"Lone Star Law" Gator vs. Game Warden

1 00:00:10,411 --> 00:00:11,809 Here he comes. 2 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,877 Narrator: Coming up, on "lone star law"... 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,680 You're good. What'd you... hey. 4 00:00:15,683 --> 00:00:16,681 Hey. 5 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:18,082 Did you just throw a fish in the water? 6 00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:20,584 You serious? 7 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:22,820 You need to calm down right now. You're gonna do this. 8 00:00:22,823 --> 00:00:24,355 I'm scared, dude. I'm scared. 9 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:25,957 You need to get out of my face 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,158 'cause I'm scared. What's your name again? 11 00:00:27,161 --> 00:00:28,359 Samuel. 12 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,427 Who is Kevin? 13 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:31,696 Don't break his neck. Watch out. 14 00:00:31,699 --> 00:00:34,164 He's gonna roll on you, Mike. 15 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:35,299 I got him. 16 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:36,634 Give me a ticket. And let me go home. 17 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:39,103 I'm gonna have a [bleep] anxiety attack. 18 00:00:39,106 --> 00:00:40,571 There is pretty much nothing 19 00:00:40,574 --> 00:00:43,741 right about this whole situation at all. 20 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 21 00:00:58,859 --> 00:00:59,857 [ Horse whinnies ] 22 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:01,526 [ Gunshot ] 23 00:01:08,135 --> 00:01:09,467 Man: A Texas game warden's job 24 00:01:09,470 --> 00:01:12,203 is to protect wild animals and wild places, 25 00:01:12,206 --> 00:01:13,471 keep the public safe 26 00:01:13,474 --> 00:01:16,140 and every now and again, put a bad guy in jail. 27 00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:19,076 Captions by vitac... www.Vitac.Com 28 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:22,080 captions paid for by discovery communications 29 00:01:36,897 --> 00:01:41,699 A bunch of fisherman, they got line out for miles. 30 00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:44,302 What's going on, guys? Y'all doing any good? 31 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:48,505 You just got bait, and that's it? 32 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,908 That's it. You gonna go hungry tonight. 33 00:01:50,911 --> 00:01:52,443 I'm telling you. How you getting along? 34 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,113 Doing fine. Good, good, good, good. 35 00:01:56,717 --> 00:01:59,517 24. 36 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:00,918 Shoot, no. I'm having too much fun. 37 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:03,587 I'm not gonna retire yet. 38 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:04,989 I guess when you stop having fun, 39 00:02:04,992 --> 00:02:07,525 then you need to think about retirement. 40 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:09,059 [ Laughs ] 41 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:12,329 I grew up in magnolia, Texas, which is north of... of Houston. 42 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:13,931 How many fish you got? 43 00:02:13,934 --> 00:02:15,533 Yeah, there's fish in here. 44 00:02:15,536 --> 00:02:16,800 You got to know how to catch them. 45 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:18,202 I got stationed in hardin county 46 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:20,004 right out of the game warden academy. 47 00:02:20,007 --> 00:02:22,673 Best part about being over here is not just the job. 48 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:24,675 A lot of it has to do with communities. 49 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:26,077 How are y'all doing? 50 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,345 You know, the people over here have been great to me. 51 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:30,948 Okay, y'all have fun. All right. 52 00:02:30,951 --> 00:02:34,752 You never know. You might catch something. 53 00:02:34,755 --> 00:02:36,754 I'm sure happy with what I do. 54 00:02:36,757 --> 00:02:38,088 This was my lifelong dream. 55 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:39,489 So here I am. 56 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:42,093 My office is out here in the outdoors. 57 00:02:42,296 --> 00:02:45,696 [ Cellphone rings ] 58 00:02:45,699 --> 00:02:48,032 Mike Boone, how are you? 59 00:02:48,035 --> 00:02:49,066 Okay. 60 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:53,704 Okay. 61 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:56,841 Well, I'll go ahead and get on started headed your way then. 62 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,308 Just got a call from... 63 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:00,043 A complaint at the beaumont yacht club. 64 00:03:00,046 --> 00:03:03,714 She's got a gator there become real friendly, 65 00:03:03,717 --> 00:03:05,449 starting to approach boaters. 66 00:03:05,452 --> 00:03:07,251 Actually, it was on the playground at... 67 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:09,387 At the beaumont yacht club. 68 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:13,991 When they get where they're not afraid of human presence, 69 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:15,760 that can become a danger. 70 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:24,067 Come on. 71 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:27,071 Yeah, he's probably 6 to 7 foot. 72 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,473 I don't know if he's gonna get much closer than what he is. 73 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:33,010 I mean, he's probably getting a little leery. 74 00:03:33,013 --> 00:03:36,480 Narrator: Boone calls a nuisance control team to help capture the gator. 75 00:03:36,483 --> 00:03:37,814 Uh, he's close. 76 00:03:37,817 --> 00:03:41,152 But he's not close enough to lay a lasso on him, 77 00:03:41,155 --> 00:03:43,688 probably have to snag him. 78 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:49,459 120 miles south, in galveston county, 79 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:52,496 where the Gulf of Mexico meets galveston bay, 80 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:54,898 Texas game wardens Jennifer provaznik 81 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:59,169 and mack chambers head out to patrol the coast. 82 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,672 Oh, oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. 83 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:03,374 The ticket books are... It's pretty warm out. 84 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:04,641 Are jumping into my lap. 85 00:04:04,644 --> 00:04:06,443 They're like, "you gonna need to use me. 86 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:08,446 Use me." 87 00:04:08,449 --> 00:04:09,981 Hey, how you doing, chief? What's up? 88 00:04:09,984 --> 00:04:11,515 Appreciate you. 89 00:04:11,518 --> 00:04:13,850 They're on their way to bolivar peninsula, 90 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:18,522 a 27-mile stretch of coast reached only by ferry. 91 00:04:18,525 --> 00:04:21,591 Galveston county is the fishing capital of Texas. 92 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,527 There's a few very popular fishing spots 93 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:27,798 over here in bolivar that we like to go patrol on. 94 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:29,533 This time of the year, the fish are starting 95 00:04:29,536 --> 00:04:31,001 to run out of the marshes 96 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:32,603 and into the Gulf of Mexico. 97 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:35,072 It's an excellent fish haven for fisherman. 98 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:37,808 So we're gonna make sure everybody is being legal. 99 00:04:39,747 --> 00:04:43,681 I'll pull you up. Hold on. Thank you. 100 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:44,683 Got it. 101 00:04:47,488 --> 00:04:49,019 Hello, hello. How are you? 102 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,487 Good, how are you? Doing good. 103 00:04:50,490 --> 00:04:51,689 Any luck? 104 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:55,626 And some crabs. 105 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:58,763 All right. 106 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:00,298 How y'all doing? 107 00:05:00,301 --> 00:05:02,165 Any luck? 108 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,568 Can I go ahead and look? 109 00:05:04,571 --> 00:05:08,238 Hmm. 110 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:11,241 Hey, who cooler is this? 111 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:12,643 Hey, mack. Do you got that measuring tape? 112 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:13,778 Yep. 113 00:05:13,781 --> 00:05:15,513 I'm gonna need it over here too. 114 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:18,115 Got your license? 115 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:20,051 You don't have a fishing license? 116 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:21,986 Do you have a fishing license? 117 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:23,253 Ma'am, if you go ahead and reel it in 118 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:25,656 and give me your ID. 119 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:26,991 Thank you. You have... 120 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:28,191 No fishing license. She don't have her fish... 121 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:29,794 You don't have a fishing license? 122 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:30,928 What happened? 123 00:05:35,736 --> 00:05:37,134 Yeah, but in the state of Texas, 124 00:05:37,137 --> 00:05:38,735 you have to have a fishing license. 