"Lone Star Law" Armed Invader

1 00:00:00,330 --> 00:00:02,430 [narrator reading] 2 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:10,800 Undersized trout. 3 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:12,670 Coming up on Lone Star Law. 4 00:00:12,740 --> 00:00:15,040 There's two separate tracks here. 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,110 Hunting somebody's property without consent. 6 00:00:17,180 --> 00:00:18,810 That's a state jail felony. 7 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:20,580 Whose basket's this? 8 00:00:20,580 --> 00:00:22,250 That is unacceptable. 9 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:25,120 He's getting out with his scoped rifle. 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,720 Did you have a firearm with you whenever you are on that property? 11 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:29,160 No. 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,330 I know that you're not telling us the whole truth about this. 13 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:37,770 [man] A Texas Game Warden's job is to protect wild animals 14 00:00:37,770 --> 00:00:40,000 and wild places. 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,170 Keep the public safe and every now and again, 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,140 put a bad guy in jail. 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:53,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 18 00:00:57,650 --> 00:00:59,690 Now I got him. 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,890 - What's that dog's name? - Re-ride the wonder dog. 20 00:01:01,890 --> 00:01:02,990 Re-ride. Come here, Re-ride. 21 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:05,060 [laughs] 22 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:08,830 [announcer] Here we go. 23 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:12,930 The Kueckelhan Rodeo been going on here in Fannin County for decades. 24 00:01:12,940 --> 00:01:14,200 All your animals look good. 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:15,700 [man speaking] 26 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,000 Yeah. 27 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:18,040 I'm gonna sign up for the bull riding. 28 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:19,540 [laughs] 29 00:01:19,540 --> 00:01:22,810 You'll see the whole county tonight right here in one spot. 30 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:25,910 We go around and be seen and stuff and that's how people 31 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:26,980 put a face with a name. 32 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:28,680 Are you a game warden? 33 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,080 [laughs] 34 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:31,550 I just play one on TV. 35 00:01:31,550 --> 00:01:34,720 [announcer] Somebody show that cowboy some love. 36 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,360 What's the only difference between a fool and rodeo clown? 37 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:38,860 - What? - The paint. 38 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:42,830 [announcer] We don't have buffalo racing, but we got buffalo roping. 39 00:01:42,830 --> 00:01:45,170 You got 'em on the run now, boys. 40 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,700 Look at that. 41 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:48,640 Hey, how are y'all? 42 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,670 They're looking for one more. 43 00:01:50,670 --> 00:01:52,270 That hat'd make him stay on there better. 44 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,880 Yeah. Hey, we'll see you. 45 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,850 [Randolph] Great time at the Kueckelhan and it's alwa a really good rodeo 46 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,880 and now we're going to go patrol a little bit. 47 00:02:02,890 --> 00:02:04,350 Hey, thank y'all. 48 00:02:04,350 --> 00:02:06,190 Take it easy. 49 00:02:08,820 --> 00:02:11,090 - [cell phone vibrating] - Randolph McGee, how are you? 50 00:02:13,660 --> 00:02:15,230 Really? 51 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:22,070 Hey, can you drop me a pin, where it's at? 52 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:23,800 All right, appreciate it, man. 53 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,610 - Yes, sir. - Bye-bye. 54 00:02:25,670 --> 00:02:28,940 Hog traps like that, the deer can't get out of it. 55 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:31,550 Deer are wild animals and they'll hurt themselves 56 00:02:31,550 --> 00:02:32,910 trying to escape. 57 00:02:32,950 --> 00:02:35,620 And we try to educate the public that if you're going 58 00:02:35,650 --> 00:02:36,780 to set these hog traps like that, 59 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,820 they need to leave the top open 60 00:02:38,890 --> 00:02:40,820 where, simply, the deer can jump out. 61 00:02:40,820 --> 00:02:43,390 Sometimes, they're all right and we can let them go 62 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:44,930 and sometimes they have to be put down, 63 00:02:44,930 --> 00:02:46,990 so we'll see what kind of shape it's in 64 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,930 and see if we can get the thing released. 65 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,330 We'll go from there. 66 00:02:58,410 --> 00:03:00,340 Said he had a Dodge truck. 67 00:03:01,810 --> 00:03:03,380 Hey, how's it going, man. 68 00:03:04,750 --> 00:03:06,950 Oh, is it? Can I walk there? 69 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:09,180 Watch where y'all step. 70 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,160 Okay. 71 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,560 - Let's see... Yeah. - Had his fixed horn until he broke it. 72 00:03:19,630 --> 00:03:21,130 Okay. 73 00:03:21,130 --> 00:03:24,100 Hey, we're going to get up there and see if we can try to let him out. 74 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,930 Yeah, let's... 75 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,100 Hey. 76 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:30,000 Maybe cut our lights off. Oh, oh. 77 00:03:38,780 --> 00:03:40,950 Game warden is here. 78 00:03:41,150 --> 00:03:42,880 Y'all have any luck? 79 00:03:42,950 --> 00:03:44,820 Say what? 80 00:03:44,820 --> 00:03:47,490 Yes, it is, we met before, right? 81 00:03:47,490 --> 00:03:50,020 Oh, yeah, we checked you the other day, right? 82 00:03:50,030 --> 00:03:52,830 'Cause a few people fishing out here this evening, huh? 83 00:03:52,830 --> 00:03:54,290 Y'all had any luck? Nothing? 84 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,030 [all laughing] 85 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:01,000 So, tonight I'm up here on patrol. I'm just checking the crappie houses 86 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,300 on Lake Buchanan. 87 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:05,740 A crappie house is basically a floating house on the water. 88 00:04:05,770 --> 00:04:08,880 It's just a small floating structure that people use 89 00:04:08,910 --> 00:04:10,780 to kind of get out of the elements, get out of the weather 90 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:12,780 and still be able to fish. 91 00:04:12,850 --> 00:04:14,750 Got a few folks in here. How are y'all doing? 92 00:04:14,780 --> 00:04:17,120 Y'all got any fish in here? 93 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:20,390 It's important for us to che these crappie houses 94 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,890 because it gives people an opportunity to conceal 95 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:23,990 what they're doing. 96 00:04:23,990 --> 00:04:25,390 Y'all got your licenses? 97 00:04:27,460 --> 00:04:28,860 All right. 98 00:04:28,860 --> 00:04:31,470 Fish waste has been a huge issue in our crappie houses lately. 99 00:04:31,470 --> 00:04:33,070 Just about every time that we check them, 100 00:04:33,070 --> 00:04:37,970 we're seeing gamefish that are being left in these crappie baskets to die. 101 00:04:37,970 --> 00:04:40,110 See, like, I'll come down here sometimes. 102 00:04:40,110 --> 00:04:42,380 And this basket will be... just like that. 103 00:04:42,410 --> 00:04:43,540 Son of a gun. 104 00:04:43,610 --> 00:04:46,810 We have four good white bass. 105 00:04:46,820 --> 00:04:50,320 That could have gone to somebody or could have been turned back loose. 106 00:04:51,650 --> 00:04:52,690 - Good deal. - All right. 107 00:04:52,690 --> 00:04:55,020 I'll make a ways down here. 108 00:04:56,090 --> 00:04:57,720 Hey, I haven't checked you yet. You have a license? 109 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:58,990 Yeah. 110 00:04:58,990 --> 00:05:00,360 You have anybody on this side over there? 111 00:05:00,430 --> 00:05:02,130 Nah, I don't think so. 112 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,160 Good deal. 113 00:05:05,130 --> 00:05:07,230 Whose basket is this? 114 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:10,800 I have no idea. 115 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:12,170 Nobody knows? 