Name: Wardens
Uploaded: 2023-01-18T02:32:31.000Z
Description: Chronicling the lives and work of conservation officers in America.

Chronicling the lives and work of conservation officers in America.

Big Media

This week, Montana game wardens try to control the masses as the gates open and antler hunters are set free to find their trophies.

Antler Raiders

Montana game wardens work the opening day of pronghorn season as they monitor legal and illegal hunting practices, as well as protecting the seeded fields from undue harm.

Across the Seeded Fields

This week, Montana game wardens deal with the opening day of deer season and all the trouble that goes along with it.

Guts

This week, Montana game wardens work on hunters illegally poaching on private land.

Litica

This week, Montana game wardens deal with some of the many water issues they deal with including littering, under- age drinking, and the annual Yellowstone Boat Float.

In the Drink

This week, game wardens deal with repeat offenders and people with outstanding warrants that only make matters worse when confronted.

Warrants and Weed

This week, game wardens are looking for poachers and those not hunting within the law, all with a little help from full size decoys and local citizens calling in to the TIP-MONT hotline.

Cheeseheads

This week, game wardens try and track down a potential poacher who took a deer out of season. Then, we'll follow another warden as he takes his son hunting when his son draws a hard to come by moose tag.

THREE-FIFTY-SEVEN

Warden Kambic investigates a wounded elk and the hunter who tried to do the right thing.

Mercy Kill

A wounded deer has locked horns with another buck creating a dilemma for Warden Burroughs.

Tangled

On this episode, the Wardens investigate a possible elk harassment case, and a possible poaching in Montana.

18 Minutes

This week on Wardens, Nick Taylor responds to a call about duck hunters shooting duck over thin ice. Then, Bryan Golie keeps an eye on the Bear Tooth Game Range on opening morning of elk season.

Thin Ice

On this episode of Wardens, Joe Kambic patrols Deer Lodge, Montana and Kqyn Kuka attempts to rescue a sick buck from the ice.

700 Yards

This week on Wardens, its elk hunting season in Montana and Bryan Golie is after suspicious hunters, and Paul Luepke addresses two hunters shot mule deer does without the proper permits.

Sullivan Hill

Dangerous log jams on the Flathead River threaten unprepared boaters and tubers.

Log Jam

A slew of un-licensed anglers catch the attention of Game Wardens.

Casting Doubt

Conservation Officers fish in plain clothes to see if anglers are snagging fish.

Whitefish Rodeo Part 1

Part 2 of a night time patrol to stop anglers from keeping fish that are foul-hooked.

Whitefish Rodeo Part 2

Conservation Officers serve warrants to a suspect believed to have taken 18 deer without licenses

Serving Warrants and Ice Fishing

Michigan Conservation Officers enforce bear hunting regulations in a variety of ways; the state's DNR uses many methods to track the state's bear numbers.

Michigan Bears

November 15 is Michigan's firearm opener each year and is like Christmas for many hunters and Conservation Officers alike.

Firearm Opener

Michigan Conservation Officers patrol a weekend party and make sure snowmobilers are riding safely.

Snowmobiles and Oktoberfest

Michigan Conservation Officers observe anglers from a distance to make sure they're doing things by the book before contacting them when they suspect illegal activities.

White Bass Patrol

Conservation Officers patrol a busy river during a summer weekend and efforts are made to improve fish habitats.

River Patrol

Michigan Conservation Officers in District 3 investigate a bull shot with a cow tag as well as another elk that was shot on private property without permission. The state also celebrates the 100th anniversary of elk successfully being reintroduced to The Great Lakes State.

Michigan Elk

Michigan Conservation Officers look into salmon taken illegally,including in a closed stream and with illegal gear. A CO instructs a family on where to fish legally.

D4 Salmon

Michigan Conservation Officers patrol during the opening days of deer season for hunting with both archery equipent and firearms. A CO helps remove two deer from an elementary school after they crashed through a window in the middle of the night.

Deer Seasons

Michigan Conservation Officers remove a gill net from Lake Michigan that had been lost and was discovered by recreational divers. Also, C.Os in District 7 patrol ORV riders

Lost Gill Net and ORV

An early summer party on the water in southeastern Michigan gets a wake up call when storms roll through the area. Conservation officers help a man who drank too much get medical attention and try to reign in the chaos after the storm.

Storms on St. Clair

Conservation officers monitor the fall salmon run in West Michigan and try to bring to justice anglers who are keeping foul-hooked fish. They also try to help a landowner whose property has accumulated a lot of trash from trespassers.

Snagging and Trespassing

A man in northern Michigan shoots from his vehicle and claims to be sighting his gun in on a squirrel in an area with deer and elk. He also claims that he was on his way to work so he is okay to be driving. Also, a look into some DNR employees getting a lesson on how to safely remove a beaver dam with explosives.

Beavers, Elk, and a Squirrely Hunter

Officers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula check snowmobilers and ice fishermen. Also, a look into the state's Salmon in the Classroom program that teaches students about their state's ecosystem and makes them responsible for young salmon before releasing them to the wild.

Mutilated Fish and Classroom Salmon

A conservation officer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula investiages a case where a firearm may have been discharged too close to an occupied dwelling. Also, information on the Woodcock Wingbee when Michigan hosted the event.

Autumn Deer, Bear, and Woodcock

Officers in Michigan's thumb region execute a group patrol from snowmobilers and ice anglers and an officer in the northern Lower Peninsula looks into a deer that may have been illegally shot on private property.

Bay Winter Blitz

Conservation Officers in West Michigan look upon salmon fishermen and work hard to protect the resource by combatting the retention of foul-hooked fish. Another officer visits an elementary school to teach 3rd graders about his role in the DNR.

Fall Salmon Surveillance

An Michigan officer in the northern Lower Peninsula works to confiscate guns that may have been used to illegally harvest elk and then have them analyzed by the lab of the State Police.

Elk Cold Case

Michigan conservation officers patrol snowmobilers in the northern Lower Peninsula and officers in mid-Michigan check out "Tip Up Town" where ice fishing activity ramps up.

Frigid Fun

Deer patrols on the firearm opener as well as later in the season by Michigan conservation officers.

Firearm Deer Opener

Michigan conservation officers contact observe salmon anglers during the busy fall salmon spawning run. Also, segments on the Gladwin Field Trial Area and officers lend a hand in getting toys to underpriveleged children for Christmas.

Salmon Patrols and Field Trials

Michigan conservation officers in districts 1 and 5 check out snowmobilers and ice anglers. Also, a look into trying to get an accurate moose count from a plane and conservation officers who help to gather toys for children for Christmas.

Snowmobiles and Moose

Michigan Conservation Officers patrol salmon fishermen, another CO shares his turkey hunting expertise with a hunter safety class, and a look into the DNR's efforts to place bands onto geese.

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