125 00:05:38,738 --> 00:05:40,404 All... every... Anywhere in the state of Texas, 126 00:05:40,407 --> 00:05:43,340 you got to have a fishing license. 127 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:44,542 These got to be 14. 128 00:05:44,545 --> 00:05:46,610 14? Oh, god. Yeah. 129 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:48,279 And you can only have five of them each 130 00:05:48,282 --> 00:05:49,346 with a fishing license. 131 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,816 You guys don't have any fishing license. 132 00:05:51,819 --> 00:05:54,352 There was undersized fish everywhere. 133 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:57,621 14 inches, come on up here. 134 00:05:57,624 --> 00:05:59,757 No good. Yeah, I know. 135 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,759 Okay. Well, guess what? 136 00:06:01,762 --> 00:06:02,960 When you come out here fishing, 137 00:06:02,963 --> 00:06:05,028 you need to know, okay? 138 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:07,498 No good. 139 00:06:07,501 --> 00:06:12,303 Also, they were concealing a oversized black drum. 140 00:06:12,306 --> 00:06:16,373 Narrator: A black drum this size produces 32-million eggs a year. 141 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:19,176 Keeping one hurts the fish population. 142 00:06:19,179 --> 00:06:22,045 30 is way... Right here, it's illegal. 143 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:23,713 Too big. 144 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:25,582 Well, everything you got is illegal. 145 00:06:25,585 --> 00:06:28,586 Hey, a tail's a tail. 146 00:06:28,589 --> 00:06:30,321 44 15, Houston. 147 00:06:30,324 --> 00:06:34,091 Provaznik runs the fisherman's driver's license for any priors. 148 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:45,469 10-4, thank you. 149 00:06:45,472 --> 00:06:48,538 You used to have a license back in 2008. 150 00:06:48,541 --> 00:06:51,875 That was like seven years ago. 151 00:06:51,878 --> 00:06:53,143 You been fishing for seven years 152 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:54,812 without a fishing license? 153 00:06:57,818 --> 00:07:02,419 Back in beaumont, game warden Boone calls in backup. 154 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,554 Boone: Today, I'm gonna have Gary shard meet me out here. 155 00:07:04,557 --> 00:07:06,957 He's one of the local nuisance control hunters 156 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,358 we have in the area, 157 00:07:08,361 --> 00:07:10,894 just gives me extra hands in relocating these alligators. 158 00:07:10,897 --> 00:07:12,630 Get your stuff rigged up. 159 00:07:12,633 --> 00:07:15,499 Then, we'll... We'll make headway. 160 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:21,572 Somebody's probably hand-fed these alligators. 161 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:23,773 And when they get fed in the wild by the public, 162 00:07:23,776 --> 00:07:26,042 they associate people with food. 163 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:28,178 What we're gonna attempt to do 164 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:31,749 is throw a snag over the back of this alligator. 165 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:37,988 I'm getting him. 166 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:39,924 Let him come out. 167 00:07:39,927 --> 00:07:41,391 Well, grab that catch pole. 168 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:43,727 And if you get a chance to loose it over his head, get him. 169 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:48,666 Narrator: The gator bit down on a baited hook. 170 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:52,135 A second hook is used to pull him close enough to capture. 171 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:55,171 Got him, Mike? Nope, missed him. 172 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:56,940 Boone: Using a noose or a snag hook, 173 00:07:56,943 --> 00:07:58,342 which goes into the gator's 174 00:07:58,345 --> 00:08:03,881 tail or the foot is perfectly harmless to the gator. 175 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:06,016 Oh. Let it roll. Let it roll. 176 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:08,219 Hang on, hang on. 177 00:08:08,222 --> 00:08:09,819 Once you get a hook in an alligator's 178 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,622 back or its leg or wherever it... 179 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,490 On the body, they're gonna put up a fight. 180 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:15,825 And basically, all you're gonna do is hold on. 181 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:17,361 Tangled up mess. 182 00:08:17,364 --> 00:08:19,229 Well, we got back talk now. 183 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:20,464 Here he comes. 184 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:22,633 Mike, oh, Mike? I'm getting him. 185 00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:23,968 No, no. Nope. 186 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:27,972 We're trying to get a lasso. 187 00:08:27,975 --> 00:08:30,708 But we're getting tangled up in different situations. 188 00:08:30,711 --> 00:08:33,143 Have that rope ready. 189 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:36,713 No, nope. These things bite. 190 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:38,315 You got to take your time and be cautious 191 00:08:38,318 --> 00:08:42,786 how you grab them and where you grab them at. 192 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:46,122 Go, Mike. 193 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:47,191 Got him. 194 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:48,259 All right. 195 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,197 I got him. 196 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,866 Grab hold of that tail or anything you can grab. 197 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:59,136 Right there. Get him. 198 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:00,471 He's in there. 199 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:04,274 Hold on, hold, hold, hold. Watch that hook. 200 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:06,076 Got hooks everywhere. He's pissed. 201 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:09,746 Mike? 202 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:11,548 Narrator: Back in galveston county, 203 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,483 game wardens provaznik and chambers 204 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:16,219 find a pile of illegal fish. 205 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,955 No good. 206 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:19,690 A lot of people would catch these undersized fish 207 00:09:19,693 --> 00:09:21,759 because for one, they may not know. 208 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:24,094 And two, most of the times, they just don't care. 209 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:26,230 The reason for these rules and regulations 210 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:30,367 is to keep the population at a sustainable level. 211 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:32,702 Black drum, the daily bag limit is five. 212 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:35,372 You can catch five per day. 213 00:09:35,375 --> 00:09:37,107 14 to 30. 214 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:38,475 14 inches. 215 00:09:41,681 --> 00:09:45,248 14 inches to 30 inches, okay? 216 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:48,185 Anything here, back... What you... 217 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:51,455 Hey, hey, did you just throw a fish in the water? 218 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:52,977 Did you just throw a fish in the water? 219 00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:58,996 ♪♪ 220 00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:04,601 What you... hey, hey, did you just throw a fish in the water? 221 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,136 Did you just throw a fish in the water? 222 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:07,805 Narrator: On the bolivar peninsula, 223 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:10,608 an unlicensed fisherman dumps evidence. 224 00:10:12,412 --> 00:10:14,345 No, don't touch nothing, matter of fact, 225 00:10:14,348 --> 00:10:16,080 come over here, come over here. 226 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:18,015 Yeah, just go stand over there. 227 00:10:18,018 --> 00:10:21,085 I look in my peripheral vision, uh, to my right. 228 00:10:21,088 --> 00:10:23,086 And there is an individual 229 00:10:23,089 --> 00:10:25,021 that's throwing fish back in the water. 230 00:10:25,024 --> 00:10:27,157 That's, uh, tampering with evidence actually. 231 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,092 Uh, it's a very serious offense. 232 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:31,428 Ma'am, reel it in, come over here. 233 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:32,629 You don't have a fishing license. 234 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:34,832 Hey, come here. You serious? 235 00:10:34,835 --> 00:10:36,566 Come on. 236 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:39,036 Hey, don't move. 237 00:10:39,039 --> 00:10:41,638 Why you still fishing if you don't have a fishing license? 238 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:44,174 Hey, come over here. Get over here. 239 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:47,577 Goodness gracious, did he really throw one back? 240 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:50,714 Yeah, threw it from right here. 241 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:52,216 He threw two back. 242 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:55,452 Don't matter. 243 00:10:55,455 --> 00:10:56,586 You don't touch any fish. It don't matter. 244 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:58,188 When I come up, you don't touch any fish. 245 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:00,391 Throwing stuff back in the water, that's evidence. 