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Game Warden’s Journal

ACCOUNTS FROM THE FIELD BY THE PUBLIC
SERVANTS WHO ENFORCE THE FISH AND
WILDLIFE LAWS OF OKLAHOMA

Game Wardens across the state are busy working around the
clock to protect your wildlife resources!
Games Wardens in McCurtain County, Lt. Dru Polk, Kenny
Lawson and Mark Hannah, captured an amazing eight groups
of spotlighters in less than a week! These would-be thieves are
facing several thousand dollars’ worth of fines and potential
equipment forfeitures as well as hunting license revocations.
One of the suspects was using a thermal scope to commit his
crimes. For another suspect in a different group, it was his third
time being caught hunting illegally at night.
Legal sportsmen and women are our eyes and ears. If you
know about or suspect wildlife crime in your area, please
contact your local Game Warden. A directory is online at
www.wildlifedepartment.com/law/game-warden-directory.

Recently, Jaylen Flynn, Game Warden based in Carter Coun-
ty, investigated a report from a landowner near Wilson who
had found a deer that had died from an apparent rifle wound.
After checking with several neighbors, Flynn learned that
13-year-old Zoey Murphy was hunting with her grandfather on
a neighboring property and had shot the deer the first evening
of youth deer gun season. While trying to track the animal,
they lost the trail in some tall grass and thought the deer was
gone forever.
Fast forward three days ,and Zoey was all smiles when the
Game Warden delivered her long lost trophy.

Tulsa area Game
Wardens were busy
during the recent deer
muzzleloader sea-
son, but not just with
hunters.
Acting on informa-
tion from concerned
sportsmen, Rogers
County Game Wardens
Travis Garrett and JD
Stauffer were assisted
by Lt. Paul Welch to
investigate illegal activ-
ities on the Oologah

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