"Lone Star Law" To Catch a Poacher

1 00:00:10,077 --> 00:00:11,676 He's in his defensive mode. 2 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:14,678 Narrator: Coming up on "lone star law"... 3 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:15,947 Ready? 4 00:00:15,950 --> 00:00:18,149 Man: We've had three deer shot over there. 5 00:00:20,087 --> 00:00:21,552 Whatcha kill? 6 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:22,620 I didn't kill anything. 7 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:24,755 I ain't even touch the gun. 8 00:00:24,758 --> 00:00:26,958 What you're telling me just ain't making sense, man. 9 00:00:26,961 --> 00:00:28,826 Sack him up. 10 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:30,294 Man #2: He has no idea that we're coming. 11 00:00:30,297 --> 00:00:33,030 Man #3: What we're looking at is a felony. 12 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,392 Man, basically, this gun's illegal. 13 00:00:36,037 --> 00:00:37,635 You don't like that? 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 15 00:00:48,982 --> 00:00:49,981 [ Rattling ] 16 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:56,187 [ Gunshot ] 17 00:01:03,464 --> 00:01:04,862 Man: A Texas game warden's job 18 00:01:04,865 --> 00:01:07,198 is to protect wild animals and wild places, 19 00:01:07,201 --> 00:01:08,933 keep the public safe 20 00:01:08,936 --> 00:01:10,935 and every now and again, put a bad guy in jail. 21 00:01:10,938 --> 00:01:14,005 Captions by vitac... www.Vitac.Com 22 00:01:14,008 --> 00:01:16,941 captions paid for by discovery communications 23 00:01:25,619 --> 00:01:28,752 Narrator: Just north of Austin in Texas hill country, 24 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:31,021 after almost a decade on the job, 25 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:32,957 game warden Brandt Bernstein 26 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:35,092 is used to long days in his truck. 27 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:37,361 Bernstein: Bell county is in the heart of central Texas. 28 00:01:37,364 --> 00:01:40,564 It's got some big metropolitan areas in it. 29 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:42,099 And we've got two lakes, 30 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,101 and we've got several rivers that run through the county. 31 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:46,971 So I'm constantly busy running around. 32 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:50,508 What do we have here? 33 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:56,313 It's a big ol' red-eared slider. 34 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,315 It's a pretty good size. 35 00:01:58,318 --> 00:01:59,716 He's in his defensive mode, 36 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:02,853 so he's gonna stick his head back into his shell, 37 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:05,323 tuck his tail in so nothing can get 'im. 38 00:02:05,326 --> 00:02:07,925 Coyotes, raccoons, whatever... 39 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:09,593 Nothing's gonna mess with him. 40 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:12,630 Now, if you stick your finger in there, he'll get you good. 41 00:02:16,002 --> 00:02:17,268 That's where he was trying to go anyway, 42 00:02:17,271 --> 00:02:19,470 so we just helped him out 43 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,605 and got him where he needed to be a little bit quicker 44 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:23,341 than the way he was doing it. 45 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:32,617 Where we're going right now is to a local police department. 46 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:34,418 One of the smaller communities here in bell county. 47 00:02:34,421 --> 00:02:36,821 I was just notified by them 48 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:38,489 that they have some evidence 49 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:40,958 that we need to take possession of. 50 00:02:40,961 --> 00:02:44,028 Narrator: A deer was killed by an arrow in Morgan's point, 51 00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:47,164 a residential area where hunting is illegal. 52 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:49,500 Bernstein: It would just be way too dangerous to have people 53 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:51,368 hunting in so close proximity 54 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:53,037 to these residences and houses. 55 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,840 And you got a lot of kids running around. 56 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:57,441 There's a big buck over there by that... 57 00:02:57,444 --> 00:02:59,977 By the corner of the house. 58 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:01,646 And the deer are like pets. 59 00:03:01,649 --> 00:03:03,648 They just run around everywhere. 60 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:05,316 A lot of people feed 'em, 61 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:07,651 so these are pretty much tame animals. 62 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:10,188 So vehicles and people don't scare them. 63 00:03:10,191 --> 00:03:15,326 So it's a very easy target for poachers. 64 00:03:15,329 --> 00:03:17,194 Narrator: The resident who found the poached deer 65 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:19,997 brought the arrow to the police. 66 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,801 It's got a unique broadhead on it. 67 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:25,803 Did anybody witness anything? 68 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:27,071 No witnesses. 69 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,140 Did y'all have any calls in the area in regards 70 00:03:29,143 --> 00:03:31,943 to suspicious vehicles or anything like that? 71 00:03:31,946 --> 00:03:33,077 - Uh, nope. - Okay. 72 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,078 Just that one call. 73 00:03:34,081 --> 00:03:35,746 Just this one call? Okay. 74 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:36,747 Appreciate it, bud. - No problem. 75 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:38,749 Bernstein: But, unfortunately for us, 76 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:41,352 in this situation, we didn't have any witnesses. 77 00:03:41,355 --> 00:03:42,820 We don't have a vehicle description. 78 00:03:42,823 --> 00:03:45,155 We don't have any suspect information. 79 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:48,091 All we've got is this arrow. 80 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:50,494 Those are a new style of, uh, broadheads. 81 00:03:50,497 --> 00:03:53,597 Might help us narrow it down. 82 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,900 After inspecting the arrow, we've got blood, some deer hair. 83 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:59,370 There is some identifying information on here. 84 00:03:59,373 --> 00:04:02,173 We have a upc code that, 85 00:04:02,176 --> 00:04:05,976 uh, should be able to tell us where it was purchased. 86 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:07,311 There are not a whole lot of stores 87 00:04:07,314 --> 00:04:08,912 that sell this particular arrow, 88 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:11,682 so that starts us off in the right direction. 89 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:19,790 Narrator: 240 miles east in Jasper county, 90 00:04:19,793 --> 00:04:22,727 Texas game wardens Morgan inman and Ellis Powell 91 00:04:22,730 --> 00:04:26,196 make a quick pit stop on their afternoon patrol. 92 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:27,665 You got you some chicharrónes also? 93 00:04:27,668 --> 00:04:29,367 Chicharrónes, baby. 94 00:04:31,538 --> 00:04:34,004 Do you found yourself eating worse during deer season 95 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:35,206 than any other time of the year? 96 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:37,074 Oh, absolutely. 97 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:38,476 Beef jerky and snickers. 98 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:41,945 - I know. - What else is there? 99 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,480 Ellis: Jasper and Newton county 100 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:45,149 are both known for logging industry. 101 00:04:45,152 --> 00:04:48,685 There's lots of woods, lots of rural land. 102 00:04:48,688 --> 00:04:50,020 People that are here 103 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:52,756 utilize the natural resources at a much higher rate 104 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:54,558 than I would say some of the more urban parts 105 00:04:54,561 --> 00:04:55,760 of the state. 106 00:04:55,763 --> 00:04:57,628 I'm going on 12 years as a game warden, 107 00:04:57,631 --> 00:04:59,630 all of it assigned in east Texas. 108 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:02,967 There's nowhere I'd rather be. 109 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:04,035 Uh-oh. 110 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:08,039 That guy just hit that deer. 111 00:05:08,042 --> 00:05:09,373 Looks like it. 112 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:10,641 You want to stop and investigate it? 113 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:12,709 It's fresh. - It's fresh. 114 00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:14,444 All right. 115 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:16,314 Yeah, he's backing up to get it, ain't he? 116 00:05:16,317 --> 00:05:18,115 Yeah, I think he wants it. 117 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:24,088 Ellis: What's going on? 118 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:26,924 Did you just hit it? 119 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:28,659 Woman: No, there was a red car here! 120 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:31,195 Narrator: While driving in the other direction, 121 00:05:31,198 --> 00:05:33,864 the woman witnessed a red car hit the deer, 122 00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:36,333 so she turned back around to the scene of the accident. 