"Lone Star Law" Spying on a Killer

1 00:00:00,330 --> 00:00:01,800 [narrator reading] 2 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:12,370 [Justin Eddins] Tell me again why you're in the woods with a gun. 3 00:00:12,410 --> 00:00:14,380 [announcer] Coming up on Lone Star Law... 4 00:00:14,380 --> 00:00:16,380 You ever been in any trouble? 5 00:00:16,410 --> 00:00:18,310 [Derrick Lopez] We suspect that they live about 100 years, 6 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:20,810 so it is a lifelong commitment. 7 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:22,780 [Allison Hatten] I've heard there's some shots comin' off of this property. 8 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:24,390 Do y'all hunt out here at all? 9 00:00:25,490 --> 00:00:27,890 That's actually a redfish, which he's undersized. 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,490 [Morgan Inman] Damn, got you a spike, huh? 11 00:00:29,490 --> 00:00:31,530 This guy has multiple hunting violations. 12 00:00:31,530 --> 00:00:34,360 In his waistband, right there, he's got a little pistol. 13 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,360 It'd be really good if you were honest with me. 14 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:39,100 [Austin Shoemaker] This is a lot more than I was expecting. 15 00:00:39,170 --> 00:00:40,930 - Is there anything else in here? - [Roger] No. 16 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:41,570 On your body? 17 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:45,110 Damn, you started sweatin'. 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:49,980 [announcer] A Texas game warden's job 19 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:53,780 is to protect wild animals and wild places, 20 00:00:53,780 --> 00:00:58,390 keep the public safe and every now and again, put a bad guy in jail. 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 22 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:14,840 [Ally] Hey, guys. 23 00:01:14,870 --> 00:01:16,400 What you got over there. 24 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,140 You got no trespassin' signs. 25 00:01:18,140 --> 00:01:19,710 Where you gonna hang those up at? 26 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,910 [girl speaking] 27 00:01:21,910 --> 00:01:24,810 [Ally] Oh, really, at your deer lease? You like to hunt? 28 00:01:24,810 --> 00:01:26,380 Really? You like to fish? 29 00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:30,520 [Ally] You love fishing? Golly. 30 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,090 My name is Ally Hatten. 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,090 I'm stationed here in Val Verde County and I've been here for 10 years. 32 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,760 Girl, I love those boots, I want some like those. 33 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,830 Those are freakin' sweet. 34 00:01:39,830 --> 00:01:40,560 [man speaking] 35 00:01:40,630 --> 00:01:42,030 Yeah, I'd love to. 36 00:01:42,030 --> 00:01:45,430 It's always fun to see kids too, uh, interested in what you do. 37 00:01:45,430 --> 00:01:47,230 Maybe not have met a game warden before. 38 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:49,600 Good to have a personal experience with them. 39 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:52,740 Cool, man. Well, good luck this season, guys. Can you give me a fist bump? 40 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:54,680 - [boy] Okay. - [Ally] Awesome. Y'all have a good one. 41 00:01:54,710 --> 00:01:58,750 Del Rio is definitely paradise for the outdoorsman. 42 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:02,880 We've got some of the best bass fishing in Texas, kayak fishing. 43 00:02:02,890 --> 00:02:04,790 As well as hunting and every kind of hunting 44 00:02:04,790 --> 00:02:07,020 possible you can think of down here. 45 00:02:08,190 --> 00:02:11,490 Right now, I'm headed over to South Del Rio. 46 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,130 Someone has informed us that there's a deer carcass on their property 47 00:02:15,130 --> 00:02:17,400 and they can't figure out where it came from. 48 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,330 No, we don't, like, look at every single dead deer, 49 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:20,900 'cause you never know what it's attributed to, 50 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:24,000 but in this particular area I'm really interested in it 51 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:26,640 And we had a call about a month ago, 52 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:28,880 where, uh, someone has informed us 53 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,380 that there's a guy that is shootin' deer with a .22. 54 00:02:32,410 --> 00:02:33,880 In the last about three or four years, 55 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,550 we've had a lot of deer deaths in this area. 56 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:38,350 We thought it was because of disease, um, 57 00:02:38,420 --> 00:02:40,720 but it could very well be attributed to this guy 58 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:42,960 shootin' 'em with a .22 and lettin' 'em run off and die. 59 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,490 So, we're gonna check out this deer 60 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,260 to see if it has any sort of .22 wounds, or anything else. 61 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:50,930 It could solve a lot of questions that all of us 62 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:55,340 wardens in Val Verde have had, um, where all these deer are comin' from. 63 00:03:04,780 --> 00:03:06,950 Hey, what's up, John? 64 00:03:06,950 --> 00:03:08,420 - Nice to meet you. - [Ally] Good to see ya. 65 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,080 All right. 66 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:11,190 [John speaking] 67 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:13,690 [Ally] Yeah. 68 00:03:13,690 --> 00:03:16,360 I'd say that is maybe four months old. 69 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,030 I can't believe they'd shoot somethin' this young. 70 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:38,810 Should be a good evening. 71 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,250 [Justin] Today is a special day, it's openi weekend of deer season. 72 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:48,720 My son is gonna actually hunt today. 73 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,390 Climb up in there and see how you can see in that new chair. 74 00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:53,460 I built that thing for your Pawpaw, 75 00:03:53,530 --> 00:03:55,930 where he could climb up in it easy. 76 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:58,370 If you get one, you'll be the first one in it. 77 00:03:59,470 --> 00:04:01,870 My son is 13 years old and he's been hunting 78 00:04:01,940 --> 00:04:04,570 ever since he was probably about three years old, 79 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,740 he would go with his grandfather. 80 00:04:05,770 --> 00:04:08,380 You know, I've taught him about antler restrictions 81 00:04:08,380 --> 00:04:11,850 and what you can and what you can't harvest and why we have rules. 82 00:04:11,850 --> 00:04:15,550 My dad recently passed away and now that's he's gone, um 83 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:18,020 I'm gonna make sure that the tradition 84 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:21,990 is passed down and that we continue on, uh, he'd be proud, for sure. 85 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,520 Keep me posted. 86 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:28,060 If somethin' happens and you, uh, get one or you need to leave, 87 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:30,560 uh, your sister can come get you if I can't make it, okay? 88 00:04:30,570 --> 00:04:31,670 Yes, sir. 89 00:04:31,670 --> 00:04:33,730 And, uh, good luck, I hope you get a big one. 90 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:34,670 [boy speaking] 91 00:04:34,670 --> 00:04:35,970 [Justin] Okay, bye-bye. 92 00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:40,710 I've got my son all set up. 93 00:04:40,710 --> 00:04:43,240 I hope he does good today and has good luck. 94 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,160 Did you try to pin me in here? 95 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,390 Tried to make it hard on you, didn't I? 96 00:04:57,390 --> 00:04:59,490 - [laughs] - Yeah. 97 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:03,500 Hunting season is my busiest time of the year, especially openin' day. 98 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,830 And, uh, I'll be workin' with, uh, Morgan Inman, 99 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:09,200 my partner, here in Jasper County. 