116 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,710 Somebody was here when we got here, but I saw that basket there. 117 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:16,340 - I didn't pull it up. - Okay. 118 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,850 Are all these poles y'alls? Are there other folks here? 119 00:05:20,850 --> 00:05:22,980 These are mine. 120 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:26,090 - These two and those. - This one? Okay. 121 00:05:26,090 --> 00:05:27,920 Has anybody left down here recently? 122 00:05:27,990 --> 00:05:29,660 I don't think so. 123 00:05:29,660 --> 00:05:31,760 - Y'all been here a while? - Yeah. 124 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,030 Does anybody know anything about this basket of fish here? 125 00:05:35,860 --> 00:05:39,930 No? This is a difficult situation from our perspective, 126 00:05:39,970 --> 00:05:42,570 because we're not there watching people all the time. 127 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,640 So, it's really hard for us to pinpoint exactly who it is 128 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,510 that's leaving these fish behind and it's happening so frequently 129 00:05:49,550 --> 00:05:52,110 that it's causing an issue in our lakes. 130 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:54,980 We've got... this is just bait fish got some perch in here. 131 00:05:55,020 --> 00:05:57,050 I don't want to see 'em stay in this basket and die. I don't know 132 00:05:57,050 --> 00:05:58,390 who left them here, but... 133 00:05:58,390 --> 00:06:00,050 I wish I knew they were there. 134 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,720 So, my next move on something like this is just to keep 135 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:04,220 keep up patrol efforts in this area. 136 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:06,430 Um, see if we can identify who's doing this. 137 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:09,360 I'll spread the word talking to the local fishermen. 138 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:10,800 But, they're not going to keep them, clean them. 139 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,800 They need to cut them loose or donate them to y'all, 140 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:14,600 just... I'd rather see that than let 'em rot. 141 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,100 Yes, sir. 142 00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:19,340 Maybe, we'll get lucky. Somebody will call in a tip to our hotline. 143 00:06:19,410 --> 00:06:21,210 Or maybe we'll get lucky and catch somebody. 144 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:23,280 All right, guys, well, y'all have a good one, be safe. 145 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:25,080 Yes, sir. 146 00:06:32,020 --> 00:06:34,050 Yeah. 147 00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:37,990 Maybe cut her lights off. Oh, oh. 148 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,330 I doubt it. I got some pliers in the truck. 149 00:06:47,570 --> 00:06:50,400 - He got his leg twisted up a little bit. - Yeah. 150 00:06:51,510 --> 00:06:53,770 Hey, leave him alone for a second and, everybody, 151 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:56,710 be still and quiet and I'm gonna go get some pliers out the back 152 00:06:56,780 --> 00:06:57,780 of my truck and cut that real quick. 153 00:06:57,810 --> 00:07:00,110 I'll be right back. 154 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,480 He got his leg twisted up a little bit, but that's going to be fine 155 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:06,090 if he'd just stay calm. 156 00:07:06,090 --> 00:07:09,960 Make those things for hogs and those deer get caught in them. 157 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,020 It's not their fault. 158 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:14,030 So, we'll try to help the guy out. 159 00:07:14,460 --> 00:07:17,060 There's the best pliers right there. 160 00:07:35,150 --> 00:07:38,350 [grunts] Oh, that's a cable right there I'm trying to cut. 161 00:07:45,330 --> 00:07:46,930 Hold on. 162 00:07:46,930 --> 00:07:49,560 This is a typical hog cage and there's a cable going down there. 163 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:53,130 It's for trap to trigger to catch a hog 164 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:55,840 and, unfortunately, this time it was a deer that got caught up 165 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:57,140 in this thing. 166 00:08:02,980 --> 00:08:04,980 Oh, buddy. Buddy. 167 00:08:06,850 --> 00:08:08,820 I thought... 168 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:10,180 There we go. 169 00:08:10,750 --> 00:08:12,190 [laughs] 170 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:16,390 Know that is the right thing to do. 171 00:08:16,460 --> 00:08:19,690 All right, I'm fixing to tell y'all the wrong thing to do. 172 00:08:19,730 --> 00:08:23,800 These hog traps like that, that are this design. 173 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,600 I know everybody sells them and everybody makes them like that. 174 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,940 But, to keep from that happening, you know, 175 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,970 they need to have a hole up top where they can jump out. 176 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:33,310 You know what I mean? 177 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,640 That's a good idea. 178 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,480 You come down here and those deer get caught in there like that. 179 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:42,880 Normally, they... they'll tear themselves up. 180 00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:44,920 Right their neck, jaw. I thought something's happened to him. 181 00:08:44,990 --> 00:08:46,350 A while ago... 182 00:08:49,420 --> 00:08:51,390 All right, well, y'all take care, okay? 183 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,660 All right. 184 00:08:56,730 --> 00:09:00,630 That worked out the best that it could possibly work out, I think. 185 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,500 And that cage was small enough, you know, 186 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,740 that was probably a good thing for the deer 187 00:09:04,740 --> 00:09:06,710 'cause he couldn't get up enough momentum 188 00:09:06,710 --> 00:09:11,210 to actually hurt himself that bad, so it was good outcome. 189 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,420 Can't leave my truck running. 190 00:09:22,490 --> 00:09:24,260 I'll run out of gas. 191 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,360 I've got a dad that just called me on a hunting club 192 00:09:30,430 --> 00:09:33,770 and claimed his 14 year old daughter shot a buck 193 00:09:33,770 --> 00:09:34,830 that was undersized. 194 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,800 In our particular county here in East Texas. 195 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:42,510 We've got a minimum spread length of 13 inches inside. 196 00:09:42,510 --> 00:09:45,010 We got to make sure that this isn't the case 197 00:09:45,010 --> 00:09:47,510 where the daddy's trying to put her at fault 198 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:49,180 because she's a minor 199 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:53,320 as to actually shooting a deer or did she actually not shoot the deer. 200 00:09:57,990 --> 00:09:59,960 What's going on, guys and girls? 201 00:10:00,030 --> 00:10:01,360 Hey. Good. How about y'all? 202 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,000 Not too good? 203 00:10:12,940 --> 00:10:15,110 - What's going on, guys and girls? - Hey. 204 00:10:15,110 --> 00:10:17,080 Good, how about y'all? 205 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,010 Not too good? 206 00:10:19,150 --> 00:10:20,880 It's all right. 207 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,950 It happens, it happens. Grown men. 208 00:10:22,950 --> 00:10:25,050 Were y'all hunting together? 209 00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:26,690 - Yes, sir. - No, you're hunting by yourself. 210 00:10:26,690 --> 00:10:28,660 Yes, sir. 211 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:30,960 You didn't see the bucks this morning at all? 212 00:10:32,130 --> 00:10:34,230 Okay. You have hunter ed and stuff? 213 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:36,000 Okay, good. 214 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,330 Let me see yours real quick. 215 00:10:39,970 --> 00:10:42,240 Make sure you tagged it with the right one. 216 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:45,570 Got that, got that. 217 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,070 He's a nice buck. Is it your first? 218 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:48,740 - No, sir. - You killed 'em before? 219 00:10:48,740 --> 00:10:50,380 I shot a lot. 220 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:52,910 You know, he's a pretty deer. Shoot him real early. 