else's property 440 00:20:30,166 --> 00:20:33,033 without their permission, and you can get fined for that. 441 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,567 A handful of you guys showed that you'd shot a deer so far. 442 00:20:36,567 --> 00:20:38,266 How many have been out hunting with mom or dad? 443 00:20:39,567 --> 00:20:41,867 OK, vast majority. 444 00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:43,300 How many have taken hunter safety? 445 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:47,500 Couple, OK. 446 00:20:47,667 --> 00:20:50,567 The Michigan DNR hopes events like this lead to 447 00:20:50,567 --> 00:20:52,834 the next generation of hunters. 448 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 [officer] And most important why we started this program was to 449 00:20:56,166 --> 00:20:59,367 get you guys excited about the outdoors and excited about 450 00:20:59,533 --> 00:21:02,100 deer camp and going out hunting and fishing and getting 451 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:03,367 involved in the outdoors. 452 00:21:03,367 --> 00:21:05,367 [mysterious music plays] 453 00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:15,667 [Leadman] Good morning. 454 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:16,934 [hunter] How are you? 455 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:18,300 [Leadman] Good, how you doing? 456 00:21:18,967 --> 00:21:22,100 The next day, on opening day of firearm deer season, 457 00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:24,567 Conservation Officer Mark Leadman is on patrol 458 00:21:24,734 --> 00:21:25,734 in District 1. 459 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:35,033 -[Leadman] Seen anything yet? -[hunter] [indistinct] 460 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,166 [Leadman] Nothing, OK. 461 00:21:37,667 --> 00:21:39,967 -You know why -- -[hunter speaking] 462 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:42,100 OK, thank you for telling me. Got a concealed pistol license? 463 00:21:42,266 --> 00:21:44,400 -I do. -OK. 464 00:21:44,567 --> 00:21:48,500 -Do you know why we're out here? -Blind? 465 00:21:48,667 --> 00:21:50,367 Yeah, and what else? 466 00:21:51,467 --> 00:21:52,567 The trail. 467 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,900 -Trail? -The ORV trail. 468 00:21:57,367 --> 00:22:00,467 Those always get the forester's attention or our attention 469 00:22:00,467 --> 00:22:02,300 when they're on state land. 470 00:22:02,467 --> 00:22:03,567 And yeah, the blind and the blind 471 00:22:03,567 --> 00:22:04,667 on the next hill over. 472 00:22:06,166 --> 00:22:08,667 And is there anybody in the next blind? 473 00:22:08,667 --> 00:22:10,033 -That one down there? -Yeah. 474 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,567 That one's been there for probably... 475 00:22:11,734 --> 00:22:13,867 -Been there a long, long time. -That's not ours. 476 00:22:13,867 --> 00:22:16,100 Not yours, OK, and this one's been here how long? 477 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,467 I would say probably a couple years, honestly. 478 00:22:20,467 --> 00:22:23,200 Yeah, OK, that's, yeah. 479 00:22:23,367 --> 00:22:26,834 Blinds on state land can't be put out before September 1st, 480 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 and they must be clearly marked with your name and address. 481 00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:31,266 At the end of the hunting season, 482 00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:32,667 you must take them down. 483 00:22:32,667 --> 00:22:35,934 This hunter was also driving his ORV on an illegal trail. 484 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:38,567 I mean, I guess you just go through the woods or what? 485 00:22:38,567 --> 00:22:40,734 [Leadman] The only time you can is to get a dead deer, 486 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:42,734 a dead and downed deer. 487 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:44,467 That's the only time on state land you can take 488 00:22:44,634 --> 00:22:46,400 and just go off-road. 489 00:22:46,567 --> 00:22:48,767 Other than that, it has to be on a road capable of travel 490 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:50,600 with a conventional four-wheeled, 491 00:22:50,767 --> 00:22:52,467 two-wheel drive vehicle. 