123 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,667 Uh, I saw her. 124 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:39,803 She was about probably to the front of my truck, 125 00:05:39,806 --> 00:05:41,005 moving into the other Lane, 126 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:42,740 and her car was still there by the deer. 127 00:05:42,743 --> 00:05:43,742 Do you want that deer? 128 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:47,478 Narrator: Justin eddins 129 00:05:47,481 --> 00:05:49,880 is another game warden in Jasper county. 130 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:53,150 You talked... You already called Justin? 131 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:55,119 Okay. And you gonna wait here with it? 132 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:59,423 You might try to drag her off the pavement. 133 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:01,025 - Yeah. - Yeah. 134 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:03,427 Asphalt, uh, gets it hot. 135 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:06,163 In the state of Texas, it... It specifically states 136 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:08,899 it is illegal to take a deer that has been run over 137 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:12,436 unless you contact a game warden and he fills that documentation. 138 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:14,705 If people just start picking up deer off the side of the road, 139 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,306 we don't know if it had been poached 140 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:19,777 or some individuals actually run over deer on purpose 141 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:22,747 and say the deer ran out in front of them just to keep 'em. 142 00:06:25,084 --> 00:06:27,585 Justin, hey, did you speak with a woman 143 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:28,919 about a deer that was run over out 144 00:06:28,922 --> 00:06:31,989 by the, uh, lp plant? 145 00:06:31,992 --> 00:06:33,457 Okay. Ten-four. 146 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:36,460 Narrator: He confirms she has permission to take the deer. 147 00:06:36,463 --> 00:06:38,128 Inman: Just fill out your name, phone number 148 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:40,331 and your address, and then we'll go from there, 149 00:06:40,334 --> 00:06:41,599 okay? - All right. 150 00:06:41,602 --> 00:06:43,400 Absolutely. You bet. 151 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:45,402 Hate to see a good deer go to waste. 152 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,071 Is that right? 153 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:49,473 Well, good. 154 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:53,143 Glad to know it'll be going a good place. 155 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:54,712 I hear ya. 156 00:06:56,417 --> 00:06:58,014 Well, just stay off the road 157 00:06:58,017 --> 00:07:00,484 before one of these lunatics runs y'all over. 158 00:07:00,487 --> 00:07:02,286 Y'all have a good day. 159 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,092 Narrator: Back in bell county, 160 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:11,495 Bernstein gets a break in his poaching case. 161 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:13,297 The upc code on the arrow 162 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:18,368 that killed the deer comes back to a local sporting goods chain. 163 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:20,971 We were able to pull up a receipt, 164 00:07:20,974 --> 00:07:22,973 and it showed that the individual purchased 165 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:24,574 at least four arrows, 166 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:26,677 one of which killed the deer. 167 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:27,711 And, uh, they were able 168 00:07:27,714 --> 00:07:29,713 to pull up surveillance-camera images 169 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:31,782 of the suspect truck. 170 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:36,520 This is a picture of the truck itself. 171 00:07:36,523 --> 00:07:37,922 And this, in the top left-hand corner, 172 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:40,190 is the actual truck leaving the parking lot. 173 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:43,126 And here are our three suspects leaving the location. 174 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:44,594 These three right here... 175 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:47,398 A white male and two white females. 176 00:07:47,401 --> 00:07:50,801 Narrator: The license plate turns up a name and address. 177 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,871 This address may be four, five years old. 178 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:56,473 So we need to confirm that that individual lives 179 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:58,008 at that address. 180 00:07:58,011 --> 00:08:00,077 Our objective and goal is... Is not to be seen. 181 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,279 We don't want to get too close. 182 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:03,747 We just want to make sure again, 183 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:07,818 confirm that that address exists and see if the vehicle is there. 184 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:20,163 He's outside. 185 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:22,165 We don't want to tip him off. 186 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:23,967 He has no idea that we're coming. 187 00:08:23,970 --> 00:08:25,769 Now we're gonna try and sneak out of here 188 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:28,706 as easy as possible. 189 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:30,908 Narrator: Bernstein will need to get a search warrant 190 00:08:30,911 --> 00:08:35,178 before he can get onto the property. 191 00:08:35,181 --> 00:08:39,650 115 miles north, in the small city of waxahachie, 192 00:08:39,653 --> 00:08:40,918 game wardens Jeff Powell 193 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:44,555 and John Thorne respond to a wildlife call. 194 00:08:55,802 --> 00:08:57,067 All the time. 195 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:01,672 We got our house coming up right here. 196 00:09:01,675 --> 00:09:04,841 I don't see it. Do you? 197 00:09:04,844 --> 00:09:07,745 No. 198 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:10,881 The game wardens are looking for a white tail Fawn, 199 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:12,816 which is illegal to keep captive. 200 00:09:12,819 --> 00:09:13,951 Jeff: Hi, ma'am. How are you? 201 00:09:13,954 --> 00:09:15,519 I'm a Texas game warden. 202 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:21,558 It's a what now? 203 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,027 I guess you know why I'm here. 204 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:24,561 Yes, sir. 205 00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:26,764 Fallow deer are native to Europe 206 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:29,833 and are sometimes kept as pets in the U.S. 207 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,305 Unlike whitetail deer, 208 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:39,176 some species of fallow deer never lose their spots. 209 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:40,977 Jeff: Oh, she's a... big and healthy, isn't she? 210 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:44,848 Woman: She's not a baby. 211 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:45,983 No, she's not. 212 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:50,253 10 years old. Wow. 213 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:52,523 Lots of times, when people see a deer with spots, 214 00:09:52,526 --> 00:09:55,526 they probably think it's a Fawn from a distance. 215 00:09:55,529 --> 00:09:58,796 Narrator: Despite the claim from the caller who reported her, 216 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:00,731 this woman's deer is legal. 217 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:04,702 She raised this fallow deer since it was a few months old. 218 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:16,146 - She got a diaper on? - She sure does. 219 00:10:16,149 --> 00:10:18,715 Jeff: That little pit bull's her best friend, I bet. 220 00:10:18,718 --> 00:10:20,751 This was a false alarm. 221 00:10:20,754 --> 00:10:21,952 All right. Thank you, ma'am. 222 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:23,274 Thank you, ma'am. I appreciate it. 223 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:32,930 I have never seen a baby deer with a diaper before. 224 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:39,436 Narrator: With the deer call handled, Powell and Thorne head 225 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:41,972 to a municipal airport hangar in navarro county 226 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:44,708 to join a nighttime stakeout. 227 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:46,644 We're actually going be looking for night hunters tonight. 228 00:10:46,647 --> 00:10:47,844 Looking for true poachers. 229 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:49,379 People hunting off the road, 230 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:51,048 using light to illuminate wildlife. 231 00:10:51,051 --> 00:10:55,185 Man: We've had three deer shot over there, out in the cover. 232 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:56,720 Narrator: Thorne will be in a plane, 233 00:10:56,723 --> 00:10:58,254 directing wardens on the ground 234 00:10:58,257 --> 00:11:00,958 to catch hunting crimes in progress. 