221 00:10:52,910 --> 00:10:53,510 - No, sir. - No. 222 00:10:53,580 --> 00:10:55,310 Late in the morning. Okay? 223 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:01,020 And the deal is if you see one and you got to sit there and look at it for 20 minutes 224 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:03,160 trying to determine if it's legal or not. 225 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:04,690 Let him go. 226 00:11:04,690 --> 00:11:05,730 Let him go. 227 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:08,760 Yeah. Sometimes, we get in a position where the dad, 228 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,560 dad comes out, said my daughter shot it 229 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:13,270 'cause she's a minor and takes the... 230 00:11:13,270 --> 00:11:15,270 - makes her take the blame. - Right. 231 00:11:15,340 --> 00:11:19,270 But, the tears in that girl's eye, I know who shot this deer this morning. 232 00:11:19,270 --> 00:11:22,480 So, I don't have to second guess to sit here and question y'all. 233 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,150 Measurement of it real quick and then we'll get y'all down the road. 234 00:11:29,250 --> 00:11:31,690 Now, he's right there, 12 and three quarter. 235 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:34,690 This is not the bucks that we want to be harvested each year. 236 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,790 Setting a 13 inch minimum spread on a buck deer. 237 00:11:38,790 --> 00:11:41,960 That's going to enable the buck to get through this season 238 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,600 by the time he reaches minim 13 inches, 239 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:46,770 he finally gonna be a mature animal 240 00:11:46,770 --> 00:11:49,770 and that's what we're trying to do with the, with the herd is 241 00:11:49,770 --> 00:11:51,810 get more mature animals in the herd 242 00:11:51,810 --> 00:11:54,710 for the future generations. 243 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,840 What I'm gonna do is issue a warrant for possession. 244 00:11:56,910 --> 00:11:58,610 Handle a restricted deer. She's a minor. 245 00:11:58,610 --> 00:12:00,110 You're in control of her 246 00:12:00,180 --> 00:12:02,580 and, so, anyway, I'm gonna scratch you out a warning. 247 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:06,850 I'm gonna go up there and take care of it real quick and we'll be done. 248 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:09,820 I don't want to take anything away from that girl's hunt. 249 00:12:09,890 --> 00:12:10,920 She's the one that killed it. 250 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:13,790 Uh, I mean, when they walk up to you in tears, 251 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,000 it's a pretty good idea who killed it. 252 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:21,840 What grade you in? 253 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:24,600 - Ninth. - Ninth grade. Little freshman. 254 00:12:24,670 --> 00:12:26,870 Just a warning. Sign here, you don't have to see the judge 255 00:12:26,940 --> 00:12:29,680 or anything, we just documented. 256 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:32,610 Grown men have made the same mistake before. 257 00:12:32,610 --> 00:12:35,420 And it happens, just be more careful. 258 00:12:37,820 --> 00:12:39,950 Did anybody get any good deer in the camp? 259 00:12:43,690 --> 00:12:44,660 Oh, okay. 260 00:12:44,660 --> 00:12:47,030 - All right. - Thank you very much. 261 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:48,630 Y'all be safe. All right? Be careful. 262 00:12:48,630 --> 00:12:50,260 Good luck seating him. 263 00:12:53,870 --> 00:12:56,400 He's not trying to outlaw, he's called us. 264 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,570 That goes a long way with us. 265 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,870 It's good to contact and ask people. 266 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,380 I think they learned a lesson and it probably won't happen again. 267 00:13:07,550 --> 00:13:10,280 Stop. Get that bag of corn. 268 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,990 Somebody lost a bag of corn out here on the highway. 269 00:13:13,050 --> 00:13:15,760 Busted open, but I bet you I can save about 10 or 20 pounds. 270 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,060 No sense in wasting it. 271 00:13:20,530 --> 00:13:25,330 'Course it's litter too, so I feel like I'm doing my duty picking up the roadway trash. 272 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,600 Well, this right here, this would be a good way 273 00:13:30,670 --> 00:13:33,440 to get some hogs killed the night on the highway 274 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,980 with all this corn in the middle of the road. 275 00:14:06,010 --> 00:14:09,880 Your mom was saying your grandpa rode with him down here. 276 00:14:09,910 --> 00:14:12,080 And then he goes in the fast lane. 277 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,110 Slow. [laughs] 278 00:14:14,180 --> 00:14:15,920 She said he'd honk them. 279 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,180 Oh, yeah. 280 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:20,990 Little grandpa. 281 00:14:20,990 --> 00:14:23,690 I like working with my wife as my partner, we're on the same page. 282 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,760 We're two different types of officers. 283 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,660 She's very upfront and I jok a lot with people 284 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,930 and that's why our demeanor is a little different. 285 00:14:31,930 --> 00:14:34,400 But, at the end of the day, we're both doing the same job. 286 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,240 State game warden. 287 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,340 Y'all have any fish? 288 00:14:40,710 --> 00:14:43,240 All right. We'll do a water safety inspection. 289 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:45,880 Do you have three life jackets on the boat? 290 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,180 And type four throwable? 291 00:14:48,180 --> 00:14:51,020 -One. -Yes, sir. Everyone's licensed. 292 00:14:51,090 --> 00:14:52,390 Please. 293 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,220 Go ahead. 294 00:14:56,190 --> 00:14:58,290 Y'all ain't catch any catfish over there? 295 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,730 [officer speaking] 296 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:07,870 We need to see the horn or a whistle and did you show them 297 00:15:07,870 --> 00:15:10,970 the... did you see the certificate number? 298 00:15:10,970 --> 00:15:13,740 That's a nice GPS right there. 299 00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:14,670 Certificate and number Ben. 300 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,710 All right. Yes, sir. Yeah. 301 00:15:16,780 --> 00:15:19,010 - Good. - Y'all have a great day, guys. 302 00:15:21,250 --> 00:15:23,250 State game warden. How'd y'all do? 303 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:26,050 It's good. 304 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:28,020 If I could see two life jackets. 305 00:15:28,860 --> 00:15:29,820 All right. 306 00:15:29,820 --> 00:15:32,530 And then, a fire extinguisher. 307 00:15:32,590 --> 00:15:35,230 You can just turn it, so I can see that gauge. 308 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:38,060 You happen to have another one? This one's in the red. 309 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:39,970 Okay. 310 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:41,900 What about a horn or a whistle? 311 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:44,940 Uh... 312 00:15:47,310 --> 00:15:49,040 And no whistle either. 313 00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:52,310 Okay, y'all have got fishing licenses I could see to? 314 00:15:53,010 --> 00:15:55,050 I'll hop on. 315 00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:00,990 - All trout? - Yes, ma'am. 316 00:16:01,190 --> 00:16:03,090 One. 317 00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:05,390 Four. 318 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:07,930 This is six. 319 00:16:07,930 --> 00:16:10,760 Seven, eight, nine. 320 00:16:10,770 --> 00:16:13,230 That one might be the smallest one. 321 00:16:15,970 --> 00:16:17,570 Fourteen and a half inches. 322 00:16:17,570 --> 00:16:19,870 - Yeah, come look. - Yeah. 323 00:16:19,910 --> 00:16:21,040 I measure a few of these spotted sea trout 324 00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:23,910 and I find one of them to be half inch under size. 325 00:16:23,910 --> 00:16:25,880 If everybody goes a lot to get under sized fish, 326 00:16:25,910 --> 00:16:28,510 then it won't give them a chance to grow into an age 327 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,080 where they can reproduce. 328 00:16:30,150 --> 00:16:32,290 Yeah, it's right there at that half mark line. 329 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,220 Not a half inch. 330 00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:47,370 Come here, buddy. Come. 331 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:50,140 This is Ronan. 