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December 25, 2020
LoneOStar Outdoor News
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER WIFE GOES ALONG WITH BOTCHED PLAN Henderson County game wardens were conducting an inspection on a local processor when they came across a license that did not have an archery endorsement. During the inspection, wardens found out the deer was harvested the same day the license was purchased, but the license was bought by the individual later in the evening. The wardens visited the man and learned that the deer was harvested under the license of another individual. After further questioning, it was discovered that the man asked his wife to go buy a hunting license the same day he harvested the deer so he could use her tag to harvest another buck. After denying the incident, the wardens used cell phone photos to put together a timeline proving the deer was harvested before the license was purchased by his wife. To support the false claims that his wife had harvested the deer, the man had her pose for photos with the deer, which wardens found on the phone. Cases pending. CROSSBOW ROAD HUNTING Two Trinity County game wardens received a call from the local sheriff’s office about an individual who had just shot a buck in a yard from a vehicle. The landowner thought a
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WARDENS ASSIST 5-YEAR-OLD WHO FELL INTO WELL and stabilized, and game wardens utilized their emergency air tanks to supply fresh oxygen to the child until larger tanks were available. The boy was rescued around 10:30 p.m. and was flown to the McAllen Medical Center responsive and alert with no visible injuries.
Starr County dispatch received a 911 call about a child who had fallen into a well on a ranch. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including game wardens, were dispatched to the scene. When they arrived, they saw the child, a 5-year-old boy, was stuck in the well facing upward with his hands above his head. The boy’s hands were secured
rifle was used and was able to write down the license plate number and get a good description of the vehicle. The wardens and sheriff’s office called a local constable who lives in the same neighborhood for some back up. The constable found the vehicle and the wardens traveled to the scene. The individual admitted to shooting the buck out of his vehicle with a crossbow from the public roadway. Multiple charges were filed. DUMPING BUCKET OF SHEEPSHEAD Texas game wardens assigned to San Patricio and Nueces County observed a person dump a bucket of fish as the wardens patrolled the Aransas Channel. After a quick fisheries inspection, the person was
found to be in possession of undersized and over the daily bag limit of sheepshead. WARDENS’ BEST FRIEND Game wardens have a new K9 partner. Tito, a Jagdterrier, is currently being trained for Police Search and Rescue, which includes tracking, off lead area searches, collapsed structures and evidence article recovery. Once certified, K9 Tito will become the department’s second wildlife detection K9. COAST GUARD VESSEL RUNS INTO JETTY A 29-foot Coast Guard vessel, while responding to a search-and-rescue case, ran up onto the rocks of the south jetty in Port Aransas on Dec.
8. Four crewmen were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The incident occurred about 8 p.m. on the ship channel side of the south jetty. FISHING VESSEL SINKS, CREW RESCUED The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel rescued five people from a fishing vessel after the vessel began taking on water approximately 180 miles of Sabine Pass. The Miss Lena, a 69-foot vessel, sent a radio beacon alert and the Coast Guard launched helicopter and aircraft crews. Another fishing vessel, Morning Star, was 15 miles away and came to assist. The aircraft crew deployed a life raft as the five crewmembers were
abandoning ship. All were safely recovered by the Morning Star. No injuries were reported. DRUNK ROAD HUNTING A Cass County game warden was on patrol when a vehicle stopped twice near a large pasture and stick what appeared to be a rifle out of the window. While following the vehicle, the subject was driving erratically on the county road. When the vehicle stopped again, the warden conducted a traffic stop. The warden approached the vehicle and saw an AR-15 rifle in the passenger’s seat. The weapon was secured, and the driver was checked for warrants. The warden noticed the thermal scope was still on, so they asked the driver about hunting and told him that they had seen him stick the rifle out of the window. The driver then admitted to hunting the field for hogs and admitted to being intoxicated. The driver was arrested and charged with hunting without landowner consent and hunting from a motor vehicle.
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