100 00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:15,180 Uh, why don't we turn right here before those railroad tracks. 101 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:20,950 Pulling up on somebody here. 102 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:25,090 [Justin] You know. 103 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:33,690 [Morgan] State game warden, how you doin'? Y'all had any luck? 104 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,130 [man speaking] 105 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:39,930 [Morgan] Oh, really? A kid? 106 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:41,070 [man] Yeah, he's... 107 00:05:43,970 --> 00:05:45,010 [Morgan] How many folks they got? 108 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:47,140 Yeah, y'all good with me. 109 00:05:47,140 --> 00:05:49,010 - [man] Thank y'all. - [Morgan] Y'all be careful. 110 00:05:52,780 --> 00:05:54,210 [Justin speaking] 111 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:02,860 [Morgan] If they shot somethin' that's legal, 112 00:06:02,890 --> 00:06:05,090 they gonna have a tag on it by the time we get there. 113 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:19,040 Who shot? Who shot? 114 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,210 [man speaking] 115 00:06:20,210 --> 00:06:21,840 You shoot that spike? 116 00:06:21,910 --> 00:06:22,940 [man speaking] 117 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:23,940 Oh. Who shot it? 118 00:06:23,980 --> 00:06:25,410 [man speaking] 119 00:06:25,410 --> 00:06:26,950 No, I'm saying who shot it? 120 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,320 [man speaking] 121 00:06:33,090 --> 00:06:34,990 - [Morgan] Gettin' closer. - [Justin] Maybe a lot of missin'. 122 00:06:34,990 --> 00:06:36,860 - [man speaking] - [Morgan] Have you got your huntin' license? 123 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:38,020 [man speaking] 124 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:42,460 Hunting is a great pastime here in East Texas. 125 00:06:42,530 --> 00:06:46,400 You can start hunting at any age as long as you'r with an adult. 126 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,640 But to hunt alone, you have to be nine 127 00:06:48,670 --> 00:06:51,100 and you have to have a hunter education course. 128 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:55,080 Okay. Be careful with that gun, okay? 129 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,060 [Morgan] State game warden. How are y'all, man? 130 00:07:10,060 --> 00:07:11,190 - [man speaking] - [Morgan] Good. 131 00:07:12,630 --> 00:07:14,160 Damn. Got you a spike, huh? 132 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,530 - [man speaking] - [Justin] Who killed that? 133 00:07:16,530 --> 00:07:18,270 - Oh, you did? - [man] Yes, sir. 134 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:19,570 [Morgan] You got your hunter's ed on you? 135 00:07:19,630 --> 00:07:20,500 [man speaking] 136 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:22,070 - No hunter's ed? - [man] No, sir. 137 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,710 - Right there, there's some... - [John speaking] 138 00:07:31,710 --> 00:07:35,380 [Ally] Yeah, the way that's coagulated in there, very well could be a .22. 139 00:07:35,450 --> 00:07:37,150 It's like some sort of shot anyway. 140 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,390 It's unethical to shoot somethin' with that caliber 141 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:43,390 and somethin' this young, because you have a potentia 142 00:07:43,390 --> 00:07:46,930 of it runnin' off and, you know, dying slowly over time. 143 00:07:46,930 --> 00:07:47,960 Y'all hadn't heard any shots or anything like that around? 144 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:49,260 [John speaking] 145 00:07:51,630 --> 00:07:52,630 I don't think it'd be him either, 146 00:07:52,630 --> 00:07:54,800 because he's not out here a whole lot 147 00:07:54,870 --> 00:07:56,370 and it definitely wouldn't be any of y'all. 148 00:07:56,370 --> 00:07:59,210 This is everybody that's out here right now. 149 00:07:59,210 --> 00:08:01,810 So it had to have been comin' off of one of these smaller properties. 150 00:08:01,810 --> 00:08:03,710 Okay. Thanks. I appreciate it, John. 151 00:08:03,710 --> 00:08:06,510 - Yep. Nice to meet you. - You too. 152 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,480 These resources belong to the people of Texas. 153 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:13,820 So when you see somebody just kind of carelessly, uh, shooting 'em, 154 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:17,320 letting 'em run off and die, that's a pretty big deal. 155 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:21,190 I got a tip from a hunter that hunts an adjacent 156 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,260 property about trespassing that's been going on. 157 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:28,640 This trespassing could very well be the person that's usin' a .22, 158 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,270 as well as hunting on that property without landowner consent. 159 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:35,910 I think this is the best spot. 160 00:08:35,910 --> 00:08:39,380 I'll try to hike in a little ways and catch the back side of the adjacent property. 161 00:08:48,390 --> 00:08:50,460 This is the cell phone game cam. 162 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:55,530 I've been sittin' on this ar quite a bit and I can't real catch the guy in the act. 163 00:08:55,530 --> 00:08:59,670 So this'll give us real-time info when he's gettin' off the property, 164 00:08:59,670 --> 00:09:02,240 when he might be draggin' a deer bag across the property line. 165 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,510 We got plenty of batteries. 166 00:09:05,510 --> 00:09:09,510 This is the neighbor propert and it extends maybe 100, 200 yards. 167 00:09:09,510 --> 00:09:11,950 It's just a long, narrow stretch. 168 00:09:12,950 --> 00:09:15,780 I'm gonna try to put this sucker pretty high up 169 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:18,250 to cover the whole area, the whole back fence line. 170 00:09:18,250 --> 00:09:20,990 I want to see exactly who the hunter is. 171 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:34,330 By having a camera, right when they cross, I'm notified. 172 00:09:41,780 --> 00:09:43,340 Everything around here tries to kill you. 173 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:48,110 That's a good shot. 174 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,320 This might take a little while. 175 00:09:56,330 --> 00:09:58,590 Just got to keep eyes on it catch this guy. 176 00:09:58,590 --> 00:10:02,600 If he is shootin' 'em with a .22 and lettin' 'em run off and die, 177 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,030 this could be the game changer, um, for the wildlife down there 178 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,840 [Morgan] Damn, got you a spike, huh? 179 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,410 - [man 1 speaking] - [Justin] Who killed that? 180 00:10:12,740 --> 00:10:14,440 - Oh, you did? - Yes, sir. 181 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,910 [Morgan] Yeah, man, see, they call this a spike, 182 00:10:15,910 --> 00:10:18,380 because they have at least one unbranched antler. 183 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:19,950 You got your hunter's ed on you? 184 00:10:19,950 --> 00:10:21,880 - [man 1 speaking] - [Morgan] No hunter's ed? 185 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,650 - [man 1 speaking] - [Morgan] All right. 186 00:10:23,650 --> 00:10:25,120 Just gettin' your tag on it? 187 00:10:25,420 --> 00:10:27,150 [Morgan] Okay. Them a head shot. 188 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,220 [Morgan] Yeah, well, I hear you, I hear you. Um... 189 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,730 - Well, there's a couple of quick issues. - [man 1] Yes, sir. 190 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,160 One, you got to have these things filled out immediately upon kill. 191 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:41,900 [Morgan] No. Yeah, I understand. 192 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:44,600 But I mean, you got to have it filled out immediately. 193 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,140 This guy has multiple hunting violations. 