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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

Lt. James Edwards Jr., Game Warden Supervisor
based in Beckham County, spent some time recently
with students at Sayre Elementary School to share his
passion for Oklahoma’s wildlife. Edwards brought a
“Skins and Skulls” exhibit that allows the children to
touch and hold samples from various animals while
learning about them.

pect bailed out on foot. A perimeter was set up, and the
suspect was taken into custody.

Game Wardens Spencer Grace, based in Kay County,
and Stephen Paul, based in Noble County, responded to
a late-night call Aug. 19 reporting a special-needs person
operating a small ski boat was missing on Sooner Lake.
The Game Wardens took a boat to the lake and began
searching with spotlights and a thermal imaging device in
cooperation with the Noble County Sheriff’s Office and
OG&E plant security. After several hours of searching
Around Oct. 10, two bucks were poached from the road and with assistance from a beautiful sunrise, the stranded
in southern Washington County just west of the Moose boater was located, and the Game Wardens towed the
Lodge Road-Gap Road boat to shore where he was reunited with his family.
intersection. The larger
buck was shot, dragged
to the road, and decap-
itated. The smaller buck
was shot and left where
it fell. Anyone with infor-
mation about this wildlife
crime is asked to contact
Lt. Joe Alexander, Game
Warden Supervisor based
in Washington County, at
(918) 331-5798. To remain
anonymous, the public may call Operation Game Thief at
(800) 522-8039 during business hours, and callers could
earn a reward.

(Reports from the Oklahoma Game Wardens Face-
On Oct. 3, Game Warden Royce Gillham, based in book page.)
Atoka County, assisted multiple agencies in apprehend-
ing a suspect that attempted to elude Love County law EDITOR’S NOTE: Please help make a difference!
enforcement. Gillham assisted with the command and When violators break the law, they steal fish and
control of the scene due to his patrol truck’s advanced wildlife from you! Report violations anonymously by
communication equipment. After a lengthy vehicle pur- calling Operation Game Thief at (800) 522-8039. You
suit, the vehicle wrecked into Lake Murray and the sus- could earn a cash reward.

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