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00:10I 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,
00:21how you got to this point? The officer that just checked your license told you that you
00:26couldn't fish here. Yeah. And you're sitting right there. You've got a hazard right here,
00:32a decline wins. That could be your death right there. We got people actively burning bushes out
00:38at Swallow. You see anybody setting fire in here? No, this is a no-way town, though. You're a little
00:43bit, uh, spoiling, bro. Yeah, and because I'm responding to a fire that's reported in here.
00:48I could swear I had a cow in my sights. Just tell us who set the fire, man.
00:53Um. Nevada. A land of extremes. From the strip to the summits. It's wild country. Home to more
01:10than 900 species and a way of life worth protecting. Preserved for the people and the wildlife that call
01:19at home. One team stands guard. This is Nevada Wild.
01:46Oh. This looks good. Good spot.
01:51Today, 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
02:01Tonopah office. And also Tracy Kipke is assisting. And Tracy's a habitat biologist out of the Las Vegas office.
02:10This 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
02:23frozen
02:24and then sent off for analysis. Here in just a few minutes, we're going to be on quite a bit
02:28of snow.
02:29It's going to get kind of muddy and slimy real quick. Right. But with the tracks, we'll have no trouble
02:33getting over everything.
02:35Awesome. All right, you guys about ready? Helmets, coveralls, sampling kit, and...
02:39I'm going to use coffee. Coffee. We're good.
02:44Let'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
02:561800s to the early 1900s.
02:58Abandoned mines are extremely dangerous. There's hazards associated with sheer drop-offs.
03:04Sometimes what looks like solid ground that you're walking on might not be and you can fall through.
03:09You can fall down shafts. Sometimes shafts have water. People have drowned in them.
03:13If you're not a trained professional with a mission, a reason to be in that mine, then you have no
03:18business being in that mine.
03:38Today I'm patrolling Lake Mead National Recreation Area. We're doing standard boating patrol.
03:43I'm going to check fishermen. I'm going to check boats. I'm going to check for safety equipment and compliance for
03:48licenses and limits.
03:52We're really in a 3410 hatchery.
03:54We 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 deal with the high wind levels that we're having right now, it's essential that we get to them fast.
04:09This high wind definitely can turn on a simple vessel in distress into an emergency situation.
04:23Hi, is it Johnny?
04:25Yes.
04:25Johnny, this is game warden Zachary Blackwood at the Department of Wildlife.
04:29Are you off to our right?
04:31Yeah, right to your right. I'm right here looking at you right now.
04:33Okay. All right. Everything good over there?
04:36Yeah, we're good. Just broken down.
04:38All right. I will head over and tow you in, okay?
04:40All right. Thank you.
04:44It turns out just to be mechanical issues.
04:48Everybody's in good health.
04:51I'm going to be towing them back into Las Vegas Boat Harbor or Boulder Harbor.
04:56Grab two life jackets.
04:58Work them on for me.
04:59My job is cleaning and turn on a 1994 wind.
05:0318 feet to continue in length.
05:07We'll do a long haul up to the dock, okay?
05:12You're welcome, sir.
05:24I'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.
05:32Excellent.
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 gives
05:42it a fuzzy appearance, thus the name white nose.
05:45All 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 and they build up their
05:54fat reserves.
05:54Because when they go to hibernate, they suppress their metabolism to the point that they're barely breathing and they go
06:00into 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 the bats and
06:12it'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, their metabolism increases.
06:21They start to very rapidly use that fat reserve and they will literally starve to death before springtime comes.
06:31This is it. There's nothing.
06:33Yeah.
06:34Although maybe, let me take a little crap.
06:37That's what Chris is, though.
06:40Nope, not seeing anybody.
06:49This situation could have been much worse.
06:52Luckily, the boat seems structurally OK.
06:56After 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.
07:02Loop it around that.
07:13What's up, Chris?
07:15We have people actively burning bushes out at Swallow.
07:18OK, I can head out.
07:20OK.
07:20If you can just do the initial assessment, I'll head them out there and we can...
07:24OK.
07:26OK, Swallow, you said?
07:27Yeah.
07:29Swallow Bay, we had a report of some individuals setting fire to bushes out there.
07:33We're going to try to get those fires put out.
07:36You can show me responding to Swallow Bay for the report of individuals setting fire to bushes.
07:43The wildfire 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.
07:54And people that play with fire, they're dangerous people.
07:56They need to be dealt with.
08:09So a park ranger is informing me that there is an individual who is possibly setting fires out in an
08:14area called Swallow Bay.
08:16So we're going to spawn out there and see what information we can obtain and see if there are some
08:21active fires being set.
08:22We're going to deal with those and try to put them out.
08:28See anybody setting fire in here?
08:33Yeah, 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.
08:44Yeah, well, I can't see any 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.
08:56We're going to be less than 30 minutes.
08:57On the right here?
08:59On this area.
09:00It smells burning in the water.
09:01When was that?
09:03Shoot, it's been over an hour ago.
09:04There was an issue on the boat.
09:06An hour ago?
09:07Yeah.
09:07What did the boat look like?
09:15Okay.
09:17I just want to make sure it's out and spread.
09:21I 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.
09:30Individuals that have been drinking like to avoid us for obvious reasons.
09:35But I understand why they're a little hesitant to speak to me.
09:39410, 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...
09:50It's spreading at all.
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 the
10:05person who's responsible and deal with them.
10:10Hello.
10:11How are you doing?
10:12How are you?
10:12Good.
10:15Did you report these guys?
10:16I did.
10:17Okay.
10:17They were lighting fires.
10:18Yeah.
10:19Yeah, I know they did.
10:20Well, who...
10:21Did you see which kids it was?
10:22He's sneaky, so he took a picture of me.
10:24Oh, awesome.
10:26He's got a picture and something.
10:28I'm not sure his life.
10:28You did it right.
10:30It was two guys.
10:31It looked like they had, like, a little can 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 before we go
10:39back over there.
10:39They just called.
10:40Okay.
10:41So, see that big bush, right?
10:43Yeah.
10:44Yeah.
10:44They're over there really going hard trying to light that thing on fire.
10:47Did any of them get in the boat just to the left of that bush?
10:54The far right boat?
10:57Okay.
10:59Okay.
11:03Well, they 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.
11:14The bush is on fire.
11:15How stupid is that?
11:16Right, right, right.
11:17All right, guys.
11:22This is great, Audrey.
11:23Yeah, I got eyes on them.
11:25I'm going to back out from the ARP and AHL and open the 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, uh, confess to it.
11:42We really want to hold somebody accountable and keep them from, uh, really destroying
11:46the habitat at this lake.
11:52Okay.
11:53This is it.
11:54Like, this is as far back as it goes.
11:56Yeah.
11:58All right.
11:59I think that will do it.
12:04No bats today, Tracy.
12:07It's all right.
12:08Shall we, uh, 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
12:21these mines, because not every one is suitable bat habitat.
12:43It looks like some of the upper portal has sloughed in over the winter.
12:47Whew.
12:48Not going in that way.
12:50Well, last time I was here, none of this material was under this wooden collar.
12:54But from everything I've read about it, it's about 350 feet back.
13:01That's a good size.
13:02Yeah.
13:02Um, but I've had no descriptions of lateral workings or anything.
13:07We can get in and out of that.
13:08Can you?
13:09Okay.
13:09Can 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 gonna fire up the, uh, 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.
13:29It lets us know if there's any concerns.
13:31I'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 gonna slide down and then I'll let you know when I'm clear.
14:00All good.
14:01All right, I'm gonna come on down.
14:18Off the bat, I'm noticing there's really good night-roofed evidence.
14:21Yeah, it's what I just saw on all that, yeah.
14:24Here's a wing right here.
14:25So the bats will hunt insects, moths mostly.
14:29They don't eat the wings, they just eat the body.
14:32They just want the main meaty part.
14:34They'll come in after they've captured a bunch and they'll pluck the wings off and then proceed
14:39to eat and then go back out for some more feeding.
14:43This would be a typical place for a bat to be roosting.
14:47Open a little crevice and crack some things.
14:59Okay, we've got a hazard right here.
15:01A 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.
15:13People that don't know what they're doing should not be in mines.
15:20Be careful of this.
15:22Don't touch this.
15:23It's a stall.
15:25You know, amazing the stuff you find in these old mines.
15:28As they mined out this stope, they put this in here to support the overburden.
15:32And you can already see how it's eroding away.
15:37It just takes somebody tapping that.
15:40This could come down, see how fractured it is.
15:43Also, big hole, false bottom right here.
15:48In 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.
16:00We'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.
16:30Can I hand you your pack?
16:32Yeah.
16:35Got it.
16:36I'm done.
16:38There we go.
16:40We didn't take any samples because we didn't find any bats.
16:43All right.
16:44Michael 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.
17:15All right.
17:16We're here.
17:16Found it.
17:18Looks like the spot.
17:20This is a totally sketchy shaft.
17:22It's surrounded by vegetation.
17:24And if this wasn't fenced off, somebody could easily just be hiking through here and fall into
17:36that National Park Service has arrived trying to see if we can get somebody to admit to setting the fire.
17:42So National Park Service, along with Nevada Department of Wildlife, we work together out here at Lake Mead and they
17:47will back me up.
17:50So there's some adults in here setting fire to the bushes.
17:53You 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 blowtorch type thing.
18:22Yeah.
18:23Yeah.
18:23Something 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've got several things on the federal side of things that we can cite through 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.
18:41Sure.
18:41But for us, we've got to make sure the wildfire side of things is out and cold so we don't
18:45get anybody out here.
18:46Okay.
18:47In a minute, let's go take a look at it.
18:49We've got enough hands on now.
18:50Okay.
18:51It's out of hand.
18:52Can 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.
19:29You like this lake, right?
19:30Yeah.
19:31We all love this lake.
19:32Yeah.
19:32Why would we let people set fire to...
19:34I don't...
19:35I'm not...
19:36I'm not questioning you, but people love this body of water.
19:39I didn't light any fire.
19:40No, I'm not saying you did.
19:42I'm not saying you did.
19:42But I know the person that did, did not leave this area.
19:46They are still here.
19:48Okay.
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...
20:03Because I know...
20:04I know that one was set when that boat was sitting right next to it.
20:07Well, I didn't do it.
20:09Some of the people over there...
20:10I mean, I don't know exactly who did it.
20:13Gary, you know who did that?
20:14What?
20:15Light lit the fire.
20:17Okay, pardon?
20:18What 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 sat 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.
20:37I'm just asking you.
20:37This boat was right here as that was actively lit.
20:41I have a photograph of it.
20:44Yeah, 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 it's in 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?
21:17For burning tumbleweeds?
21:20Okay, you obviously don't care.
21:23I don't care.
21:24Obviously 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.
21:31Do you care about this, though?
21:33Do you care about somebody lighting a fire, messing with...
21:36When we showed up, so it might have been an hour ago?
21:40Four hours ago?
21:41I don't know.
21:41We went to Gator.
21:43There was a smoldering fire.
21:44There was a 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.
21:55Seriously?
21:57This is the report that we received.
21:59So 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're going to close up on the beach if there was an issue here.
22:07If it was seriously out of control, we will...
22:09Okay.
22:10You know what?
22:10We don't need to speak anymore.
22:30It just really surprises me that nobody wants to give us the information we need to hold
22:35somebody accountable.
22:37Yeah.
22:38I know.
22:40Later.
22:42Dealing with the individual that gave me a hard time when we first arrived, that guy
22:46was obviously intoxicated.
22:48This guy did not care one bit that there was a smoldering fire in the desert, in the dry
22:56weather, next to his boat.
22:58That is not somebody that likes to conserve wildlife or habitat.
23:12Should we knock this one out?
23:13Nope.
23:14All right.
23:14Let's get her done.
23:15Tracy, for time, we'll stay one hour.
23:17Okay.
23:23Let me know if you need something, Kristen.
23:30All clear, Michael.
23:32Okay.
23:34This one's a tight fit.
23:37Sometimes I hate being caught.
23:39Oh.
23:39Ha.
23:41Got a few scattered moth wings.
23:43They're definitely nightroosting in here.
23:54Do you have a cup?
23:55Yeah.
23:56Townsend's, let's keep our voices down, he's definitely hibernating.
24:01So that's one.
24:06Two more.
24:08One, two.
24:12There's a red cluster right there.
24:16We're gonna get into this room, and there's gonna be a whole bunch of clusters just like
24:20that.
24:22Definitely quiet voices.
24:40One, two, three, one, one, two, three, nine, nine, nine, nine.
25:03So 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.
25:19Townsend's 81.
25:21Yeah.
25:22Columbia.
25:24Columbia.
25:24Columbia.
25:24Most of us will see.
25:27All right, let's get set up for White Nose.
25:29So I'm gonna stay here and record data, and I'm gonna send you out with the swabs and
25:32vials, and then you come back, and we'll keep doing that until we fill it up.
25:49Just roll it across the nose, and roll it up and down the forearm, okay?
25:53Yeah.
25:54Yeah.
26:02There's a swab, a little bit of preservative here, and we'll go.
26:10The survey that we're doing today, we're actually taking long, looks like long Q-tips,
26:15and we're swabbing these bats very gently around the muzzle area and on the wings.
26:19Then we send these samples into the National Wildlife Health Lab, and they'll analyze them.
26:26Today, we counted 281 Townsend's big-eared bats, and 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 that the fungus has been found on, but has not caused
26:46the 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, but it does become symptomatic on other species.
26:57It's going to help us better understand the disease and how to control it.