235 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,331 Jeff: When we're sitting out on one road, 236 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,666 we can maybe only see a couple hundred yards to a mile. 237 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:11,068 But when that plane gets up, you know, 238 00:11:11,071 --> 00:11:14,337 they can cover 20, 30 miles, you know, in a few minutes. 239 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,806 So it's a great asset. 240 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:18,942 Wheel's down on the ground at 8:35? 241 00:11:18,945 --> 00:11:20,144 All right. 242 00:11:20,147 --> 00:11:22,278 We're gonna have about 10 or 12 game wardens 243 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:23,480 and about six or seven trucks 244 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:25,883 scattered out throughout three counties. 245 00:11:29,556 --> 00:11:30,687 Thorne: I've been here probably 246 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,823 the longest anybody on this operation. 247 00:11:32,826 --> 00:11:35,893 I know these counties that we're gonna be working pretty well. 248 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:38,161 I've been working 'em for 14 years, 249 00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:40,030 so I know the little communities. 250 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:42,366 I know the landmarks. I know the roads. 251 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:44,834 So hopefully, if we find a spotlight, 252 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:47,771 then I can direct a game warden on the ground 253 00:11:47,774 --> 00:11:50,240 to wherever the violations are occurring. 254 00:11:50,243 --> 00:11:51,975 - All right, clear? - Clear. 255 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:56,914 All right, brother. Let's go. 256 00:11:56,917 --> 00:12:00,050 Narrator: Jeff Powell and Jimmy woolie 257 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,785 head north on i-35. 258 00:12:01,788 --> 00:12:04,454 They're about to pull off to look for illegal hunters 259 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,456 shining lights at deer, 260 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:08,592 when Thorne radios from the plane. 261 00:12:17,003 --> 00:12:18,736 Jeff: Ten-four. Heading your way. 262 00:12:31,017 --> 00:12:32,616 We got our first violation. 263 00:12:32,619 --> 00:12:34,684 We're just trying to get there now. 264 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:36,353 Narrator: The game warden's surveillance plane 265 00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:39,156 is tracking the night hunters from the air, 266 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,558 but Powell is about 10 minutes away. 267 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:43,560 The plane is guiding us in. 268 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,162 We can't lose 'em. 269 00:12:45,165 --> 00:12:49,566 Hunting deer at night is illegal and also dangerous. 270 00:12:49,569 --> 00:12:52,402 A stray bullet could hit cattle or homes in the distance. 271 00:13:03,850 --> 00:13:05,582 All right, I can see the plane now. 272 00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:07,017 See 'em up there? 273 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:14,991 Is it gonna be the first house off 35? 274 00:13:14,994 --> 00:13:16,760 Right there on the service road? 275 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:24,568 Ten-four. 276 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:27,805 Hey, John. We got it here. 277 00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:31,875 You can pull off. Appreciate your help. 278 00:13:31,878 --> 00:13:33,597 You get the door, I'm gonna check the truck. 279 00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:40,884 .22 gun right here, in the truck. 280 00:13:40,887 --> 00:13:42,186 Two of 'em. 281 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,224 Hey, guys, what's going on? 282 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:48,291 - Not much, how you doing? - Good, man. 283 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:49,493 State game warden. - Yes, sir. 284 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:51,695 Were you all out just a little while ago? 285 00:13:55,569 --> 00:13:59,503 Narrator: Back in Jasper county, Morgan inman and Ellis Powell 286 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:02,572 follow up on a tip about potential poaching activity 287 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:04,307 near the neches river. 288 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:05,909 Inman: About the past week or so, I've been 289 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:07,443 getting some information on a couple guys 290 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:10,246 that have been coming up and putting in right there 291 00:14:10,249 --> 00:14:13,650 before dark and going down shooting alligators. 292 00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:15,185 Several of the locals have complained 293 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:17,454 about seeing some of the bigger alligators 294 00:14:17,457 --> 00:14:19,455 floating down the river with their tails cut off, 295 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:21,325 or their heads cut off. 296 00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:24,594 Ellis: Alligators were almost hunted to extinction 297 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:28,398 in our state in the '20s and '30s. 298 00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:30,200 And, uh, they made a strong comeback 299 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:32,269 because of the laws. 300 00:14:32,272 --> 00:14:35,272 Gators are a protected species in Texas, 301 00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:38,041 and it's illegal to kill them in several counties. 302 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:45,482 Yo, we need to go ahead and black out. 303 00:14:45,485 --> 00:14:46,750 You ready? 304 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:48,485 Yeah. 305 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:50,087 Using infrared goggles, 306 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:53,423 Powell scans the river for any suspicious activity. 307 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:01,398 I'm going down ahead and check it out, 308 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:02,633 just to see what's going on. 309 00:15:11,044 --> 00:15:13,576 State game warden, how you doing? 310 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:15,445 Oh, doing all right. - Good. 311 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:16,446 You doing some fishing, or...? 312 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:17,513 I'm just looking around. 313 00:15:17,516 --> 00:15:19,383 Gar and bass. 314 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:23,186 I ain't never in my life seen so many bass. 315 00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:24,587 That your black truck up there? 316 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,456 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 317 00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:28,124 - Anybody else with you? - No, sir. 318 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:30,326 - Okay. - I'm gonna walk over here, 319 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:31,461 see if he's got a net or something. 320 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:32,729 Yeah, yeah. 321 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:38,101 Come over here for a minute. 322 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:39,503 This your dip net? 323 00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:43,040 No fishing rods, no anything? 324 00:15:47,814 --> 00:15:49,145 Well, your legs are wet. 325 00:15:49,148 --> 00:15:51,107 You was getting out in the water, doing something. 326 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:59,288 Dude, explain to me what you were doing down here. 327 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:00,624 Because what you're telling me 328 00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:02,059 just ain't making sense, man. 329 00:16:06,232 --> 00:16:08,298 Narrator: Back in navarro county, 330 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:10,167 game wardens question a hunter 331 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:12,435 suspected of spotlighting from the road. 332 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:13,569 State game warden. Were you all out 333 00:16:13,572 --> 00:16:14,771 just a little while ago? - Yes, sir. 334 00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:17,374 Spotlighting? 335 00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:18,442 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 336 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:21,712 I didn't kill anything. 337 00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:23,513 Where were y'all, uh, hunting at? 338 00:16:23,516 --> 00:16:25,075 Right here on this property right there. 339 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:30,787 Okay. Where's y'all's gun at? 340 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:31,988 - It's in the truck. - It's in the truck? 341 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,991 Can we take a look at it real quick? 342 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:37,394 Oh, don't pull it out. 343 00:16:37,397 --> 00:16:38,928 - Don't pull it out? - Don't pull it out, bud. 344 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:42,199 Narrator: The game wardens find two loaded rifles in the truck 345 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:44,400 and a spotlight in the passenger's seat. 346 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:46,670 Man: You know, we been out twice and ain't seen [bleep] 347 00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:48,071 Bucks and some does. 348 00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:49,940 Man #2: Seen bunch a deer, but the hogs ain't moving. 