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00:12Hey, man, you got a boat fire?
00:14The house is the one right up there on the corner.
00:16This is a felon, so we need to try to be as safe as we can.
00:21We have an explosion on the boat.
00:23He was working on a mechanical.
00:25There was probably an electrical spark causing the explosion.
00:27I'm wondering if you'd be able to talk to me about some traps you had set out.
00:31You were trapping within 30 feet of exposed bait.
00:34I will make an incision and implant this into the fish.
00:43Nevada, a land of extremes.
00:47From the strip to the summits, it's wild country.
00:51Home to more than 900 species and a way of life worth protecting.
00:56Preserved for the people and the wildlife that call it home.
01:01One team stands guard.
01:04This is Nevada Wild.
01:21We're at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, our largest body of water here in the state.
01:26We're getting new compliance checks for some of the fishermen.
01:29I make sure everybody's following the limits.
01:32Fish cooling station.
01:36My name is Zachary Black.
01:37I would have been a game warden with Nevada Department of Wildlife for 17 years.
01:41How's it going?
01:42Good, good.
01:44Did you have any luck out there?
01:45I got fluke.
01:46You got three?
01:48Striper?
01:49Yeah.
01:50Did you keep the carcass or did you throw them in there?
01:54Okay.
01:55Are you aware that there's a size limit on Striper?
01:58I got into game warden work kind of on a fluke.
02:01I checked the fishing report one night because I hadn't been fishing in a while and I saw they
02:06were hiring for game wardens.
02:07So I thought, yeah, let's see if I can get hired on with Hand Out.
02:11Whenever there's a size limit on a fish, you can fillet it, but you have to keep the carcass.
02:17Oh, okay.
02:18So I can measure the fish.
02:19Okay.
02:20The best thing about being a game warden is my office is outside.
02:23I get to drive around on a boat, in a truck, in the woods, in the desert, on the waterways,
02:29and I get to interact with all them types of people.
02:32I'm going to give you some information on it, okay?
02:34I'm not going to write your citation for it, but yeah, do me a favor, read the fishing regulations
02:39for me, okay?
02:40All right.
02:41Appreciate cooperation.
02:42Have a good day.
03:00There is a boat fire.
03:02I'm not sure where it's at.
03:06Hey, man, you got a boat fire?
03:19I'm Quinn Hesterley, Nevada game warden for the Department of Wildlife, and I patrol out
03:25of Elko.
03:26The hard part about this particular patrol is that it's pretty landlocked with private
03:32land.
03:32There's a few access points as opposed to a lot of the rest of Nevada where it's majority
03:39public land and the access is a lot easier.
03:42I have had issues with people trespassing in this exact spot before.
03:49Okay.
03:51I think he might be trespassing.
03:53We'll see if he has permission from the landowner, if he at least claims it, and I can try and
03:59follow up.
03:59And if he doesn't, we can potentially look at a possible citation.
04:07Yeah?
04:08Are the flows getting pretty high?
04:10No, it's not bad.
04:11It's warm.
04:12It's cold.
04:12Yeah.
04:13You got your fishing license handy?
04:14Yeah.
04:15I got a printed copy of it.
04:17Yeah?
04:17I'm good with that.
04:18I can buy them online.
04:19Yeah.
04:22Did you get permission to fish in there?
04:24I didn't know if it was private or not because I didn't see the signs.
04:27The orange paint.
04:28Oh, so that means?
04:29Yeah.
04:29I didn't know.
04:30I didn't even tell it was private.
04:32So, this whole bottom drainage all the way out to the ranch is private.
04:36Same thing with that side.
04:38So, you didn't talk to anyone?
04:39No, I had no idea.
04:41Because I usually, like, if there's no trespassing, I didn't work at the home.
04:45Sure, sure.
04:45And I understand that.
04:47But they actually do have it painted.
04:49That orange paint right there represents private property.
04:52Next time I go in here, I'll go ask the ranch manager.
04:55Unfortunately, it's not going to be that simple.
04:56I'm going to have to issue a citation on it for a fish private property without landowner permission.
05:02So, do you have your driver's license on you?
05:07So, I'm going to borrow this.
05:08I've got to go do my thing.
05:10Do you have any firearms or anything in your vehicle?
05:11Um, in the back underneath, I have a .22 rifle.
05:14Okay.
05:15I'm going to show it to you.
05:16There's nothing, man.
05:17Okay.
05:17Yeah, let's go take a look.
05:18I just carry it in case I see a badger or something.
05:20Okay.
05:24So, you have it just tucked under there?
05:26I'm going to have a magazine or anything in it.
05:29I'm going to borrow this while I write my citation out, all right?
05:32And then just hang out at the back of your vehicle.
05:34Okay.
05:37Bring along on a fishing contact in Secret Pass.
05:40Can I get a 2729?
05:4710-4, thank you, Raina.
05:48I'll be 10-6, I...
05:52As far as the violation of trespassing, it's...
05:55You're gaining access to a more privileged area, and in the state of Nevada, there's plenty
06:01of public land that's accessible for hunting and fishing purposes.
06:05Okay.
06:06I'll give you this back.
06:06I'll get your rifle back after I'm done with this.
06:10I know that there's a lot of private that's ran in common with the public.
06:13Yeah.
06:14But unfortunately, whenever we got orange paint...
06:17I'll remember that next time, too.
06:20So, get through the unpleasant part.
06:22So, what we got here, your information up top.
06:24What I'm signing you for is a fishing private property.
06:26So, the total for the citation is 195.
06:29Any questions?
06:30Nope.
06:30Okay.
06:31What I need from you is a signature at the bottom.
06:32It's not an admission guilt.
06:33Just promise to take care of the ticket.
06:34Okay.
06:46I'm sure it'll be a better contact next time.
06:48No problem.
06:50Be safe out there, all right?
06:53Whenever we detect a violation, we're looking to change behavior, whether it be through a
06:58simple warning and a good conversation, or taking enforcement action like a citation.
07:12Hey, God, what's up?
07:13Hey, man.
07:14You got a boat fire?
07:17Yeah, NPS pulled out a boat fire at Hemingway.
07:19So, I heard that Sean was on the water earlier.
07:22So, I don't know if we want to tell the tent another to maybe help them.
07:25But, I'm going to head out there right now.
07:28All right.
07:28I'll head that way.
07:30Yeah, there's a boat fire from Van Jury's.
07:393410, go ahead.
07:41We're walking out with NPS.
07:433410, 104, we'll see 1023, 107.
07:50This is a very dangerous situation, because we are smelling what smells like smoke from
07:55a possible fire, but we're also smelling maybe an accelerant of some sort.
08:00So, once I get an interview with the individual and see what he was actually doing in that
08:05vessel, I'll have a better idea of what we're really working with.
08:11We're in a 3410 hatchery.
08:13Tell 34103 that it's the first covered section of the dock.
08:38We have an explosion on the boat.
08:42He was working on a mechanical.
08:44There was probably an electrical spark causing an explosion.
08:49Is this from the burn right here, sir?
08:51I don't know.
08:51Okay.
08:52Yeah, just a little.
08:53This individual has burns to his face, mostly to his cheeks, some around his eyes, and some
08:59hair searing.
09:01Can we squeeze by you real quick and get up in there?
09:03Yeah.
09:04Right ahead.
09:05Once I realize that he's getting the help he needs, I'm going to start my investigation
09:08immediately, because I need to get information right away.
09:12I need to preserve all the evidence so this investigation can proceed and we can come to
09:17a conclusion on it.
09:18Did you put the fire out?
09:20You did.
09:20Okay.
09:21Good job, by the way.
09:23A little spooky walking down here with fire.
09:25You don't know what's going to happen.
09:26It's terrifying, right?
09:27It's terrifying.
09:29I don't blame you for being scared.
09:31I'm stumped.
09:33Looking at the evidence, the physical evidence that we have, we'll determine whether or not
09:37this was a criminal act or this was an accident.
09:41What we're going to do here, we're just going to keep reassessing you until the ambulance
09:44get here.
09:45So we'll be right here with you.
09:47Keep bombing your vitals.
09:48You determine.
09:49It looks like a fresh red mark.
09:51Okay.
09:52What's that?
09:52Left arm?
09:53Was it left arm?
09:55Right.
09:55Right here.
09:56Yeah, right arm.
09:59Okay.
10:02Sir, I'm going to take a couple quick photos of your injuries, okay?
10:07Okay, let me do one of your arm there.
10:12Sir, do you have a driver's license on you?
10:15Okay, okay.
10:20I got most stuff for Sean.
10:24Here, come here, I'll show you.
10:30He was troubleshooting this.
10:32Okay.
10:32He had the power was obviously on.
10:34Yep.
10:35And he hit something.
10:37I don't know what it hit.
10:38I haven't got anything out of it.
10:39He's pretty shaken up.
10:40So later came to the view, probably.
10:57He's pretty shaken up.
10:57Trapping's highly regulated, much like hunting.
11:00There's a lot of laws that are out there as far as the type of bait that you can use,
11:04how you can have that bait in relation to your trap.
11:06You can't have exposed bait within 30 feet of a trap.
11:10I've got one trapper that had a trap set, and he caught a rabbit in this trap.
11:16And when he removed the rabbit out of the trap, he just moved the rabbit about three
11:21or four feet away from the trap and then reset that trap.
11:23And that's a violation of the law.
11:25He's trapping within 30 feet of exposed bait.
11:28I can actually show you pictures of the trap and also the placement of where everything
11:33was at.
11:34So you can see here, this is the trap set up.
11:37He's got his trap right here.
11:39And the rabbit was kind of stuffed back in this little cubby that's back in here.
11:44Not sure how that rabbit could get in there.
11:47I don't know if something came in and landed right in here.
11:50And it dropped the rabbit over, or if somebody else came in and dropped the rabbit over,
11:55or if the person himself dropped the rabbit over in there.
11:58But you can kind of see the setup here.
12:01That's that line of sticks that's there.
12:03The trap would have been right here, and that rabbit would have been back in this dark little
12:07cubby back in here.
12:10It's good that the trapper that had called and turned that stuff in to me, he was out
12:14there looking out for the trapper name, making sure everybody's doing it the way that's in
12:18accordance to the laws and regulation, and being fair to everybody that's out there.
12:28So we're going to knock on the door of the residence, see if he's around.
12:40Wyatt.
12:41Wyatt?
12:42Yes, sir.
12:42Nick Brunson, State Game Warden.
12:44Good to meet you.
12:44How are you?
12:46Had, uh, wondering if you'd be able to talk to me about some traps that you had set out?
12:53Uh, which one?
12:55The ones that were right back up here on, uh, kind of close to the old Mizpah Road,
13:01right down there on that, on that ledge that was down there.
13:04There was a rabbit got put there, so I pulled that trap out of there.
13:09Well, you understand the, what, you know, what it is that we have there, correct?
13:14I mean, you had that trap, and it was set there, and that rabbit was kind of back in that
13:21spot,
13:21and I mean, it's, it's within, you know, it's exposed to bait within 30 feet of the trap.
13:26You didn't place that rabbit in there?
13:28No, sir.
13:28You didn't, you didn't catch that rabbit in your trap at all?
13:32Oh, and then just set it next to it?
13:33No, but I did, because I usually walk up, because I usually have the trap there,
13:39and you'd see it in the mead meal.
13:42Uh-huh.
13:42And I usually just walk up to the edge and look at the trap,
13:46and then when I pulled it out of there, there was a rabbit there and fur all over there, and...
13:52You didn't know that that, you didn't know that that rabbit was in there beforehand?
13:55No, sir.
13:56Okay.
13:57No, and I, I pulled the trap out of there, because I didn't want to clean the mess out of
14:01there.
14:01You're right.
14:02Honestly, I don't know how long the rabbit was there, like I said,
14:06because I usually walk up to the edge and just look to see how the trap is,
14:10and then, like, the rabbit was down.
14:13Well, I guess when you've seen it, it was down in, like, a whole deal.
14:17Yeah, it was kind of back in that cubby a little bit there.
14:19And I don't know.
14:20So you, you didn't actually physically look back into there
14:24at any of your other check times to be able to see if there was a rabbit in there or
14:27not?
14:27Usually on that, I just peek over the edge.
14:30Kind of peek over the edge.
14:30You know, just look and see, but...
14:32Well, that, that gives me a lot more, you know, a lot better feeling about the whole thing.
14:37Like I say, I was, I was under the notion that, that you'd caught that rabbit,
14:41and you just decided to throw it back there in the cubby and, and leave the trap set
14:46within where that rabbit was at.
14:48So that way you were, you were trapping within 30 feet of exposed bait.
14:52But had you, had you not walked up far enough,
14:54you wouldn't really be able to see back in there to see that rabbit.
14:57So in the future, in the future, make sure that when you go in here and you check those traps,
15:03try to go up there, try to go up there a lot further to where you can actually see back
15:08in there.
15:08So that if you do have something like that, you can, you can either pull the trap or get rid
15:13of,
15:13you know, get rid of the bait, remove that stuff from, from there and...
15:17Right.
15:18And you can continue trapping it.
15:19So, all right.
15:20Thanks, Wyatt.
15:21I appreciate it.
15:30It could be bluffing me a little bit on that, but at the same time,
15:34I couldn't see any marks on the rabbit's legs that would show that the rabbit had actually been caught in
15:39the trap.
15:41So I can't say for 100% certainty that he pulled that rabbit out of a trap and threw it
15:47back in that hole.
15:48So I feel comfortable just giving him a warning on it.
15:52And now that he knows the game wardens are down in here looking at his stuff,
15:55so I feel confident that he'll make sure that everything's clean in the future anyways.
16:12We're going to go ahead and pull a case number.
16:1434-0-3 is going to be primary on this when he arrives.
16:18Do you want to hang out and fill out a statement for us,
16:21or would you like to do it at a later time and send it to us?
16:23I don't know what to say.
16:24It was a work to show for him.
16:25Just what you did, who, what, when.
16:28I want my name.
16:29Please fill out everything that you can up there.
16:32All right.
16:32So what do we got?
16:33So this investigation ultimately is going to be turned over to Sean Flynn.
16:37He's one of our younger officers.
16:39This is a good investigation for him to work through and get some experience.
16:44Okay, you got burning all up there.
16:46Because that was already up.
16:47That was already up, yeah.
16:48The blast didn't push that up, so.
16:50So he engaged the motor while there were fumes in the compartment, correct?
16:56That's what I'm gathering.
16:57Okay.
16:57I didn't see any, like, burning, burning other than the singe of, well, his face,
17:02and you can see the singe up there, yeah.
17:06We're investigating now, and there's really nothing.
17:09It doesn't seem like it's going to be, you know,
17:11it's not like a fraud or anything is what we're, you know,
17:15not what we're thinking.
17:16So it's going to be, it's just a, it's going to be a fairly easy report, if you will.
17:20There's no primitive.
17:22Yeah, there's no, yeah, it's just basically an accident.
17:26Okay.
17:26Perfect.
17:27Take this to your friend.
17:30I've got his email.
17:31I've got a phone number for him as well.
17:33We'll contact him, and he can get a CIS statement, okay?
17:36We're going to secure everything, so you don't have to worry about that.
17:39Okay.
17:39Okay?
17:40You trust my member.
17:41Follow this gentleman right here.
17:42He'll get you to where your vehicle probably is.
17:48Well, it's all right.
17:49Yeah.
17:50Yeah.
17:51Okay.
17:52So that was a basic explosion on a boat, fire explosion.
17:56The individual, I was working on an electrical motor, trying to clean the area off.
18:01He used some sort of aerosol, most likely had alcohol in it.
18:05And there was a spark causing the explosion.
18:08He was all the way inside that explosion.
18:12He did suffer some burns, first-degree burns to his face and his arm.
18:17He was transported to the hospital.
18:19To be honest, the guy is truly lucky to be alive.
18:22I mean, that's a very dangerous situation.
18:43My name's Lisa Osborne.
18:44I work for Nevada Department of Wildlife.
18:46All right, you guys ready to go?
18:48Let's go track some fish.
18:49I am a fisheries biologist on Lake Mojave.
18:52Today, I am out here with Gabe and Adam.
18:54They're going to help me with some of the nets and fish surgeries to implant radio telemetry tags
19:00and hopefully track them around the lake to see how they use and move through habitat.
19:06On Lake Mojave, we have an artificial habitat program where we have installed artificial habitat
19:12structures to provide cover and habitat for fish.
19:15But we're curious on how they use those habitats and then how they use coves that don't have
19:20our artificial habitat in them.
19:22All right.
19:24We're setting up an area here on the beach in our study cove.
19:29If we catch fish, we'll set up a table and start the surgeries here on this beach.
19:37Yesterday, we put three nets in Cojila Cove.
19:40Throw the weight and the float in and make sure they're not crossed.
19:45Are we at the end of it?
19:46We're good?
19:47Okay.
19:47I have them all spread throughout the cove, so hopefully they caught fish.
19:53We are looking for a largemouth bass that are a minimum size of just under three pounds.
19:59Yeah, the net's down there.
20:00There's a couple fish in it.
20:00We're looking for a fish.
20:03I have a razorback.
20:08Got razors.
20:09Of course, when we're not actually going for them.
20:14Yeah.
20:15These are now a third razorback sucker.
20:19Four.
20:19They are not our target species for our effort today, but it's really cool.
20:24They're an endangered fish.
20:30They usually don't get this knotted up.
20:32It's crazy.
20:33You have a largemouth bass right here.
20:35His jaw's a little messed up.
20:38Look at that.
20:38I don't know.
20:39He was...
20:40He didn't look good.
20:41No.
20:42He was skinny.
20:47It's probably not an ideal candidate to do surgery on.
20:53The other two nets are going to have a lot fewer, if any, razorbacks in them.
20:58Watch.
20:59There'll be 20 in the other one, too.
21:03Left side?
21:04Go on the left side, because the wind is blowing us this way.
21:07All right.
21:08So, net two.
21:13I mean, it's one razorback after another.
21:16These are not the bass that we needed.
21:19I'm going to get this third net in.
21:21All right.
21:22Last net.
21:25More razorbacks.
21:27We got a largemouth bass?
21:29Yes.
21:31Sweet.
21:33Pretty fish.
21:35Really great fish.
21:37The fish that I'm hoping to implant are just at the top of their game.
21:40It's definitely big enough for us to do surgery on.
21:45Sweet.
21:47All right.
21:47All right, all right.
21:49Really great fish.
21:52This is our target species right here.
21:56And this is a good size for it, too.
21:58We'll see how that other one is.
22:00But this one's in good shape.
22:02We have at least one surgery that we will do.
22:22So, the house is, uh, the house is the one right up there on the corner.
22:27Up on?
22:28Yeah, on top there.
22:29This corner up here?
22:30Yeah, there's a Jeep, that orange Jeep that's parked there.
22:33And then there's a white and red Chevy that's parked there.
22:37Okay.
22:37This is a felon, so we need to try to be as safe as we can.
22:42Let's just both park across the street from the front door, so that'll be our backup point.
22:47Okay.
22:48That sound good?
22:49Sounds good.