332 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:53,940 After Hurricane Harvey when I got back from working down there. 333 00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:57,810 He was dumped on the side of the road and I decided 334 00:16:57,810 --> 00:16:59,210 to take him in and keep him. 335 00:16:59,650 --> 00:17:01,050 All right, Ronan, sit. 336 00:17:01,050 --> 00:17:05,650 Spin. Good boy. Down. Good boy. 337 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:06,790 All right, I'm gonna head to work, okay? 338 00:17:06,790 --> 00:17:09,960 I'll see you later. Behave. 339 00:17:13,330 --> 00:17:15,660 I'm Angel Miller. I've been a game warden for six years 340 00:17:15,660 --> 00:17:18,500 and I'm stationed in Tarrant County. 341 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:20,300 It's been a blast working in my hometown. 342 00:17:20,370 --> 00:17:22,670 I really am glad to be back here. 343 00:17:22,670 --> 00:17:25,610 Just being around friends and family and getting to patrol 344 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,440 the areas where I grew up in. 345 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,780 I'm going to meet one of my partners Hannah Scarborough. 346 00:17:30,780 --> 00:17:33,810 She has been in the county for about a year and a half. 347 00:17:33,850 --> 00:17:36,420 I think it's really important for newer game wardens 348 00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:37,880 to work with game wardens who've been out longer 349 00:17:37,950 --> 00:17:41,990 just to get different ways of approaching cases. 350 00:17:41,990 --> 00:17:43,720 She was PD before this, so she does have 351 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,120 law enforcement experience. 352 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:48,390 So, she can learn from me, but just because she's only been 353 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,260 out for a year and a half doesn't mean I can't learn from her. 354 00:17:52,770 --> 00:17:54,030 Hey, dude. 355 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:56,340 - Hey, bro. - Thanks for helping me. 356 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,040 So, I got a call from a landowner. 357 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,880 They saw a guy going into their neighbor's property 358 00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:07,210 wearing hunting gear. 359 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:08,550 They caught it all on video. 360 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:09,680 Okay. 361 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,750 In Tarrant County, trespassing is a huge problem, 362 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:13,590 especially during hunting season 363 00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:15,390 because you never know what they're doing back ther 364 00:18:15,390 --> 00:18:17,690 Do they have firearms? Are they hunting? 365 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,030 We just want to make sure that on both sides, 366 00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:22,960 everyone's safe and the law is being followed. 367 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,830 [knocking at door] 368 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,200 Hi, State Game Warden, how are y'all? 369 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,640 - I'm good. - Good. 370 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,870 If you wouldn't mind just kind of going over what, what you saw? 371 00:18:32,940 --> 00:18:35,540 We have a number of days of video. 372 00:18:35,540 --> 00:18:37,640 Here's the DVDs that we burned. 373 00:18:37,710 --> 00:18:41,650 - Perfect. - Well, the guy came and he parked over there. 374 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:43,850 He had already gone up into their property over there 375 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,920 - with his guns. - Okay. 376 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,860 He comes driving down, parks behind my garage... 377 00:18:49,860 --> 00:18:51,760 - Okay. - Goes over the guardrail, 378 00:18:51,790 --> 00:18:54,130 goes up into the woods, comes back. 379 00:18:54,130 --> 00:18:56,400 I can tell he's got something he puts in his car. 380 00:18:57,130 --> 00:18:59,830 We have a license plate. 381 00:18:59,830 --> 00:19:01,930 Yes, that would be great. 382 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,970 Trespassing in itself is a big deal, 383 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:08,010 but when someone is now entering with a firearm, 384 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:08,910 it's a Class A misdemeanor. 385 00:19:08,910 --> 00:19:10,740 They could be arrested and taken in. 386 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:14,010 They don't know who else is on that property. 387 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,220 They don't know what's backing up to the property 388 00:19:16,250 --> 00:19:17,880 where housing is. 389 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:21,220 If this guy's killed deer on the property, that would be a felony. 390 00:19:22,860 --> 00:19:24,990 - This is his car. - Okay. 391 00:19:27,130 --> 00:19:29,060 Oh, there we go. 392 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,630 Look at that. 393 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:32,700 Positive offence. 394 00:19:32,770 --> 00:19:34,930 Scoped rifle and a blue chai 395 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,070 Oh, yeah. He's hunting. 396 00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:46,210 - This is his car. - Okay. 397 00:19:47,050 --> 00:19:48,980 There's gonna be the rifle. 398 00:19:49,050 --> 00:19:51,150 He dropped something on the ground. 399 00:19:51,250 --> 00:19:52,520 A box of rounds? 400 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,150 Maybe. 401 00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:57,620 There's the better view of his face. 402 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,190 Yeah, there's still a photo of him coming out. 403 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,330 Where's that yellow sign at, that's in the camera? 404 00:20:03,330 --> 00:20:04,800 It's over here. 405 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:08,400 Yeah, the camera that that is right there on that. 406 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,740 That outbuilding right over there. 407 00:20:09,740 --> 00:20:11,940 - Oh. - From the garage. 408 00:20:11,940 --> 00:20:13,810 - So... - And so, there he stopped and right over there 409 00:20:13,810 --> 00:20:16,010 on that side. 410 00:20:16,010 --> 00:20:17,240 I love it when neighbors have camera scenario. 411 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:18,580 There we go. 412 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:24,920 Hey, there might be casings or anything that he would have, 413 00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:25,850 like, ejected over here. 414 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:28,020 Maybe. 415 00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:32,160 Because he was parked over here. 416 00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:36,060 Just looking in the area trying to see if we can fin 417 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:37,730 any kind of casings or anything that he may have dropped 418 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,000 outside of his vehicle. 419 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,740 Something that we can tie that he was here 420 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:44,240 and he was actively hunting. 421 00:20:58,750 --> 00:20:59,690 Fourteen and a half inches. 422 00:20:59,690 --> 00:21:01,920 Oh, yeah, come look. 423 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,260 Yeah, it's right there at that half mark line. 424 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:07,190 There's no way. 425 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,060 There's no way there's a 15 and quarter in the water. 426 00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:13,070 Not a half inch. 427 00:21:13,070 --> 00:21:14,800 So, what we're gonna do is you'll get one ticket 428 00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:16,800 and you're going to get two warnings, 429 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,740 one for the undersized trout and then the two 430 00:21:18,740 --> 00:21:21,270 for the water safety violations. 431 00:21:21,310 --> 00:21:23,380 Because each one is actually a violation, 432 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,710 but we'll just change it to warnings for the other two. 433 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,580 They can't legally go down the road with these fish, 434 00:21:29,650 --> 00:21:30,380 they get stopped again. 435 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:31,880 They could get in trouble again. 