492 00:22:52,467 --> 00:22:55,367 So like I tell everybody, if a Ford Ranger pickup truck 493 00:22:55,533 --> 00:22:57,767 will make it down that road in two-wheel drive, 494 00:22:57,767 --> 00:22:59,200 then your ORV can go down it. 495 00:22:59,367 --> 00:23:03,867 If it's anything narrower, bumpier, mud, stumps, 496 00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:07,066 old, you know, just because it's an old logging operation, 497 00:23:07,233 --> 00:23:09,367 the skidder drove in there, but that doesn't make it a road 498 00:23:09,533 --> 00:23:10,900 or a trail. -Right. 499 00:23:12,934 --> 00:23:15,867 He's ticketed for the illegal blind which is a court-ordered 500 00:23:15,867 --> 00:23:17,367 $280 fine. 501 00:23:17,533 --> 00:23:20,934 To be legal, got to be placed out here starting in September, 502 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,734 removed at the end of firearm deer season 503 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:24,166 or whatever season you use it in. 504 00:23:24,166 --> 00:23:26,300 He's allowed to continue hunting from the blind, 505 00:23:26,467 --> 00:23:28,934 but must remove it at the end of the season. 506 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:32,667 CO Leadman gives him a warning for the ORV use. 507 00:23:32,667 --> 00:23:36,367 The ORV we won't deal with now, but just knowing the ORV trail 508 00:23:36,533 --> 00:23:38,467 in there, yeah, you can, like I said, if you shoot a deer, 509 00:23:38,634 --> 00:23:40,367 though, you can go in and get your deer. 510 00:23:40,533 --> 00:23:42,767 So that's the one time you can take it in there. 511 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,500 Now I've been doing the job for, just getting ready to start 512 00:23:46,667 --> 00:23:50,333 my 15th year and still love it, every minute. 513 00:23:52,767 --> 00:23:55,867 In Michigan's District 9, this Conservation Officer is 514 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:58,367 checking on hunters by driving down train tracks. 515 00:23:59,734 --> 00:24:02,400 [anticipatory music plays] 516 00:24:04,867 --> 00:24:06,400 We're rolling down the railroad tracks, 517 00:24:07,667 --> 00:24:10,166 and what we've encountered is several subjects sitting up 518 00:24:10,333 --> 00:24:12,066 in tree stands without hunter orange on, 519 00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:14,100 which is a violation of state law. 520 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:16,767 And it's not long before he spots someone. 521 00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:19,166 This hunter says he was in a hurry to get to his stand 522 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:21,467 and just forgot to grab an orange hat. 523 00:24:21,634 --> 00:24:23,667 Heard all of them start shooting, and I was, 524 00:24:23,667 --> 00:24:25,567 like, rushing to get out here, because I figured, you know... 525 00:24:25,734 --> 00:24:27,100 -[officer] Everything's moving. -Yeah, if something 526 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,467 runs through here, then I'll... 527 00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:31,834 maybe get something. And I get all the way out here, 528 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,467 and I'm like, "Man, forgot my orange." -[officer chuckling] 529 00:24:34,634 --> 00:24:36,500 He's also got too much bait. 530 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:39,500 In areas where baiting is legal in Michigan, you are allowed 531 00:24:39,667 --> 00:24:42,266 up to two gallons in a 10-foot-by-10-foot area. 532 00:24:42,266 --> 00:24:45,467 [officer] Second thing here is you've obviously got too much bait. 533 00:24:46,767 --> 00:24:48,967 You know, you've got a couple bags of carrots in a couple 534 00:24:49,133 --> 00:24:52,300 different spots here, and apples too, 535 00:24:52,467 --> 00:24:53,867 so you've got too much. 536 00:24:54,033 --> 00:24:57,033 Deer are a grazing animal, so if they come in and there's 537 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,667 a pile of them like this, they're gonna take 538 00:24:58,667 --> 00:25:00,567 a couple bites and then they're gonna move on. 539 00:25:00,734 --> 00:25:02,567 Where if you get it spread over this whole area right here, 540 00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:03,667 they're gonna come through and they're gonna 541 00:25:03,834 --> 00:25:05,367 eat a little bit better. 