194 00:10:47,140 --> 00:10:48,910 He did not attach the tag to the deer. 195 00:10:48,910 --> 00:10:54,810 Um, Number 2 is, on your dates you've got to cut it out, you can't ink it out, okay? 196 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,520 Along with that, he did not cut the dates out on the back of the tag. 197 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,320 So he could've made it to the house, 198 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,450 wiped the ink off the back of the tag, 199 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,890 and went out the next day and killed another deer. 200 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,360 You probably got a pocket knife on you, huh? 201 00:11:06,290 --> 00:11:07,660 Yeah. All right. 202 00:11:07,660 --> 00:11:09,900 Just because, I mean, you can see it's already smeared. 203 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,670 You inked out the month, didn't ink out the date. 204 00:11:12,730 --> 00:11:14,370 Well, man, we'll let y'all get it loaded up. 205 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:15,800 You got your huntin' license on you? 206 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,040 [man 1 speaking] 207 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:20,470 - Do you have your hunter education? - [man 1 speaking] 208 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,740 [Justin] You don't? 209 00:11:21,740 --> 00:11:24,010 - Uh, Morgan, you gonna take care... - [Morgan] Yeah. 210 00:11:24,010 --> 00:11:28,110 - of him? - [Morgan] Hey, mister, uh, will you come back here? 211 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,980 [Justin] He don't have his hunter education either. 212 00:11:30,590 --> 00:11:33,450 [Morgan] Hey, uh, you'll receive a couple of citations, okay? 213 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:36,760 Like I said, you got to have that thing tagged out there before you move it, okay? 214 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,790 [Morgan] You may not have somethin' to attach it with, 215 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,500 but you need to at least have that tag off and the dates cut, 216 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:46,370 - stuck in its ear, stuck in your pocket, okay? - [man 1] Yes, sir. 217 00:11:46,430 --> 00:11:49,340 And then when you get to the truck, you can finish out the rest of it, all right? 218 00:11:49,340 --> 00:11:50,840 It's gonna be two citations. 219 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,440 There's one for improperly tagged, because you didn't cut that date out. 220 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,480 The other one's for not having your hunter's ed, okay? 221 00:11:55,510 --> 00:11:57,680 Gotta have that on you when you're out here huntin'. 222 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:00,880 If it was somethin' we couldn't have fixed, we would be seizin' this deer. 223 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,320 Your signature here is not a plea of guilt. 224 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,920 It's just sayin' you will contact the judge. 225 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,990 And, uh, now what I'll get you to do is go ahead and cut these dates out. 226 00:12:07,990 --> 00:12:09,760 - [man 1] Yes, sir. - Here, I got a knife right there. 227 00:12:09,790 --> 00:12:11,760 [man 1 speaking] 228 00:12:11,790 --> 00:12:15,460 [Morgan] Yes, sir. So, the easiest way. Like that. Lay it. 229 00:12:15,530 --> 00:12:17,130 Separate it there like that. 230 00:12:18,930 --> 00:12:21,400 - All right. You close that section. - [man 1] All right. 231 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:22,800 All right, man. 232 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,440 Well, hey, uh, I, uh, hate we met under them circumstances, 233 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:26,940 but I appreciate your courtesy. 234 00:12:26,940 --> 00:12:29,340 -All right? Okay, man. Just be safe. -[man 1] Yes, sir. 235 00:12:29,910 --> 00:12:31,950 [man 2 speaking] 236 00:12:32,810 --> 00:12:33,650 [Justin] It's just up to the judge. 237 00:12:33,650 --> 00:12:35,320 [man 2 speaking] 238 00:12:36,550 --> 00:12:38,750 [Justin] Okay. Here's your, uh, hunting license back. 239 00:12:38,750 --> 00:12:42,360 You are required to have that hunter education. You can take it online. 240 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,460 A lot of times when you receive a citation for it, 241 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:50,730 if you'll go show the judge that you, uh, are takin' it, 242 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:53,200 they'll, uh, dismiss it if you're takin' it. 243 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,240 So I'm going to give you your copy, okay? 244 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,840 [Morgan] All right, guys. Good luck to y'all. 245 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,410 - [man 3] Have a good night. - [Morgan] Appreciate the courtesy. Be careful. 246 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:04,980 [man 3] No problem. 247 00:13:04,980 --> 00:13:06,780 [Justin] There are a lot of kids out here hunting today. 248 00:13:06,780 --> 00:13:09,780 Hunting is a great pastime here in East Texas, 249 00:13:09,790 --> 00:13:13,590 but we surely have to, uh, hunt safe and go by the rules. 250 00:13:13,590 --> 00:13:15,490 As long as they're hunting the right way 251 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:17,760 and the proper way, it's a good thing. 252 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,390 - [man 3] Y'all have a good day. - Yes, sir. 253 00:13:29,940 --> 00:13:33,940 [Morgan] What's happenin', guys? How was it? 254 00:13:34,010 --> 00:13:35,070 - [man 1] How you doin'? - [Morgan] No luck? 255 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:36,540 [man 1 laughing] No, sir. 256 00:13:36,540 --> 00:13:37,840 -[Morgan] All right, man. Well, y'all be safe. -[man 1] All right. 257 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:40,110 We've got a lot of hunters in the woods. 258 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,920 We're gonna sit here and listen for shots 259 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,250 and, um, see who comes by. 260 00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:46,420 Truck comin' up. 261 00:13:48,860 --> 00:13:50,660 State game warden. How you doin'? 262 00:13:50,690 --> 00:13:51,960 - [man 1 speaking] - Good, good, man. 263 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,190 Did y'all have all the luck? 264 00:13:53,730 --> 00:13:54,560 [Morgan] Yeah? 265 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:55,560 Y'all got licenses on you? 266 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,670 And we'll let y'all get on down the road. 267 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:01,000 - Did y'all kill anything this morning? Or... - [man 1 speaking] 268 00:14:01,070 --> 00:14:03,240 - [Morgan] No? - [man 1 speaking] 269 00:14:04,770 --> 00:14:05,370 [Morgan] Right. 270 00:14:09,180 --> 00:14:10,310 Earlier today? 271 00:14:11,950 --> 00:14:12,910 Just now? 272 00:14:12,910 --> 00:14:14,050 Well, they're not supposed to be out here 273 00:14:14,050 --> 00:14:16,780 ridin' in a national forest on a motorized vehicle. 274 00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:20,150 All right. Well, hey, man, good luck to y'all. Uh... 275 00:14:20,190 --> 00:14:21,520 [man 1] Good luck to y'all. And y'all be careful. 276 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:22,990 Y'all be careful. 277 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,360 Justin, see that four-wheeler pulling up? 278 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,430 Damn. 279 00:14:36,540 --> 00:14:38,100 [man 2 speaking] 280 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:44,040 - [Morgan] State game warden. - What do you want, man? 281 00:14:47,550 --> 00:14:48,820 Let me see that gun. 282 00:14:48,820 --> 00:14:51,820 Anytime somebody's riding a 4-wheeler at night 283 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:54,790 down a road without their lights on, that's suspicious. 284 00:14:54,790 --> 00:14:55,860 Let me see your huntin' license. 285 00:14:55,860 --> 00:14:57,660 [man 2 speaking] 286 00:14:57,660 --> 00:14:59,330 [Morgan] How much beer you had to drink? 287 00:15:06,870 --> 00:15:08,600 [Morgan] Let me see your huntin' license. 288 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,040 [man 2 speaking] 289 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,370 [Morgan] How much beer you had to drink? 290 00:15:14,110 --> 00:15:15,810 You've had one beer? 291 00:15:15,810 --> 00:15:17,080 All right. 292 00:15:17,980 --> 00:15:19,210 You got a huntin' license? 293 00:15:25,420 --> 00:15:27,190 What they doin' down there? 294 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,960 They're not supposed to be out here ridin' in the national forest. 