349 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:51,074 So we're gonna give it some time, 350 00:16:51,077 --> 00:16:52,609 maybe they'll be moving later. 351 00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:55,145 Narrator: The men claim they were hunting hogs, 352 00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:56,412 which is legal. 353 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:58,215 But the game wardens can't be sure 354 00:16:58,218 --> 00:16:59,482 they weren't after deer. 355 00:16:59,485 --> 00:17:00,683 If you don't mind standing right over there. 356 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:02,219 - Oh, I'm sorry. - Yeah, that way he can... 357 00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:05,422 Narrator: Jeff Powell checks both rifles for spent rounds. 358 00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:06,956 And a quick search of the truck 359 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:10,026 shows no traces of a recently killed deer. 360 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,596 He did admit he was shining a spotlight off the county road. 361 00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:23,506 Because if you all saw a coyote and... 362 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:26,176 Or a hog, you got two guns. You're gonna shoot it. 363 00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:28,044 I mean, I know y'all hunt coyotes and hogs, 364 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:29,446 guys, hang on. 365 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:32,448 We'll be right with you in just a moment. 366 00:17:32,451 --> 00:17:34,117 Jeff: I think that they thought that being on that road 367 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:35,785 and shining back in their pastures, 368 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:36,719 they were good. 369 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:37,920 Warden: Yeah. 370 00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:40,390 Narrator: Road hunting is a class-a misdemeanor, 371 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,458 which means Powell would be taking these men 372 00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:43,860 to jail tonight. 373 00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:44,861 Jeff: That's kind of our problem. 374 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,129 We don't catch 'em red-handed. 375 00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:47,330 They're already at home. 376 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:49,332 They've left their guns. They've left the vehicle. 377 00:17:49,335 --> 00:17:50,734 If we probably got here about 10 minutes, 378 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:52,069 little bit earlier, we probably 379 00:17:52,072 --> 00:17:53,669 would have caught 'em hunting from the road. 380 00:17:53,672 --> 00:17:56,339 But that's kind of... sometimes we have to use that discretion. 381 00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:58,075 Inman: Let's go talk to 'em real quick. 382 00:17:58,078 --> 00:17:59,209 All right. 383 00:17:59,212 --> 00:18:01,878 Narrator: He decides to cut them a break. 384 00:18:01,881 --> 00:18:03,412 Hunting from the road, I'm gonna 385 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:04,681 give you a warning on that, okay? But... 386 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,216 I know better than that. That's fine. 387 00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:08,552 All right. You guys got your hunting license with you? 388 00:18:08,555 --> 00:18:10,087 I don't have a hunting license. 389 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:11,555 You have your hunting license with you? 390 00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:12,956 - No, I don't. - Yeah. 391 00:18:12,959 --> 00:18:14,424 Any animal in the state, 392 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,025 you have to have a hunting license 393 00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:17,426 if you're gonna be hunting for 'em. 394 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:19,295 But I ain't even touched the gun. 395 00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:20,764 Okay. 396 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:22,365 Well, when we say we got... We got two guns 397 00:18:22,368 --> 00:18:24,634 in here, and one was in the front seat 398 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:26,069 and you said you were in the front. 399 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:27,436 Yeah, well, one was his gun and one was his gun. 400 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:29,078 But... but... but I was running spotlight. 401 00:18:31,377 --> 00:18:32,576 You got to have a hunting license. 402 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:34,844 - Just to go spotlighting hogs? - Yeah. 403 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:35,912 Are you serious? 404 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:37,581 Oh, yeah, you were hunting. 405 00:18:39,919 --> 00:18:41,384 We're gonna cite the both gentlemen 406 00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:42,919 for not having hunting licenses. 407 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:44,520 They both admitted to hunting. 408 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:46,522 They both had loaded guns in the car. 409 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,723 Stay off that road. 410 00:18:47,726 --> 00:18:49,526 - All right. - All right, man. 411 00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:54,431 Narrator: Back in Jasper county, 412 00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:56,399 while patrolling for gator poachers, 413 00:18:56,402 --> 00:18:59,936 game wardens find a man loitering by a boat dock. 414 00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:02,472 You just told me you walked down, got in the water. 415 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:04,273 And this net's laying there. You never seen it? 416 00:19:04,276 --> 00:19:06,009 Come on, man. 417 00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:09,312 Okay. Okay. 418 00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:12,949 Okay. Well, heck. 419 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:14,084 Heck, man, that ain't illegal. 420 00:19:14,087 --> 00:19:15,484 Dang. 421 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:18,888 But there ain't no sense in us going through all this. 422 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:20,356 Is that your truck up there on the park behind? 423 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,691 Okay. 424 00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:24,227 Anything in it that's not supposed to be there? 425 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:25,695 Man, we're fixing to find out 426 00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,163 so you might as well be honest. 427 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,166 Any weapons? Guns? 428 00:19:31,304 --> 00:19:33,303 Okay. Any narcotics of any kind? 429 00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:34,637 None. 430 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,040 All right, do you mind if I look in your truck? 431 00:19:37,043 --> 00:19:40,043 Morgan, I'm gonna walk this bank up this way. 432 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:41,811 All right. 433 00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:51,588 Inman: Everything normal about the bed of your truck... 434 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:54,524 Hey. Hey, sack him up. 435 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:57,060 Turn around. Put your hands behind your back. 436 00:20:05,338 --> 00:20:06,936 Is that your truck up there on the park behind? 437 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:08,271 Okay. 438 00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:10,273 Anything in it that's not supposed to be there? 439 00:20:10,276 --> 00:20:12,475 Narrator: In Jasper county, Morgan inman 440 00:20:12,478 --> 00:20:16,078 and Ellis Powell search a man's vehicle. 441 00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:18,080 Ellis: You gave me permission to search your vehicle, 442 00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:20,416 and I asked you if there was anything illegal in there. 443 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:22,018 You have a meth pipe. I ain't even unwrapped it, 444 00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,154 but I feel it. I know what it is. 445 00:20:24,157 --> 00:20:26,422 Okay. I see the sores on your face. 446 00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:28,191 When's the last time you smoked it? 447 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,129 Okay. That makes more sense now. 448 00:20:36,236 --> 00:20:37,315 Inman: Where's your meth at? 449 00:20:39,972 --> 00:20:41,771 We're gonna open it up and get it, okay? 450 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:45,576 Is it next to the Bible? 451 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:47,711 Right beside the Bible. 452 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:49,045 - There's that. - Looks like another pipe? 453 00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:51,047 Man: I didn't know that was there. 454 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:52,716 You got another pipe in there. 455 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:55,919 - Morgan. - Yeah? 456 00:20:55,922 --> 00:20:57,120 Marijuana. 457 00:20:57,123 --> 00:21:00,457 Dang, bud. 458 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:02,559 What else you got, dude? 459 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:10,467 Narrator: They finish their search and bag up the evidence. 