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00:00I just received a call, a husband and wife are self-reporting that they harvested a spike elk
00:16when they were hunting cow elk. So if you could kind of just start from the beginning how you
00:21got to this point. The officer that just checked your license told you that you couldn't fish here.
00:27Yeah. And you're sitting right there. You've got a hazard right here, a decline winds. That could be
00:34your death right there. We got people actively burning bushes out at Swallow. You see anybody
00:39setting fire in here? No, this is a no-way zone, though. You're a little bit spoiling, bro. Yeah,
00:45because I'm responding to a fire that's reported in here. I could swear I had a cow in my sights.
00:50Just tell us who set the fire, man. Um...
00:57Nevada. A land of extremes. From the strip to the summits. It's wild country. Home to more than 900 species.
01:13And a way of life worth protecting. Preserved for the people and the wildlife that call it home.
01:19One team stands guard. This is Nevada Wild.
01:27One team stands guard. This looks good. Good spot.
01:49Today, we're going to go underground and do an abandoned mine survey and survey for bats.
01:56With me today is Michael West, who is also a wildlife diversity field biologist out of our Tonopah
02:02office. And also Tracy Kipke is assisting. And Tracy is a habitat biologist out of the Las Vegas office.
02:07This is our white-nose syndrome disease sampling kit. It contains sample vials. These are the cotton swabs
02:18that we use to gently rub the muzzle of the bats as well as the forearms. These samples will be frozen
02:24and then sent off for analysis. Here in just a few minutes, we're going to be on quite a bit of snow.
02:29It's going to get kind of muddy and slimy real quick. Right. But with the track club, no trouble getting over everything. Awesome.
02:35All right. You guys about ready? Helmets, coveralls, sampling kit.
02:39Don't want some coffee. Coffee. We're good. Let's find some bats and get this done.
02:50The mine we're going to go in today is an abandoned gold mine. It was in operation from the late 1800s to
02:57the early 1900s. Abandoned mines are extremely dangerous. There's hazards associated with sheer
03:03drop-offs. Sometimes what looks like solid ground that you're walking on might not be,
03:07and you can fall through. You can fall down shafts. Sometimes shafts have water. People have drowned
03:12in them. If you're not a trained professional with a mission, a reason to be in that mine,
03:17then you have no business being in that mine.
03:38Today, I'm patrolling Lake Mead National Recreation Area. We're doing standard boating patrol. I'm going to check fishermen. I'm going to check boats.
03:45Check for safety equipment and compliance for licenses and limits.
03:52We're reading a 3410 hatchery. We got a boat that needs assistance over by Sand Island.
04:00I'm responding to a vessel in distress right now near Sand Island.
04:04To do with the high wind levels that we're having right now, it's essential that we get to them fast.
04:08This high wind definitely can turn on a simple vessel in distress and do an emergency situation.
04:23Hi, is this Johnny?
04:24Yes.
04:25Johnny, this is game warden Zachary Blackwood, Nevada Department of Wildlife.
04:29Are you off to our right?
04:30Yeah, right to your right. I'm right here looking at you right now.
04:33Okay. All right. Everything good over there?
04:35Yeah, we're good. Just broken down.
04:38All right. I will head over and tow you in, okay?
04:40All right. Thank you.
04:44Turns out, just to be mechanical issues, everybody's in good health.
04:50I'm going to be towing them back into Las Vegas Boat Harbor or Boulder Harbor.
04:56Grab two life jackets, work them on for me.
05:07We'll do a long haul up to the dock, okay?
05:12You're welcome, sir.
05:20I'm going to go take a look real quick.
05:26Okay.
05:27Fingers crossed. We've got some white nose samples.
05:30Good. Then you're going to be able to get in no problem.
05:33Excellent.
05:34White nose syndrome is a fungal disease that affects bats.
05:37It's called white nose syndrome because the fungus will attach itself to the muzzle area of the bat and
05:42gives it a fuzzy appearance, thus the name white nose. All right, let's go get this one taken care of.