295 00:15:32,090 --> 00:15:34,060 You got a driver's license on you? 296 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:36,130 Let's see it. 297 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,230 So you got ID on you? 298 00:15:42,570 --> 00:15:44,740 Hang tight. 299 00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:46,070 - [Justin] You don't have any ID on you? - No. 300 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:47,370 [Justin] What's your name? 301 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:49,910 [Morgan] He's actin' agitate 302 00:15:49,910 --> 00:15:51,740 You know, there's just a lot of things buildin' up here. 303 00:15:51,810 --> 00:15:53,110 [over speakerphone] 304 00:15:53,110 --> 00:15:56,180 [Justin] Run a, uh, Roger [bleep]. 305 00:15:56,180 --> 00:15:57,380 [tense music playing] 306 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,060 Yep. That done it. 307 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:04,290 [Victoria speaking] 308 00:16:06,930 --> 00:16:08,290 You ever been in any trouble? 309 00:16:09,060 --> 00:16:10,430 What kind? You a felon? 310 00:16:11,930 --> 00:16:13,130 And you had that firearm? 311 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:15,340 Okay. 312 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:16,970 [Victoria speaking] 313 00:16:19,810 --> 00:16:24,780 He also has a felony for possession of a controlled substance. 314 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:25,610 [Justin] Oh, Lord. 315 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:26,850 You're a felon? 316 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:30,920 Tell me again why you're in the woods with a gun. 317 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,550 [Morgan] Felon in possessio of a firearm 318 00:16:32,550 --> 00:16:35,090 is a third-degree felony here in the state of Texas. 319 00:16:39,930 --> 00:16:42,160 [Morgan] What kind of trouble were you in? 320 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,400 I got, uh... It's, uh... assault with a deadly weapon. 321 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:51,540 Yeah. 322 00:16:52,870 --> 00:16:55,040 [Morgan] It was a bat or a knife, or what? 323 00:16:58,510 --> 00:16:59,550 [Morgan] Mmm. 324 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,180 [Justin] How long did you go to the pen? 325 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:04,080 How many times have you been? 326 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:06,990 What did you go back for? 327 00:17:08,190 --> 00:17:10,090 Possession of what? 328 00:17:10,990 --> 00:17:13,290 You still take 'em? 329 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,330 Don't got anything on you, do you? 330 00:17:16,770 --> 00:17:18,430 Come over here and let's take care of this. 331 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,040 [Roger] I had 'em on. They was in my truck. 332 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:33,080 - [Morgan] I mean, you got anything in 'em? - No. 333 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,550 [Morgan] You mind if I look? 334 00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:35,620 I mean, they was in it. 335 00:17:35,620 --> 00:17:38,050 They're really not mine, but I wore 'em. 336 00:17:38,050 --> 00:17:39,850 I mean, you don't care if I look at 'em though, huh? 337 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:41,650 I, uh... 338 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:44,090 - Yeah, I don't care. - [Morgan] You don't care? 339 00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:49,000 Anything in here that's gonna poke me? 340 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,430 No, I don't guess. 341 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,170 [Morgan] Yes or no? 342 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:54,330 There ain't supposed to be, no. 343 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,100 Justin, hold on. 344 00:17:57,110 --> 00:18:00,040 These are your coveralls, correct? You just took 'em off. 345 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,370 Yeah, I was wearing 'em. 346 00:18:23,830 --> 00:18:25,830 [Roger speaking] 347 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:27,430 - [Justin] Meth? - [Roger speaking] 348 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:29,740 [Morgan] And that lightbulb too? 349 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,370 - Is that what you've been doing? - [Roger speaking] 350 00:18:34,110 --> 00:18:35,340 [Morgan] When did you do it? 351 00:18:36,810 --> 00:18:38,950 - You done it yesterday, or what? - No. 352 00:18:39,010 --> 00:18:40,210 When did you do it? 353 00:18:42,850 --> 00:18:44,320 [Justin] What is that? 354 00:18:44,950 --> 00:18:46,390 [Roger speaking] 355 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:52,330 [Morgan] That's meth, huh? 356 00:18:53,660 --> 00:18:55,330 Man, you started sweatin'. 357 00:19:02,670 --> 00:19:04,570 - [Morgan] That's meth, huh? - Yeah. 358 00:19:04,570 --> 00:19:06,270 Man, you started sweatin'. 359 00:19:07,340 --> 00:19:09,410 So you're fixing to go to jail. Okay? 360 00:19:09,410 --> 00:19:12,040 [Justin] Go and turn your hands around behind your back. 361 00:19:16,580 --> 00:19:18,120 [Morgan] Hey, here's the deal. 362 00:19:18,150 --> 00:19:19,320 - Is there anything else in here? - No. 363 00:19:19,390 --> 00:19:21,020 - On your body? - No. 364 00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:23,720 'Cause you know if you go into jail with that on your body hid somewhere, 365 00:19:23,790 --> 00:19:26,030 - it's enhanceable. - Right. 366 00:19:26,090 --> 00:19:27,490 - You are aware of that. - Yeah. 367 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:28,660 So, there's nothin' we're gonna find when we dress you out. 368 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:30,430 No. 369 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:34,530 - [Justin] Okay, hop in there. - [Roger speaking] 370 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,070 - You don't hop as good as you're used to. - No. 371 00:19:45,610 --> 00:19:47,110 [Morgan] He's lookin' at two felony charges. 372 00:19:47,180 --> 00:19:48,780 Felon in possession of a firearm 373 00:19:48,780 --> 00:19:54,390 carries a punishment... Two to 10 years in jail and up to a $10,000 fine. 374 00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:56,590 Second felony is possession of a dangerous drug. 375 00:19:56,590 --> 00:19:59,090 And depending on the amount... 376 00:19:59,130 --> 00:20:02,900 Will determine the amount of time that he could spend in jail 377 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:05,360 and it will be up to a $10,000 fine as well. 378 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:10,070 I try to talk to people who take it, just to see... 379 00:20:10,070 --> 00:20:13,210 It just gives you energy, or what is it? 380 00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:19,380 So, what does it do now? 381 00:20:23,650 --> 00:20:25,180 [Justin] Really. 382 00:20:32,490 --> 00:20:34,830 [Morgan] This guy sounds lik he's lived a rough life, 383 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,830 but he's puttin' himself in this situation. 384 00:20:36,830 --> 00:20:38,200 We still have to do our job. 385 00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:41,130 Front door, here. 386 00:20:44,140 --> 00:20:45,840 [instrumental music playing] 387 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:57,650 I'm headed over to check out a case I've been working on for a little while now. 388 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,520 I stuck a game camera up on the back fence line 389 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,190 of this little, narrow property. 390 00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:05,760 I'm hoping to identify some of the trespassers in the photos 391 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,360 as well as link 'em to some of these deer death that have been occurring, 392 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,330 like the fawn from the other day. 393 00:21:25,850 --> 00:21:27,210 [suspenseful music playing] 394 00:21:30,020 --> 00:21:33,290 - Hola. - [Ally] Hi. Uh... 395 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,050 - Mr. [bleep]... - Uh-huh. 396 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:37,060 - Is he here? - [in Spanish] 397 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:38,390 - [Ally] Yeah. - Okay. 398 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:40,730 [in Spanish] 399 00:21:40,730 --> 00:21:43,130 [Ally] Oh, [chuckling] got it. 400 00:21:44,330 --> 00:21:46,370 - Hey, Mr. [bleep]. - Yes. 401 00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,870 I've heard there's some shots coming off of this property. Do y'all hunt out here at all? 402 00:21:49,870 --> 00:21:52,770 No, I've got, uh, rodents. 