246 00:11:00,394 --> 00:11:03,527 That's... I count that just like drugs. 247 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:05,596 If the police pull up... It's exactly like drugs. 248 00:11:05,599 --> 00:11:08,965 And you got drugs and you throw them drugs out, 249 00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:12,736 you almost went to jail, straight to jail. 250 00:11:12,739 --> 00:11:14,204 All together, you got 10 illegal fish. 251 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:16,273 Plus, you threw the fish back in the water. 252 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:20,544 Yeah, no, we're not saving no fish. 253 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:22,412 Nope, no saving fish. When the game warden pops up, 254 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:24,348 only people save fish is game warden. 255 00:11:24,351 --> 00:11:26,190 And then, you guys don't have fishing licenses. 256 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:30,888 Yeah, that's the problem. 257 00:11:30,891 --> 00:11:33,356 Okay, what about the small fish? 258 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:34,425 You don't know about that either, right? 259 00:11:34,428 --> 00:11:36,292 You know why? Why? 260 00:11:36,295 --> 00:11:38,028 Because if you had a fishing license, 261 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,296 you would know about the small fish 262 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:41,498 because they give you a book. Oh, I see. 263 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:44,835 But this, you know, I don't really care, you know? 264 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:47,904 I care. 265 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:50,306 You know why? That's next year's fish. 266 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:51,775 Oh. 267 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:53,777 That's next year's fish. And guess what that one make? 268 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:56,846 That one makes babies. That one makes those. 269 00:11:56,849 --> 00:11:57,981 That's why it's illegal. 270 00:11:57,984 --> 00:11:59,583 There's a reason behind all of this. 271 00:11:59,586 --> 00:12:01,785 There's a science behind it. 272 00:12:01,788 --> 00:12:05,122 If you don't enforce those rules and regulations now, 273 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:07,591 next couple of years or so, 274 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:09,459 we won't have any fish at all. 275 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:12,529 I have a 9-year-old. And she loves to fish. 276 00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,397 I couldn't imagine her growing up 277 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,133 and not be able to catch 278 00:12:16,136 --> 00:12:18,135 and keep her red fish or keep her speckled trout 279 00:12:18,138 --> 00:12:19,536 and having that feeling of, 280 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:21,471 "I can catch a fish." You know? All right. 281 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:23,006 We'll get together and figure out how many tickets 282 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:25,609 we want to write. 283 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:28,545 Narrator: The game wardens will donate the confiscated fish 284 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:30,814 to local families in need. 285 00:12:32,886 --> 00:12:36,153 All right. Listen up, a lot of violations. 286 00:12:36,156 --> 00:12:37,554 There is pretty much nothing right 287 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:40,891 about this whole situation at all. 288 00:12:40,894 --> 00:12:46,096 34 tickets we can write you, okay? 289 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:48,365 We are not going to do that today. 290 00:12:48,368 --> 00:12:49,699 Thank you. Thank you very much. 291 00:12:49,702 --> 00:12:53,303 We are gonna write you two tickets, you... 292 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:54,571 Three. 293 00:12:54,574 --> 00:12:58,641 Three tickets... Fishing license and the fish. 294 00:12:58,644 --> 00:13:02,245 You, two tickets, okay? 295 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:03,714 That's one, two, three, four, 296 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:08,018 five, six, seven instead of 34 tickets, okay? 297 00:13:10,524 --> 00:13:12,990 [ Sighs ] Baby fish kill me. 298 00:13:16,263 --> 00:13:18,395 Chambers: I'm just happy we... We were able to get them. 299 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:19,729 It is a good that you... 300 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:21,064 You bust all these individuals 301 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,333 who are doing things that are contrary 302 00:13:23,336 --> 00:13:25,269 to our important wildlife rules. 303 00:13:25,272 --> 00:13:27,537 And you are... You catch them in the act. 304 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,938 Okay, y'all free to go, guys. 305 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:30,641 Okay. All right. 306 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,811 Narrator: In southeast Texas, 307 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,681 home to the largest gator population in the state, 308 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:39,616 game warden Mike Boone attempts 309 00:13:39,619 --> 00:13:41,618 to capture a nuisance alligator. 310 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:44,154 I got him. 311 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:45,889 Grab hold of that tail or anything you can grab. 312 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:47,557 Right there. Get him. 313 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:48,826 He's gonna roll on you, Mike. 314 00:13:48,829 --> 00:13:50,227 I got him. 315 00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:51,428 Boone: I felt like I comfortably 316 00:13:51,431 --> 00:13:53,563 grabbed the gator by the jaws. 317 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:56,567 Well, when you do that, they tend to roll. 318 00:13:56,570 --> 00:13:58,301 [Bleep] [Bleep] 319 00:13:58,304 --> 00:14:00,436 If they roll on you, you let them go. 320 00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:02,038 You let them tire out a little bit more. 321 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:04,641 And then you attempt it again. 322 00:14:04,644 --> 00:14:06,643 Hold him. Hold him. 323 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:07,978 Ugh. 324 00:14:07,981 --> 00:14:09,913 Watch out, Mike, watch out. 325 00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:10,981 The tail on an alligator 326 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:13,583 can produce a lot of force against you. 327 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:15,986 Come on, he's rolling. 328 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:17,921 Got him? 329 00:14:17,924 --> 00:14:20,123 Got him. You're going with me. 330 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:26,430 He's done. Outstanding. 331 00:14:28,734 --> 00:14:30,934 We're getting more and more alligators 332 00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:32,201 coming into different places 333 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:33,704 that I've never seen them before. 334 00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:35,472 They're in their natural habitat. 335 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,741 Just leave them be. Don't feed them. 336 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:41,411 There's nothing to be scared of if they're scared of you. 337 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:42,746 Let's do it. 338 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:45,215 Narrator: The gator has become too accustomed to humans, 339 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:48,752 so it will be relocated to a 15-acre reptile preserve. 340 00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:50,553 All right. You gonna open him? 341 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:53,089 Yep, lay him over here. 342 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:54,491 Almost, almost. Good job. 343 00:14:54,494 --> 00:14:55,825 Good to go. 344 00:14:55,828 --> 00:15:00,764 Played veterinarian and alligator removal today. 345 00:15:00,767 --> 00:15:02,399 Thank you, Gary. Thank you. 346 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:04,902 Holler if you need something. Yes, sir. 347 00:15:08,107 --> 00:15:11,108 85 miles west, in the suburbs of Houston, 348 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,310 the most populated city in Texas, 349 00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:14,978 game warden hendrik volschenk 350 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:16,780 gets ready to head out on patrol. 351 00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:18,848 Yeah, okay. 352 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:20,116 Volschenk: I grew up in South Africa. 353 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:22,119 Lots of time hunting since I was a little kid. 354 00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:23,920 Guys, just wear your safety glasses, all right? 355 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,054 I definitely want to share 356 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:27,390 my experiences with... With my kids. 357 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:28,791 Hey, guys, got to go. 358 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:30,593 He is a fantastic dad. 359 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:31,795 Bye, daddy. Bye-bye. 360 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:34,598 I love you. We go on "safaris" 361 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:36,266 and drive out into the country 362 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:37,934 and look at the cows and the deer. 363 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:40,870 He pours his heart into those kids. 364 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:42,472 See you guys later. Bye-bye, daddy. 