460 00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:13,736 I want you to realize that you're under arrest, okay? 461 00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,205 - Yes, sir. - Anything you say can 462 00:21:15,208 --> 00:21:16,539 and will be used against you in a court of law. 463 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,942 You understand that? Okay. 464 00:21:18,945 --> 00:21:21,544 Methamphetamine has really taken over 465 00:21:21,547 --> 00:21:23,413 as far as the drug of choice around here. 466 00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:26,749 And we're seeing it almost on a daily basis. 467 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:29,285 Ellis: Well, I hate that you're in this situation, 468 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,954 but you're gonna have to make some life decisions 469 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:32,822 in the next 24 to 48 hours 470 00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:35,091 because you're going to jail for it. 471 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:36,626 And it's on your record. 472 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,295 If you get convicted for this, you'll be a convicted felon. 473 00:21:38,298 --> 00:21:40,363 You know what that means? 474 00:21:40,366 --> 00:21:42,031 Do you really know what that means? 475 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:43,900 Well, if you're a convicted felon in the state of Texas, 476 00:21:43,903 --> 00:21:47,237 you can no longer possess or hunt with a firearm. 477 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,505 And you're a young man. 478 00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:50,840 I'm assuming you like to hunt and fish. 479 00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:54,443 This affects all of that for the rest of your life. 480 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:56,112 Now, being that it's your first offense, 481 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:57,781 you might be able to talk to your district attorney, 482 00:21:57,784 --> 00:21:59,382 through your attorney to maybe get you 483 00:21:59,385 --> 00:22:01,050 in a program to get you some help 484 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:03,586 and kind of go that direction rather than a conviction. 485 00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:05,989 That's completely up to them. 486 00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:08,124 Ellis: It's not something that we set out to do 487 00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:09,459 when we put our uniform on this morning, 488 00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:10,727 to go find a meth user. 489 00:22:10,730 --> 00:22:12,795 But he's in our realm. 490 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:13,930 He's at a boat ramp, 491 00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,732 and we deal with it as it comes along. 492 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:17,467 And hopefully he'll get some help. 493 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:19,535 He's early in life, and maybe he'll make a change. 494 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:21,003 I... I don't know. 495 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:24,206 But definitely, if any time we can get that off the street, 496 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:26,343 it makes us feel good about our jobs. 497 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,951 Narrator: 110 miles south, 498 00:22:34,954 --> 00:22:38,821 in coastal chambers county, game warden Dustin dockery 499 00:22:38,824 --> 00:22:41,023 heads for the boat barn to gear up for a day 500 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,492 out on Trinity river. 501 00:22:42,495 --> 00:22:45,428 Chambers county is unique in and of itself. 502 00:22:45,431 --> 00:22:46,896 It's a big marsh. 503 00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:48,497 It's where the Trinity river dumps into the bay system, 504 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:51,501 which then flows out into the Gulf of Mexico. 505 00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:54,104 The bay system is a great place to catch trout and redfish, 506 00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:56,172 between the commercial aspect 507 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:58,641 with the crabs, the shrimp. 508 00:22:58,644 --> 00:23:01,844 Any given day, there's a number of things that we can get into. 509 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:04,046 This is actually my hometown, baytown. 510 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:05,448 And all my family's from here. 511 00:23:05,451 --> 00:23:09,051 I was very fortunate, blessed, to be able to get back home. 512 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:12,054 [ Cellphone rings ] 513 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:14,858 Hey. Sure, yeah. 514 00:23:14,861 --> 00:23:16,926 You want to come jump on with us, come on. 515 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:20,129 Patricia vannoy. 516 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:23,999 She's one of my partners here in chambers county. 517 00:23:24,002 --> 00:23:25,268 We'll see if we can't play some jokes 518 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:28,138 and get people wondering which one is her husband. 519 00:23:28,141 --> 00:23:29,539 His name's David. 520 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:30,740 The other partner's Daniel. 521 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:32,342 My name's Dustin. 522 00:23:32,345 --> 00:23:36,278 So there's David, Daniel, Dustin and then Patricia. 523 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:39,215 So any chance we get to get the river crowd a swirl, 524 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:41,785 we give 'em a little swirl. 525 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,624 What's up? 526 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:50,092 Hey, I did it for you. 527 00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:51,627 What'd I tell you about the shorts? 528 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:53,730 It's hot! You should be wearing shorts. 529 00:23:56,035 --> 00:23:59,502 Narrator: Dockery and vannoy check fishermen. 530 00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:01,838 Dockery: How are y'all? 531 00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:03,706 Good. Game warden. 532 00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:06,776 We're gonna come up here real quick. 533 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:09,445 Just checking license and bag limits today. 534 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,380 Caught any fish yet? 535 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:13,249 Two little ones? How 'bout you? 536 00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:14,784 Bet you caught the biggest one, didn't you? 537 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:16,185 I got two crabs. 538 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:17,987 Two crabs? Good deal. 539 00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:19,522 Thank you, Mr. Brown. 540 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:21,024 [ Cellphone rings ] 541 00:24:23,396 --> 00:24:25,995 Vannoy: So we just got a call from a fellow warden 542 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:28,097 that said he'd been in a boat accident, 543 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:31,800 that another recreational boat had ran into him 544 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:34,037 and, uh, knocked a hole in the game warden boat. 545 00:24:38,411 --> 00:24:42,077 What happened? 546 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,014 Narrator: Back in bell county, game warden Bernstein 547 00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:47,016 prepares to execute a search warrant 548 00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:49,552 in his deer-poaching case. 549 00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:51,354 This is the arrow that was in it. 550 00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:53,289 It's got a unique broadhead on it. 551 00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:55,691 Bernstein: Through some identifying markers on the arrow, 552 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:59,095 we were able to pull up surveillance-camera images 553 00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:01,297 of the suspect. 554 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,832 He does have a felony 555 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:04,366 out of Washington state for theft. 556 00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:05,702 Man: He doesn't know we're coming, 557 00:25:05,705 --> 00:25:09,172 so this is gonna be an eyes open wide, holy... you know, 558 00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:11,507 what just happened to me type of deal, I think. 559 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:14,577 Really what we're wanting to do to tie this case all together 560 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:18,781 is get him in the possession of arrows like this. 561 00:25:18,784 --> 00:25:22,852 But he bought four arrows at that retail store, 562 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:26,188 so we're wanting to find three more arrows 563 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,192 just like that at his residence so we can tie it to 'im. 564 00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:33,396 Once we've got that, I think we've got it in the bag. 565 00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:35,264 Any time you're dealing with a search warrant, 566 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:38,468 it's always a very risky and dangerous situation 567 00:25:38,471 --> 00:25:41,137 for all officers. 568 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:42,205 They have to be very aware 569 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:44,941 and cautious of their surroundings. 