403 00:21:52,770 --> 00:21:53,870 - [Ally] Rodents? - Yeah. 404 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,410 - [Ally] Okay. - Raccoons. 405 00:21:56,110 --> 00:21:58,110 - I got chickens. - Yeah? 406 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,550 - Okay. - In... 407 00:22:00,550 --> 00:22:03,650 [Ally] I know there's some other kind of huntin' goin' on out here, like some... 408 00:22:03,650 --> 00:22:06,050 And that's not necessarily a thing. Um-- 409 00:22:06,050 --> 00:22:08,650 No, but I got, uh, raccoons, foxes-- 410 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,990 Foxes, but nobody shoots any deer out here? 411 00:22:10,990 --> 00:22:12,930 Yeah, I'm not gonna lie to you. 412 00:22:12,990 --> 00:22:14,590 When I see one, I would kill... 413 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,830 - So I can eat it. - Uh-huh. 414 00:22:15,830 --> 00:22:18,260 But I'm not gonna... Just shoot at it. 415 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:19,600 Oh, but you do shoot deer out here? 416 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,100 - Once in a while, but not this year, I haven't. - Okay. 417 00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:24,300 Not... Not this year? Nobody else has shot any deer out here? 418 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:26,410 No, I don't... I'm the only one that lives here. 419 00:22:26,410 --> 00:22:29,880 Is... Do you have a son that's around 14 that lives here? 420 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,280 - Uh, 17. - 17? Okay, is he here right now? 421 00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:33,750 - No. - All right. 422 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:35,720 - Well, I've got some game camera pictures... - [rooster crowing] 423 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:39,790 of people trespassing off of this property onto the back property. 424 00:22:39,850 --> 00:22:41,890 I mean, I've got a few pictures here. 425 00:22:41,890 --> 00:22:42,920 See, like this, right here? 426 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,020 Those are some of your... Your guys. 427 00:22:45,090 --> 00:22:47,030 - [rooster crowing] - They're coming off of your fence line. 428 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:48,290 [man 1] Oh, okay. 429 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,060 [Ally] I've got quite a few people coming off of there, 430 00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:53,570 so, sir, it'd be really good if you were honest with me. 431 00:22:53,570 --> 00:22:55,600 [man 1 speaking] 432 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,970 - [roosters crowing] - [tense music playing] 433 00:22:58,970 --> 00:23:00,810 - [Ally] Have they shot anything? - No, no, no. 434 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,410 - Okay. Has your son shot anything? - No. 435 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,410 I kind of wanna look back there to see. Um... 436 00:23:06,410 --> 00:23:09,520 -Well, there's a... There's a... -[rooster crowing] 437 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,990 I shot one, but... [stutters] Yesterday? Or last... 438 00:23:14,050 --> 00:23:19,060 [stuttering] Uh... Two days ago. A deer. 439 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,100 [suspenseful music playing] 440 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:30,940 [man 1] I shot one two days ago. A deer. 441 00:23:31,570 --> 00:23:33,770 [Ally] Okay, you failed to mention that a second ago. 442 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,380 - No, but I just... [stutters] - Now, you're telling me. 443 00:23:36,410 --> 00:23:38,610 - I'm telling you, but about right here. - Okay. 444 00:23:38,610 --> 00:23:39,880 - In my yard. - All right. 445 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,950 - Can we go take a look at that? - Yeah. 446 00:23:41,950 --> 00:23:44,380 - So, it was you that shot it? - Yeah, it was me! 447 00:23:44,420 --> 00:23:45,890 Oh, okay. 448 00:23:45,890 --> 00:23:48,790 - See, I got chickens. - Oh, yeah, you do. 449 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:50,890 You got quite a few chickens, don't you? 450 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,390 -Hey, where's that one from? That hide right there. -Oh, that was... 451 00:23:54,660 --> 00:23:56,930 - That was last year's? - Yeah. 452 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,230 What do you normally shoot 'em with? 453 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:00,800 A .22? Okay. 454 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,600 I already know that they have a .22 that they're using out there, 455 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,770 since I saw somebody on the game camera with a .22. 456 00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:10,810 And it matches the description of the shots people have been hearing. 457 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:12,310 - Okay. - [man 1 speaking] 458 00:24:12,380 --> 00:24:13,580 Uh-huh. 459 00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:16,980 You do need a huntin' license. Uh, I was just gonna-- 460 00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:19,750 $35. And then, that give you tags, 461 00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:22,690 and you fill out a tag for every deer that you shoot. 462 00:24:22,690 --> 00:24:24,690 -And then? What do I do with them? -Uh-- 463 00:24:24,730 --> 00:24:26,690 It just shows me... [chuckles] 464 00:24:26,730 --> 00:24:29,960 It shows me that, you know, you're still following the laws. 465 00:24:30,030 --> 00:24:31,960 - Oh, okay. - When was the first one you shot? 466 00:24:32,030 --> 00:24:33,530 About two weeks ago. 467 00:24:33,530 --> 00:24:34,800 - Okay. And-- - And one yesterday. 468 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,670 'Cause I'm gonna go look at that carcass real quick. 469 00:24:36,670 --> 00:24:39,740 -Well, it's not a carcass. It's just the-- -[chuckles] Just the guts? 470 00:24:39,810 --> 00:24:41,710 - The guts. - Yeah, 'cause you ate everything, huh? 471 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:43,580 - Yeah. - [exclaims] I smell it now. 472 00:24:43,580 --> 00:24:46,110 - See? I told you. - So, there's one. 473 00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:47,980 - Yeah, and the other one. - And this is the other one? 474 00:24:47,980 --> 00:24:49,180 Yeah. 475 00:24:51,020 --> 00:24:52,550 [Ally grunts softly] 476 00:24:52,550 --> 00:24:55,290 Man, that's a baby. You gotta shoot the bigger ones, man. 477 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:56,760 They ain't got much meat on it, does it? 478 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,690 Lookin' around at these deer... They're not very old. 479 00:24:59,690 --> 00:25:04,000 This really makes me think the deer from the other day could be connected to this. 480 00:25:04,430 --> 00:25:08,170 - All right. [exhaling] - Yeah, keep going. 481 00:25:08,170 --> 00:25:11,840 Okay, that's a little button buck. [exhales] So that's a young one. 482 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:16,610 If he had a hunting license, these two deer in the backyard could possibly be legal. 483 00:25:16,610 --> 00:25:19,850 In Val Verde County, you can shoot five deer. 484 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,550 But, by the looks of what's going on, 485 00:25:21,550 --> 00:25:23,950 I really think he's probably killed more than that this season. 486 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:26,390 - Does your son shoot 'em at all? - No. 487 00:25:26,450 --> 00:25:28,050 Neither one of those your son? 488 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,190 [roosters crowing] 489 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:32,730 That's your son? 490 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:36,230 Okay. In his waistband, right there, he's got a little pistol. 491 00:25:36,260 --> 00:25:37,300 - Oh, okay. - You see that? 492 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:38,130 Yeah. 493 00:25:38,130 --> 00:25:40,730 Yeah. That's not good, all right? 494 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:41,930 [instrumental music playing] 495 00:25:49,910 --> 00:25:52,010 [child exclaiming] 496 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,310 [Austin] Yeah? 497 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:55,950 - [vocalizing] - [woman chuckling] 498 00:25:55,950 --> 00:25:59,250 [Austin] Gonna bear-crawl. Gonna go to work with me? 499 00:26:00,020 --> 00:26:02,090 - [exclaims] - I'm Austin Shoemaker. 500 00:26:02,090 --> 00:26:04,890 Been a game warden for about a year and a half, and I'm stationed down here 501 00:26:04,890 --> 00:26:05,290 in Galveston County. 502 00:26:05,290 --> 00:26:07,630 Say somethin'. 