365 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:45,208 Bye. Bye-bye. 366 00:15:45,211 --> 00:15:46,610 Narrator: A half hour south, 367 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:47,878 volschenk meets up with game 368 00:15:47,881 --> 00:15:49,746 warden Mark bane at clear lake, 369 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:51,882 known as the yachting capital of Texas. 370 00:15:51,885 --> 00:15:53,283 Yeah, we're good. 371 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:54,685 Volschenk: We're patrolling clear lake today 372 00:15:54,688 --> 00:15:56,753 just to make sure everybody's safe. 373 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,822 Uh, there is a lot of boat activity on, 374 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:00,357 um, on clear lake. 375 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,691 In a boating environment... 376 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:03,960 It's not like driving in the street with a car. 377 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:05,495 There's no brake pedal on a boat. 378 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:07,697 Boats are coming and going from all directions. 379 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,432 So the potential for something... 380 00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:10,901 For a boat accident to happen is... 381 00:16:10,904 --> 00:16:12,169 Is pretty high. 382 00:16:12,172 --> 00:16:14,171 If you're putting intoxication with that, 383 00:16:14,174 --> 00:16:16,440 it becomes even more dangerous. 384 00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:18,976 We're gonna stop this boat over here. 385 00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:23,713 It's the game warden. 386 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,849 Just wanted to a quick water-safety inspection. 387 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,918 All right? Can I please see life jackets 388 00:16:27,921 --> 00:16:30,120 for everybody on board, huh? 389 00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:31,521 Is that everybody's? Really? 390 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:34,257 How much have you had to drink tonight... today? 391 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:35,659 What's not much? 392 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:41,898 When would you say you had your first beer? 393 00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:45,335 Two hours ago? 394 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:48,805 So how much have you had in about two hours? 395 00:16:48,808 --> 00:16:50,407 Probably three? Okay. 396 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:51,875 Would you mind saying your abcs for me? 397 00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:53,276 Say it from a to z. 398 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:55,278 Say it and don't sing it, okay? 399 00:16:55,281 --> 00:17:00,550 A, b, c, d, e, f, g, h... 400 00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:03,152 Narrator: The man passes the sobriety test. 401 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:04,554 Okay, guys. Be safe. 402 00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:06,223 And if you guys are gonna stay out, 403 00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:08,158 just lay off the alcohol. 404 00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:11,228 Thank you. 405 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:13,830 Looks like there's some boats coming in from party cove. 406 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:19,502 Volschenk: The thing about party cove is that 407 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:21,037 a lot of the boats go out there. 408 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,772 And they pretty much sit there the whole day. 409 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:24,374 But they've also been doing a lot of drinking 410 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:25,775 during that time. 411 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:28,378 So they're already intoxicated as they are leaving. 412 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:32,048 And that can be a potentially very dangerous situation. 413 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:33,617 7:43. 414 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:39,856 There's a jet ski over there, by the park. 415 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:42,526 If they come out this way again, let's stop them. 416 00:17:42,529 --> 00:17:43,994 In Texas, it's against the law to operate 417 00:17:43,997 --> 00:17:45,529 a jet ski after sunset 418 00:17:45,532 --> 00:17:47,797 because a jet ski doesn't have navigational lights. 419 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,799 A jet ski sits low on the water. 420 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:51,801 And some of these boats on clear lake are pretty big. 421 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:53,270 And it'll be just very difficult 422 00:17:53,273 --> 00:17:56,740 to see a jet ski moving at speed. 423 00:17:56,743 --> 00:18:00,544 Oh. They're coming out again. Yep, let's go. 424 00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:03,146 All right. Coming up. 425 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:11,354 Y'all need to put that up. 426 00:18:11,357 --> 00:18:13,156 Narrator: Instead of docking at the ramp, 427 00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:15,492 one of the jet skiers takes off. 428 00:18:15,495 --> 00:18:17,827 Sir? Where is he going? 429 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:20,130 Where you guys going? 430 00:18:22,702 --> 00:18:25,702 ♪♪ 431 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:29,506 Volschenk: Sir? 432 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:30,907 Where is he going? 433 00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:32,309 [ Siren wails ] 434 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,711 Narrator: On clear lake, near Houston, Texas, 435 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,980 game wardens pursue a man operating 436 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:38,915 a jet ski after sunset. 437 00:18:52,332 --> 00:18:53,462 Hey, bud. Yes, sir? 438 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:55,532 Didn't we tell you not to go out? 439 00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:57,066 But I wanted to make sure that... 440 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:58,668 No, no, no, did we tell you not to go out? 441 00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:00,803 Yes, you did. So then why did you go out? 442 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:02,872 Because, uh, we all came together, sir. 443 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:04,207 And I was worried. 444 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:05,808 And I wanted to make sure he came back, as well. 445 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:08,611 Yeah, but he was right here when you guys went by him. 446 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:09,812 Oh, I didn't see him, sir. 447 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,014 Okay, do you have your ID with you, please? 448 00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:12,816 Yes, I do. 449 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:15,118 43-oh-six, Houston. 450 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,155 Can I grab my cellphone from, uh... 451 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,624 Why don't you hold onto that for me. 452 00:19:20,627 --> 00:19:21,558 From my, uh... 453 00:19:21,561 --> 00:19:23,000 What do you need your cell phone for? 454 00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:28,498 Okay. 455 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:31,501 Yeah, sure, go for it. 456 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:32,702 Narrator: Volschenk writes the man 457 00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:37,307 a citation for jet skiing after sunset. 458 00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:39,976 Are the jet skis in your way? 459 00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:42,312 Okay, where's this guy right now? 460 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:43,914 Hey, guys, let's get these jet skis out please. 461 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:46,049 The red one over there's blocking some cars 462 00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:47,383 that want to come out. 463 00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:48,585 Okay, yeah, just get them out the water please. 464 00:19:48,588 --> 00:19:50,187 Thank you. 465 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:51,855 He's moving around a whole lot. 466 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,123 I'm not sure exactly what he's doing. 467 00:19:53,126 --> 00:19:55,926 But he's... his jet skis are blocking the boat ramp. 468 00:19:55,929 --> 00:19:57,794 I mean, it's dangerous. 469 00:19:57,797 --> 00:19:59,395 The jet ski doesn't have any lights. 470 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:00,730 And he's trying to do maneuvers 471 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,865 over here right on the boat ramp. 472 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:04,367 You can't do those. 473 00:20:07,340 --> 00:20:09,739 Narrator: 30 miles south, in galveston, 474 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:12,141 game wardens provaznik and chambers patrol 475 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:13,610 a fishing pier known 476 00:20:13,613 --> 00:20:16,479 for its record-holding catches. 