570 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:47,677 You have no idea who or what may cause 571 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,280 a potential threat in this situation. 572 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:53,283 All right, guys. Looks like the truck's there. 573 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:03,660 When backed up against a corner, they switch, and they flip. 574 00:26:07,033 --> 00:26:08,698 Go left and go right. 575 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:15,572 State game warden. Can you come out please? 576 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:28,250 Narrator: In bell county, game wardens execute a search warrant 577 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:30,453 on a man suspected of killing a deer 578 00:26:30,456 --> 00:26:32,055 in Morgan's point, 579 00:26:32,058 --> 00:26:35,158 a residential area where hunting is prohibited. 580 00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:40,997 State game warden. Can you come out please? 581 00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:45,134 How you doing? - Oh, hello! 582 00:26:45,137 --> 00:26:46,803 Bernstein: I've got a search warrant for your home, okay? 583 00:26:46,806 --> 00:26:50,673 If we can have everybody step outside, please. 584 00:26:50,676 --> 00:26:53,276 Just step down here, bud. 585 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,012 Let me explain to you. 586 00:26:56,015 --> 00:26:57,614 - Nobody else in the house? - No, sir. 587 00:26:57,617 --> 00:26:58,748 Just y'all? Okay. 588 00:26:58,751 --> 00:27:00,283 Narrator: The deer was shot with an arrow 589 00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:03,886 and later found dead on a homeowner's lawn. 590 00:27:03,889 --> 00:27:07,823 You have an idea, I think, already of why we're here. 591 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:11,027 Uh, other than when I called in about 592 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:12,361 when I hit a deer 593 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:14,764 and left it on the side of the road, that'd be about it. 594 00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:17,633 Okay. So is there any reason 595 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:21,504 why I have evidence of equipment 596 00:27:21,507 --> 00:27:23,106 that you had purchased, 597 00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:27,243 and that equipment was utilized to kill deer? 598 00:27:27,246 --> 00:27:29,379 - That I purchased? - Yeah. 599 00:27:29,382 --> 00:27:32,115 As far as I have archery stuff 600 00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:34,050 that I recently purchased, 601 00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:36,252 arrows that I recently... But what else would there be? 602 00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:39,521 Okay. When did you purchase those? 603 00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:42,725 Um, it was this year. 604 00:27:42,728 --> 00:27:44,260 Do you have all those, uh, all those arrows? 605 00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:45,861 They should be right inside right there. 606 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:47,263 Has any of these arrows 607 00:27:47,266 --> 00:27:49,531 ever left this location of your residence? 608 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:50,599 No. No. I have... 609 00:27:50,602 --> 00:27:52,134 Have they ever left your possession? 610 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:53,936 I haven't gone out hunting. 611 00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:56,872 Those arrows are in that case. 612 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,274 Okay. 613 00:27:58,277 --> 00:28:00,610 Bernstein: The important thing is that we have evidence 614 00:28:00,613 --> 00:28:03,545 that this gentlemen purchased at least four arrows, 615 00:28:03,548 --> 00:28:06,883 and we know that at least one of those arrows 616 00:28:06,886 --> 00:28:08,951 was used in commission of a crime 617 00:28:08,954 --> 00:28:13,756 to kill a deer in a town that doesn't allow hunting. 618 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,291 Can you identify that for me? 619 00:28:19,365 --> 00:28:21,097 That looks pretty close to what, uh, the... 620 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,032 The coloring and everything that I have. 621 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,567 - Okay. - Those are not mine. 622 00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:26,969 I have all three of 'em inside the house. 623 00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:29,138 - Let me show you something. - Sure. 624 00:28:29,141 --> 00:28:31,440 Narrator: Bernstein shows him surveillance photos 625 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,243 from the store where the man purchased the arrows, 626 00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:36,779 and a receipt for four arrows. 627 00:28:36,782 --> 00:28:39,115 This is you. These are the arrows. 628 00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:40,249 It's your arrow, 629 00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:43,286 and if you didn't do it, you know who did. 630 00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:48,457 Back on Trinity bay, dockery and vannoy 631 00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:50,593 arrive at the scene of the boat accident. 632 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,562 Vannoy: What happened? 633 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:56,131 Right there at the four-way. 634 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:57,667 Like, where the silvercoat comes in? 635 00:28:57,670 --> 00:29:00,202 Yeah. They were coming out of Mac lake. 636 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:01,537 Oh, and he was coming out. 637 00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:02,805 Out of Mac lake. 638 00:29:02,808 --> 00:29:05,007 You know, it's that blind spot right there. 639 00:29:05,010 --> 00:29:06,208 - Crap. - And he come out, 640 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:09,011 and he overcorrected, and he caught my boat. 641 00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:10,479 I gotcha. 642 00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:12,215 Y'all are fine? - Oh, no, no, no, no. 643 00:29:12,218 --> 00:29:14,057 Like, you don't need to go to the hospital, or? 644 00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:18,955 These things are unfortunate, um, 645 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:20,890 but it sounds like it was a pretty blind corner 646 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:23,559 for both of y'all. 647 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:24,827 Vannoy: We've come to the conclusion 648 00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:28,164 that it was more an accident than anybody at fault. 649 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:29,765 Speed may have been an issue, 650 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,367 but at the end, it's really hard 651 00:29:31,370 --> 00:29:33,436 to place blame too much on anyone. 652 00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:36,171 Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured. 653 00:29:36,174 --> 00:29:38,974 And y'all were crawfishing today? 654 00:29:38,977 --> 00:29:41,978 It looks like he was doing some crawfishing out in the bayou. 655 00:29:41,981 --> 00:29:43,579 So I'm just gonna do the same thing I do 656 00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:44,847 with any other person 657 00:29:44,850 --> 00:29:46,916 that's engaged in a fishing activity. 658 00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:48,517 I, you know, check for his license. 659 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:49,786 Y'all were catching those to sell? 660 00:29:49,789 --> 00:29:51,320 Woman: Huh? 661 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,602 Y'all were selling the crawfish? 662 00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:58,261 You have your fishing license, your commercial fishing license? 663 00:29:58,264 --> 00:30:00,663 If there's a cooler on the boat, I'm going to ask to... 664 00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:02,798 To check it. 665 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:06,035 Narrator: The cooler's holding more than just crawfish. 666 00:30:08,741 --> 00:30:09,806 Those are not mine. 667 00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:11,540 I have all three of 'em inside the house. 668 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,609 This is you. These are the arrows. 669 00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:15,211 It's your arrow. 670 00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:17,412 Narrator: Back in bell county, Bernstein 671 00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:20,216 tries to get a confession from his poaching suspect. 672 00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:22,084 Here's the thing, I... 673 00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:25,754 Anytime I'm dealing with an individual one-on-one... 674 00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:27,289 Right. 675 00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:30,026 All we ask for is honesty, right? 676 00:30:30,029 --> 00:30:31,494 Yeah! 677 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,428 Right? We're trying to find the truth 'cause 678 00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:34,764 this is what we're looking at, 679 00:30:34,767 --> 00:30:36,031 is a felony. 680 00:30:36,034 --> 00:30:38,434 Honestly, all my arrows got to be right there. 681 00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:40,903 - Okay. - They have to be right there. 682 00:30:40,906 --> 00:30:43,039 Bernstein: This individual is not gonna fess up 683 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:44,507 about him killing this deer. 684 00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:47,576 So our next step is to execute this search warrant, 685 00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:50,646 go into the home and find more evidence 686 00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:53,249 that ties this individual 687 00:30:53,252 --> 00:30:55,852 to the shooting of that deer. 688 00:30:55,855 --> 00:30:58,520 Narrator: The suspect shows the game wardens 689 00:30:58,523 --> 00:30:59,789 his archery equipment. 690 00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:13,202 Okay. 691 00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:21,611 The game wardens search the man's freezer. 692 00:31:21,614 --> 00:31:25,481 Oh, look at this. Let's talk about this. 693 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,292 Bernstein: Let's talk about this. 694 00:31:37,295 --> 00:31:38,694 Narrator: In bell county, 695 00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:41,029 game wardens discover potential evidence 696 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:43,833 in their deer-poaching investigation. 697 00:31:43,836 --> 00:31:46,234 Bernstein: We did locate packages of deer meat 698 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:47,837 that actually were marked. 699 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,307 One of the dates was before deer season even started. 700 00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:53,376 Narrator: The deer meat in the freezer 701 00:31:53,379 --> 00:31:54,776 is dated around the same time 702 00:31:54,779 --> 00:31:57,279 a deer was found with an arrow in its side 703 00:31:57,282 --> 00:31:58,981 on a homeowner's lawn. 704 00:31:58,984 --> 00:32:00,543 I have deer backstraps which I've got... 705 00:32:02,054 --> 00:32:03,786 So where was this deer killed at? 706 00:32:03,789 --> 00:32:04,987 Look, brother. - No... 707 00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:06,656 But here's the thing, bud. 708 00:32:06,659 --> 00:32:09,492 Help yourself. Help yourself, bud. 709 00:32:11,797 --> 00:32:14,863 - Okay. - Honest to goodness. 710 00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:16,732 Bernstein: What we think we have is an individual 711 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:20,402 who has a history of poaching deer illegally. 712 00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:22,538 We think the deer that was killed by the arrow 713 00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:25,607 that we found was not his first deer that he shot. 714 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:26,875 He's got deer 715 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:29,411 that was killed out of season inside the freezer. 716 00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:31,547 Why do you have deer in the refrigerator 717 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:34,483 that's marked the date before deer season? 718 00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:36,885 Oh, that deer I picked up on the side of the road. 719 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:38,955 Well, first off, that's a violation. 720 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,757 Narrator: The suspect claims the deer meat in the freezer 721 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,760 is from a deer he hit with his truck. 722 00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:48,230 Bernstein: Went underneath? 723 00:32:48,233 --> 00:32:50,967 Okay. So, he's running. 724 00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:59,308 His story states that, uh, there was a deer... 725 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,843 He hit a deer on... 726 00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:03,846 At the intersection, and he called 911. 727 00:33:03,849 --> 00:33:06,315 An officer, who he can't identify, 728 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,050 showed up on scene, 729 00:33:08,053 --> 00:33:10,853 and told him that he could take the deer. 730 00:33:10,856 --> 00:33:13,656 However, I checked with our dispatch. 731 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,924 Our dispatch has no record of any officer 732 00:33:15,927 --> 00:33:18,060 arriving to that scene, um, 733 00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:20,596 and shows no record of a call even coming in 734 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:22,999 at that intersection of a deer that was hit. 735 00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:24,800 Narrator: Bernstein checks the man's truck 736 00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:28,204 for any damage or other evidence of a deer collision. 737 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:32,007 There's no hair underneath the, uh, the body of the vehicle. 738 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,943 There's no blood. There's no car damage 739 00:33:33,946 --> 00:33:35,077 or vehicle damage. 740 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,412 As the investigator, 741 00:33:36,415 --> 00:33:39,348 you start chipping away at that story 742 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:43,685 to reveal what the actual true story is. 743 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:46,422 Narrator: The game wardens collect evidence from the house, 744 00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:48,290 including arrows the same make 745 00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:51,427 and model found in the deer killed in Morgan's point. 746 00:33:51,430 --> 00:33:52,495 Bernstein: The individual admitted 747 00:33:52,498 --> 00:33:55,498 to purchasing the arrows at the store, 748 00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:57,366 but he can't explain 749 00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:01,103 how that arrow got from his shopping cart 750 00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:04,173 into the gut of that deer. 751 00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:05,974 Narrator: They seize the suspect's phone 752 00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:07,243 and computer, 753 00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:10,312 which may contain further incriminating evidence. 754 00:34:10,315 --> 00:34:12,581 Bernstein: People who illegally hunt like to talk about it. 755 00:34:12,584 --> 00:34:14,983 They also like to take pictures 756 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:17,786 of all of the game they have killed. 757 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:21,990 So we'll find that type of information in their cellphones 758 00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:24,994 and... and e-mails and things of that nature. 759 00:34:24,997 --> 00:34:26,529 I'll get all that information together, 760 00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:28,464 and I'll submit it to the county attorney's office 761 00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:30,199 for prosecution. 762 00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:36,338 Y'all were crawfishing today? 763 00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:39,208 Narrator: Back on Trinity bay, Patricia vannoy 764 00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:41,610 checks the commercial fisherman's catch. 765 00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:42,945 Vannoy: I noticed he had a cooler in the boat. 766 00:34:42,948 --> 00:34:44,346 So I open up the cooler, 767 00:34:44,349 --> 00:34:47,616 and he ended up having some small catfish in there. 768 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:48,651 Who caught the catfish? 769 00:34:50,556 --> 00:34:51,987 They were in the crawfish trap? 770 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:56,746 How many catfish you got in there? 771 00:34:58,230 --> 00:35:00,562 Okay. 772 00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:03,432 You know you can't keep 'em out of a crawfish trap, right? 773 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:05,367 And you have, what, seven or eight of 'em? 774 00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:07,103 Vannoy: I think they're all small. 775 00:35:07,106 --> 00:35:10,105 I think they're all under-size except maybe this one. 776 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:12,241 I think the fisherman knew he shouldn't have kept the catfish. 777 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,976 And he certainly knew they were undersize. 778 00:35:13,979 --> 00:35:15,711 Someone who's involved in a commercial fishing, 779 00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:17,046 they're gonna know the rules. 780 00:35:17,049 --> 00:35:19,114 Sign on the "x," it's not an admission of guilt, 781 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:20,916 just promise to contact the judge. 782 00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:23,986 Narrator: The game wardens confiscate the catfish 783 00:35:23,989 --> 00:35:27,522 and send the fisherman home with a $1,000 fine. 784 00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:29,925 The fisherman just had an unlucky day today 785 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:31,727 because he, you know, he ran into the game warden 786 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:33,862 and he got citations 787 00:35:33,865 --> 00:35:36,064 because he had the illegal fish on his boat. 788 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:37,933 But I like to think he would have been checked any way, 789 00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:40,669 even if there hadn't have been a boat accident. 790 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:42,271 I think many people think that, 791 00:35:42,274 --> 00:35:43,805 you know, one illegal fish 792 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:46,008 is kind of minor in the grand scheme of things. 793 00:35:46,011 --> 00:35:47,743 - Ready? - But those rules 794 00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:50,412 and regulations are there to conserve the fishery 795 00:35:50,415 --> 00:35:53,549 so that we can have fish for all the future generations. 