503 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:12,400 My wife and I had a son. His name's Easton. He's about a year old now. 504 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,730 And being a father is definitely a joy for me. 505 00:26:15,770 --> 00:26:17,340 Love you. 506 00:26:22,510 --> 00:26:24,180 [dynamic music playing] 507 00:26:26,380 --> 00:26:30,750 So, I just got a call about three individuals using a cast net 508 00:26:30,820 --> 00:26:34,920 and keeping game fish, which is illegal to keep if caught in these cast nets. 509 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,020 The caller actually gave some good information. 510 00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:39,020 They described a white truck, 511 00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:42,330 and they actually gave a specific license plate number. 512 00:26:44,530 --> 00:26:47,400 I think I may have spotted it. 513 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,340 Trying to see if I can see their license plate to get a confirmation. 514 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,280 - Game warden. - [over speakerphone] 515 00:26:59,010 --> 00:27:00,350 Yes, sir. 516 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,120 Okay. That must be them I saw. 517 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:08,820 Did they have a cooler in the back with the handles sticking up? 518 00:27:08,890 --> 00:27:12,120 - [Anthony speaking] - Okay. We're on 'em. 519 00:27:12,930 --> 00:27:14,130 That's gonna be him right there. 520 00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:17,030 [turns on siren] 521 00:27:27,740 --> 00:27:29,940 [Austin Shoemaker] State game warden, how y'all doin'? 522 00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:31,640 - [man speaking] - Anybody speak English? 523 00:27:31,710 --> 00:27:33,810 [man speaking] 524 00:27:33,810 --> 00:27:35,280 [Austin] Uh, do y'all have IDs with y'all? 525 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,620 [trooper] How's it going? 526 00:27:37,690 --> 00:27:40,890 So this state trooper's helping me out, uh, providing backup. 527 00:27:40,890 --> 00:27:42,150 Do you have like a driver's license or ID? 528 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:43,220 [man speaking] 529 00:27:43,260 --> 00:27:44,720 No? Okay. 530 00:27:44,790 --> 00:27:46,860 How many fish did y'all catch today? 531 00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:47,590 How many fish did y'all catch? 532 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,530 [man speaking] 533 00:27:49,530 --> 00:27:51,830 Would you mind stepping out since you speak English the best 534 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:54,270 so I can talk to you about all the fish and stuff? 535 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:06,180 [Austin] All kinds of stuff. 536 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:08,110 Something's up. 537 00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:16,490 In his waistband right there, he's got a little pistol. 538 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:17,720 [man] Okay. 539 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:18,960 -[Ally Hatten] Do you see that? -[man] Yeah. 540 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,090 Yeah, that's not good, all right? 541 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,000 And his friend's got a .22. 542 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,700 I'm guessing that's the one that they used. 543 00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:28,000 - [man] Yeah. - [Ally] Right there. Yeah, if you'll go grab that... 544 00:28:28,570 --> 00:28:29,940 that gun for me. 545 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,370 I've already got him on no hunting license, 546 00:28:32,370 --> 00:28:33,670 illegal means and methods. 547 00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:34,640 If he doesn't have a hunting license, 548 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,780 he also doesn't have the proper tags. 549 00:28:36,780 --> 00:28:39,380 So there's several violations going on already at this point. 550 00:28:39,450 --> 00:28:41,680 Okay, so this is what you shot-- 551 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,680 - Yeah, I see some blood already on the side, huh? - Mmm-hmm. 552 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,650 - This is what you shot the deer with? - Mmm-hmm. 553 00:28:45,650 --> 00:28:47,390 Okay, all right, so that's another thing 554 00:28:47,390 --> 00:28:49,320 is you can't shoot them with a .22. 555 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,990 And I imagine you've been shootin' 'em for years out here, 556 00:28:52,060 --> 00:28:54,330 and there's been probably a lot that have gotten away, huh? 557 00:28:57,260 --> 00:28:58,600 Okay. 558 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,100 So those guys weren't trespassing to go find a deer for ya 559 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:02,770 and bring it back across? 560 00:29:02,770 --> 00:29:04,940 - [man] No. - Okay. 561 00:29:04,940 --> 00:29:06,310 [Ally] I'm gonna set that right there. 562 00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:09,240 Okay, so what we have, um, 563 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,380 is you gotta have a hunting license. That's the biggest thing. 564 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:13,410 You can't shoot 'em with a .22. 565 00:29:13,410 --> 00:29:14,750 It's illegal. 566 00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:18,480 I have had at least 15 deer deaths that I can't explain 567 00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:19,950 within the last two or three years. 568 00:29:19,950 --> 00:29:22,220 Most likely what I'm thinking from this property 569 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,160 with a .22 shot in them. 570 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:29,700 This is like the center of where all these deer deaths have happened. 571 00:29:29,730 --> 00:29:31,300 [man] Okay. 572 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:34,330 You see. So I have a feeling that there's been a lot shot with this .22 573 00:29:34,340 --> 00:29:36,440 that's not been recovered. 574 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,710 You will receive a citation for not having a hunting license, okay, 575 00:29:39,710 --> 00:29:42,340 as well as using a .22 for your illegal means and methods. 576 00:29:42,340 --> 00:29:43,640 You're gettin' a warning on everything else. 577 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,380 There's a lot of trespassing coming off of this property, 578 00:29:46,450 --> 00:29:50,750 and there's a lot of deer been shot that can get traced back to you. You understand? 579 00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:52,550 Okay, so you're receiving a lot of warnings 580 00:29:52,550 --> 00:29:54,750 probably about ten warnings off of this, okay? 581 00:29:54,790 --> 00:29:57,820 You will also be charged civil restitution 582 00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:59,530 on both the deer that I found in the backyard. 583 00:29:59,590 --> 00:30:03,260 Civil restitution for a white tail deer in Tex is $881 a piece. 584 00:30:03,330 --> 00:30:05,000 Yeah, it seems like it's hitting him hard, 585 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,400 but at the same time, there's a lot of deer that've come off that property 586 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:09,670 that we can't recover. 587 00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:11,370 So sign there. It's not a plea of guilt. 588 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,140 It's just saying that you'll contact Judge Pat Cole. 589 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,410 So... 590 00:30:16,410 --> 00:30:18,840 I think I have a pretty good outcome. 591 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:21,780 If we continue to see these deer deaths, 592 00:30:21,850 --> 00:30:23,980 he knows that we're gonna b watching him. 593 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:29,860 [Austin] All kinds of stuff. 594 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:31,920 Pull out this cooler. 595 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:34,130 [man] There's nothing in there. 596 00:30:36,030 --> 00:30:37,260 [Austin] Just y'all's stuff? 597 00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:39,870 Cast net. 598 00:30:39,870 --> 00:30:41,430 How did y'all catch this? Just cast netting? 599 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,600 - No poles? - No. 600 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,270 [Austin] All right, you guys, y'all hand tight. I'll be right back, okay? 601 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,240 So any game fish that's caught in a cast net 602 00:30:49,310 --> 00:30:50,740 you have to throw 'em back. 603 00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:52,710 Cast nets depletes the resource a whole lot quicker 604 00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:56,980 than if someone were to legally fish with a rod and reel. 605 00:31:01,420 --> 00:31:03,920 I'm gonna run their IDs, see if anybody has warrants, 606 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,090 and go from there. 