542 00:25:05,367 --> 00:25:06,767 And they'll stay there and present a little bit 543 00:25:06,934 --> 00:25:08,266 better shot for you. 544 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:10,667 The hunter is given a warning for the bait. 545 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:16,100 This CO issues him a ticket for failure to wear orange, 546 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,166 which is a court-ordered $135 fine. 547 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:21,367 The hunter goes back to his house for an orange hat 548 00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:24,100 so he can continue to hunt. -[officer] So slide back up there, 549 00:25:24,266 --> 00:25:25,867 just take your gun with you in case there's some neighborhood 550 00:25:25,867 --> 00:25:28,033 kid that comes running through or something like that 551 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:29,767 so they don't find your shotgun. 552 00:25:29,767 --> 00:25:31,767 But then get back out here and get at it, OK? 553 00:25:31,767 --> 00:25:33,033 -All right. -[officer] All right. 554 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,033 Have a good night. 555 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,166 [calming music plays] 556 00:25:54,367 --> 00:25:56,166 In District 1... 557 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,367 CO Mark Leadman is trying to check on more illegal blinds, 558 00:26:02,533 --> 00:26:04,934 but the road he wants to go down is blocked. 559 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:07,100 This might be the road we want, 560 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,500 and it looks like he's blocked the road, which is illegal. 561 00:26:12,967 --> 00:26:14,767 And he has. He's blocked the road. 562 00:26:14,767 --> 00:26:18,066 So, you're not allowed to block roads on state land, 563 00:26:18,233 --> 00:26:20,100 and he parked right in the middle of it. 564 00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:21,767 He's got about a half mile walk back 565 00:26:21,767 --> 00:26:23,667 to where he thinks the blind is. 566 00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:25,767 [suspenseful funk music plays] 567 00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:41,166 But the truck isn't the only obstacle this hunter has 568 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:42,400 put in the road. 569 00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:44,867 Yeah, somebody's trying to block the road by putting these 570 00:26:45,033 --> 00:26:49,367 couple of logs across it, keeping other hunters 571 00:26:49,367 --> 00:26:50,667 from coming in here. 572 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:54,767 There are signs of deer all along the walk, 573 00:26:54,934 --> 00:26:56,967 which explains why this hunter would want to keep 574 00:26:57,133 --> 00:26:58,667 other hunters out of the area. 575 00:26:58,667 --> 00:27:00,767 [suspenseful music plays] 576 00:27:05,266 --> 00:27:06,367 See the deer? 577 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:09,266 Definitely rubbed up there. 578 00:27:10,266 --> 00:27:12,834 And there's a scrape on the ground right up here. 579 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,734 So the deer, the buck has been in here. 580 00:27:19,467 --> 00:27:22,500 Pretty good spot to be hunting. 581 00:27:24,567 --> 00:27:27,000 About 10 minutes after leaving his patrol truck, 582 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:28,834 CO Leadman finds the blind. 583 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,967 [ominous music plays] 584 00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:46,867 -[Leadman] Hello. -[hunter] [indistinct] 585 00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:49,467 [Leadman] How you doing? 586 00:27:52,767 --> 00:27:54,400 State Conservation Officer. 587 00:27:54,567 --> 00:27:55,767 You wanna step out for a moment? 588 00:27:57,567 --> 00:28:00,734 [upbeat electronic music plays] 589 00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:18,867 Out on patrol in Michigan's District 9... 590 00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:23,467 [upbeat electronic music plays] 591 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:31,100 [officer] Well, you're looking down, that must be a good sign. 592 00:28:31,266 --> 00:28:32,467 [indistinct reply] 593 00:28:33,867 --> 00:28:35,967 This conservation officer sees two hunters 594 00:28:36,133 --> 00:28:38,300 on the edge of the road. 595 00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:39,767 [officer] You got blood there. 