05:48So bats spend the fall months leading up to hibernation, eating as much as possible,
05:53and they build up their fat reserves because when they go to hibernate, they suppress their
05:57metabolism to the point that they're barely breathing and they go into a deep sleep.
06:02And they can do this by living off of the fat reserves that they just stored.
06:06So when bats become affected by the white nose syndrome, by the fungus, that fungus attaches to
06:12the bats and it's an irritant and it causes the bats to wake up from hibernation.
06:16And when they wake up in the middle of the winter, when there's no food for them,
06:20their metabolism increases, they start to very rapidly use that fat reserve,
06:24and they will literally starve to death before springtime comes.
06:27This is it. There's nothing.
06:33Yeah.
06:34Although, maybe. Let me take a little crap.
06:36Yeah, that's a little crap this is, though.
06:38No, not seeing anybody.
06:49This situation could have been much worse. Luckily, the boat seems structurally okay.
06:55After assessing this vessel, it looks like the engine's just not working for some reason.
07:00Loop that around that for me, please. Thank you. Loop it around that.
07:13What's up, Fish?
07:14We have people actively burning bushes out at Swallow.
07:18Okay, I can head out.
07:19Okay.
07:20And if you can just do the initial assessment, I'll head them out there and we can work.
07:24Okay.
07:26Okay, Swallow, you said?
07:27Yeah.
07:28Swallow Bay, we got a report of some individuals setting fire to bushes out there.
07:33We're gonna try to get those fires put out.
07:35You can show me responding to Swallow Bay for
07:40the report of individuals setting fire to bushes.
07:44Wildfire here in Nevada is huge.
07:46It destroys habitat for wildlife all the time.
07:49We get these huge fires up in the Reno Tahoe area that just wipe out forests and
07:54people that play with fire. They're dangerous people. They need to be dealt with.
08:09So a park ranger is informing me that there's an individual who's possibly setting fires out
08:14in an area called Swallow Bay. So we're going to spawn out there and see what information we can
08:19obtain. And if there are some active fires being set, we're going to deal with those and try to put them out.
08:28See anybody setting fire in here?
08:34Yeah, because I'm responding to a fire that's reported in here.
08:39This group of boats was reported that there are kids setting fire out here.
08:43Yeah, well, I didn't see any of these fires, bro.
08:49Who's burning stuff out here?
08:51I don't know.
08:52When we got here, there was all the burns and stuff going down on this area.
08:55We're going to be less than 30 minutes.
08:56On the right here?
08:58On this area.
09:01When was that?
09:02Shoot, it's been over an hour ago.
09:06An hour ago?
09:07Yeah.
09:07What did the boat look like?
09:16Okay.
09:17I just want to make sure it's out and spread. I mean, that's...
09:24It doesn't surprise me that I'm getting some pushback from individuals on the beach.
09:28Not everybody likes law enforcement. Individuals that have been drinking like to avoid us
09:34for obvious reasons, but I understand why they're a little hesitant to speak to me.
09:38410, 3410.
09:42There is an active burn scene that's been extinguished.
09:46I don't know if you guys want to come out and look at it, but there is no spread of it spreading at all.
09:56Yeah, of course.
09:58I believe the reporting party is still in the area.
10:00We're going to contact them, see what information we can get out of them, and hopefully we can find
10:05the person who's responsible and deal with them.
10:10Hello.
10:10Hi.
10:11How are you doing?
10:12Good, how are you?
10:12Good.
10:15Did you report these guys?
10:16I did.
10:16Okay.
10:17They were lighting fires.
10:18Yeah, yeah, I know they did.
10:20Well, who... did you see which kids it...
10:22It's...
10:22He's sneaky, so he took a picture.
10:24Oh, awesome.
10:25He's got a picture or something.
10:27Not sure his life.
10:28He took a light.
10:29It was too dark.
10:31It looked like they had, like, a load pin or something.
10:33Hey, will you text me those?
10:34Yeah.
10:35Okay.
10:36Yeah, they weren't happy to see me, so I'm going to wait for the park service show up before we go
10:39back over there.
10:39They just called.
10:40Okay.