796 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:07,496 Narrator: 100 miles north, on the neches river, 797 00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:11,166 Morgan inman and Ellis Powell patrol 12,000 acres 798 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:14,036 of prime duck-hunting waterways. 799 00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:16,505 Ellis: We've already heard two dozen shots out here, 800 00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:18,641 so, uh, they're... They're shooting at something. 801 00:36:18,644 --> 00:36:21,710 We're about to go find out what. 802 00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:24,446 This weekend is a busy weekend for us in Jasper county. 803 00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:26,848 It's open season for teal, 804 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:29,718 and that's the only type of duck that they can kill. 805 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:32,187 Narrator: Each year, teal season dates and bag limits 806 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:35,524 are set based on up-to-date population numbers. 807 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,459 With a record number of teal expected 808 00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:39,995 to migrate through Texas this year, 809 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:41,730 hunters have 16 days 810 00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:43,999 to hunt these particular ducks. 811 00:36:44,002 --> 00:36:46,135 Ellis: There's lots of other ducks flying around out here, 812 00:36:46,138 --> 00:36:47,669 so, uh, it's a possibility 813 00:36:47,672 --> 00:36:50,472 that we may run across the wrong kind of duck 814 00:36:50,475 --> 00:36:52,274 in somebody's bag. 815 00:36:52,277 --> 00:36:53,475 So we got a group of hunters 816 00:36:53,478 --> 00:36:56,145 right here on the other side of these trees. 817 00:36:56,148 --> 00:36:57,546 Let's go around and see if we can just 818 00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:58,680 come up to the back side of them, 819 00:36:58,683 --> 00:37:00,682 maybe see their boat parked up back here. 820 00:37:00,685 --> 00:37:02,418 Yeah, we could. 821 00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:18,367 Try not to step on an alligator in the process. 822 00:37:18,370 --> 00:37:21,036 Yes. Water moccasins. 823 00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:22,504 I ain't worried about a water moccasin. 824 00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:25,774 I'm more worried about an alligator. 825 00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:27,843 Inman: I made a point last year to lose my hip wader 826 00:37:27,846 --> 00:37:30,112 so this year he could do all the trudging 827 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,446 through the marsh for me. 828 00:37:31,449 --> 00:37:33,315 Basically, I'll just be the motor man this year 829 00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:35,451 and he can... He can do all the, uh, 830 00:37:35,454 --> 00:37:37,152 the hard work. 831 00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:42,324 I ain't seen [bleep] 832 00:37:42,327 --> 00:37:44,926 I mean, there's so many little things 833 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,128 out there, I don't know which one they're in. 834 00:37:46,131 --> 00:37:47,062 I didn't see their boat. 835 00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:48,063 Or they're camouflaged. 836 00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:49,331 Yeah, it's like, what the [bleep]? 837 00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:51,199 It's hard to see 'em. 838 00:37:51,202 --> 00:37:52,935 Right? 839 00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:04,113 Hang on. We got some hunters. 840 00:38:06,418 --> 00:38:07,950 - Morning, fellas. - Morning. 841 00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:09,951 State game warden. How are y'all doing? 842 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:11,654 I hear some caps being popped over here. 843 00:38:13,225 --> 00:38:15,424 Ellis: Y'all got some down? 844 00:38:15,427 --> 00:38:17,192 All right. 845 00:38:19,364 --> 00:38:20,962 That's cool. 846 00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:21,964 Whose duck? 847 00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:27,903 Mm-hmm. You don't like that? 848 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:39,915 Narrator: On the neches river, 849 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,251 inman and Powell check a group of hunters 850 00:38:42,254 --> 00:38:45,521 to make sure they're sticking to the six teal bag limit 851 00:38:45,524 --> 00:38:47,956 and not killing other types of ducks. 852 00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:52,628 Ellis: Mm-hmm. You don't like that? 853 00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:57,999 Have you missed any shots because of us? 854 00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:00,469 No, I just... I'm just wondering. 855 00:39:02,808 --> 00:39:05,073 Narrator: The group has two teals so far. 856 00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:06,341 Go ahead and hand me three shells 857 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,077 while you're doing it. 858 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,344 Ellis: When we check teal hunters, 859 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:10,746 there's certain regulations. 860 00:39:10,749 --> 00:39:13,681 One being that you can only shoot it with non-toxic shot. 861 00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:16,885 Lead shot is prohibited. 862 00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:19,288 And there's certain things about the shotgun that are required. 863 00:39:19,291 --> 00:39:22,224 One is that it can hold no more than three shells total. 864 00:39:22,227 --> 00:39:23,691 You got two more? - Yes, sir. 865 00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:25,894 All right. You got one, just one more shell. 866 00:39:25,897 --> 00:39:27,696 You got another shell? 867 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:29,898 - Yeah. - There... there is. 868 00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:32,167 I just want to see if four goes in there. 869 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:34,569 Narrator: Teal are among the slowest duck species, 870 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:37,639 with flight speeds of 30 miles per hour. 871 00:39:37,642 --> 00:39:41,243 Shotgun shells are limited to three on migratory bird hunts 872 00:39:41,246 --> 00:39:43,045 to keep the sport fair. 873 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:53,722 Pretty dang close. 874 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:54,789 You can get three in there? 875 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:56,725 Yeah. 876 00:39:56,728 --> 00:39:58,927 Man, basically, this gun's illegal. 877 00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:00,462 If you can put three in the magazine 878 00:40:00,465 --> 00:40:02,297 and one in the chamber, any time you're hunting waterfowl, 879 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:03,465 this gun can't be capable 880 00:40:03,468 --> 00:40:05,400 of carrying more than three shells, 881 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:07,202 three rounds. - Yes, sir. 882 00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:09,405 Where you aware of that when you come out, or...? 883 00:40:12,677 --> 00:40:14,275 Narrator: Jamming a pencil in the barrel 884 00:40:14,278 --> 00:40:17,012 to limit the number of shells instead of using a plug 885 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:19,281 is an old-school cheat, 886 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:22,151 but this hunter's pencil isn't quite long enough, 887 00:40:22,154 --> 00:40:24,820 and allows an extra shell to fit. 888 00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:27,022 Ellis: I've been hunting my whole life, and I've seen 889 00:40:27,025 --> 00:40:29,224 that since I was a teenager, people putting pencils in there. 890 00:40:29,227 --> 00:40:30,626 And those erasers compress, 891 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:32,293 and it lets you put that fourth shell in there. 892 00:40:32,296 --> 00:40:34,963 You know, I'm not saying he did it for that reason, 893 00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:37,232 but I've seen people do it for that reason. 894 00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:39,501 Narrator: The game wardens issue a citation 895 00:40:39,504 --> 00:40:40,836 for the illegal firearm 896 00:40:40,839 --> 00:40:44,305 which carries a fine of $500. 897 00:40:44,308 --> 00:40:46,841 In all honesty, we normally take guns like this 898 00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:48,377 'cause they are illegal. 899 00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:50,312 They're basically illegal till you get it fixed, okay? 900 00:40:50,315 --> 00:40:52,181 - Yes, sir. - Not gonna do that to you today. 901 00:40:52,184 --> 00:40:53,315 But keep an eye 902 00:40:53,318 --> 00:40:54,450 on how many shells you're putting in there. 903 00:40:54,453 --> 00:40:56,385 If you get time, get that thing changed out 904 00:40:56,388 --> 00:40:58,387 with something that's designed to be in there, okay? 905 00:40:58,390 --> 00:40:59,621 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 906 00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:01,122 Hey, I hate we met under these circumstances, 907 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:04,660 but I appreciate your courtesy. - Yeah, yeah. 908 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:05,861 All right, guys. Well, y'all be careful. 909 00:41:05,864 --> 00:41:07,496 Y'all be safe out here, now. 910 00:41:09,734 --> 00:41:11,133 Ellis: If you're an avid duck hunter, 911 00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,268 which those guys seem to be... You can look at their equipment 912 00:41:13,271 --> 00:41:15,871 and tell... they should've known better than that. 913 00:41:16,305 --> 00:42:16,258 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org