436 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:34,620 So, what we're gonna do is donate the one undersized fish 437 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:35,960 and go from there and these someone else 438 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,120 can get a good meal out of it. 439 00:21:39,030 --> 00:21:40,860 What was the measurement on that trout? 440 00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:41,930 Fourteen and half. 441 00:21:41,930 --> 00:21:44,130 Fourteen and half. 442 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:52,100 No, no whistle. 443 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:54,870 No fire extinguisher. 444 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,080 Where did y'all go? 445 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:58,110 Ilan Road. 446 00:21:58,110 --> 00:21:59,380 Charlie's... 447 00:21:59,450 --> 00:22:00,810 Well, y'all know where to go though 'cause compared 448 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,980 to a lot of people, they didn't catch much, 449 00:22:03,050 --> 00:22:05,420 so between you two and even the guides. 450 00:22:07,420 --> 00:22:08,350 You can't do that. 451 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,420 Talking to these guys, one of them says 452 00:22:10,460 --> 00:22:13,730 I didn't catch any fish and other says I caught all nine of them. 453 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,530 And that's a violation. He's over the limit. 454 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,330 You're allowed five each. 455 00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:19,500 You caught five, you caught four, right? 456 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,130 - Right, five per person, right? - Five per person. 457 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:24,500 You can't let your buddy catch your fish. 458 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:26,410 You can't let your buddy shoot your ducks. 459 00:22:26,410 --> 00:22:27,770 You can't let your buddy shoot your deer. 460 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:30,880 It's your fish. It's your bag limit. 461 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,710 Like, he's got it. He's got to do the work for his five. 462 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,410 You got to do the work for your five. 463 00:22:40,490 --> 00:22:41,620 Next time, just catch your five. 464 00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:44,260 No, we're just educating you for future. 465 00:22:45,190 --> 00:22:48,490 No, the law states, you know, you get your five. 466 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:49,930 He gets his five. 467 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,170 When you go deer hunting, you can't shoot. 468 00:22:57,170 --> 00:22:59,870 I can't shoot all your deer on your tags, on your license. 469 00:22:59,870 --> 00:23:00,770 So... 470 00:23:00,780 --> 00:23:02,380 comes to the same thing. 471 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,610 This is your driver's license back. 472 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,480 Undersized trout just for one. Citation. 473 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,880 The gray is for warnings, like I said, the whistle 474 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:13,050 that you didn't have and then the fire extinguisher 475 00:23:13,050 --> 00:23:14,190 that's not working. 476 00:23:14,190 --> 00:23:15,890 Sign right here by the red X. 477 00:23:15,890 --> 00:23:19,160 It's not saying you're guilty, just promising that you will talk to the judge. 478 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:23,800 No, no, no, no. The fine is a class C ticket. 479 00:23:23,830 --> 00:23:26,200 So, it ranges anywhere from 25 to 500. 480 00:23:26,930 --> 00:23:28,430 We got to take the fish. 481 00:23:30,940 --> 00:23:32,140 [laughs] 482 00:23:32,140 --> 00:23:34,140 I catch bigger fish than this. 483 00:23:35,740 --> 00:23:37,380 Any questions? 484 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,310 - All right, y'all be careful headed back home. - Have a safe journey. 485 00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:48,290 And I smell like fish. 486 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,920 I stink. 487 00:23:50,990 --> 00:23:52,830 - Like fish? - Stink like I've been working. 488 00:23:52,830 --> 00:23:53,990 Like fish? 489 00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:09,010 We didn't find any shell casings or anything else 490 00:24:09,010 --> 00:24:12,080 to prove that the trespasser with the gun was hunting. 491 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:17,080 So, we will head to the suspect's house. 492 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,650 I was able to get a driver's license photo 493 00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:22,490 and kind of compare it with the trespassing photos I have right now. 494 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,620 Just gonna interview him. See if he'll talk to us. 495 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,760 My main goal was coming to this apartment complex 496 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,930 is to get him to admit he went on that land to hunt. 497 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:33,770 As of right now, the charge that I have is trespass 498 00:24:33,770 --> 00:24:34,900 with a firearm. 499 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:36,300 But, you don't wear camo and bring a firearm 500 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:38,770 and go multiple days in a ro to just hike a property. 501 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:41,970 He's probably looking for deer, hogs, something like that. 502 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:43,410 So, if I can get him to confess to me, yes, 503 00:24:43,410 --> 00:24:45,180 I went on that property to hunt. 504 00:24:45,180 --> 00:24:49,010 That will bring another charge of hunting without land owner consent. 505 00:24:50,150 --> 00:24:51,280 This is his car. 506 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:53,090 He's outside. 507 00:24:54,690 --> 00:24:56,290 State game warden. 508 00:24:56,290 --> 00:24:59,060 - It's about the other night. - Oh, [bleep] 509 00:24:59,990 --> 00:25:02,330 Do you have it parked on the side of the road there before? 510 00:25:02,330 --> 00:25:04,260 No, I've never parked there. 511 00:25:05,530 --> 00:25:07,130 Okay. 512 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,640 I got out and was trying to get a signal, 513 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,640 calling my wife to come pick me up, 514 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:11,940 by that time, it cooled off. 515 00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:14,810 - Okay. - And I went ahead and took the car and brought it home. 516 00:25:14,810 --> 00:25:15,740 Do you deer hunt? 517 00:25:15,810 --> 00:25:17,580 - I do hunt. - You do hunt? 518 00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:20,450 Yeah, I mean, have you gone hunting this year or... 519 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,550 I had a little bit of opportunity before season. 520 00:25:23,550 --> 00:25:25,620 - Uh-huh. - A guy gave me permission to hunt hogs. 521 00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:27,820 - Okay. - On his place in Jacksboro. 522 00:25:27,820 --> 00:25:29,590 - Oh, cool. - That's the only hunting I got-- 523 00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:30,960 - Okay. - Okay. 524 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,790 Now, I do get out early in the morning. 525 00:25:32,790 --> 00:25:35,190 Go get me a Coke. 526 00:25:35,230 --> 00:25:37,800 And I take that route back there. 527 00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:41,330 - Okay. - Just to look at the deer and crossing roads. 528 00:25:44,270 --> 00:25:46,040 [laughs] 529 00:25:46,970 --> 00:25:47,970 Yeah. 530 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,540 Well, you can't shoot them from the roadway 531 00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:52,750 - if that's what you're asking. - No, no. 532 00:25:52,780 --> 00:25:54,780 But I don't know if that property is... 533 00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:55,980 private property. 534 00:25:56,050 --> 00:25:57,780 - Oh. - Where that trail goes... 535 00:25:57,850 --> 00:25:59,050 - Yes. - It is private? 536 00:25:59,050 --> 00:26:01,050 It is private. Yeah, so... 537 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:03,890 Yeah, right. 538 00:26:03,890 --> 00:26:05,690 Do you walk those trails often or... 539 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:08,530 No, I just drive. Go by there and if I see some deer 540 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,060 - going across the road, I stop and just look... - Okay. 541 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,870 So, never walked on that property or done anything like that? 542 00:26:14,870 --> 00:26:17,140 - No, no. - Had you seen anybody else? 543 00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:20,070 No, just regular. Just people... 