Winter 2018-2019
Bearglary In Progress Written by NYS ENCON Police Lt. Matthew Clemens Little did we know that 2018 would be a record year for black bear calls in northern New York. It all started on May 12th when New York … Continue reading →
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Fall 2018
OFFICER EXCHANGE, A TRIP OF A LIFETIME By: Conservation Officer Mike Campese, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, CANADA As I sat at the NAWEOA conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada I had always wondered what it … Continue reading →
Summer 2018
Operation Silence The Hounds A Cooperative Investigation between Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Program and Oregon State Police, Fish and Wildlife Division On December 3, 2016, troopers from The Dalles detachment of the Oregon State Police caught … Continue reading →
Spring 2018
When an Ordinary Day Becomes Not So Ordinary You never know when that next phone call might lead to something BIG by By Mark McKinnon (All suspect names have been changed for this article) An ordinary Tuesday one spring, specifically March 22nd … Continue reading →
Winter 2017-18
Night Hunting Patrols for Spot Lighters in the Duck Mountain District of Saskatchewan by Saskatchewan Conservation Officer Shawn Riabko North American game wardens call it many different things – spotlighting, jack lighting, lamping, pit lamping, shining. In Saskatchewan, the regulations … Continue reading →
Fall 2017
The Golf Course Deer by Idaho Conservation Officer Steve Ross Announcer Rob: Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 2014 fall golf classic in Jerome, Idaho! We have an exciting lineup of players that should make for a great tournament this year. … Continue reading →
Summer 2017
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Enforcement Branch It is a November midnight in Northwestern Ontario. The first week of the eleventh month is synonymous with the peak of deer hunting season. The vast darkness observed from the … Continue reading →
Spring 2017
Multiple Jurisdictions Form ‘Team’ to Target Suspect Illegally Selling Wildlife By: Carlos Gomez, State Game Warden, Tulsa, Oklahoma As an Oklahoma warden in a metropolitan area, I see, hear, and relate to a great many sportsmen by all kinds of … Continue reading →
Winter 2016-17
Social Media: A Poweerful Investigative Tool! REALLY? As recently as the early 2000’s, law enforcement agencies, including those enforcing conservation law, would have laughed at anyone who even hinted that social media, Facebook in particular, would, in the near future, … Continue reading →
Fall 2016
A Ghost in the Darkness Dying is not an option, and death is not a game which will soon be over. Death is not anything, it’s the absence of presence, nothing more. The endless time of never coming back, a … Continue reading →