607 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,360 4405. Can you run 27-29, a Texas DL, times two? 608 00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:15,430 [female dispatcher speaking] 609 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,240 10-4. Do any of those individuals have a fishing license? 610 00:31:30,380 --> 00:31:32,080 10-4. Thank you. 611 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,790 I tell you what. We're gonna get off the highway here. 612 00:31:40,790 --> 00:31:42,060 We'll take this first exit, okay? 613 00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:44,230 I'm gonna put these coolers in my truck. 614 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,630 They've got a lot of fish. 615 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:48,970 They've already admitted that they used cast nets. 616 00:31:48,970 --> 00:31:50,470 They don't have any poles or anything. 617 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:53,270 So we're just gonna go inspect 'em real quick. 618 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,110 I know the two individuals don't have fishing licenses 619 00:31:57,110 --> 00:32:00,380 so they're not legal to possess any fish at this point. 620 00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:05,850 [Austin] So none of y'all ha a fishing license, correct? 621 00:32:05,850 --> 00:32:06,790 We're gonna be here for a little while. 622 00:32:06,850 --> 00:32:09,190 I gotta count all y'all's fish. 623 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:17,900 Yeah, so this one on top here is gonna be a sheepshead. 624 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:18,930 That's actually a red fish, 625 00:32:18,930 --> 00:32:21,000 which he's undersized. 626 00:32:23,770 --> 00:32:26,170 This is a lot more than I was expecting. 627 00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:40,020 There's gonna be a lot of undersized fish in this cooler. 628 00:32:40,650 --> 00:32:42,790 So that's gonna be a black drum. 629 00:32:42,790 --> 00:32:45,120 They've gotta be at least 14 inches. 630 00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:47,730 He might be 10. 631 00:32:47,730 --> 00:32:49,490 There's a speckled trout. 632 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,430 He's gotta be at least 15 inches. 633 00:32:51,430 --> 00:32:54,370 Looks like they're gonna be over their bag limits. 634 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,940 And a lot of the fish look like they're gonna be undersized as well. 635 00:32:56,940 --> 00:32:58,040 Man, they've got everything. 636 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,910 - They got specks? - Yeah. 637 00:32:59,970 --> 00:33:01,270 They've only got a cast net. 638 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:03,980 There's a honey hole down there. 639 00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:05,310 [trooper] Must be. 640 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,110 [Austin] They've got crabs. 641 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:10,980 [trooper speaking] 642 00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:13,690 [Austin] I believe it. 643 00:33:13,690 --> 00:33:15,120 None of them have a fishing license, 644 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,990 so they can't possess any of these fish. 645 00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:19,790 None of this is legal. 646 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:21,790 Cast nets, when you throw that thing in the water, 647 00:33:21,860 --> 00:33:23,660 it's gonna catch whatever's right there. 648 00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:26,870 And, you know, it's usually up to the fisherman 649 00:33:26,930 --> 00:33:29,700 to determine what's legal and what's not. 650 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:32,070 In this case, they decided to keep everything. 651 00:33:32,970 --> 00:33:34,770 The crabs don't have their claws anymore, 652 00:33:34,780 --> 00:33:37,140 so we can't release them back in the wild. 653 00:33:38,780 --> 00:33:42,410 Also, since the Gulf waters are closed to shrimping, 654 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:43,920 cast-netting shrimp are illegal as well. 655 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,020 So there's three of 'em right there. 656 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,690 19 total sheepshead. 14 are undersized. 657 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,820 And the bag limit is five per person. 658 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:54,530 So they're four over the bag limit. 659 00:33:54,530 --> 00:33:56,460 And they were all caught with a cast net. 660 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:58,930 This is one of the biggest cases I've come upon. 661 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,240 We have three individuals all using cast nets to keep, uh, various species, 662 00:34:03,270 --> 00:34:06,370 game fish and undersized fish as well. 663 00:34:08,410 --> 00:34:11,940 Right now, I'm just assessin all the violations that coul possibly be here. 664 00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:13,710 Could I charge them with everything, 665 00:34:13,710 --> 00:34:15,350 every violation that's here? Yeah. 666 00:34:16,780 --> 00:34:18,280 Y'all just hang tight. 667 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,120 So they're all class C violations. 668 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:27,660 There's no fishing license, first and for most. 669 00:34:27,660 --> 00:34:29,030 Illegal means and methods. 670 00:34:29,030 --> 00:34:31,830 Uh, they were over the bag limit on sheepshead. 671 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:33,400 Two undersized trout, 672 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,030 three undersized red fish, 673 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,770 and three undersized black drum as well, 674 00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:38,570 so a lot of violations here. 675 00:34:38,570 --> 00:34:40,810 And each violation is a separate citation. 676 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:43,010 So they're looking at a hefty fine 677 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,110 to make them think again about doing this. 678 00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:53,920 So you're receiving one citation 679 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,720 for being over the bag limit on sheepshead. 680 00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:57,420 You can only keep five. 681 00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:00,230 And y'all had a total of 19 between three y'all. 682 00:35:00,230 --> 00:35:02,830 You're all receiving a citation for undersized black drum. 683 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:06,530 And then you're receiving one warning for not having a fishing license. 684 00:35:06,530 --> 00:35:09,570 You're also receiving a warning for undersized red drum. 685 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,100 But with the fact that none of y'all have a fishing license, 686 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,140 y'all can't have any of this fish. 687 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:16,710 Okay? Which is why I'm taking it all. 688 00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:18,080 I'm seizing it. 689 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,980 I just need your signature right there 690 00:35:19,980 --> 00:35:21,350 by that red X. 691 00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:23,380 It's not a plea of guilt, just a promise to contact the judge. 692 00:35:24,380 --> 00:35:25,620 - [Austin] All right. - [man] Thank you. 693 00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:28,190 Y'all take care. 694 00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:35,390 [Austin] So all these seized fish I'll donate to a needy famil 695 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,660 Probably have to find a couple families to give all this fish to. 696 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:43,440 Hopefully, these citations and the amount of fine money that they'll have to pay, 697 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:45,770 hopefully that will teach them a lesson 698 00:35:45,770 --> 00:35:48,340 and make them not want to do it again. 699 00:36:02,820 --> 00:36:05,190 [Derrick Lopez] So this is Winston. 