477 00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:19,082 You take left. I take right, yeah? 478 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:22,619 Hey, I see you. How many reds? 479 00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:24,254 One. One? 480 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:30,493 I can see that. I know. 481 00:20:30,496 --> 00:20:32,562 Working hard, man, working hard. 482 00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:37,500 Yeah. 483 00:20:37,503 --> 00:20:38,434 That's good. 484 00:20:38,437 --> 00:20:39,369 Chambers: It look good, guys. 485 00:20:39,372 --> 00:20:40,303 Thank you. 486 00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:42,171 Who cooking? Uh, he is. 487 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:45,308 Okay... okay, there it goes. Good deal, guys. 488 00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:47,177 Hey, we appreciate it, okay? Yes, sir. 489 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:49,112 Aw, man, we got a real fisherman right here. 490 00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:50,446 Right there, he's catching all the fish, isn't he? 491 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:52,648 What's going on, man? He's killing it. 492 00:20:52,651 --> 00:20:54,517 How are you? 493 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,188 Yep, 27 1/2. Good deal, guys. 494 00:20:58,191 --> 00:21:00,390 By the hair on his chinny chin chin. 495 00:21:02,528 --> 00:21:04,794 How y'all doing? 496 00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:07,263 Are you the only ones down here? 497 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,131 Oh, that's a big fish. 498 00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:09,466 How many, uh, how many inches? 499 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:12,535 Uh, I don't know, maybe 36. 500 00:21:12,538 --> 00:21:16,005 36? Yeah, it's a big boy. 501 00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:18,875 Let me see your ID real quick. 502 00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:20,143 Okay, what's your name again? 503 00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:22,945 Samuel. Who is Kevin? 504 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:24,881 Kevin, no? 505 00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:27,684 Your name don't match up. 506 00:21:27,687 --> 00:21:29,185 That's not good. 507 00:21:31,891 --> 00:21:33,889 Volschenk: Are the jet skis in your way? 508 00:21:33,892 --> 00:21:35,291 Narrator: Back on clear lake, 509 00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:38,028 a man being ticketed for driving after sunset 510 00:21:38,031 --> 00:21:41,498 has only removed one of his three jet skis. 511 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:43,299 And how are you gonna get the other two jet skis up? 512 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,834 Well, if you'd let me call my friend, 513 00:21:44,837 --> 00:21:46,702 I could get them out the water, sir. 514 00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:48,104 You sat here for 10 minutes. 515 00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:50,240 I couldn't find the keys because I'm scared, dude. 516 00:21:50,243 --> 00:21:52,242 I get anxiety. 517 00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:54,511 Volschenk: He seems really anxious. He seems very agitated. 518 00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:56,379 Uh, I'm not exactly sure why. 519 00:21:56,382 --> 00:21:58,314 I have anxiety, sir. 520 00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:01,050 I got three men in my face. 521 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,585 Of course I feel scared. 522 00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:03,787 Listen here, pal. 523 00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:05,388 Listen here, breath deeply, okay? 524 00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:07,590 You need to calm down right now. We're gonna do this. 525 00:22:07,593 --> 00:22:09,258 I'm scared, dude. I'm scared. 526 00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:10,660 You need to get out of my face. 527 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,395 Because I'm scared. I'm not even in your face. 528 00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:14,130 And I have anxiety, dude. It's three of y'all. 529 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:15,865 I don't know what y'all gonna do to me. 530 00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:17,000 We're gonna give you a citation. 531 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:19,068 Please, give me a ticket. And let me go home. 532 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:20,136 Here we go. We're trying to do that. 533 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:21,971 I'm gonna have a [bleep] anxiety attack. 534 00:22:24,943 --> 00:22:27,911 ♪♪ 535 00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:31,214 Volschenk: Listen here, breath deeply, okay? 536 00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:33,416 You need to calm down right now. We're gonna do this. 537 00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:35,151 I'm scared, dude. I'm scared. 538 00:22:35,154 --> 00:22:36,619 You need to get out of my face. 539 00:22:36,622 --> 00:22:38,688 Narrator: On clear lake, game wardens ticket 540 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:41,091 a jet skier on the water after sunset. 541 00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:42,358 We're gonna give you a citation. 542 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,093 Please, give me a ticket. And let me go home. 543 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:45,428 Here we go. We're trying to do that. 544 00:22:45,431 --> 00:22:46,829 So why don't you just keep quite for a little bit. 545 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:49,499 Let me finish this. Then we're gonna move on, okay? 546 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:51,301 You understand that? 547 00:22:51,304 --> 00:22:52,435 Do you understand that? 548 00:22:52,438 --> 00:22:54,337 Write the ticket, sir. Okay. 549 00:22:56,975 --> 00:22:57,907 Need you to sign right there. 550 00:22:57,910 --> 00:22:59,108 Again, it's not a statement 551 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,176 of guilt, it's just stating that you... 552 00:23:00,179 --> 00:23:02,111 Please don't push the pen like that to me. 553 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:03,713 And please don't snatch the pen. 554 00:23:03,716 --> 00:23:04,848 Just sign the damn thing so we can go away. 555 00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:07,049 Please. You grow up. 556 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,986 Hey, just sign it. 557 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:11,988 Any questions? No, that's it. 558 00:23:11,991 --> 00:23:13,823 Okay. 559 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:19,595 Chambers: What's your name again? 560 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:21,998 Samuel. Who is Kevin? 561 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:25,001 Narrator: Back in galveston, names aren't lining up. 562 00:23:25,004 --> 00:23:27,670 The individual game me his ID. 563 00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:29,472 And it's not matching up with the license. 564 00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:30,873 Everything that he's telling me 565 00:23:30,876 --> 00:23:33,209 is matching up as far as what time he bought it, 566 00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:36,279 the day he bought it, where he bought it from. 567 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:39,082 See... see if dispatch can send you 568 00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:42,018 a picture of the driver's license. 569 00:23:42,021 --> 00:23:43,386 Something's not right. 570 00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:48,757 2729, fishing license check, please. 571 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,094 Can you send me a picture of that individual, 572 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:53,897 if you don't mind, on my e-mail? 573 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,032 We thought that maybe this gentleman 574 00:23:56,035 --> 00:23:57,500 was trying to pull a fast one. 575 00:23:57,503 --> 00:24:00,837 And maybe he was trying to use somebody else's license. 576 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,307 Using somebody else's license or using a tag of another 577 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:06,876 is a very serious parks and wildlife offense. 578 00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:08,110 You may go to jail. 579 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:11,514 Can you run somebody for me for a fishing license? 580 00:24:11,517 --> 00:24:13,916 Hey, mack. You got an e-mail. 581 00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:16,252 I do? Mm-hmm. 582 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:17,387 Hmm. 583 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:26,795 All right. Bye. No record found. 584 00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,931 No record? No. 585 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:32,135 She tried 600 ways to arrange the name. 586 00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:34,270 You don't have an actual fishing license? 587 00:24:34,273 --> 00:24:37,006 Okay, let's grab this fish. I put it in my truck? 588 00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:38,608 No, we gonna take it to my truck. 589 00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:40,343 And then we'll... yeah. 590 00:24:40,346 --> 00:24:42,612 Right up here. 591 00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:44,547 Chambers: We're not gonna issue a citation at this time. 592 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:47,283 Um, I like to be 100% sure 593 00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:49,352 before I, uh, start issuing, 594 00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:51,020 uh, $500 citations. 595 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:53,489 So, uh, we'll look into it tomorrow. 596 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,024 You can't have this... This man's... 597 00:24:55,027 --> 00:24:57,827 This man's, uh, license... This gentleman's license. 