544 00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:22,740 I've never seen anybody just park and get out. 545 00:26:22,740 --> 00:26:24,410 Okay. 546 00:26:24,410 --> 00:26:25,440 We do appreciate you talking to us. 547 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:26,810 Um... 548 00:26:26,810 --> 00:26:29,620 we really would like you to be honest with us at this point. 549 00:26:29,620 --> 00:26:32,550 You've ever been on that property for any reason, 550 00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:34,690 taking a firearm on that property? 551 00:26:34,690 --> 00:26:38,760 No, the only time I've been on the property, not on sidewalk. 552 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,560 I walked off into a little trail. 553 00:26:41,630 --> 00:26:42,860 - Okay. - And just kind of looked around 554 00:26:42,860 --> 00:26:45,230 and it came back, it was that night. 555 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:46,800 You didn't have a firearm on you whatsoever? 556 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,370 No. 557 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,340 - I'm gonna be straight with you, okay? - Yeah. 558 00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:53,140 I know that you're not telling us the whole truth about this. 559 00:27:00,350 --> 00:27:03,620 I know that you're not telling us the whole truth about this. 560 00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:05,850 We know your car's been down there more than just Tuesday night. 561 00:27:05,850 --> 00:27:07,550 We know it's been parked down there. 562 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,120 We know you've entered the property. 563 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:11,790 - So, we need you to be honest. - Sure. 564 00:27:11,790 --> 00:27:13,330 I will tell you. 565 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Not getting... 566 00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,370 - up into the property. - Okay. 567 00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:20,700 I have gone off the trail. 568 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,100 - The cement trail. - Okay. 569 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:24,540 A little bit when I see a little trail 570 00:27:24,540 --> 00:27:27,170 and I want to go just look up in there. See if I see something. 571 00:27:27,170 --> 00:27:29,810 Well, have you taken anything on it with you. 572 00:27:29,810 --> 00:27:30,410 No. 573 00:27:30,410 --> 00:27:32,280 Chair, firearm? 574 00:27:33,510 --> 00:27:35,750 At this point, okay. I'm going to ask you one more time. 575 00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:38,120 - Sure. - Did you have a firearm with you 576 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,120 - whenever you were on that property? - No. 577 00:27:40,190 --> 00:27:41,950 - Okay. - No. 578 00:27:42,590 --> 00:27:43,860 All right. 579 00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:46,860 We have video of you several times, 580 00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:49,290 entering the property with a firearm. 581 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:54,000 We have video of you walking in with a chair. 582 00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:57,070 We have video of your car pulling up you getting out. 583 00:27:57,070 --> 00:27:58,640 - So, this is you. - Yes, ma'am. 584 00:27:58,670 --> 00:28:00,240 So, why did you lie to us? 585 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:01,670 I just don't want to be in any trouble. 586 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,340 Okay, we would have really appreciated it 587 00:28:04,380 --> 00:28:06,650 if you were just upfront honest with us, okay? 588 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,980 - I'm sorry. - Um, so, what, what were you doing on that property? 589 00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:13,390 I was gonna say and look it. 590 00:28:13,450 --> 00:28:16,120 And hoping a hog would come by is what I was hoping. 591 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,390 - Okay. - Because there's no season. 592 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:21,130 There's no... the only thing is I was not aware 593 00:28:21,130 --> 00:28:22,660 that it was private property. 594 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:23,830 Okay. 595 00:28:23,830 --> 00:28:26,770 Most people don't walk on wooded areas with guns 596 00:28:26,770 --> 00:28:27,800 and say, I think I can hunt here. 597 00:28:27,870 --> 00:28:29,740 You need to double check that right, 598 00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:32,910 because of how dangerous that is, okay? 599 00:28:32,910 --> 00:28:34,440 Have you killed anything on that property? 600 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,970 No. 601 00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:39,980 I have no real intent of killing anything, but a hog if I see it. 602 00:28:40,050 --> 00:28:41,410 Do you happen to have your ID on you 603 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:42,650 or is it inside? 604 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:43,820 - No, I don't. - Okay. 605 00:28:43,820 --> 00:28:45,980 - Let me go... - Okay. 606 00:28:49,890 --> 00:28:52,090 Well, you know... 607 00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:58,360 I understand and like we said, at the beginning, 608 00:28:58,430 --> 00:28:59,970 we don't... we don't think you're a bad person. 609 00:28:59,970 --> 00:29:03,200 You saw an opportunity and just decided, hey, 610 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,400 you want to fill your freezer. 611 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:05,740 I get that. 612 00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:08,110 - But, our landowner is not happy, okay? - I understand. 613 00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:09,880 - You are not welcome back. - No. 614 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:10,740 Um... 615 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:11,940 we will be discussing with the landowner 616 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:14,450 and I may be getting back in contact with you, okay? 617 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,350 - Charges could be coming. Okay? - Okay. 618 00:29:16,350 --> 00:29:18,120 That's all we can do for this evening. 619 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,690 It's the landowner's decision ultimately at the end whether 620 00:29:20,750 --> 00:29:22,150 they'll pursue charges. 621 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,290 At the beginning of this investigation, 622 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,560 the suspect was going to be hit at minimum with trespass with a firearm. 623 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,500 But now, that we have gotten him to admit to hunting, 624 00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:33,670 he can be also receiving hun without land owner consent. 625 00:29:33,670 --> 00:29:35,500 Both charges are Class A misdemeanors, 626 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:36,770 an arrestable offense. 627 00:29:36,770 --> 00:29:40,370 It just depends on what the landowner wants done. 628 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,540 Next time that you come in contact with law enforcement, 629 00:29:44,550 --> 00:29:45,840 just be honest, okay? 630 00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:47,650 Because if somebody is asking you something. 631 00:29:47,650 --> 00:29:51,080 - Sure. - 100% of the time they already know the answer. 632 00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:54,150 Okay? If you can't work with us, we can't work with you. 633 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,420 - I understand. - Okay? 634 00:29:55,790 --> 00:29:57,090 All right. 635 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,190 - We appreciate the cooperation. - Mm-hmm. 636 00:30:15,610 --> 00:30:17,380 See y'all later. 637 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,250 I got a call from one of the hunting club members. 638 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,720 He's got a vehicle out here in front of his hunting club property. 639 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,160 They've had some thefts in there over the last month or so. 640 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,190 I'm gonna call that landowner back. 641 00:30:35,230 --> 00:30:37,230 [cell phone ringing] 642 00:30:37,770 --> 00:30:38,430 Hello? 643 00:30:38,430 --> 00:30:39,970 Hey, this is Mike again. 644 00:30:39,970 --> 00:30:43,140 I'm easing that a way. Did y'all back off that car? 645 00:30:49,710 --> 00:30:51,910 - [call beeps] - It don't sound like it. 646 00:30:51,910 --> 00:30:54,610 Well, we may all back off, let it come out of the woods 647 00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,980 because he may not come out till this evening. 648 00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:06,790 Okay. We'll be up there shortly. 649 00:31:06,790 --> 00:31:08,660 All right then, we'll see you when you get here. 650 00:31:08,660 --> 00:31:09,860 Okay, all right. 