700 00:36:05,260 --> 00:36:07,830 I actually have two African spurred tortoises 701 00:36:07,830 --> 00:36:10,230 that I've had for about ten years. 702 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,370 Tortoises are, uh, strict herbivores. 703 00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:16,600 He just pretty much eats grass. 704 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:17,870 We actually grow some cucumber, 705 00:36:17,870 --> 00:36:19,770 collard greens, mustard greens for 'em 706 00:36:19,770 --> 00:36:22,870 just to give 'em a little bit of variety. 707 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,950 These guys are the third largest tortoise in the world. 708 00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:28,510 You've got the Galapagos tortoise 709 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,720 off of the islands of Galapagos, 710 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:34,020 um, Aldabras from the islands of Aldabra, 711 00:36:34,050 --> 00:36:36,990 um, and these are actually from Africa. 712 00:36:37,890 --> 00:36:39,890 He is probably 25 to 30 years old. 713 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,400 Um, we suspect that they live about 100 years. 714 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,860 So it is a lifelong commitment. 715 00:36:44,900 --> 00:36:48,030 So hopefully, once I'm gone, my kids will enjoy 'em, 716 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,970 uh, 'cause they're gonna be nice and big. 717 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:51,970 Time to go to work. 718 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,880 Right now, we're heading out to a property where we've had some trespassers, 719 00:37:01,950 --> 00:37:06,280 um, issues in the past with ATV use, um, hunters. 720 00:37:12,590 --> 00:37:16,130 Looks like there's a trail. 721 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:22,770 So there you've got a bike trail cut right through his property. 722 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,400 Um, that's also what we're dealing with is cyclists. 723 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:29,040 This is a large piece of privately owned property 724 00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:31,310 Just to my right, 725 00:37:31,310 --> 00:37:33,710 I can see where two tire tracks were. 726 00:37:33,750 --> 00:37:35,680 I don't know that they were recent, 727 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,750 but, um, it may lead to something else, 728 00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:40,990 so we'll go take a look real quick. 729 00:37:46,830 --> 00:37:49,660 You can see they just used five-gallon buckets 730 00:37:49,730 --> 00:37:52,500 and a shopping cart, 731 00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:54,770 um, to build this little trail system. 732 00:37:54,770 --> 00:37:58,640 But they just did a hack job and cut down landowner's trees 733 00:37:58,710 --> 00:38:00,040 to make a little bridge. 734 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:00,940 So I'm gonna poke back there 735 00:38:01,010 --> 00:38:04,140 and see if I see some more evidence. 736 00:38:12,220 --> 00:38:15,620 Yep, so these guys have now made a... 737 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:21,190 six-foot trail system right in the middle of this landowner's property. 738 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,330 Curious to see where it ends. 739 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:28,800 This is definitely not just a couple twigs that were cut. 740 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,470 Somebody came in with a chainsaw, 741 00:38:30,540 --> 00:38:32,370 cleared a large trail system, 742 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,570 and has completely altered the look of this man's land 743 00:38:35,580 --> 00:38:37,380 with total disrespect and disregard 744 00:38:37,410 --> 00:38:40,380 for what his plans may be for his property. 745 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:46,180 I think I hear somebody coming. 746 00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:03,130 [Derrick] Yeah, they're coming this way. 747 00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:06,800 You can see this trail. 748 00:39:06,810 --> 00:39:10,310 We also have some rutting right here from either an ATV or a pickup. 749 00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:13,780 Somebody even went so far as to build some jumps right here. 750 00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:17,620 They've greatly altered some of this natural scape for the landowner, 751 00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:20,350 which is not okay. 752 00:39:20,420 --> 00:39:24,020 We'll make contact. We'll see what these guys have. 753 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:31,700 Hey, guys. Let me talk to all of y'all over here real quick. 754 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:32,800 [boy 1 speaking] 755 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,000 [Derrick] How many of there are y'all? 756 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,770 - [boy 1 speaking] - [Derrick] Four? 757 00:39:36,770 --> 00:39:38,540 [Derrick] So I'm a state game warden, Derrick Lopez, 758 00:39:38,540 --> 00:39:39,570 here in Harris County. 759 00:39:39,570 --> 00:39:41,110 - Do y'all live close by? - [boy 2 speaking] 760 00:39:41,110 --> 00:39:42,440 [Derrick] Do you know who's property you're on? 761 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,240 [Derrick] No? 762 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,750 [Derrick] Do y'all live there in the neighborhood in Bridgeland? 763 00:39:47,750 --> 00:39:50,420 - [boy 1 speaking] - [Derrick] Yeah? 764 00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:52,380 [Derrick] How's it going, guys? State game warden. 765 00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:54,720 So y'all are actually trespassing on private property. 766 00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,420 - [boy 3 speaking] - [Derrick] Yes. 767 00:39:56,420 --> 00:39:59,720 Okay? Y'all are what probably in high school. 768 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:00,690 - [Derrick] Middle school? - [boy 1 speaking] 769 00:40:00,730 --> 00:40:02,660 [Derrick] You're in elementary? 770 00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:06,770 I do like that you're out enjoying the outdoors, um, 771 00:40:06,770 --> 00:40:07,870 but you all can't be out here. 772 00:40:07,870 --> 00:40:09,200 You've got to have permission from the landowner. 773 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,670 And this gentleman actually hunts as well on this property. 774 00:40:11,740 --> 00:40:14,940 So the last thing we would want is for him to be hunting deer 775 00:40:14,940 --> 00:40:16,740 and maybe not even shoot at you guys, 776 00:40:16,810 --> 00:40:19,640 but if you're beyond the wooded area where they shoot 777 00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:22,910 and you happen to be, heaven forbid, in the background, 778 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,280 that could be bad for you guys, right? 779 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,420 The last thing we want is for you guys to get injured. 780 00:40:26,420 --> 00:40:28,490 Um, just a verbal warning. Y'all are good to go. 781 00:40:28,490 --> 00:40:30,990 Um, just, and let your friends know, 782 00:40:31,020 --> 00:40:32,490 - um, that this does belong to somebody. - [boy 1 speaking] 783 00:40:32,490 --> 00:40:33,830 [Derrick] It is private property. 784 00:40:33,830 --> 00:40:37,930 All right, well, y'all have a good day then. Y'all be safe. 785 00:40:37,930 --> 00:40:39,530 I do like you guys have helmets too. 786 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:41,130 So y'all be safe. 787 00:40:43,870 --> 00:40:45,940 We'll pass this information along to the landowner 788 00:40:45,970 --> 00:40:47,710 and see how he wants to proceed. 789 00:40:47,710 --> 00:40:48,740 We're going to keep an eye on the area, 790 00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:50,480 uh, maybe patrol it a little bit more, 791 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,640 different hours during the week, on the weekends, 792 00:40:52,650 --> 00:40:55,910 just to keep different crowds of people on their toes. 793 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,880 So I'm just picking up some of the bigger trash. 794 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,020 The shopping cart's gonna b a little bit harder to get out, 795 00:41:00,020 --> 00:41:00,790 but the buckets are easy. 796 00:41:00,790 --> 00:41:01,990 It's something I can grab. 797 00:41:01,990 --> 00:41:04,160 And it's going to make it a little bit harder. 797 00:41:05,305 --> 00:42:05,732 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm