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00:00A Michigan conservation officer in District 7 and another in D9 check on waterfowl hunters in
00:10November and to look at the state's efforts to provide public
00:16areas for hunters to pursue ducks and geese on lands they've deemed wetland wonders. Two
00:22Michigan conservation officers, one in District 1 and the other in D3, monitor deer hunters on
00:28the opening day of deer season. Conservation officer, anybody inside? Open the door back
00:33here. And they both encounter situations in which they work closely with other
00:37emergency response agencies. Have you had anything to drink or smoked any marijuana
00:42today? And to look at a dedication for a new DNR facility that's named in honor of
00:47two fallen conservation officers. Wild animals and wild places, they're more than
00:54a picture, their inspiration, excitement, and adventure. Patrolling and protecting these
01:01natural resources is a first-class band of peace officers. These are the Wardens,
01:07dedicated to the preservation of our great outdoors.
01:11Music
01:12Autumn in Michigan can feel like there's just too much to do for the dedicated outdoors
01:14outdoor enthusiast. Wait-tailed deer can be hunted throughout various seasons from the first of
01:36for the dedicated outdoor enthusiast.
01:38White-tailed deer can be hunted throughout various seasons
01:41from the 1st of October through the 1st of January.
01:44Bear and elk can be pursued by hunters
01:47who are fortunate enough to be granted a tag
01:49through a draw system.
01:51Many species of fish are also readily available.
01:54Other animals that many people are passionate about
01:56trying to bag are ducks and geese.
01:59Michigan is typically one of the national leaders
02:01for number of Canada geese taken each year
02:04and also has several duck species
02:06available to its hunters as well.
02:08In the state's District 7,
02:12Conservation Officer Carter Woodwyke
02:15is checking on waterfowlers set up on state land.
02:27Good morning, how are you?
02:29Good.
02:30First bird of the morning, it looked like?
02:33Yeah.
02:34Nice.
02:35State Conservation Officer, obviously.
02:39You guys had a pretty good mess of that flurry come in there.
02:41Man, I don't know how we didn't kill these men.
02:43Yeah, we should have had a lot more.
02:45Been doing pretty good out here this year?
02:47Yeah, we got quite a few ducks this week.
02:49Did you?
02:50Mm-hmm.
02:51I got five last night.
02:52Nice.
02:53Very nice.
02:54Want to check my gun?
02:56Yeah, I'll check his license here for a second.
02:59What?
03:00Throw dinner out of it.
03:01You can pull them out.
03:02Here's there.
03:03Did you forget to plug this one?
03:04No, it's plugged.
03:05It better be.
03:06It's just a plastic unscrew the cap once.
03:07Well, let me grab three.
03:08Oh, you know why?
03:09Because it's only about this big around.
03:10What is?
03:11Let me show you.
03:12Let's start with three of your shells, at least.
03:25Hold on, I'll show you the plug.
03:26It's going right around it.
03:27See right here?
03:28That's your plug.
03:29Oh, so my checker, oh, I see what you're saying.
03:33The checker's just going right around it.
03:34That makes sense.
03:35I've never seen a plug in this one.
03:40I've never seen a plug like that before.
03:49Perfect.
03:50That works.
03:52Good.
03:54I figured with you guys being out in your spread,
03:56I'd try and quick do a check before more geese keep coming in.
03:59I almost had one of those ducks it looked like.
04:01Yeah.
04:02The ducks have been just playing.
04:04They're not nice this year.
04:07I'll trade you.
04:09You ran her dry that time too?
04:11No, I shot two.
04:17Give you that back.
04:18First goose this morning.
04:19Awesome.
04:20Well, congratulations.
04:22Missed his, but those two we dumped,
04:25I got my who knows how many of them.
04:27Caleb got his first out of that one.
04:29Congratulations.
04:31Cool morning.
04:32On the other side of southern Michigan,
04:34from where C.O. Woodwike is working,
04:36in the state's District 9,
04:38officer Joe Devon is also checking on hunters pursuing ducks and geese.
04:44How'd you guys do out there?
04:45We're bad.
04:46It's not because we're playing with it now.
04:49You got any ducks?
04:50No, we got none.
04:51Not at all?
04:52No.
04:53Real quick, you got your ID,
04:54licenses on you.
04:55I'll just check the firearms and be all set.
04:59All right.
05:00Put that one away.
05:02Perfect.
05:03All right.
05:04I'm going to take a look at your bag real quick.
05:05Just look at your ammo.
05:06You got a sandwich, huh?
05:10Yeah.
05:11You're not baiting, are you?
05:12No.
05:13They might.
05:14No life jackets.
05:15What are you guys going to do if you fall out of the boat?
05:19I didn't realize he had it in.
05:20He keeps it on the island here.
05:21You ever fallen out of the water on waders?
05:22What's that?
05:23Have you ever fallen out of a boat into the water wearing waders?
05:24No.
05:25It is.
05:26It's not fun.
05:27So they want to talk to you about the registration numbers and then the
05:28lack of life jackets.
05:29Okay.
05:30Unless they're somewhere hidden, I can't find them.
05:37Here's the ducks sitting right there.
05:38They're somewhere hidden right there.
05:43Right there.
05:44That does.
05:45Okay.
05:46Nice.
05:47Oh my God.
05:48No.
05:49Thanks.
05:50This guy won't be a kite again.
05:51So we just remove all few repairs for them to take a look.
05:53They'll be like theical no numbers.
05:54We all run from the pineapple.
05:57Do you have any life jackets for the boat or no?
06:00Yeah, there's life jackets in there.
06:01There's life jackets in there?
06:02Okay.
06:03I'm hiding in the bag.
06:04All right.
06:05Yeah.
06:06It's the first time here.
06:07Now we're looking in here.
06:08There's one.
06:10And then there should be four in there.
06:12There's another one.
06:13Two there.
06:14Yep.
06:15Favorite.
06:16Want them all out?
06:17Nope.
06:18You put it on your hull ID.
06:19You don't need to put all that.
06:20So when you get home, just scratch those off.
06:23Put those new numbers on there and you'll be all set, okay?
06:25I was like, that's way too many numbers.
06:26But it's not too big of a deal.
06:28All right.
06:29Thank you, sir.
06:30Yep.
06:31Not a problem.
06:32Although C.O. Deppin is primarily keeping an eye on waterfowl hunters on this day, the day
06:35before, which was the first Saturday of the state's firearm deer season, he was checking
06:39on people chasing deer.
06:41Later in his shift, after the sun had set, Officer Deppin encounters a man who tells him
06:45that he shot a deer and is about to go recover it, but hasn't tagged it yet.
06:49Since it's untagged at this point, you've already gutted it and everything, I'm going
06:52to go back there with you.
06:53Just take a look at it.
06:55You're a little bit concerned why the deer's not tagged yet after it's fully gutted.
06:58Well, I know.
06:59And then I had it with me and I said, oh, I'm walking up here to get this.
07:03I'm going to tag it as soon as I go back.
07:05Okay.
07:06Is the firearm back there with your wife?
07:07Or is the firearm here?
07:08They're both there.
07:09They're both there.
07:10Okay.
07:11Okay.
07:12You can hand me the whole set.
07:14I'm not going to go back there with you.
07:16Just take a look at the deer if you don't mind.
07:18Michigan Conservation Officer Carter Woodwake is working on the last Saturday of November
07:23and closely monitoring waterfowl hunters.
07:25He started his morning by checking on hunters on public land and continues to do so.
07:30State Conservation Officer.
07:32Just going to check licenses and firearms here a minute.
07:35All right.
07:36You need the pad farm there?
07:37Yeah, if you got the permit right there.
07:38Cool.
07:39Looks good.
07:40I appreciate it.
07:41It doesn't do you a whole lot of good this year now, does it?
07:56I'll give you those things.
07:57That all looks good.
07:58Yeah.
07:59Give you that back.
08:00I appreciate it.
08:01No problem.
08:02Take care guys.
08:03Good luck.
08:05Yep.
08:06That's good.
08:07Yeah.
08:08That's good.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Good.
08:11Good.
08:12That's good.
08:13Good.
08:14Good.
08:15Good.
08:16Good.
08:17Good.
08:18Good.
08:19Good.
08:20Good.
08:21Good.
08:22Good.
08:23Good.
08:24Good.
08:25Good.
08:26Good.
08:27Good.
08:28Nice.
08:29I don't see many people out here with a 10 gauge.
08:31You don't?
08:32No.
08:33Not anymore?
08:34No, not anymore.
08:35Nope.
08:36It's all 12 gauge.
08:37I'll let you load up and we'll get out of your hair.
08:39Thank you very much.
08:40Not a problem.
08:41Take care.
08:42Good luck.
08:44You too.
08:45Always have a good day out here.
08:46Some days just better than others.
08:56Good.
08:57Within the Allegan State game area, which encompasses over 50,000 acres, is the Fenville Farm Unit,
09:03a 4,100 acre area that's managed specifically for waterfowl.
09:08There are seven managed waterfowl hunt areas located in southern Michigan.
09:13Another managed waterfowl hunt area is the Neaquin Point State Wildlife Area.
09:18To bring attention to what's available and welcome hunters back prior to the season, the DNR holds open houses at some of its sites, including Neaquin Point.
09:27Neaquin Point State Wildlife Area is a special place in my heart.
09:30I grew up in the area not too far from here and had many opportunities to recreate throughout my teenage years.
09:37And I knew that I always wanted to be a part of this game area.
09:41I just didn't know what part I wanted to play.
09:44So I went to college, went to Michigan Tech.
09:46I came back to the area and started out as a state worker for and then progressed into a seasonal wildlife assistant position and then became the technician.
09:55I've been the technician and I've been the technician for about 15 years now.
09:58We are situated on the western shore of Saginaw Bay in Bay County.
10:11With many public areas, the DNR works closely with other agencies to improve the area, including volunteer groups.
10:18We have workdays here where their staff are unable to do it.
10:23So we take it over and we'll get a crew of 15 people and we'll work all day on something.
10:30There's different projects where we put up snow fencing.
10:33We put up coyote decoy silhouettes and we move them around.
10:39We do other projects maintenance wise, doing some stuff to the fields and the other areas.
10:45Our main focus is waterfall and waterfall hunting.
10:48But we also have spring migration for waterfowl.
10:51So our area is open to bird watching.
10:53Bird watching is probably the second largest activity at Neonquin Point.
10:56We have the largest population of yellow headed blackbirds, which people come from all over the world to see these birds.
11:03They're just spread throughout the area.
11:05They've also migrated into some of our agricultural crops.
11:08So it makes it really easy for people to access those areas to see them.
11:12We provide other recreational opportunities in the way of hunting, deer hunting.
11:17We also allow trapping.
11:18They're great for duck hunting, waterfowling.
11:23And they have draw systems, a lottery type system where you come in to hunt.
11:30So you're limited on the amount of hunters and they're real quality areas to hunt,
11:36where you can really have a really good hunt and have a substantial number of birds that you can harvest.
11:43The staff at areas like Neonquin Point works hard to make the area appealing to the game that hunters would like to pursue there.
11:50We do intensive farming on some of our units.
11:53And that is to provide a high energy food source for migrating waterfalls.
11:58So we put in all of our own agricultural crops.
12:01We do a mixture of corn, buckwheat, millet.
12:04And then the corn serves also a secondary purpose to conceal hunters for hunting in the fall.
12:09So after all of that work gets done in the summer, then we use large volume pumps to flood the area so that they have flooded corn to hunt out of.
12:18These areas here are really unique, especially Neonquin.
12:22It offers a very easy physical hunt.
12:27You don't need a lot of equipment.
12:29You can walk into a lot of areas with just a tub, a dozen decoys and your gun.
12:35So the access is real, real easy compared to some areas.
12:39And a lot of older sportsmen, water followers like to hunt this because it's a lot easier.
12:47This is a great gem.
12:49It's a rural community, but I think, you know, coming off the beaten path, you know, from your town or your school or your little subdivision in Pinconning, which is not very big.
13:00But when they come out here, they feel like they're secluded.
13:04They feel like this is like wilderness.
13:06And I think a lot of people don't really know that it's here.
13:10And I feel like that's one of the things we want to focus on, just letting people know that there's more to this area than just waterfowl hunting.
13:20Michigan Conservation Officer Carter Woodwyck is checking on waterfowl hunters on the last Saturday of November.
13:26He's been steadily busy throughout the morning as he goes from one hunting party to another to ensure that they have the proper licenses and federal waterfowl stamp,
13:35as well as making sure that their firearms can hold no more than three shells and that their shells do not contain lead.
13:41Hello. State Conservation Officer.
13:45Hello, sir. How are you?
13:46Good. How are you?
13:47Good. Having any luck over here?
13:49Shot at some high birds, but no, I haven't anything.
13:52Yep.
13:53We're just going to check licenses and firearms here a minute.
13:58A couple hundred birds just piled up behind us, or right out of the refuge right there.
14:06Yeah, I see that.
14:09I'll give you your firearm back there.
14:12And then do you have any other shots by you in a bag or in your pockets or something?
14:27We have shells in our pockets.
14:28Pockets and double-checked the couples.
14:31Same ones, awesome, same ones.
14:33All the same stuff.
14:34Yep.
14:35Looks good.
14:36Very good.
14:37That works.
14:38We'll leave you guys to it then.
14:39Maybe a couple of these will venture on over, but we'll see.
14:43Good luck.
14:44Later in his shift, after checking waterfowl hunters throughout the day, Officer Woodwyke shifts his focus to monitoring deer hunters.
14:51He's aware of some hunters who utilize boats to head to some public hunting land, so he waits at the spot where he sees the boat trailers parked to await their return.
15:00How are you?
15:01How's it going?
15:02Good.
15:03Got a little buck?
15:07Yeah.
15:08Nice.
15:11State Conservation Officer.
15:13You guys able to make it quite a ways up?
15:15We made it down.
15:16Down?
15:17Yeah.
15:18Okay.
15:19Start it up and work your way down?
15:20Yep.
15:21Yeah.
15:22Nice.
15:23Very nice.
15:24Very good.
15:25Better seat.
15:26Firearms are all cased up.
15:28Yep.
15:29Wonderful.
15:30I'll start, I guess, with hunting licenses.
15:32Right.
15:33Start from right and go left.
15:35That way I don't get too mixed up.
15:38Whose boat is this?
15:39Uh, mine.
15:40Yours.
15:41Okay.
15:42You said you got a tag on it?
15:46Yeah.
15:47It's already on it.
15:48That's the only tag I got right there.
15:49Okay.
15:50You have a doe tag or something that you put on it?
15:51Yeah.
15:52Okay.
15:53Perfect.
15:54Very good.
15:55Do that.
15:58Who ended up getting this one?
16:00Uh, one of the older, the older guy got that.
16:03Oh, he's coming right now?
16:05Yeah.
16:06There's more.
16:07Okay.
16:08Cool.
16:09It's just this boat or then you got another one coming?
16:14Two more.
16:15How you doing?
16:16Good.
16:17Where's the deer list about?
16:18The deer list about?
16:19Yeah.
16:20Did you guys see anything?
16:21I didn't see one tail.
16:22No?
16:23I was pushing.
16:24Yep.
16:25Got another deer down there.
16:26We ended up getting this one.
16:27Um, this guy's coming in the next boat.
16:30He's still coming.
16:31Two length vets.
16:32Cool.
16:33So there's just one more boat coming or?
16:52Yeah.
16:53Okay.
16:54Awesome.
16:57Yeah.
16:58He shot the buck and doe.
17:00He's coming in there.
17:01Okay. You got the buck and doe here?
17:03Yeah.
17:03Awesome.
17:04Good.
17:08Yep.
17:11That's a little doe in here.
17:13That one's yours?
17:14Awesome. Everything looks good with their life jackets in this boat.
17:18Yep, right here.
17:20Let me hand the case for me.
17:22Perfect.
17:23Very good.
17:24Yeah, you guys got it all squared away.
17:31Officer Woodwyck is in a parking lot for hunters using public land.
17:40We ended up getting this one.
17:41I did.
17:42You did?
17:43Yes, sir.
17:44Nice.
17:45And has a lot of vehicles and hunters.
17:47He stops to check and see if any of them have gotten deer,
17:50and if so, to make sure the deer are properly tagged.
17:54Cool. Very good.
17:56That one's good there.
17:57Yeah, we had a pretty good day so far.
18:02Yeah, no doubt.
18:02I don't know how many deer there were there.
18:04One, two, three, four, five, five or six of them at least.
18:06I believe so.
18:07You did?
18:08Mm-hmm.
18:08Nice.
18:11No.
18:12Very good.
18:14Tag on there.
18:16What's your last name in the year you were born?
18:1942 on that one.
18:2032 on that one?
18:22Whose tag is this?
18:23My dad's.
18:23It's your dad's?
18:24Yeah.
18:25So why'd you put his tag on it?
18:26It's mine sitting on my table.
18:29Okay.
18:29I know why.
18:30Do you have your driver's license with you so I can see if you actually have licenses?
18:34In this case...
18:35I did issue a citation for using the kill tag of another.
18:38It's the Allegan District Court.
18:39It's their address and their phone number.
18:40You've got three to ten business days to get that taken care of.
18:42No problem.
18:42Whether it's pleading guilty, not guilty, setting up a court date, whatever the case is.
18:46Not a problem.
18:46This woman took her citation to a bench trial, and the judge utilized his discretion to dismiss
18:52the charges based on her testimony under oath that she was lying to Officer Woodwike
18:57in the field when he asked her who shot the deer.
19:00She told the judge that her dad did actually shoot the deer, and she simply had it in the
19:05back of her truck.
19:06All right.
19:07Take care.
19:08Be safe.
19:08Michigan Conservation Officer Joe Dempon is also working during the month of November,
19:14but he's in the state's District 9.
19:18He's located a man who shot a deer and didn't tag it immediately.
19:22He was also hunting over bait.
19:24That's the one you shot a deer with?
19:25It's a 450.
19:27All right.
19:27It's on safety.
19:30All right.
19:32I can do that one.
19:34All right.
19:36All right, so, man, this is yours?
19:38That's right.
19:39Okay.
19:39So, when hunting hours are finished up, you've got to unload.
19:43I'll be throwing them in the sled here.
19:48All right.
19:49We can pull back around the blind here, and we'll talk about what's going on.
19:53We've got a couple things going on here.