10:41So, see that big boat, right?
10:43Yeah, yeah.
10:44They're over there really going hard, trying to light that thing on fire.
10:46Did any of them get in the boat just to the left of that bush?
10:54The far right boat?
10:55The far right boat.
10:58Okay.
10:59Okay.
11:03Well, they...
11:04They did not want me there.
11:06They're pretty intoxicated over there, so...
11:08It's probably not wise for me to go by myself.
11:10I just...
11:11I just don't...
11:12The way brush fire go.
11:13Yeah.
11:16Right, right, right.
11:17All right, guys, thank you.
11:18Yeah, I got eyes on them.
11:24I'm going to back out from the ARP and then open water.
11:30After speaking to the reporting party, they had some photos.
11:33They said the individuals that are responsible are still on scene.
11:37NPS is arriving now.
11:39Maybe we can get somebody to confess to it.
11:42Really want to hold somebody accountable and keep them from really destroying attics at this lake.
11:48Okay, this is it.
11:54Like, this is as far back as it goes.
11:56Yeah.
11:56All right.
11:59I think that will do it.
12:04Nope.
12:05That is today, Tracy.
12:07It's all right.
12:08So we get geared up and head to the next site?
12:11Yeah.
12:12This first mine, we didn't actually find any bats in the mine, which isn't a problem.
12:15Not every mine is suitable habitat for bats, which is why we survey and evaluate all of these mines,
12:21because not every one is suitable bat habitat.
12:27It looks like some of the upper portal has sloughed in over the winter.
12:47We're not going in that way.
12:50Well, last time I was here, none of this material was under this wooden collar.
12:55But from everything I've read about it, it's about 350 feet back.
13:00That's a good size.
13:02Yeah.
13:02But I've had no descriptions of lateral workings or anything.
13:07We can get in and out of that.
13:08Can you drop down in there?
13:10Yeah.
13:10Yeah, that's no problem.
13:11Cool.
13:13Let's gear up, get our packs ready.
13:15I'm going to fire up the gas meter.
13:19This is what we carry with us at all times.
13:21It continually monitors the air quality underground regarding oxygen levels, hydrogen sulfide,
13:28carbon monoxide, and lets us know if there's any concerns.
13:32I'll wait until you holler at me.
13:33Sounds good.
13:34Don't drop anything on there.
13:35And I can lower stuff down if you guys need me to.
13:37Sounds good.
13:38Okay.
13:44All right, I'll see you guys in 90 minutes.
13:4690 minutes or less.
13:48Good luck.
13:49I hope you find a bunch of bats.
13:51Me too.
13:53All right, Michael, I'm going to slide down and then I'll let you know when I'm clear.
14:00All good.
14:00All right, I'm going to come on down.
14:18Off the bat, I'm noticing there's really good nightroofed evidence.
14:21Yeah, it's what I just saw on all that, yeah.
14:24Here's a lane right here.
14:25So the bats will hunt insects, moths mostly.
14:29They don't eat the wings.
14:30They just eat the body.
14:31They just want the main meaty part.
14:34They'll come in after they've captured a bunch and they'll pluck the wings off
14:38and then proceed to eat and then go back out for some more feeding.
14:42I think this would be a typical place for a bat to be roosting, open a little crevice and cracks and things.
14:49Okay, we've got a hazard right here to decline winds.
15:03It's essentially a shaft within the mine.
15:05If you're not in here with the proper lighting or if you just come around this corner clumsily,
15:11that could be your death right there.
15:12Yeah.
15:13People that don't know what they're doing should not be in mines.
15:15Be careful of this.
15:22Don't touch this.
15:24It's a stall.
15:24You know, amazing the stuff you find in these old mines.
15:27As they mined out this stope, they put this in here to support the overburden.
15:33And you can already see how it's eroding away.
15:38It just takes somebody tapping that.
15:40This could come down, see how fractured it is.
15:43Also, big hole, false bottom right here.
15:46In addition to all of these rotten timbers, you see the boards at the top?
15:53They're actually slightly buckled.
15:54That's from the pressure of the overburden.
15:57It just takes one movement for stuff to come down.
16:01We're not going any farther.
16:02There's no reason for us to go farther.
16:04Based on this hazard I see, this is where we're terminating the survey.
16:09We'll quietly head back out and we're done.
16:16Can I hand you your pack?
16:32Yeah.
16:36Got it?
16:36I'm done.
16:38Oh, there we go.
16:39We didn't take any samples because we didn't find any bats.
16:42All right, Michael is going to navigate us to our next spot.
17:00This is all a big mining complex.
17:03It's just a matter of knowing whether to go straight or back.
17:06It's a couple more switchbacks.
17:08Okay.
17:12All right, we're here.
17:16Found it.
17:17Looks like the spot.
17:21This is a totally sketchy shaft.
17:23It's surrounded by vegetation and if this wasn't fenced off,
17:27somebody could easily just be hiking through here and fall into that.
17:36National Park Service has arrived.
17:38Trying to see if we can get somebody to admit to setting the fire.
17:40So National Park Service, along with Nevada Department of Wildlife,
17:45we work together out here at Lake Mead and they will back me up.
17:50So there's some adults in here setting fire to the bushes.
17:54You can see that there was an active burn going on, but it's pretty much gone out.
17:57Her son has some photos that he took with his phone.
18:01They're not great quality, but it looked like adults.
18:05He said, this is the bush that they were lighting on fire.
18:08So this boat right here, we pulled up here and the guy on this boat was mouthy from the beginning.
18:15Okay.
18:16He might be one of them that was doing it.
18:19He said they were using like a blow torch type thing.
18:22Yeah, something like that.
18:24But there's also a big burn on this side.
18:27So I think there's multiple burn spots.
18:29Well, we got several things on the federal side of things that we can cite for all those things.
18:33I think it's going to be hard to get anybody to admit it.
18:36And they were kind of far away to really see who did it.
18:40But for us, we got to make sure the wildfire side of things is out and cold.
18:45So we don't get anybody out here.
18:46So at a minute, let's go take a look at it.
18:49We got enough hands on now.
18:50Okay.
18:51It's out of hand, can you handle it?
18:53Okay.
18:57Right around the corner here.
18:59First boat to the right.
19:06Yeah, this first vessel on the right-hand side.
19:09I believe the individual might be part of this.
19:20You like this lake, right?
19:30Yeah.
19:30We all love this lake.
19:31Yeah.
19:32Why would we let people set fire to?
19:34I don't know.
19:35I'm not questioning you, but people love this lot of water.
19:39I didn't light any fire.
19:40No, I'm not saying you did.
19:41I'm not saying you did.
19:42But I know the person that did, did not leave this area.
19:46They are still here.
19:47Okay.
19:48Well, it wasn't us.
19:49Give us some information.
19:50Who did it?
19:51I'm not sure.
19:52I know you don't want to tattle on anybody, but.
19:54Well, I mean, like, you know.
19:56They're destroying your lake.
19:58Yeah.
19:58Well, I don't know.
20:00I don't agree with that at all.
20:01And that over there, because I know that one was set
20:05when that boat was sitting right next to it.
20:07Well, I didn't do it.
20:09Some of the people over there, I mean,
20:10I don't know exactly who did it.
20:12Gary, you know who did that?
20:15Light lit fire.
20:17What about the one next to your boat?
20:20What's the boat you were on?
20:21The one you were on.
20:22I'm saying the boat you were on.
20:24There's a fire set right next to it.
20:27I don't believe there's a fire next to it.
20:33Right there.
20:34That's not near my boat.
20:35My boat's right here, bro.
20:36I'm just asking you.
20:38This boat was right here as that was actively lit.
20:41I have a photograph of it.
20:43Yeah, I think it was smoldering when we pulled up.
20:46Just tell us who set the fire, man.
20:59Tell us who set the fire.
21:00I didn't say you.
21:01Just tell us who set the fire.
21:02We pulled in and there was a couple of fires here.
21:07A couple of fires here.
21:09Okay.
21:09So is it us?
21:10This is your lake, man.
21:11You love this lake, right?
21:12Why would you want somebody doing that?
21:14Wouldn't you want that person to be held accountable?
21:17Four burning tumbleweeds?
21:20Okay, you obviously don't care.
21:22I don't care.
21:23I mean, that's obviously not.
21:25We pick up trash.
21:26I got a dumpster full of trash and we picked up trash.
21:30So yeah, we pick up trash.
21:31And do you care about this though?
21:33Do you care about somebody lighting a fire, messing with-
21:36Smoldering when we showed up.
21:37So it might've been an hour ago, four hours ago.
21:41I don't know.
21:42We went to Gator.
21:43There was a smoldering fire.
21:44There was a smoldering fire here.
21:46We didn't think it was out of control?
21:49I don't know.
21:50What do you want me to do about it?
21:52Pee on it and make it go out?
21:54I don't want you to do anything.
21:55Well, seriously?
21:57This is the report that we received.
21:58So we're going to respond to where we were called to.
22:01Understood?
22:02But I don't see a problem here right now.
22:03We were going to put it up on the beach if there was an issue here.
22:07If it was seriously out of control, we pulled-
22:09Okay, you know what?
22:11We don't need to speak anymore.
22:14It just really surprises me that nobody wants to give us the information we need
22:34to hold somebody accountable.
22:37Yeah, I know.
22:40Later.
22:42Dealing with the individual that gave me a hard time when we first arrived,
22:46that guy was obviously intoxicated.
22:48This guy did not care one bit that there was a smoldering fire in the desert,
22:55in the dry weather, next to his boat.
22:58That is not somebody that likes to conserve wildlife or habitat.
23:12Should we knock this one out?
23:13No.
23:13All right, let's get her done.
23:15Tracy, for time, we'll stay one hour.
23:17Okay.
23:23Let me know if you need something, Christy.
23:30All clear, Michael.
23:31Okay.
23:34This one's a tight fit.
23:37Sometimes I hate being Paul.
23:41Got a few scattered moth wings.
23:43They're definitely night roosting in here.
23:55Yeah.
23:56Townsend's, let's keep our voices down.
23:58He's definitely hibernating.
24:01So that's one.
24:02Two more.
24:08One, two.
24:12It's a great cluster right there.
24:16We're going to get into this room and there's going to be a whole bunch of clusters just like that.
24:22Definitely quiet voices.
24:32Two, three, four, five, five, five, eight, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine.
24:57So this species of bat is Townsend's big-eared bat.
25:07Right now, these bats are hibernating.
25:09This one has its ears rolled tightly up.
25:12That one has one ear up and one ear down.
25:15That's the way that they micromanage their thermal regulation.
25:18Alright, let's get set up for White Nose.
25:28So I'm going to stay here and record data,
25:30and I'm going to send you out with the swabs and vials,
25:32and then you come back.
25:33We'll keep doing that until we fill it up.
25:48Just roll it across the nose and roll it up and down the forearm.
25:52Okay?
25:53Yeah.
25:54Yeah.
26:02There's a swab.
26:04A little bit of preservative here.
26:07There we go.
26:10The survey that we're doing today,
26:12we're actually taking long, looks like long Q-tips,
26:15and we're swabbing these bats very gently
26:17around the muzzle area and on the wings.
26:19Then we send these samples into the National Wildlife Health Lab,
26:22and they'll analyze them.
26:26Today we counted 281 Townsend's big-eared bats,
26:29and if the numbers drastically decrease,
26:32that might be an indication that there's a problem.
26:34I'm very pleased with the result of today's count.
26:37It was a really good count.
26:39This is one of the handful of species
26:42that the fungus has been found on,
26:45but has not caused the bat to become symptomatic.
26:48And that's key.
26:49That's really important.
26:50Like, why do Townsends tolerate it?
26:52And it doesn't become symptomatic,
26:54but it does become symptomatic on other species.
26:56It's going to help us better understand the disease
27:00and how to control it.
27:02I think I can reach these.
27:05Yeah, I can reach these, too.
27:07I need that one on top first.
27:09I like the ink of my hand.
27:14I'm not bouncing too bad.
27:16I just don't want to touch them too hard.
27:19I'm trying to roll that down off the nose.
27:23You're starting to be disturbed.
27:27I was kind of running out of stuff
27:29I could reach in there.
27:32So we collected 10 samples today,
27:34which was a really good effort.
27:37You ready to head out?
27:39Yeah.
27:40Tracy, we're coming out!
27:57Alright!
27:59That was a very successful mine survey.
28:02Managed to get some white nose syndrome samples collected.
28:07samples collected.
28:08Awesome.
28:09Several hundred Townsend's big-eared bats.
28:12Yeah, that was worth it.
28:14We'll get them sent off to the health lab
28:15and hopefully they come back negative.
28:20Good bird.
28:21The work that we did today is giving us
28:23really good trend information as to whether or not
28:25the numbers of bats are increasing or decreasing
28:27from year to year to try to stay ahead of White Nose.
28:30It has not been detected in Nevada yet.
28:33We're bracing for the possibility that it could happen,
28:35but the work that we're doing now will make us
28:37very prepared and very ready if that day happens,
28:40and fingers crossed it won't happen on my watch.
29:05So open right now in Nevada, in Lincoln County,
29:10is our cow elk hunts.
29:13These hunts you can only harvest a female cow elk
29:16without antlers.
29:18I just received a call.
29:20Husband and wife are self-reporting
29:22that they harvested a spike elk
29:25when they were hunting cow elk.
29:27So I'll be headed out there to determine what's going on.
29:31What we're really looking at for is levels of negligence.
29:35What were they doing to accidentally harvest
29:37this spike elk on a cow tag?
29:39A lot of times these spikes can be pretty short.
29:42This can be a pretty serious offense
29:44depending on levels of negligence.
29:47But ultimately, that's a misdemeanor
29:48with anywhere between a $100 and $500 fine.
29:52female elk don't have antlers,
30:02and the males will have antlers.
30:04But when they're really young,
30:06those antlers can be really short.
30:08And unless you're really careful,
30:10you can make the mistake of not seeing those antlers,
30:12and you can accidentally shoot a spike
30:15when you were meaning to shoot a cow elk.
30:17How you guys doing?
30:19All right.
30:20Had better days?
30:22Yeah.
30:22Had much better days.
30:23Yeah.
30:25So if you could kind of just start from the beginning,
30:27how you got to this point.
30:39So if you could kind of just start from the beginning,
30:41how you got to this point.
30:43So we've been getting up early, like 3.30,
30:46to come down and see if they're on the field.
30:48And we've been watching these elk for like 10 days.
30:50Kind of patterning them?
30:51Yeah.
30:52There's probably at least 30.
30:54And this one here was back there,
30:57probably about 40, 50 yards.
30:59Uh-huh.
31:00Was it light yet?
31:01It was probably about 6.30.
31:05So just kind of getting light?
31:06Yeah.
31:07Yeah.
31:08I could swear I had a cow in my sights.
31:11And I shot once, and we tracked this one to here,
31:14and she found it.
31:16Oh, darn.
31:18I said, I'm going to report.
31:19I didn't know if I had signal here.
31:20So I said, I'm going to go down to the road.
31:22I'm going to call.
31:23Yeah.
31:23It just made me sad.
31:24Yeah.
31:24That's not.
31:25Absolutely.
31:26No one wants this to happen.
31:29I mean, there was a bit of negligence.
31:31You know, you should have looked a little better,
31:32made sure you knew what you were shooting at.
31:34But it happens.
31:35My job is to now determine level of negligence.
31:38So if you're shooting at 600 yards in a herd of running elk,
31:42that's different than your guys' situation.
31:45To be looking at the head, I did not see twine.
31:48Yeah.
31:49But I also didn't see the one spike sticking up.
31:52Yeah.
31:53And this spike was probably hidden behind its face.
31:56There is a little bit of negligence there on their part.
31:58They should have taken a little more time.
32:00But mostly, usually, these guys aren't criminals.
32:03They made a mistake.
32:04And we've got to look at it in that light.
32:06Well, what we do in this situation,
32:09and this is mandated by our department,
32:11if it's a self-report and a low level of negligence,
32:14then what we do is have you guys pay for the processing
32:17of that animal so we can now donate it to local charities.
32:20Because your tag is for a cow elk.
32:23I can't even give this to you and say,
32:25I know.
32:26Because you don't have a right to this animal.
32:28You've already processed it.
32:30I really appreciate that.
32:31I don't have to get bloody at all.
32:33You've already done that for me.
32:35What we care a lot about is this meat.
32:37The actual citation for taking wrong sex
32:39is between $50 and $500 based on levels of negligence.
32:43So what I'm going to do is go the absolute lowest I possibly can
32:46with a $50 negligent fee on that citation,
32:49plus $350 for processing the animal.
32:52And then there's some court costs.
32:53So you're going to look at somewhere around a $500 ticket for this.
32:58OK.
32:58And it's a six demerit citation.
33:00If it happens again in the next three years,
33:03if you get 12 demerits, then you could have your hunting
33:05and fishing privileges revoked.
33:07I don't think this will happen again.
33:08Oh, no.
33:09So you can keep hunting.
33:10Your tag's not done.
33:11Yeah.
33:12Oh, OK.
33:13You still have the right to your cow elk.
33:14OK.
33:15So you're going to get this citation.
33:16You're going to help me get this back to the truck.
33:19We'll get it to the butcher.
33:20And then you guys will be able to keep hunting
33:22and finish getting your animal.
33:40So I see an individual out.
33:42He's actively fishing.
33:44Looks like he might be in a closed area.
33:47Zero three, when you picked up 12,
33:48there was a guy standing right next to the no fishing sign.
33:51Did you guys check any of these people?
33:54It was about an hour ago.
33:55There was a guy just adjacent to it, possibly.
33:57I'm glad I can't be in that shirt.
34:04Was he fishing at the time that you contacted him,
34:06a guy with white hair and a black sweatshirt?
34:12Did we tell him to move, or?
34:18Affirmative.
34:23Chris is telling me that he's contacted this individual.
34:26He did give him a verbal warning,
34:28and he did explain to him why it's close to fishing.
34:30The individual doesn't seem to be understanding.
34:34Probably see off my shoulder, there's
34:35a guy fishing next to a sign right here that actually
34:37says, no fishing.
34:39No, we'll go make contact with him.
34:41Wind's blowing kind of hard right now,
34:43so I'm actually going to dock over here at the launch tram,
34:46to get us out of the wind.
34:54Sir, State Game Warden.
34:57State Game Warden, I need to check your fishing license.
35:00Did you see the sign right here that says no fishing?
35:02Officer, it was before I checked.
35:04And he told me that he told you to move.
35:16The officer that just checked your license told you
35:20that you couldn't fish here.
35:31Come here.
35:39Yes.
35:40And you're sitting right there.
35:42From here.
35:45I know.
35:46But the officer told you you couldn't fish here,
35:48and you remain.
35:53You don't give me much of an option at this point.
35:55He gave you a warning to not fish here, to move.
35:59You understand a lot more than you like to lead on, OK?
36:12I understand.
36:12He had you look at the sign.
36:14Yes.
36:15He told you to move.
36:16Yes.
36:17OK?
36:18Yes.
36:18If I catch you out here doing this again,
36:20you will receive a citation.
36:22Understood?
36:22I'll never do this again.
36:24See that sign right there?
36:25Yes, I see that.
36:26Yeah, very much.
36:27OK?
36:27That sign is in line with the tires.
36:28Yeah, that's not here.
36:30Over there.
36:30That sign is in line with the tires.
36:31It has an arrow pointing, no fishing this way,
36:34which would be this area.
36:35So next time you are coming, other sign
36:37like the people is fishing.
36:38The regulation reads, inside flat wake buoys.
36:41One, two, three.
36:43We are inside the flat wake buoys.
36:46OK?
36:46Yeah.
36:47That's it.
36:47OK.
36:48I'm not going to write your citation.
36:50This is your one and only warning.
36:52OK?
36:52Thank you very much.
36:53Appreciate it.
36:53Appreciate cooperation.
36:56So the outcome of this contact is going to be there's
37:00a little bit of a language barrier.
37:01The individual stated that he didn't quite understand
37:04where the boundary of the marina was.
37:06I told him if I saw him out here again fishing in the marina
37:09that he received a citation.
37:11Just a verbal warning is going to suffice.
37:13So you're going to get this citation.
37:27You're going to help me get this back to the truck.
37:29We'll get it to the butcher.
37:30And then you guys will be able to keep hunting and finish
37:33getting your animal.
37:34I've got game bags and we'll put them in there.
37:36Oh, OK.
37:37I'm going to take a couple photographs and we'll remove the head.
37:40We have a large, stable elk population in the state of Nevada.
37:44We're very proud of our elk population.
37:46People come from all over the world to hunt trophy bull elk here.
37:49It's an important resource and it's very sustainable.
37:53Our elk herds are growing every year.
37:55We have to give out cow tags to be able to knock back the population
38:00to where they're not above carrying capacity of the resources that are here.
38:05The people who don't self-report and then we find this animal out here wasted,
38:10one, it sucks because that we weren't able to donate that meat.
38:14Right.
38:14But then they're looking at really significant finds,
38:17possibility of gross misdemeanors.
38:19Oh, yeah.
38:20You know, and then I have to spend a lot of time trying to track down
38:23who did it, you know, and it's, it's just, it makes it a lot harder.
38:27Our company shot a moose and left him.
38:31I mean, it's just horrible.
38:32Yeah.
38:33They're going to pay to have the animal processed
38:36and they're going to receive a citation that would amount to about
38:40what it would be for a traffic ticket.
38:42So these individuals got ahead of it.
38:45They self-reported, I'm going to be able to donate this meat.
38:48So a bad situation got turned into a positive.
38:52All right, Paul, here's your tag back.
38:55I'm citing you for taking a spike elk with a cow elk tag.
38:59All right.
39:00I gave you the lowest possible deal that I can give you.
39:02That's $50.
39:03I just need your signature at the bottom.
39:05It's not an admission of guilt, just a promise to take care of it.
39:08Again, I really appreciate you guys self-reporting and taking care of it
39:12the way you did.
39:13Well, at least you didn't get dirty, right?
39:15I didn't have to get dirty at all.
39:17It's awesome.
39:18I don't even have to go home and change or my wife's getting mad at me.
39:21Have a good day.
39:22Thank you so much.
39:23You're welcome.
39:24Very, very nice.
39:25Yep.
39:26So this is the community of Alamo and the butcher shop.
39:38It's right in behind this trailer back here.
39:45They'll process it into burger and steaks and different usable products.
39:55And then they'll call me when it's finished.
39:57They'll go down and pick it up.
39:59And then we'll donate it to the local food bank.
40:01A lot of your roasts and really good steaks come out of this hind quarter.
40:06I mean, these are 50 pounds a piece probably on a small elk.
40:11This dog's always here.
40:12He's always looking for scraps.
40:14Like, I'm going to give him some.
40:16It's the hunter's responsibility when they harvest this animal to take care of this meat,
40:22make sure none of it gets spoiled and goes to waste.
40:25So hanging it actually helps some of the tissues and stuff to break down.
40:29It'll make it more tender.
40:31In Nevada, the edible portions are all four quarters and the back straps.
40:36And that's what a lot of people in Nevada do.
40:38Some states require you to take the rib meat.
40:40Some require you to take the rib and the neck meat.
40:43Hey.
40:48My hands smell good?
40:51So this seizure tag will give the ability for the meat shop to possess this animal while they're cutting it up.
40:58And then to be returned to me.
41:08We got the meat hanging.
41:10They're going to process it.
41:12Then we'll get it donated to the local community.
41:17And we'll be done.
41:18An unfortunate situation, but, you know, this is a good ending to it.
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