27:03I think I can reach these.
27:05Yeah, I can reach these, too.
27:07I can get that one on top first.
27:11I like the ink of my hand.
27:14I'm not bouncing too bad.
27:17I just don't want to touch them too hard.
27:21I'm trying to roll that down off the nose.
27:25You're starting to be disturbed.
27:27I was kind of running out of stuff I could reach in there.
27:32So we collected ten samples today, which was a really good effort.
27:38You ready to head out?
27:39Yeah.
27:55Tracy, we're coming out.
27:57All right.
27:59That was a very successful mine survey.
28:03Managed to get some white nose syndrome samples collected.
28:08Awesome.
28:09Several hundred Townsends big-eared bats.
28:12Yeah, that was worth it.
28:14We'll get them sent off to the health lab and hopefully they come back negative.
28:21The work that we did today is giving us really good trend information as to whether or not the numbers
28:25of bats are increasing or decreasing from year to year.
28:28Just try to stay ahead of white nose.
28:30It has not been detected in Nevada yet.
28:32We're bracing for the possibility that it could happen.
28:35But the work that we're doing now will make us very prepared and very ready if that day happens.
28:40And fingers crossed it won't happen on my watch.
29:06So open right now in Nevada, in Lincoln County is our Cow Elk Huns.
29:12These hunts, you can only harvest a female cow elk without antlers.
29:18I just received a call.
29:20A husband and wife are self-reporting that they harvested a spike elk when 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 this spike elk on a cow tag?
29:40A lot of times these spikes can be pretty short.
29:42This can be a pretty serious offense depending on levels of negligence.
29:46But ultimately, that's a misdemeanor with anywhere between a $100 and $500 fine.
30:00Female elk don't have antlers.
30:02And the males will have antlers.
30:03But when they're really young, those antlers can be really short.
30:07And unless you're really careful, you can make the mistake of not seeing those antlers.
30:12And you can accidentally shoot a spike when you were meaning to shoot a cow elk.
30:17How are you guys doing?
30:19Good.
30:20Had better days?
30:22Yeah.
30:22Had better days?
30:23Yeah.
30:25So if you could kind of just start from the beginning, how you got to this point.
30:39So if you could kind of just start from the beginning, how you got to this point.
30:43So we've been getting up early, like 3.30, to come down and see if they're on the field.
30:48We've been watching these elk for like 10 days.
30:50Kind of patterning them?
30:51Yeah.
30:51Yeah.
30:52There's probably...
30:53At least 30.
30:54And this one here was back there probably 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?
31:07Yeah.
31:07Yeah.
31:08I could swear I had a cow in my sights.
31:10And I shot once, and we tracked this one to here, and 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, I'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, made sure you knew what you were shooting
31:34at.
31:34But it happens.
31:35Yeah.
31:35My job is to now determine level of negligence.
31:38So if you're shooting at 600 yards at a herd of running elk, that's different than your
31:43guys' situation.
31:44To be looking at the head, I did not see the 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.
31:56Yeah.
31:56There is a little bit of negligence there on their part.
31:59They should have taken a little more time.
32:00But mostly, usually these guys aren't criminals.
32:03They made a mistake.
32:04And we got to look at it in that light.
32:06Well, what we do in this situation, and this is mandated by our department.
32:11If it's a self-report and a low level of negligence, then what we do is have you guys
32:15pay for the processing of 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.
32:34What we care a lot about is this meat.
32:37The actual citation for taking wrong sex is 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 with a $50 negligent fee.
32:47Okay.
32:48On that citation, plus $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.
32:58Okay.
32:58And it's a six-demerit citation.
33:00If it happens again in the next three years, if you get 12 demerits, then you could have your hunting
33:05and fishing privileges or vote.
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, okay.
33:12You still have the right to your cow elk.
33:15Okay.
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.
33:19And then you guys will be able to keep hunting and 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.
33:470-3, when you picked up 12, there 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.
33:57Possibly.
33:58I'm glad I can't be sure.
34:04Was he fishing at the time that you contacted him?
34:06A guy with white hair and a black sweatshirt?
34:09Affirmative.
34:10I'm going to check in.
34:12Did we tell him to move, or...?
34:19Affirmative.
34:2110-4.
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.
34:33You can probably see off my shoulder, there's a guy fishing next to a sign right here
34:37that actually says no fishing.
34:39No.
34:40We'll go make contact with him.
34:41The wind's blowing kind of hard right now, so I'm actually going to dock over here
34:45at the launch tram, get us out of the wind.
34:53Sir.
34:55State 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?
35:04And he told, he said,
35:06He told me that he told you to move.
35:17The officer that just checked your license told you that you couldn't fish here.
35:22Listen, I apologize, but my English not so good like any other one.
35:26I'm not born here, I'm coming too late.
35:30Speaking a little bit, but...
35:31Come here.
35:39Yes.
35:40And you're sitting right there.
35:44From here.
35:45I know.
35:45But the officer told you you couldn't fish here, and you remain.
35:52You don't give me much of an option at this point.
35:55He gave you a warning to not fish here, to move.
36:07You understand a lot more than you like to lead on, okay?
36:12I understand.
36:12He had you look at the sign.
36:15Yes.
36:15He told you to move.
36:16Yes.
36:17Okay?
36:18Yes.
36:18If I catch you out here doing this again, you 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, a little bit.
36:27Okay?
36:27That sign is in line with the tires.
36:29That sign is in line with the tires.
36:32It has an arrow pointing, no fishing this way, which would be this area.
36:35So next time you start coming, other side like the people is fishing.
36:38The regulation reads inside flat wake buoys.
36:41One, two, three.
36:43We are inside the flat wake buoys.
36:45Okay?
36:46Yeah.
36:47That's it.
36:47Okay.
36:48I'm not going to write your citation.
36:50This is your one and only warning.
36:51Okay?
36:52Thank you very much.
36:53Appreciate it.
36:53Appreciate the cooperation.
36:56So the outcome of this contact is going to be, there's a little bit of a language barrier.
37:01The individual stated that he didn't quite understand where the boundary of the marina was.
37:06I told him if I saw him out here again fishing in the marina that he received a citation.
37:11Just a verbal warning is going to suffice.
37:26So 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 and then you guys will be able to keep hunting and finish getting your
37:34animal.
37:36I've got game bags.
37:38We'll put them in there.
37:39Oh, okay.
37:40I'm going to take a couple photographs and we'll remove the head.
37:43We have a large stable elk population in the state of Nevada.
37:47We're very proud of our elk population.
37:49People come from all over the world to hunt trophy bull elk here.
37:52It's an important resource and it's very sustainable.
37:56Our elk herds are growing every year.
37:58We have to give out cow tags to be able to knock back the population to where they're not above
38:04carrying capacity of the resources that are here.
38:07The people who don't self report and then we find this animal out here wasted.
38:12One, it sucks because that we weren't able to donate that meat.
38:15Right.
38:15But then they're looking at really significant finds, possibility of gross misdemeanors.
38:20Oh, yeah.
38:21You know, and then I have to spend a lot of time trying to track down who did it.
38:25Oh, right.
38:25You know, and it's just, it makes it a lot of hard work.
38:28Somebody shot a moose and left him.
38:31I mean, it's just horrible.
38:33Yeah.
38:34They're going to pay to have the animal processed and they're going to receive a citation that would amount to
38:40about what it would be for a traffic ticket.
38:43So these individuals got ahead of it.
38:46They self-reported.
38:47I'm going to be able to donate this meat.
38:49So a bad situation got turned into a positive.
38:53All right, Paul, here's your tag back.
38:56I'm citing you for taking a spike elk with a cow elk tag.
38:59All right.
39:00I gave you the lowest possible bail that I can give you.
39:03That's $50.
39:04I just need your signature at the bottom.
39:06It'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 the 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 gets mad at me.
39:21Thank you so much.
39:23You're welcome.
39:23It's been very, very nice.
39:24Yep.
39:35So this is the community of Alamo and the butcher shop.
39:39It's right in behind this trailer back here.
39:49They'll process it into burger and steaks and different usable products.
39:55And then they'll call me when it's finished.
39:57I'll come down and pick it up.
39:59And then we'll donate it to the local food bank.
40:02A 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.
40:12This dog's always here.
40:13I mean, he's always looking for scraps.
40:14Like, I'm going to give him some.
40:17It'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.
40:26So hanging it actually helps some of the tissues and stuff to break down.
40:30It'll make it more tender.
40:33In Nevada, the edible portions are all four quarters and the back straps.
40:37And that's what a lot of people in Nevada do.
40:39Some states require you to take the rib meat.
40:40Some require you to take the rib and the neck meat.
40:46Hey.
40:49My hands smell good?
40:51So this seizure tag will give the ability for the meat shop
40:55to 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.
41:18Again, an unfortunate situation, but, you know, this is a good ending to it.
41:26Stephen Creal.
41:26Vencey 충.atzai.
41:26Heee.
41:30Tantey.
41:40There.
41:41There.
41:41A.
41:41A.
41:41A.
41:45A.
41:45A.
41:46A assignment.
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