19:54So, initially, you're out there, you took the deer, we didn't initially tag it.
19:59Number two, taking the deer over a bait pile.
20:02You know the bait is prohibited.
20:04Yes?
20:05Yeah.
20:06Baiting is prohibited.
20:06Okay.
20:07I'm not hurting anything.
20:08The fact that you're honest with me, I do appreciate that.
20:11I'm not going to dig into any further as far as if the deer your wife shot was over bait
20:17or not, but as far as this one, this one's got to come with me, okay?
20:21Hey, we shot it.
20:22What are you waiting for this one?
20:23Well, you can be waiting for them, but it's got to be taken legally.
20:27You're in motion for a minute?
20:28Yep.
20:29Okay.
20:30And so, like I said, I've got to seize the deer, I've got to ride over a port, and essentially,
20:38you're shooting over bait, it's in legal deer, it's done by a legal method.
20:41So, I'm going to take the 12-gauge, I'm going to document it as part of it, that's going
20:47to be up to the court.
20:48I've just got to document it as the weapon that shot the animal.
20:50I'll give your wife a warning on the loaded after hours, because I can understand that
20:54can be an easy mistake.
20:56You know, people get excited, but as far as the deer and the tagging and the bait is
21:00concerned, I'm going to deal with that directly with you, okay?
21:02In this case, for illegally taking a deer, since he shot it over bait in an area that's
21:07closed to baiting, this man paid a court-ordered fine of $2,000, which was restitution to the
21:13state of Michigan, for the buck.
21:14You can continue to hunt, as long as all that is cleaned up.
21:17Well, I was going to ask you that.
21:18If I get all that bait out, if I run this out tomorrow, I'll clean up all the bait.
21:22As long as all the bait is gone, from all parts of the property, nothing left in this
21:28oil, nothing dug in the mud, then you can continue to hunt.
21:31Most Michigan conservation officers usually start out with a plan for what they want to
21:35do each day, both to follow up on information they already have, as well as to gather new
21:40information.
21:41However, they are also all too aware that their priorities can shift quickly, and they need
21:46to focus on something else.
21:48This holds true even during the last 16 days of November, when the state's firearm deer
21:52season is underway, and when there are typically more hunters in the woods than any other time
21:57of the year.
21:58In the state's District 1, Officer Alex Van Wagner is checking deer hunters on the firearm
22:06deer opener.
22:07It's the opening day of firearm deer season in the UP here.
22:10That's probably the biggest day of the year up here.
22:11We're in Iron County in the UP of Michigan, we're at the Crystal Falls field office right
22:18now, and we've got a couple things lined up, and we're just going to check what's out there
22:22and see what we can find.
22:23There is a guy in this vehicle here, so I'm going to go up and contact him.
22:34Morning, sir.
22:35Morning.
22:35Conservation officer, how are you doing?
22:37Good, how are you?
22:37Good, what are you up to?
22:38Well, just kind of watching the pipeline.
22:41I'm not too serious about getting out and freezing my tail off.
22:45I've got my rifle back there, and just, you know, I have a CPL.
22:52Okay.
22:53And my...
22:55What do you carry?
22:57It's a .380.
22:59Okay.
23:00You've got your CPL on you?
23:01I do.
23:01Okay.
23:03And it's in my little backpack over there.
23:05Okay.
23:10What are you shooting for a rifle?
23:13It's a Remington .30-06.
23:16Okay.
23:18All right, thank you.
23:19Do you mind if I check if it's unloaded?
23:22With the rifle?
23:23Sure.
23:23Okay.
23:23Is it on that side or right here?
23:25You can open it.
23:25Okay.
23:26Oh, wait.
23:31You got a stand over here or just hanging out?
23:35Well, I'm just kind of hanging...
23:36I used to have a stand down this other pipeline,
23:40but my cousin, he hunts all the way down towards the end.
23:47Okay.
23:48And I believe there's a couple of...
23:50I think it was an Indiana plate that went by.
23:53I wasn't sure.
23:54It was a big plate, but I think there's some other hunters down there also.
23:59Okay.
24:00Do you mind if I check your license, deer license?
24:03Sure.
24:03Okay.
24:05It's got a single tag?
24:13Yep.
24:13Okay, perfect.
24:15Well, I'll let you keep scouting.
24:16Approximately four and a half hours by automobile
24:30from where C.O. Venn Wagner is patrolling in the Ever Peninsula,
24:33Officer Jack Gorno is also working on the state's firearm deer opener
24:37in the Lower Peninsula in the state's District 3.
24:40C.O. Gorno is working alongside Sergeant Mark Depew.
24:46They're patrolling an area that's close to baiting
24:48and know of a spot with a hunting blind that's overlooking a bait pile.
24:52They want to check to see if the blind is occupied.
24:54Giant pile, yeah.
24:57It was the biggest pile that we picked off.
24:59This isn't right here, there's a blind.
25:07Conservation officer, anybody inside?
25:10Yep.
25:11Open the door back here.
25:13How are you?
25:14Good.
25:15Good?
25:16Any idea why I'm here this morning?
25:18Bait pile.
25:19Okay.
25:21Okay.
25:22Do you live here?
25:22Is this your property?
25:24Okay.
25:24When's the last time you put bait out?
25:27Last Saturday.
25:27Last Saturday.
25:29And this is your property?
25:31I don't own this part of it.
25:33My house is right up there.
25:34Okay.
25:34It's my wife's grandpa's property.
25:36Wife's grandpa's, okay.
25:38So family then?
25:39Yeah.
25:40How's the season so far for you?
25:42I haven't killed anything yet.
25:43Haven't killed anything yet?
25:44I just bought my license yesterday.
25:46Obviously that's not a bait pile that you can remove by hand at this time, so this blind's
25:51done until it's gone.
25:52Okay.
25:52Okay.
25:53So grab your gun, keep it in a safe direction, and we'll walk you back.
25:59Since the first Michigan conservation officer went on the job in 1887, 16 officers have lost
26:05their lives in the line of duty.
26:07The state of Michigan has a memorial to these fallen officers at the Ralph A. McMullen Center
26:12in the Northern Lower Peninsula, where all present-day COs regularly attend training exercises.
26:19Two of these 16 fallen officers died during the same incident almost 100 years ago in Marquette
26:25County.
26:26When Michigan's DNR held a grand opening for the first shooting range in the Upper Peninsula,
26:31it was the initial opportunity for the public to see the range that was named in honor of
26:39two officers that were killed approximately three miles from the site of the range.
26:43Michigan conservation officers Arvid Erickson and Emile Skoglund were working together on
26:49September 29, 1926, when they encountered an unlicensed hunter identified as Roy Nunn.
26:55During the course of the arrest, Nunn pulled a hidden revolver and killed Officer Erickson with
27:01two shots in the back of the head.
27:03Officer Skoglund raced to the scene to assist and was killed with two shots to the face.
27:08The evidence eventually led to Nunn, who confessed to the crime.
27:12The officers' bodies were recovered, having been weighed down with bricks and dumped into
27:17Lake Superior from a pier in the city of Marquette.
27:20Nunn was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
27:25I never knew my grandfather.
27:26I knew a lot about him, but not all the details.
27:31I saw Roy Nunn, the guy that shot Arvid and Emile.
27:38In prison, he used to play a lot of hockey and softball out there, and one of the guards pointed him out.
27:43He, uh, he's a small, small guy, but never, no, never, I saw him or had a chance to talk to him.
27:51You've heard the saying that freedom isn't free.
27:55Well, conservation isn't either.
27:57Conservation does mean the wise use of a natural resource, but it's the term wise that recognized years and years ago that there had to be regulations,
28:08there had to be controls to sustain our natural resources, and these officers were pioneers back in the day,
28:16fighting the same fight that our men and women do today.
28:19Big deal for DNR.
28:21It's a huge part of our mission here.
28:23Part of the mission, of course, is having folks be able to use firearms safely, and places like this allow that to happen.
28:30And also, a lot of these places house our hunter safety classes throughout the state,
28:36and I'm sure that this one probably will, too, on the field days that we offer for hunter safety.
28:41There are so many reasons that shooting ranges are important to the public, to law enforcement communities,
28:46who are groups that need to have the ranges to come and shoot.
28:51So, for us, shooting ranges is an opportunity to give back to the community of archers, firearms purchasers,
28:59folks that go out and purchase ammunition.
29:00Give back to that community and give them a place to come and recreate and enjoy a safe spot to target shoot.
29:09Relatives of the fallen officers were the first ones to utilize the pistol and rifle ranges at the new facility.
29:16Well, I think it's a beautiful range.
29:18It will be used for many years, many generations, and a great way to honor these two great men.
29:25I was born and raised in Marquette, so I always knew this was a place where people came to shoot, not legally.
29:31So, the amount of garbage out here that you could find was more than you could ever imagine.
29:37So, then being able to team up with local organizations to get it cleaned up and get it a safe place for people to shoot.
29:42Speaking with DNR representatives, it's taken over 10 years to finally get this to kind of come to terms.
29:48So, it's really cool to see this project completed.
29:52It's nice to see a facility like this and a turnout like this.
29:56Yeah, something that Marquette County has needed for a long time.
30:01And I think they did an awesome job.
30:03It's been quite cool to work in the same county that he did.
30:07Although I didn't know him, it's played a large role in my career choice.
30:10Thank you to the DNR for getting this going.
30:13I know it's been a long time coming, so big shout out to you guys.
30:16So, I appreciate it.
30:16Thank you very much.
30:18It's hard to explain what that means to us.
30:20It's a very cool way of honoring the family, tradition of law enforcement, and honoring the fallen officers.
30:40Michigan Conservation Officer Alex Van Wagner is working on the opening day of the state's firearm deer season.
30:50We can slowly move up and see.
30:54I know where Stan is, so he obviously drove in here and made his own trail in here on the state land.
31:00So, we're just going to see what's up and see and maybe back out and wait for him.
31:06But we'll see what we can find.
31:07We found him sitting, so I'm just going to back out.
31:20He is hunting in there, so we'll contact him when he comes out.
31:25CO Van Wagner has located an off-road vehicle in an area where ORV use is prohibited.
31:31He intends to catch up with this hunter later to address several potential violations.
31:37While Officer Van Wagner is waiting for this hunter to emerge from the woods,
31:41he receives a call to respond to a more pressing issue.
31:44So, we got requested by the local dispatch.
31:47There's a traffic crash on one of the county roads.
31:50And all the other units are tied up in the county,
31:53so myself and my partner in my county are heading to this traffic crash together.
32:01They were coming this way?
32:13Yeah.
32:14Okay.
32:15He was driving.
32:18She's complaining of back pain.
32:20There was an infant in the car as well.
32:22Okay.
32:23They don't think the infant was hurt.
32:24Who's in the driver's seat?
32:25Oh.
32:25This is, that is a passerby who saw the accident.
32:29Okay.
32:29Or saw that you were up there, so.
32:32Okay.
32:32I'm going to go home right to the hat there.
32:33Okay.
32:35You need to go in.
32:37Darling, you get car insurance.
32:39That's what that's for.
32:40You were driving?
32:41Yes, sir.
32:42Okay.
32:42Did you already give her your information?
32:44No, she said one of you guys or one of the cops are going to come grab it for me.
32:47Okay.
32:47License and registration and insurance is all here.
32:51Okay.
32:52All right, so you're coming this way?
32:54Yes, we were coming this way.
32:55I was, we're slowing down for the corners because the roads beforehand was all slushing and everything
33:00before.
33:01Okay.
33:02Step back here with me.
33:03Okay.
33:04So I was gone about 15, 20 coming around the corner.
33:08I hit one of these slushy spots, started going in the opposite lane.
33:12I seen the truck way down there.
33:14I didn't know if it was parked or coming towards me, so I was trying to get back into my lane
33:19safely.
33:19And as you can see, I obviously didn't manage the safely part.
33:22Okay.
33:23And you have an infant in the vehicle, I understand?
33:26Yes, we had my little baby.
33:27Is that your wife, girlfriend?
33:30That's my wife and my daughter.
33:32Have you had anything to drink or smoked any marijuana today?
33:35Any other drugs?
33:36No, sir.
33:37Okay.
33:37Of course, with my baby, when I smoke, it's all at home.
33:41I don't drive when I'm smoking and I definitely don't drink unless it's after work and I have
33:45my one drink, go home and that's it.
33:47All right.
33:47You haven't smoked today?
33:49I smoked this morning and I was like, what time is it now?
33:54Like 9?
33:5610.36.
33:57Yeah, I smoked at like 8.30 this morning.
33:598.30?
33:59And then what time is it right now?
34:0010.36.
34:0110.36?
34:02Okay.
34:03All right.
34:04Do you feel any effects of the marijuana anymore?
34:07No, sir.
34:07I don't.
34:08Okay.
34:08And then from the number 86, you're going to count backwards from 86 to 68.
34:3686 to 68?
34:38Yeah.
34:38Maybe, yeah.
34:3986.
34:3985, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68.
34:56All right.
34:58I don't think you're impaired, but I would definitely recommend not smoking before you drive.
35:04I know at this point, like four hours ago, that you said you smoked, but it could still
35:10be in your system.
35:10So I just left the traffic crash over on Coney Road 424.
35:15What happened was a male driver was in the car with his wife and infant, and he took a
35:22corner too fast over there and ended up rolling his vehicle into the ditch.
35:27And me and my partners arrived, and we checked to see that the guy was sober, ran him through
35:34sobriety, and my partner ended up taking the report, and the driver's going to be issued
35:42a citation related to the incident there.
35:45In this case, for violating basic speed law, this man was found responsible and paid a court-ordered
35:51fine of $115.
35:52His wife, an infant child, did not incur any major injuries.
36:12Michigan Conservation Officer Jack Gorno is also working on the firearm opener for white-tailed
36:18deer season in the state's District 3.
36:20He's contacted a hunter who is hunting over bait.
36:27That bait pile, you can see from space.
36:30It's a big one.
36:32Just contacting a hunter over bait in an area closed to baiting, so.
36:37And it's still closed in the whole lower peninsula, right?
36:39Yep, yep, closed in the whole lower.
36:45Did you park at the house here?
36:47I lived right there.
36:48Okay, okay, follow you.
36:49I just walked back here.
36:50Okay.
36:50Follow you back, then.
36:52What's the reason you put bait down?
36:54That's the way I've always hunted.
36:56Okay.
37:02Now I'm going to have to put a feed plot in there, but that was my plan behind brush hogging
37:07it off.
37:08Okay.
37:09You do what you've got to do to pick all that bait up.
37:15Yep.
37:15Okay.
37:16So that blind's done until you pick all the bait up, okay?
37:19Okay.
37:20It's going to be a baiting ticket today, so I'm not going to, yeah, I figured, you figured,
37:24and I'm not going to tell you something that make you wait around and think what's coming.
37:31In this case, for using bait for a deer in an area that's closed to baiting, this man
37:37pled guilty and paid a court-ordered fine of $327.
37:41Names, driver's license stuff's on the top, middle section's where we are.
37:45I just wrote you for baiting in a closed area.
37:48It becomes an issue if you don't contact them, and then you can advise what you want to do
37:51over the phone.
37:53So, okay?
37:54Yep.
37:54You have any questions?
37:55Any other questions?
37:56Okay.
37:57Later in the day, Officer Gorno is called to respond to a scene where a hunter has fallen
38:02in the woods.
38:03He meets the wife of the hunter and other responders at the hunter's residence.
38:12I just got up here.
38:13He's in the woods.
38:14Let me put the gun in.
38:15Okay.
38:15Is it loaded?
38:16Yeah.
38:16Okay.
38:17I can hold on to it.
38:18Or do you want to put it in the house?
38:19I'm just going to just put it in the house right here.
38:21Okay.
38:22Did they say a name on the residence?
38:24I'll come up with it.
38:28This is what I don't think you'll get to structure.
38:30It's right here.
38:31Oh, yeah.
38:32Does it get any narrower than this?
38:34A little at one spot, but I cut, you can see, I cut a lot of stuff back.
38:39We can get over this one.
38:41And I don't even, I take it down trees.
38:44And it's this way?
38:45Oh, yeah.
38:46Let's try it.
38:47You want me to just drive back there?
38:48You can try.
38:49Yeah, if you think you can make it.
38:50Do you want to just hop on the back?
38:53Yeah, we'll get it.
38:57It doesn't get any tighter than this, right?
38:59Well, there's a couple of bikes, but it's like a stretch.
39:02They are?
39:04I can just drive back there.
39:06It's wide.
39:06You can drive back there?
39:07Yeah.
39:08And put them on a tailgate?
39:10Yeah.
39:10Okay.
39:11I'll walk with her.
39:11Okay.
39:12Yep.
39:12We're going to try to drive back there.
39:16Go on.
39:16Do you guys think the truck's going to be okay?
39:46To lay him down in?
39:47We're just going to take it nice and slow.
39:49Okay.
39:50Okay.
39:51Okay.
39:52Yeah, he crawled in here from the blind.
39:54Okay.
39:55Yes, he is.
39:57Okay.
39:58Although the EMS team does not believe their ambulance can make it through the woods and
40:02to the injured man, they do treat him at the scene and attend to his injuries as best they
40:07can before the team attempts to bring him out of the woods in the bed of C.O. Gorno's
40:12patrol truck.
40:13He's in good hands, man.
40:14We'll get him loaded up right to the ambulance, okay?
40:17Okay.
40:18These guys are the best around, so.
40:19Appreciate you trying to help.
40:22Get y'all ready here.
40:24Yep.
40:25I'm just going to grab where he's grabbing right here.
40:31Yep.
40:32We got you.
40:33Right there, dude, guys.
40:34Right there.
40:35All right, going down.
40:36Going down.
40:37I'm good.
40:38Breathe.
40:39Yep.
40:40One of you guys want to hold this.
40:41It's just in case.
40:42You guys want to stay up there with him.
40:43Yeah.
40:44I'll hold the blue dots.
40:45You can see the yellow dots on it.
40:46Oh!
40:47Oh!
40:48Like that.
40:49Yep.
40:51Okay.
40:52Thank you so much.
40:53Yep.
40:54And then he's going.
40:55Here.
40:56Here.
40:57Here.
40:58Here.
40:59Here.
41:00Here.
41:01Here.
41:02Here.
41:03Here.
41:04Here.
41:06Okay.
41:07Thank you so much.
41:08Yep.
41:09And then he's going.
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