598 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:58,962 Okay. Okay. 599 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:01,297 But that fish... I got to take it. 600 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,233 The pescado going with me. 601 00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:05,435 Aw, man. No tag. 602 00:25:05,438 --> 00:25:07,570 Okay. 603 00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:09,905 I got everything I need, okay? 604 00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:11,641 Okay. Here you go. 605 00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:13,442 You ever had that? I've never had that happen... 606 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:15,044 Me neither. As a game warden. 607 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:16,713 All right. Let's go. 608 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:24,988 Narrator: In the suburbs of Houston, 609 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:26,722 game wardens hendrik volschenk 610 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:29,258 and Greg Johnson respond to a complaint 611 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:30,994 about a man shooting squirrels 612 00:25:30,997 --> 00:25:32,595 in a populated area. 613 00:25:32,598 --> 00:25:33,863 How you doing? Fine. 614 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:35,531 Do you mind if we come inside? 615 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:38,001 Is that all right? Okay. 616 00:25:38,004 --> 00:25:39,401 Woman: This started a couple years ago 617 00:25:39,404 --> 00:25:43,205 with him, um, trespassing on my property. 618 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:46,542 I can show you a picture. He shoots squirrels. 619 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:47,877 So the police, 620 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,879 and I've had them out here four times. 621 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:51,347 They wouldn't do anything 622 00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:52,682 but go over there and talk to him. 623 00:25:52,685 --> 00:25:54,817 And he is a real talker. 624 00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,887 He can convince somebody anything. 625 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:00,489 All right. Um, they didn't do anything. 626 00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:02,491 Volschenk: Just by looking at her, 627 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:03,826 for the last two years, 628 00:26:03,829 --> 00:26:06,295 having photographs, keeping a journal about it, 629 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:09,498 she's pretty desperate for all these things to stop. 630 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:12,301 Woman: What he does is, he cuts their tail off. 631 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:14,504 And he saves the tails as souvenirs. 632 00:26:14,507 --> 00:26:16,505 Okay. 633 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:19,308 Volschenk: Well, there is a squirrel season that's regulated. 634 00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:21,577 So you have to have a hunting license. 635 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,579 But also, being in a neighborhood, you know, 636 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:26,048 you can't really go into other people's property 637 00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:27,316 and shoot squirrels. 638 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:28,851 And from what I understand is that, uh, 639 00:26:28,854 --> 00:26:30,987 the complainant has already warned the guy 640 00:26:30,990 --> 00:26:32,388 that's doing this not to get 641 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:34,757 onto her property shooting the squirrels. 642 00:26:36,462 --> 00:26:37,994 Hi, sir. 643 00:26:37,997 --> 00:26:41,296 Those are real uniforms, sir, absolutely. 644 00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:43,732 Uh, hendrik state game warden, how you doing today? 645 00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:45,335 Yes, sir. 646 00:26:45,338 --> 00:26:47,003 The reason why we're here, um, 647 00:26:47,006 --> 00:26:49,271 there's been some complaints in the neighborhood 648 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,007 about your, um, hunting squirrels, 649 00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:53,476 going onto other people's property and hunting squirrels. 650 00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:57,080 From the street? Okay. 651 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:16,065 ♪♪ 652 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:19,201 Narrator: In the suburbs of Houston, Texas, 653 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:21,671 game wardens volschenk and Johnson question 654 00:27:21,674 --> 00:27:23,740 a suspected squirrel poacher. 655 00:27:23,743 --> 00:27:25,274 The complaints we have gotten from, 656 00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:27,943 um, some neighbors is that, um, 657 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,812 you're going onto their property 658 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:32,181 and shooting squirrels on their property. 659 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:49,098 Yeah. 660 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:50,366 Rodent. Mm-hmm. 661 00:28:02,715 --> 00:28:07,050 Yes. 662 00:28:16,595 --> 00:28:17,594 Okay. 663 00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:25,401 All right. 664 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:26,802 You're saying that you... You've never actually gone 665 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:29,672 into other people's yards to shoot or something like that. 666 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:30,773 Is that what you said? 667 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:36,245 This... is that you, sir? 668 00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:44,620 We had him clearly way on her property 669 00:28:44,623 --> 00:28:46,422 almost next to her wall of the house 670 00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:48,558 with the rifle in his hand. 671 00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:51,060 It doesn't look like you're on the curb. 672 00:28:56,701 --> 00:28:59,768 You can't go onto people's property shooting. 673 00:28:59,771 --> 00:29:01,770 All right? 'Cause essentially, 674 00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:03,773 what you're doing is you're hunting squirrels. 675 00:29:03,776 --> 00:29:06,308 You can't go into the neighbor's yard 676 00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:08,110 and look in the trees to shoot a squirrel 677 00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:09,378 'cause what you're doing... hunting. 678 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:12,648 In Harris county, there is more than 2 million people. 679 00:29:12,651 --> 00:29:16,118 You have to have land owner's consent or written consent 680 00:29:16,121 --> 00:29:17,920 in order to be on their property. 681 00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:19,055 Even if you're in the street, 682 00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:20,322 that same problem with a public road. 683 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:21,791 So we could write you several citations for that. 684 00:29:21,794 --> 00:29:24,459 So you're sitting there saying you were only in the street. 685 00:29:24,462 --> 00:29:26,128 But we got pictures of you being in somebody's yard. 686 00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:28,231 So just knock that out because you don't need to be 687 00:29:28,234 --> 00:29:29,532 in somebody else's yard 688 00:29:29,535 --> 00:29:32,201 with an air rifle, shooting squirrels, okay? 689 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:37,807 Volschenk: Kind of disputing what the law is. 690 00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:40,409 So instead of me telling him or trusting him 691 00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:42,011 that he's going to go look at it online, 692 00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:44,480 which I doubt he'll do, I've got the law book right over here. 693 00:29:44,483 --> 00:29:48,551 "Hunting from a public road or right-of-way is prohibited." 694 00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:50,219 You cannot do that. But come and look. 695 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:51,420 I know. I see what you're saying. 696 00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:52,755 Can you see that? 697 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,223 Okay. No, no, no, no, no. 698 00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:55,358 I don't want to hear anything else. 699 00:29:55,361 --> 00:29:56,892 I know you don't want to hear anything. 700 00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:58,094 I'm done hearing anything, okay? 701 00:29:58,097 --> 00:29:59,695 Y'all wan to have it your way, you want to take up force. 702 00:29:59,698 --> 00:30:01,096 We're having it the law's way. 703 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:03,432 Okay, now, you've seen for yourself right there. 704 00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:06,302 You've seen that, "hunting from a public road 705 00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:07,837 or right-of-way is prohibited." 706 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,505 He keeps saying the same things over and over again. 707 00:30:10,508 --> 00:30:12,441 He's not listening to anything that you're saying. 708 00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:14,443 The minute you've shown him something in writing, 709 00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:15,511 that's the law. 710 00:30:15,514 --> 00:30:17,579 If he argues with that... 711 00:30:17,582 --> 00:30:18,647 Case closed. 