651 00:31:09,860 --> 00:31:12,730 You know, these hunting club members don't want them 652 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:15,930 going through their hunting club while it's prime deer season time 653 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,600 and now, if they went in there and actually did kill a deer, 654 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:20,940 that's a state jail felony. 655 00:31:20,970 --> 00:31:24,010 So, we're gonna go in here and try to make contact with a guy 656 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,780 that's actually hunting the properties. 657 00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:27,080 See what his story is. 658 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:29,180 Look who this is. 659 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,990 This might be our guy right here. 660 00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:36,320 Maybe... 661 00:31:38,890 --> 00:31:41,030 - What's your name? - David. 662 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,060 Where you from? 663 00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:43,800 - From Kirbyville. - Kirbyville? 664 00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:45,600 And I'm riddling for Fred. 665 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,070 Fred. All right, Mike Boone, State Game Warden. 666 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:49,600 - Yes, sir. - Is that your car down there? 667 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,300 No, sir. 668 00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:53,840 Okay. All right. Y'all hadn't seen that guy? 669 00:31:53,910 --> 00:31:56,510 No, sir, but he honked the horn and he won't come out of the woods. 670 00:31:56,510 --> 00:31:57,880 Hmm. 671 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,810 I got a big gooseneck with my tractor on the back of it. 672 00:31:59,810 --> 00:32:01,910 - Yeah. That's what he said. - So I just backed up behind it. 673 00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:03,880 Okay, you wanna put that on the back of the truck? 674 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,920 - Yes, sir. - Yeah, put it in there now. 675 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:07,020 We'll pull up. 676 00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:10,120 We'll ride down there. 677 00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:19,260 Helping an old feller out right now. 678 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:24,240 Ain't gonna let that old boy go nowhere. 679 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:27,040 That's for sure. 680 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,140 Locked in tight. 681 00:32:32,010 --> 00:32:34,210 I don't think he's going anywhere, was he? 682 00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:38,750 No kidding. 683 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:40,020 Asked him for a hunting license, sir. 684 00:32:40,090 --> 00:32:42,850 So, we've had at least here for 10 years. 685 00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:45,920 I mean that car is plum full. 686 00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:47,390 - Mm-hmm. - He got his clothes in there. 687 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:49,230 Got a cover and a blanket. 688 00:32:51,630 --> 00:32:55,900 Looks like it. Figure out whose lease he thinks he's on. 689 00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:59,270 Get a contact number, see if we can reach anybody on the phone. 690 00:32:59,340 --> 00:33:01,940 4207 Hard K. 691 00:33:02,010 --> 00:33:05,240 I got a call from a lessee that he had a vehicle on his property 692 00:33:05,250 --> 00:33:06,710 that he hunts. 693 00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:09,310 Didn't know who the individual was, didn't know if he was hunting 694 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,520 on his property or the neighbor property. 695 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,750 The guy probably is hunting and whether he has permission 696 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,920 to be in there or not, that's something I need to figure out 697 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,990 once we do get him ID'd. 698 00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:21,630 What was the name on that 28 return... 699 00:33:21,660 --> 00:33:23,400 And address. 700 00:33:27,030 --> 00:33:32,000 Previous calls had a number six, four, eight, five. 701 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,240 Ten-four. Thank you. 702 00:33:33,770 --> 00:33:36,110 Anybody know a Matthew? 703 00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:41,850 We did have all this leased before this guy bought it. 704 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,280 - [cell phone ringing] - We had all this back over this... 705 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,890 Lester, that brother of mine owned. 706 00:33:46,950 --> 00:33:47,950 Uh... 707 00:33:48,020 --> 00:33:49,860 Seventy acres over here. 708 00:33:49,860 --> 00:33:53,030 The wireless customer you are calling... 709 00:33:53,530 --> 00:33:55,160 Didn't get any luck there. 710 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,030 Not while it's sitting here, he's not. 711 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:03,840 If we blow the horn and we've done everything in here. 712 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,940 - Would you come out? - No, I sure wouldn't. 713 00:34:05,940 --> 00:34:06,840 That's right. 714 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,870 I sure wouldn't. 715 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,040 So, we need to back out of here. 716 00:34:10,110 --> 00:34:11,380 He's not gonna come out with us sitting here. 717 00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:12,910 I don't think so. 718 00:34:12,910 --> 00:34:14,850 I mean if y'all want to go home, I'll sit up at the front of the road 719 00:34:14,850 --> 00:34:17,080 and we'll wait for him come out tonight. 720 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,150 I've got your phone number, I'll call you tonight, 721 00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:21,050 we'll get him ID'd. 722 00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:22,490 Go from there. 723 00:34:22,490 --> 00:34:25,020 We got nothing but time. 724 00:34:25,790 --> 00:34:28,830 Is he hunting at all? I don't know, I'm gonna let him come out 725 00:34:28,830 --> 00:34:30,460 and we'll see what his side of the story is. 726 00:34:30,530 --> 00:34:33,470 It's a road, it's one way in one way out. 727 00:34:33,470 --> 00:34:35,830 We're just gonna sit down the road, wait for him to leave. 728 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,670 I mean here at least there's not gonna be a confrontation developed 729 00:34:38,670 --> 00:34:41,210 between the owner and the lessee. 730 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,740 Now, there's two separate tracks here. 731 00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:48,680 One's over the top of this old one. 732 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,750 One of these is gonna be him, I'm sure. 733 00:34:50,820 --> 00:34:52,850 He probably just parked his car there, 734 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,760 headed off into the park this a way, so... 735 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,060 we going to find out once it gets dark. 736 00:34:59,260 --> 00:35:01,030 When he comes out. 737 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:07,970 [sighs] 738 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,070 Play me a little sudoku while we wait. 739 00:35:37,830 --> 00:35:40,030 What's going on, man. State game warden. How are you? 740 00:35:40,530 --> 00:35:42,430 Well, what'd you kill? 741 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,240 - Go ahead and get out for me. - All right. 742 00:35:46,140 --> 00:35:48,470 All right. Lean up the bottom of your boot for me. 743 00:35:48,510 --> 00:35:49,840 Let me see treads. 744 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,510 Yeah, this is gonna be the foot tracks I've seen in there. 745 00:35:53,510 --> 00:35:53,910 Yes, sir. 746 00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:55,680 All right. 747 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:58,320 Tell me the story of whose property your hunting. 748 00:36:00,250 --> 00:36:02,550 - Mike [bleep]. Yes, sir. - Mike [bleep]. 749 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,220 Okay. 750 00:36:05,490 --> 00:36:08,930 Well, where you're parked at. It's not Mike's property. 751 00:36:08,930 --> 00:36:11,360 Get caught up in a bind hunting somebody's property 752 00:36:11,430 --> 00:36:12,960 without them seeing it's you. 753 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:14,430 - It's not pretty. - Okay. 754 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:17,140 Where's Mike's property at? 755 00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:18,900 Behind there, you know where that gate is over there? 756 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:20,810 - Yeah. - Right behind that. 757 00:36:20,810 --> 00:36:22,670 Got his contact number? 758 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,380 All right. Let me see your license real quick. 759 00:36:28,550 --> 00:36:30,320 - Got a hunter ed? - Yes, sir. 760 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:32,750 You got it on here, that's good. 761 00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:35,820 Got that old field location you parked on? 762 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:37,620 - Yes, sir. - In the neighboring property. 763 00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:38,820 Yes, sir. 764 00:36:40,890 --> 00:36:43,530 Yeah, that was, that was a guy that leased that side. 765 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:44,760 Okay. 766 00:36:44,770 --> 00:36:47,000 And I don't think he told me any problems in here, 767 00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:51,070 but just make sure that Mike is the leaseholder. 768 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,340 [cell phone ringing] 769 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,580 How you doing, Mr. [bleep] property Mike [bleep]. 770 00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:00,680 - That's where he was and he is... - Okay. 771 00:37:00,710 --> 00:37:03,050 Apologizing for parking on your property. 772 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,780 He didn't think it'd be an issue and does Mike [bleep] 773 00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:06,950 ring a bell to you? 774 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,960 Okay, well, if y'all need something else, 775 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,260 holler at me. 776 00:37:14,330 --> 00:37:15,190 - All right, okay. - Thank you. 777 00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:16,590 Bye-bye. 778 00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:19,830 He is a legal hunter. He had the legal right to be there. 779 00:37:19,830 --> 00:37:23,030 There won't be any criminal citation issued for him parking there. 780 00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,670 He just knows that he can't park there anymore. 781 00:37:25,740 --> 00:37:27,070 - All right. - All right. 782 00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:29,340 -Thank you, bud. Y'all be safe. -You too. 783 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,680 We can rock and roll. 784 00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:33,950 'Cause it's been solved. 785 00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:54,700 Today, I got two arrest warrants signed for the suspect. 786 00:37:54,770 --> 00:37:56,640 One for hunting without land owner consent 787 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,900 and one for criminal trespas with a deadly firearm. 788 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,040 We're about to go and arrest the suspect. 789 00:38:04,610 --> 00:38:05,840 - Yep. - All right. 790 00:38:07,780 --> 00:38:10,620 It could go either way today. We didn't put him in cuffs 791 00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:12,580 the other night and we are going to put him in custody 792 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:14,220 and sometimes that changes things. 793 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,890 Let's just hope he's not outside, 794 00:38:18,890 --> 00:38:20,730 'cause I don't want him to freak out. 795 00:38:20,730 --> 00:38:22,490 It'll be fine. 796 00:38:22,530 --> 00:38:25,600 You're going into a situation where the suspect has an idea 797 00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:27,870 he's probably going to be arrested and, you know, 798 00:38:27,870 --> 00:38:29,800 he has firearms in the vicinity. 799 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,370 You definitely wanna have a partner just to have that officer safety enhanced 800 00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:35,010 One can be on the lookout while the other is making the arrest. 801 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,410 It just kind of works well if you have another person there. 802 00:38:43,420 --> 00:38:45,350 [knocking at door] 803 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,390 Would you mind stepping outside just for a second? 804 00:39:05,940 --> 00:39:08,040 So, okay. All right. 805 00:39:12,010 --> 00:39:13,240 Okay. 806 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:14,880 Okay, come in. 807 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,210 [dog barking] 808 00:39:18,050 --> 00:39:18,880 Yes, sir. 809 00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:19,880 All right. 810 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:22,020 [man] He won't bite, he just barks. 811 00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:23,890 Both of them right there on top of the bed? 812 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:25,090 Okay. 813 00:39:25,790 --> 00:39:26,560 Okay. 814 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:27,860 You can step back outside. 815 00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:30,960 Oh, no. No, sir, if you could just, just set it down. 816 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,930 Please, just set, set your weapon down. 817 00:39:38,210 --> 00:39:39,940 [dog barking] 818 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,640 Oh, no. No, sir. 819 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,110 If you could just, just set it down. 820 00:39:44,110 --> 00:39:45,780 Please, just set, set your weapon down. 821 00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:46,980 - Nope. - Oh, no. 822 00:39:46,980 --> 00:39:50,010 Come on. Let's just step outside and you're fine. 823 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,950 We just want to get you away from the firearm. 824 00:39:51,950 --> 00:39:54,090 [man speaking] 825 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,020 Okay. 826 00:39:56,590 --> 00:39:57,720 Right. Yes, sir. 827 00:39:57,790 --> 00:39:59,820 The reason we asked him if we could go in the house 828 00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:01,960 and take the firearms is because it is evidence 829 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,260 that he committed in the crime. 830 00:40:03,260 --> 00:40:05,700 We just want to have those for the report 831 00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:09,500 and then that way, the courts can decide whether he gets them back or not. 832 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:13,040 No, we're gonna go ahead and do it out there away from here, okay? 833 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,980 When we went in there, he had the firearm he used 834 00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:20,750 in the trespassing scenario 835 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:23,380 He picked it up to move it, we didn't want a firearm in his hand. 836 00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:24,680 We didn't know what he was gonna do. 837 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:26,790 We asked him to put it down because at that point, 838 00:40:26,820 --> 00:40:28,420 I don't know if it's loaded 839 00:40:28,420 --> 00:40:30,690 Yes, we have our Glocks, but action's faster than reaction. 840 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,220 So, we just don't want a gun in his hand at all. 841 00:40:34,090 --> 00:40:35,390 Straight down over here. 842 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,230 [officer speaking] 843 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:41,800 [man speaking] 844 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,000 Cell phone, what else is in here? 845 00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:45,600 That's it. Okay. 846 00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:47,840 All right. 847 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,840 What I want you to do is cross your feet left over right for me. 848 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:50,510 All right, put your hands up behind you. 849 00:40:50,510 --> 00:40:52,310 Palms up. 850 00:40:56,420 --> 00:40:58,680 Now that he's in custody, we'll be headed to the Tarrant County jail 851 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:00,390 where he will be booked in. 852 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,320 Even though the suspect was cooperative, 853 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:09,490 we can't allow trespassing especially with firearms to occur. 854 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,360 If he had fired that gun, didn't know who was on the property, 855 00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:14,900 maybe hit a structure, a person, that's extremely dangerous. 856 00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:17,370 We can't have people going on property they don't know 857 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,200 that doesn't belong to them with guns 858 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:20,370 and trying to kill things. 858 00:41:21,305 --> 00:42:21,432