596 00:28:39,934 --> 00:28:41,100 It's all coming through pretty good. 597 00:28:41,266 --> 00:28:43,066 [hunter murmuring] 598 00:28:43,233 --> 00:28:45,867 A grandfather and a grandson had two bucks and a doe 599 00:28:46,033 --> 00:28:47,200 come into their blind. 600 00:28:47,367 --> 00:28:49,166 The grandfather shot the smaller buck, 601 00:28:49,166 --> 00:28:52,367 the grandson shot the larger one, but he ran across the road 602 00:28:52,533 --> 00:28:54,033 and onto someone else's property. 603 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:56,834 [officer] No, and you did the right thing. 604 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,033 You know, whether it happened to be 605 00:28:58,033 --> 00:28:59,667 just because we stopped by, hopefully it wasn't, 606 00:28:59,834 --> 00:29:02,300 but... -I was gonna peek 607 00:29:02,467 --> 00:29:05,100 over the fence, I'll be honest with you. -[officer] Yep. 608 00:29:05,266 --> 00:29:06,567 [officer] Anytime it goes onto somebody else's property, 609 00:29:06,567 --> 00:29:09,567 you've got to make sure that you've got their permission. 610 00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:11,066 And if you don't, in a situation like this, 611 00:29:11,233 --> 00:29:14,266 you can always get a hold of us, and we can try and step in 612 00:29:14,433 --> 00:29:16,600 and help out as much as we can. 613 00:29:16,767 --> 00:29:18,667 This officer takes a quick look to see if he can 614 00:29:18,834 --> 00:29:19,767 locate the buck. 615 00:29:19,934 --> 00:29:21,834 [footsteps crunching] 616 00:29:23,567 --> 00:29:25,100 [officer] All right, guys, got good news and bad news. 617 00:29:26,567 --> 00:29:29,300 Deer's dead, but it's a long ways back in there. 618 00:29:31,266 --> 00:29:32,600 It's not gonna be an easy drag, 619 00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:37,100 but... -[grandfather] [indistinct] 620 00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:38,867 [officer]...it gets pretty gnarly back in there. 621 00:29:39,033 --> 00:29:40,367 [grandfather] It is bad. 622 00:29:40,367 --> 00:29:43,000 [officer] It's back in there, straight back, about 150 yards 623 00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:44,367 straight back in. 624 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:46,500 He gets permission from the landowner to take 625 00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:49,166 the hunters back to the deer so they can tag, gut, 626 00:29:49,333 --> 00:29:50,467 and retrieve the buck. 627 00:29:50,634 --> 00:29:52,600 [upbeat music plays] 628 00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:03,967 [branches rustling] 629 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:12,967 [officer] They don't have permission to be on this piece of property, 630 00:30:13,133 --> 00:30:16,834 so what I did, there's nobody else here right now, and I know 631 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,100 the property owner for this piece of property. 632 00:30:19,266 --> 00:30:21,734 So I tracked the deer in and followed the blood trail 633 00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:22,934 and found the deer. 634 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,934 So at that point we were able to 635 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:28,200 get the deer back out and get it back to the rightful owner. 636 00:30:28,367 --> 00:30:30,867 So at least it's getting put to use versus just being left 637 00:30:31,033 --> 00:30:33,033 in there and being left for coyote bait 638 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,400 or for whatever waste. 639 00:30:36,567 --> 00:30:38,667 Made a great opening day for grandson. 640 00:30:38,834 --> 00:30:39,967 Give him a little bit of bragging rights. 641 00:30:40,133 --> 00:30:41,400 [officer chuckles] 642 00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:44,000 [officer] Good deal. 643 00:30:44,166 --> 00:30:46,100 [rock music plays] 644 00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:54,567 DNR biologists spent a week over the summer 645 00:30:54,734 --> 00:30:56,667 on the Detroit River working to catch 646 00:30:56,834 --> 00:30:58,834 one of the Great Lakes' most challenging fish. 647 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,367 [man] There, they got it. 648 00:31:00,533 --> 00:31:01,767 The spotty muskie. 649 00:31:01,767 --> 00:31:04,967 We capture the muskellunge in the springtime 650 00:31:05,133 --> 00:31:08,166 when they're in shallow water spawning, and then we hold 651 00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:10,467 them for a night, and the [indistinct] 652 00:31:10,634 --> 00:31:11,934 spawn the next evening. 653 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,367 What is the best method to capture the muskie? 654 00:31:14,533 --> 00:31:16,266 By electrofishing for them at night. 655 00:31:16,433 --> 00:31:18,367 [Goniea] It's over here. It's over here somewhere. 656 00:31:18,367 --> 00:31:21,367 Hold on, right there. I got him, I got him. 657 00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:23,300 -[netter] I think we got them together. -[Goniea] Get them, 658 00:31:23,467 --> 00:31:27,300 get them, get them. Got them? -[netter] Yeah. 659 00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:30,600 The basic concept of the boat is the ground is 660 00:31:30,767 --> 00:31:32,567 the actual hull of the boat. 661 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:35,066 And then we have these probes here that produce 662 00:31:35,233 --> 00:31:37,567 the electricity into the water, 663 00:31:37,734 --> 00:31:41,500 and basically it shocks fish, enables us to capture fish. 664 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,266 So the pads control the electricity to the front 665 00:31:45,433 --> 00:31:48,066 of the boat. It's a safety measure. 666 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:50,100 Both the guys on the front of the boat that are doing 667 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:52,400 the netting have to be standing on the pads. 668 00:31:52,567 --> 00:31:54,367 If we fall off, it shuts off the electricity, 669 00:31:54,367 --> 00:31:57,066 which is a good thing from our standpoint. 670 00:31:57,233 --> 00:31:58,166 [Goniea] I got him, got him. 671 00:32:00,667 --> 00:32:02,000 I'm gonna go over this side. 672 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,100 Today, with the onset of dams and whatnot 673 00:32:10,266 --> 00:32:13,100 from the '20s and '30s, they're just not there anymore. 674 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:16,066 The habitat, there's no access for them to get there anymore. 675 00:32:16,233 --> 00:32:19,266 So what we're doing is providing a trophy fishery 676 00:32:19,433 --> 00:32:20,767 inland in some locations. 677 00:32:21,767 --> 00:32:22,867 And we're providing... 678 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,166 a Great Lakes strain of fish into the environment 679 00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:29,467 where they used to be. 680 00:32:29,467 --> 00:32:31,967 The muskie is thriving in parts of the Great Lakes, 681 00:32:32,133 --> 00:32:34,033 but is struggling to maintain its numbers 682 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,033 in inland lakes and rivers. 683 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,400 By capturing muskie, biologists are able to 684 00:32:38,567 --> 00:32:42,266 spawn them and help restart the previously populated areas. 685 00:32:42,266 --> 00:32:43,767 They're like a freight train in the water. 686 00:32:43,934 --> 00:32:45,934 [upbeat jazz plays] 687 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,100 It stuns them momentarily. 688 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:53,200 [upbeat music plays] 689 00:33:03,467 --> 00:33:07,100 You kind of play to the ability of your netters as well, 690 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:12,166 because the more experienced netters will know, go head first, 691 00:33:12,166 --> 00:33:15,100 tail first, based on the current, which way 692 00:33:15,266 --> 00:33:17,367 the boat -- direction the boat's going. 693 00:33:18,367 --> 00:33:21,033 It helps to have a real experienced crew up there 694 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,600 netting, because you get [snap] one second of time 695 00:33:23,767 --> 00:33:25,200 to collect those fish. 696 00:33:25,367 --> 00:33:27,600 Each boat has a captain and two netters. 697 00:33:27,767 --> 00:33:29,934 When a muskie is shocked and rolls to the top, 698 00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:32,600 chaos can ensue . -[Goniea] It's really deep. 699 00:33:32,767 --> 00:33:34,767 [grunting] 700 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:40,600 -[Goniea] I got it. -[netter] Good, nice. 701 00:33:41,734 --> 00:33:43,834 -You got it? [indistinct] -[Goniea] Yeah. 702 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:49,166 [grunting] 703 00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:55,567 -[netter] Was there two? -[Goniea] No --oh. 704 00:33:56,967 --> 00:33:59,100 -[netter] Nice! -Each fish is different. 705 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:02,100 You may get 15,000 eggs out of one fish, 706 00:34:02,266 --> 00:34:04,367 or you may get 50,000. 707 00:34:04,367 --> 00:34:08,600 Anywhere from 100 to 250 muskie are captured each year. 708 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:11,300 From there, the eggs are harvested and sent to 709 00:34:11,467 --> 00:34:13,100 a hatchery for incubation. 710 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:16,200 In the fall, that new population of fish is released, 711 00:34:16,367 --> 00:34:19,767 helping the muskie population recover to historic levels. 712 00:34:27,667 --> 00:34:31,567 In 2016, more than 1.3 million deer licenses were sold 713 00:34:31,734 --> 00:34:34,467 in the state of Michigan, and the state had the second 714 00:34:34,467 --> 00:34:38,166 most successfully harvested deer, trailing only Texas. 715 00:34:38,333 --> 00:34:40,667 There are eight million acres of public hunting land 716 00:34:40,834 --> 00:34:43,033 in the state, but sometimes competition to 717 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,000 get and hold a hunting location can lead people to 718 00:34:46,166 --> 00:34:47,133 break the rules. 719 00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:52,066 In Michigan's District 1... 720 00:34:54,233 --> 00:34:56,667 Conservation Officer Mark Leadman is trying to 721 00:34:56,834 --> 00:34:59,266 check on an illegal blind on state land. 722 00:34:59,266 --> 00:35:02,000 [Leadman] This might be the road we want, and it looks like 723 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:04,567 he's blocked the road, which is illegal. 724 00:35:04,734 --> 00:35:06,767 But a hunter parked his truck in the middle of the road 725 00:35:06,934 --> 00:35:08,266 and placed some downed trees 726 00:35:08,266 --> 00:35:10,567 across the road, blocking access. 727 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:13,166 Yeah, somebody's trying to block the road by putting these 728 00:35:13,333 --> 00:35:17,634 couple of logs across it, keeping other hunters 729 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,433 from coming in here. 730 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,834 After a short walk, Officer Leadman finds 731 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,133 the hunter in his blind. 732 00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:25,266 [Leadman] State Conservation Officer, 733 00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:27,934 you wanna step out for a moment? 734 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:30,867 -[hunter] Sure. -[Leadman] Grab your license with you. 735 00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:36,567 -[Leadman] Is that your truck out front? -[hunter speaking] 736 00:35:37,867 --> 00:35:39,467 -OK. -[hunter speaking] 737 00:35:39,467 --> 00:35:42,867 -No, you're not. -[hunter] OK. 738 00:35:43,033 --> 00:35:44,100 Why do you think you're not legal? 739 00:35:45,467 --> 00:35:47,634 [hunter] First time I've seen you in my blind. 740 00:35:48,934 --> 00:35:50,266 First time you've seen me in your blind? 741 00:35:50,433 --> 00:35:51,767 [hunter] Well, coming through here, I've had guys 742 00:35:51,767 --> 00:35:52,834 come through before. 743 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,367 OK, why do you think you're illegal? 744 00:35:55,367 --> 00:35:57,066 -[hunter] I was just paranoid. -OK. 745 00:35:58,867 --> 00:36:02,000 [hunter] I try to do everything as up to the -- as I can. 746 00:36:02,166 --> 00:36:04,066 OK. 747 00:36:04,233 --> 00:36:05,767 Why are you throwing all the logs across the road 748 00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:07,133 on the way back here? 749 00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:10,567 [hunter] Oh, because guys would drive down and spin their tires 750 00:36:10,567 --> 00:36:13,166 and make a bunch of noise. -Spin their tires. 751 00:36:14,266 --> 00:36:15,567 -During deer season? -[hunter] Yep. 752 00:36:15,734 --> 00:36:17,266 And have you ever called and reported that? 753 00:36:17,266 --> 00:36:21,834 -[hunter] No. -So then makes me think it maybe didn't happen. 754 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,467 -[hunter] OK. -You've got your truck parked 755 00:36:23,467 --> 00:36:25,767 in the middle of the road, which is illegal. -[hunter] OK. 756 00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:28,667 You're not allowed to block, impede any traffic. 