The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Lost and found
While patrolling for hunting violations recently, a San Jacinto County game warden came upon a vehicle in the Sam Houston National Forest. The warden approached the vehicle and made contact with a hunter who said he was waiting for his buddy. He told the warden they became interested in hunting on public lands after seeing it on the Lone Star Law television series, and this was their first time in the Sam Houston National Forest.
He had been waiting on his friend for a couple of hours and was worried he might be lost. He led the warden to the location he had hunted and said his friend had been hunting approximately 100 yards from that area. After about an hour of searching, the missing hunter was located in a thicket and safely returned to their vehicle. Both hunters were grateful they were not spending the night in the woods.
Facebook nabs crook
A Webb County game warden was reviewing a Facebook post of a 15-point deer taken with a bow during a hunt in Laredo in October. As the warden began looking through the pictures posted online, he verified the hunter’s name and information. He determined the hunter was from Louisiana and had harvested the deer without a hunting license.
When the subject was questioned regarding the harvest of the deer, he denied hunting and requested the warden prove he had. After the warden advised him of the photos he had obtained from Facebook, the hunter apologized and admitted to harvesting his trophy deer without a hunting license. Cases have been filed, and restitution is pending.
Bass busted
While patrolling Longhorn Dam on the Colorado River around sunset, a Travis County game warden observed an individual with two gutted largemouth bass, homemade spear gun, and a Hawaiian sling; not a legal means and method for taking game fish in Texas.
Upon contact, the individual admitted to using the spear gun to catch the bass and not having a fishing license. He stated he knew it was illegal but said he wanted some bass because it was getting late in the season. Multiple citations were issued, and the fish were seized. Citations and civil restitution are pending.
Unwelcomed guest
Game wardens responded to a trespassing call in Concho County from an irate landowner who explained a flatbed trailer, an ATV and two empty bow cases were located on his property in October. With an idea of who the suspect might be, several calls were made to local businesses, and the individual was found checked in at a nearby motel. They located and visited with the suspect, his girlfriend, and the girlfriend’s brother.
The suspect, from Mesquite, had been invited to hunt on the property the weekend before but did not have any luck. The landowner, also from Mesquite, agreed to take the suspect on another hunt but explained he had prior commitments the following weekend. The suspect later decided to invite himself to the deer camp that weekend not knowing the landowner’s brother would be in the camp. Cases pending.
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