712 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:19,715 There's nothing more that I can do. 713 00:30:19,718 --> 00:30:21,250 I'm giving a citation over here... 714 00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:23,452 Hunting without written consent. 715 00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:25,454 Just obey the law, it's... It's that simple. 716 00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:27,256 It's not... It's not complicated at all. 717 00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:28,791 Thank you, sir. 718 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:46,275 Oh, here, Dawson, carry Braden his food. 719 00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:48,477 Hervy: I was born and raised right here in texarkana, 720 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,146 in bowie county, Texas. 721 00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:52,415 I've lived here my entire life. 722 00:30:52,418 --> 00:30:55,551 Dawson, I'm going to work. All right. Love y'all. 723 00:30:55,554 --> 00:30:57,286 See y'all later. All right. 724 00:30:57,289 --> 00:30:59,222 Mind your mother. We will. 725 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:01,223 Narrator: 15-year veteran game warden 726 00:31:01,226 --> 00:31:04,293 Shawn hervy joins his partner, Daniel rorback, 727 00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:06,095 to investigate a dead deer 728 00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:08,497 in the suburbs of texarkana. 729 00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:14,904 Out here to... To the oakridge subdivision. 730 00:31:14,907 --> 00:31:16,238 The U.S. Marshall lives out there. 731 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:18,507 And two years ago, they shot a deer in his front yard. 732 00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:20,443 Oh, my gosh. Yeah. 733 00:31:20,446 --> 00:31:23,245 Deer populations are carefully regulated. 734 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:25,514 Hunting out of season is a class c 735 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:29,918 misdemeanor with fines up to $500. 736 00:31:29,921 --> 00:31:32,388 Yep, we got a dead deer. 737 00:31:34,460 --> 00:31:36,993 200 miles south, in Newton county, 738 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:39,127 near the border of Louisiana, 739 00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:41,196 Texas game warden Ellis Powell 740 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:43,732 gets ready for a dive team mission. 741 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,201 Powell: To be a public safety diver is... 742 00:31:45,204 --> 00:31:46,736 Is nothing like being a recreational diver. 743 00:31:46,739 --> 00:31:48,737 It is not a normal certification. 744 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,073 We go through intensive training. 745 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,742 Woman: He gets called out a lot at night. 746 00:31:52,745 --> 00:31:56,612 And so you never really know what that might turn out to be. 747 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:57,680 Oh, my. 748 00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,749 I think you got a tougher job than I do. 749 00:31:59,752 --> 00:32:02,885 Bye, babe. Bye. 750 00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:05,621 When he leaves for a dive recovery, 751 00:32:05,624 --> 00:32:08,223 as hard as it is for him to leave our family, 752 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:10,226 our hearts are with the family of whoever's lost 753 00:32:10,229 --> 00:32:11,693 someone that they truly love 754 00:32:11,696 --> 00:32:14,363 because they're the ones that are suffering. 755 00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:16,699 Narrator: Today, Powell and his team are searching 756 00:32:16,702 --> 00:32:17,833 for a drowning victim 757 00:32:17,836 --> 00:32:20,703 at stillhouse hollow lake in bell county. 758 00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:22,637 Any time you're driving to a drowning, you... 759 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,508 You... you're going over scenarios in your head. 760 00:32:25,511 --> 00:32:27,510 I reflect on the victim's family. 761 00:32:27,513 --> 00:32:28,777 It's a stoic event. 762 00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:31,447 It's sad. And our hearts go out for them. 763 00:32:35,054 --> 00:32:38,320 How old's this guy we're looking for? 764 00:32:38,323 --> 00:32:41,256 He, uh, I... I believe he's 63 years old. 765 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:42,591 He just... he fell out of the boat? 766 00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,927 Apparently, he dropped his cellphone and reached 767 00:32:44,930 --> 00:32:48,063 to get his cellphone and tumbled out of the boat. 768 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:49,598 His mother was in the boat with him. 769 00:32:49,601 --> 00:32:52,201 And she witnessed the whole thing. 770 00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:53,335 A lot of times, we'll go back. 771 00:32:53,338 --> 00:32:54,403 And we'll re-interview witnesses. 772 00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:57,072 We'll bring them back out to the scene 773 00:32:57,075 --> 00:33:00,142 and have them explain to us exactly what happened. 774 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,677 We did not bring the mother back out. 775 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,681 We didn't want to add any more trauma. 776 00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:09,217 Hey, any idea which way the bottom slopes here? 777 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:11,753 Our search area today is several hundred yards 778 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:13,956 across by 700 yards long. 779 00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:15,691 The challenges of this recovery today 780 00:33:15,694 --> 00:33:18,093 are going to be the contour the lake bottom. 781 00:33:18,096 --> 00:33:19,294 Narrator: Texas game wardens 782 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:21,697 are the only agency with a boat equipped 783 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,699 with a towable side scan sonar, 784 00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:25,701 which creates a three-dimensional image 785 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:26,968 of the bottom of the lake. 786 00:33:26,971 --> 00:33:28,370 Right over here, when you're in the channel, 787 00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:30,306 it's 100 feet right now. 788 00:33:30,309 --> 00:33:31,573 A light wind could have 789 00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:34,710 pushed the victim into the 100-foot channel. 790 00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:38,180 At these depths, divers will have limited visibility. 791 00:33:38,183 --> 00:33:39,715 Yeah, we're pretty much right there. 792 00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:40,850 Right where it happened. 793 00:33:40,853 --> 00:33:42,518 We should be able to run our sonars. 794 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:47,789 The equipment that we have allows us 795 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:49,591 to search at these depths. 796 00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:52,994 We good on the pulley? 797 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:54,530 How deep is it? 47 feet. 798 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,198 47 right now. 799 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:59,135 Did he have an anchor out? Do you know? 800 00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:01,971 Big drag Mark. Yeah. 801 00:34:01,974 --> 00:34:04,673 See that shadow? That's a dip right there. 802 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:06,308 And as the sonar screen appears, 803 00:34:06,311 --> 00:34:09,545 we look for a to go that's identifiable as a victim. 804 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:13,616 I think this is something. Look at this. 805 00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:14,750 What are you seeing there? 806 00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:16,084 Right there. It seems like this... 807 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:17,686 No. 808 00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,021 If the size is there, 809 00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:21,223 I want to hit it from a different angle. 810 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,159 Hit it again, I sure don't see it. 811 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:27,029 Narrator: Back in bowie county, 812 00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:30,766 game wardens investigate a possible deer poaching. 813 00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:32,434 I'm Shawn. Nice to meet you. 814 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,503 Woman: My neighbor called me and said, 815 00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:36,371 "you got a dead deer in your yard." 816 00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:37,773 We do have some kids that shoot deer 817 00:34:37,776 --> 00:34:39,108 in this neighborhood at night. 818 00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:39,975 They drive around and shoot them, 819 00:34:39,978 --> 00:34:41,377 usually with a .22 rifle. 820 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:42,777 We're gonna look it over real good. 821 00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:43,979 Sorry. Thank you. 822 00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:48,250 Shot? 823 00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:50,986 It feels like he's got, uh, maybe a broken leg there. 824 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:52,254 His shoulder's pretty loose right there. 825 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:54,323 Yeah, that's broke. 826 00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,458 Huh? 827 00:34:55,461 --> 00:34:57,126 Yeah, he don't have any holes in him. 828 00:34:57,129 --> 00:34:58,594 All right. 829 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:00,062 He got hung up, broke his leg. 830 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:02,197 All right. Grab him back. 831 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,134 Broke its leg. 832 00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:08,136 No, got hung in the fence more than likely. 833 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:10,339 We'll go dispose of it so it don't rot in your front yard. 834 00:35:10,342 --> 00:35:11,640 Hows that sound? 835 00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:13,042 All right. 836 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:18,147 Can you lift it? 837 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,481 Oh, sorry. 838 00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:20,850 Onto the next. 839 00:35:26,157 --> 00:35:28,690 [ Cellphone rings ] 840 00:35:28,693 --> 00:35:30,292 Yes, ma'am. 841 00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,194 Narrator: It's another call about a deer. 842 00:35:32,197 --> 00:35:36,698 This time, a live one is caught in a feral hog trap. 843 00:35:36,701 --> 00:35:39,935 I've had one deer, in 16 years, survive a hog trap. 844 00:35:49,715 --> 00:35:50,846 Man: He's right down... 845 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:52,047 Right down the edge of the woods right there. 846 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:53,516 Okay, which way you want us to drive? 847 00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:55,184 Any way. Well, when we get over there, 848 00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:56,385 we'll probably have to do it as fast as, 849 00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:57,786 you know, as fast as we can. 850 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:01,924 All right. Thank you. 851 00:36:07,265 --> 00:36:08,631 Oh, he's still in there. 852 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:11,132 Oh, that is a big deer, Daniel. 853 00:36:11,135 --> 00:36:13,602 That's a pretty big one. 854 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:17,806 Hervy: I can see the deer in the trap. 855 00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:21,943 It's bouncing all over the place. 856 00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:24,146 We're gonna move very quickly to get this deer out 857 00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:26,148 of this trap before it injures itself. 858 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:44,566 [ Whistles ] 859 00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:46,068 Is he gonna kick the piss out of me? 860 00:36:49,174 --> 00:36:51,507 Is he stuck? He's stuck. 861 00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:52,574 He's fixing to break his bottom 862 00:36:52,577 --> 00:36:54,343 jaw if we don't get it out quick. 863 00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:58,714 Narrator: Back on stillhouse hollow lake, 864 00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:01,783 the dive team searches for a drowning victim. 865 00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:06,588 I think this is something. Look at this. 866 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:08,057 Well, let's... Let's go this way. 867 00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:09,525 All right. And when I turn around, 868 00:37:09,528 --> 00:37:11,961 come back this way. Okay. 869 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:15,664 Right there, right there, he's right there. 870 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,666 Oh. There he is. There he is. See his hand's out. 871 00:37:17,669 --> 00:37:19,535 There's his head. And there's his legs. 872 00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:20,536 Yeah, he's laying on his stomach. 873 00:37:20,539 --> 00:37:23,872 He's laying flat down on his stomach. 874 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:24,940 He's a little over 6 foot. 875 00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:28,744 He's right about 6-foot tall estimated. 876 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,012 Powell: Now that I've seen the victim, 877 00:37:30,015 --> 00:37:34,950 we're going to place a small marker buoy out. 878 00:37:34,953 --> 00:37:36,284 And, which we'll return, uh, 879 00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:38,620 and replace that with a large cage 880 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:41,823 that's reflective under water. 881 00:37:41,826 --> 00:37:43,092 I'm just gonna measure the distance 882 00:37:43,095 --> 00:37:45,760 between the victim and the cage on multiple passes 883 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:47,696 as we continue to pass back and forth 884 00:37:47,699 --> 00:37:50,432 and move the cage closer to the victim 885 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:52,901 so it'll be a straight up-and-down dive. 886 00:37:52,904 --> 00:37:55,504 Narrator: The closer they can get the buoy to the victim, 887 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,772 the quicker the recovery will be. 888 00:37:57,775 --> 00:38:01,509 He's right there between those two markers. 889 00:38:01,512 --> 00:38:02,845 He's good. 890 00:38:02,848 --> 00:38:04,646 Powell: Any time one of our divers enters the water, 891 00:38:04,649 --> 00:38:06,448 the risk factor goes up. 892 00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:09,784 Six yards directly behind you. 893 00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:13,055 You're good. 894 00:38:13,058 --> 00:38:16,058 Diver one in the water at 11:01. 895 00:38:16,061 --> 00:38:18,460 Furlough, you good? 896 00:38:18,463 --> 00:38:21,797 You're good to go. 897 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:27,202 11:03... test, test, test, test, test. 898 00:38:27,205 --> 00:38:29,204 Obstructions on the bottom, such as stumps 899 00:38:29,207 --> 00:38:30,872 and entanglements with our equipment, 900 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:34,476 can be an issue. 901 00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:35,944 Narrator: On the bottom, the diver 902 00:38:35,947 --> 00:38:38,981 can only see three feet in front of him. 903 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:50,492 You good? Can you hear me? 904 00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:04,606 ♪♪ 905 00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:12,514 Narrator: In central Texas, on stillhouse hollow lake, 906 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:14,516 the dive team narrows their search 907 00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,885 for a 63-year-old drowning victim. 908 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:29,998 Powell: He found him. 909 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:35,738 It only took him about two 910 00:39:35,741 --> 00:39:37,473 a little over 2 minutes to go down, 911 00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:40,742 recover the victim and bring him to the surface. 912 00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:43,445 It's a pretty quick dive. Uh, we plan it that way. 913 00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:58,026 Good job, furlough. Good job, Rob. 914 00:39:58,029 --> 00:40:00,028 Prayers to the family. 915 00:40:00,031 --> 00:40:03,097 We're headed home. 916 00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:05,167 This was a standard recovery for us. 917 00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:06,902 Um, none of them are good. 918 00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:08,504 They're always a sad deal. 919 00:40:08,507 --> 00:40:10,839 But it went like we planned it to be. 920 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:16,912 That a mother, today, lost her son, it's... it's sad. 921 00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,847 It's... it breaks our hearts. 922 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,850 It drives the fact home of what we're out here for. 923 00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:29,858 [ Whistles ] 924 00:40:29,861 --> 00:40:31,125 Hervy: He's fixing to break his bottom 925 00:40:31,128 --> 00:40:32,928 jaw if we don't get it out quick. 926 00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:36,665 Narrator: In texarkana, game wardens hervy and rorback race 927 00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:39,535 to free an injured deer caught in a hog trap. 928 00:40:39,538 --> 00:40:40,936 I think his antler's stuck right here. 929 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:44,673 Slide this cage over. 930 00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:45,941 Hang on. Watch, he's moving. 931 00:40:45,944 --> 00:40:48,743 Gonna break his neck. Watch out. 932 00:40:48,746 --> 00:40:50,846 Come on, push down. Push down on there. 933 00:40:57,289 --> 00:40:58,854 There he goes. 934 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,758 You all right? Yeah. 935 00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:04,960 Okay. 936 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:07,362 Hervy: That went a lot better than expected. 937 00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:08,630 Deer's out of the trap. 938 00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:10,365 And now it's running back into the woods. 939 00:41:10,368 --> 00:41:11,633 Deer's in good health. 940 00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,769 And it should make a full recovery. 941 00:41:13,772 --> 00:41:14,836 Thanks for calling us, man. 942 00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:16,104 That's a good, little, young deer, wasn't it? 943 00:41:16,107 --> 00:41:17,372 Yeah, he's a good deer. Just a baby. 944 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:18,373 Cool. Good deal. 945 00:41:18,376 --> 00:41:19,440 I'm glad I called you. 946 00:41:19,443 --> 00:41:21,710 Yeah, I appreciate it. 947 00:41:21,713 --> 00:41:23,645 I'm glad he turned and went out the exit. 948 00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:25,214 Me too. 949 00:41:26,305 --> 00:42:26,592 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm