Drop a Pin
We’ll find you
Game wardens responded to a rescue call on the Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area after a caller informed them he had been out scouting for ducks when his truck became stuck in rising water, on Sept. 29. He said, the water was entering the cab of his vehicle.
The victim was rescued after “dropping a pin” from his phone that helped game wardens reach his location. Once the wrecker service got the man’s vehicle to high ground, the wardens requested to see his Annual Public Hunting Lands permit, which is required in order to enter the WMA.
He was not able to produce a permit, nor did he register at the gate upon entering the property. An odor of marijuana was also detected coming from his vehicle during the contact. A small amount of marijuana was located along with 108 grams of Xanax. The violator was arrested and placed in the Freestone County Jail.
Snapchat poaching
After posting Snapchat video clips of themselves skinning a white-tailed doe they had harvested in Angelina County out of season and at night, two young women remained unfazed when game wardens came knocking on their door.
The subjects admitted to riding around and shooting a doe and a fawn the previous night, and the doe carcass was found in the front yard wasting away with only the backstraps removed.
The shooter claimed she didn’t know how to finish field dressing the deer so she didn’t mess with it. Based on the Snapchat video, she was fairly well-versed in lifting the backstraps.
During questioning about the incident, the shooter laughed as she told the wardens she had almost missed the shot. She wasn’t laughing after realizing the amount of trouble they were in. Cases are pending.
A true fish story
A Montgomery County game warden discovered two males fishing without a valid license, while checking bank fisherman along the San Jacinto River.
One of the violators claimed to have a fishing license in his car, so the warden followed him to his vehicle where he observed a cooler in the rear compartment.
Inside the cooler was a skinned out catfish that the violator claimed to have bought it from two guys upriver. The warden had the violator take him to the spot where he had made the purchase, and issued citations to two individuals who admitted to selling the fish.
The two individuals who sold the catfish also had outstanding misdemeanor warrants. They were arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
Rolling down
the river
A Fayette County game warden received a call from the sheriff’s office concerning a woman who had not returned from a kayak trip on the Colorado River at 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 24. She was able to reach her husband using her cell phone and told him she had passed up her exit point, and her phone battery was almost dead.
The warden, accompanied by a local fireman, launched an airboat on the river and was able to locate the woman a little after 1 a.m. approximately 10 miles past the boat ramp. She was safely transported back and reunited with her husband.
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