757 00:36:28,834 --> 00:36:31,166 You're far enough off the road where even if traffic was to 758 00:36:31,166 --> 00:36:32,300 drive down that road, 759 00:36:33,967 --> 00:36:35,634 they have the right to drive down all those roads. 760 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:36,734 -[hunter] OK. -[Leadman] Your blind is illegal. 761 00:36:36,734 --> 00:36:38,133 [Leadman] How long has this been out here? 762 00:36:39,634 --> 00:36:40,734 [hunter] Two weeks. 763 00:36:43,166 --> 00:36:44,266 Two weeks? 764 00:36:46,066 --> 00:36:47,667 [hunter] I'm guessing. 765 00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:49,533 You're supposed to be allowed the first... 766 00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:51,767 part of... 767 00:36:53,834 --> 00:36:55,200 November, correct? 768 00:36:57,667 --> 00:36:58,767 [Leadman] No, the date's... 769 00:36:59,867 --> 00:37:01,467 the date's different than that. 770 00:37:01,634 --> 00:37:02,700 [hunter] OK. 771 00:37:03,667 --> 00:37:05,367 [Leadman] But when was it really put out here? 772 00:37:05,533 --> 00:37:09,734 Without, without exaggerating or trying to change the story. 773 00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:11,533 [hunter] I can't say. So if I went... 774 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:14,066 Was this, did you use this last year? 775 00:37:14,233 --> 00:37:16,533 -[hunter] Yep. -[Leadman] And it's still out here from last year? 776 00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:17,967 -[hunter] Oh, no, absolutely not. -No? 777 00:37:18,133 --> 00:37:20,967 -[hunter] Absolutely not, 100%, no way. -OK. 778 00:37:23,166 --> 00:37:25,233 [hunter] 100%, no way. 779 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,266 He takes a closer look at the blind and believes 780 00:37:27,433 --> 00:37:29,667 the hunter took it in after last year. 781 00:37:29,667 --> 00:37:33,166 In Michigan, on public land, blinds cannot be left out all year 782 00:37:33,333 --> 00:37:35,667 and must be marked with the owner's name and address. 783 00:37:36,767 --> 00:37:39,066 [Leadman] OK, yeah, it looks like it actually is kind of fresh. 784 00:37:39,233 --> 00:37:40,266 The blind looks so old, 785 00:37:40,433 --> 00:37:43,867 but I don't have this one marked. 786 00:37:44,033 --> 00:37:45,467 There's a bunch out here that I do have marked, 787 00:37:45,634 --> 00:37:49,867 but this isn't the one. 788 00:37:49,867 --> 00:37:51,333 You didn't have your orange on when we come up. 789 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:52,634 [Leadman] You do need to keep it on. 790 00:37:52,634 --> 00:37:53,900 -[hunter] In the blind? -[Leadman] Even in the blind. 791 00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:56,333 The problem is you shoot an eight-pointer and you wound it, 792 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,467 and it takes off running, and it's kicking, and you shot 793 00:37:59,467 --> 00:38:01,266 the both front legs. 794 00:38:01,266 --> 00:38:03,066 You're gonna chase after it immediately. 795 00:38:03,233 --> 00:38:04,834 You don't think to put your orange back on. 796 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,133 You're simply out in the woods. 797 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:08,066 Pretty soon you're two hills over 798 00:38:08,233 --> 00:38:09,767 and there's a hunter over there and he sees 799 00:38:09,767 --> 00:38:12,233 you moving without orange. 800 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,266 They shoot at movement nowadays, some people have. 801 00:38:18,033 --> 00:38:21,166 CO Leadman has him remove the trees blocking the road 802 00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:22,500 and move his truck. 803 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,767 He gives the hunter a warning on not having orange on 804 00:38:24,934 --> 00:38:27,567 in the blind and issues him a citation for blocking 805 00:38:27,567 --> 00:38:30,367 a road on state land, which is a civil infraction 806 00:38:30,367 --> 00:38:33,367 and a court-ordered $125 fine. 807 00:38:33,367 --> 00:38:36,467 But since his blind and bait are legal, he's able to go back 808 00:38:36,634 --> 00:38:38,367 and continue his hunt. -Questions? 809 00:38:38,533 --> 00:38:39,567 -[hunter] No. -OK. 810 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:41,166 -[hunter] Thank you. -Good luck. 811 00:38:41,333 --> 00:38:43,367 -[hunter] OK. -Yeah, good luck to you. 811 00:38:44,305 --> 00:39:44,755 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org