22:49I got a call from Lieutenant Esparza that he had received information regarding an individual who had obtained a Nevada
22:56hunting tag for a muzzleloader deer.
22:59He asked for me to assist him with, um, visiting this individual for safety purposes due to the circumstances, uh,
23:04with a possible felon in possession of a firearm.
23:07He supposedly harvested these two animals.
23:10One was a bull elk and one was a deer.
23:12And although it wasn't a violation to get the tag, it was a violation for him to have the weapon
23:18to shoot the animal.
23:20You know, this is not just like an administrative check where you're out checking a fisherman that, you know, that's
23:25out enjoying the day.
23:26This is somebody that's, you know, already been convicted of a serious crime.
23:30And if he's hostile and doesn't cooperate and we find that he's actually in possession of a firearm, um, there's
23:37a chance that he may be going, going in today.
23:42In a case like this where you have a potential of a felon in possession of a firearm, it's important
23:46to have more than one officer, at least two, um, sometimes more,
23:50because those individuals have shown that they have tendencies that are potentially violent.
24:04Hey, how's it going?
24:05Good, how are you doing?
24:06Good, are you b******?
24:07Yes, sir.
24:08We wanted to see if we could talk to you about, um, some of your hunt this year, if you
24:12had a minute.
24:14Didn't get to do any.
24:15You didn't do any this year?
24:16No.
24:16Okay.
24:17Uh, the reason is, is I have a felony, and, uh, I contacted the game warden over in Elko.
24:24Uh-huh.
24:25And he told me I wasn't allowed to hunt, so I didn't even buy a gun.
24:28You didn't even go on the hunt?
24:30Did you turn the tags back in, or did you keep them?
24:33I think my wife sent it back.
24:35You sent it back, so you got refunded for it?
24:37I didn't get refunded for it because it was too late.
24:40Oh, you sent it back after the hunt started?
24:42Yeah.
24:43Because I had some information that you actually harvested some deer.
24:47Somebody mentioned that.
24:48You're sure you didn't harvest a deer or an elk on that this year?
24:51Positive.
24:52Okay.
24:53All right.
24:53Uh, hold on a second.
24:55Well, excuse me, sir.
24:56What are you going back in for?
25:11I'm going to go get the, uh, I'm going to get my phone and then call my wife.
25:16Okay, you mind if I just accompany you with you?
25:18Okay, thank you.
25:20I'm not trying to hide anything.
25:21Oh, no, okay.
25:22I'm not being honest with you.
25:23Okay.
25:23You know, I contacted the game warden in Elko because I was told at work that if you
25:29have a felony, they changed the law that I wasn't allowed to hunt.
25:32So I called the game warden.
25:33Okay.
25:33And I asked him, uh, and he told me don't.
25:36Okay.
25:37And that was it.
25:38I gotcha.
25:39If you want to search my house for a gun, you're welcome to do that with what I don't
25:42have any.
25:43Okay, well, before we do anything like that, we'll just go out and talk and then maybe
25:48we'll come back in in a few minutes then.
25:50All right.
25:51At face value, the individual seems to be pretty forthcoming and honest from what we
25:56can tell.
25:56He did claim that he received a tag or multiple tags that he did not use.
26:00We are unable to confirm whether that is true or not.
26:03So we're trying to figure out what kind of information we can get out of him further.
26:07It was before the deer season started you called him?
26:09Yeah.
26:10Okay.
26:11Yeah, because I noticed on the hunt record detail information that we had that you did
26:16draw a muzzleloader deer and a muzzleloader elk, right?
26:19Yes, sir.
26:19So you called before the hunt would have been sometime in September?
26:26Is that correct?
26:27Yeah.
26:29That's your wife's name.
26:30Okay.
26:33All right.
26:36Hey, baby.
26:38Hey, the elk tag and the deer tag y'all got, did you turn it back in?
26:43Okay.
26:44She turned it back in.
26:45Did she turn it in before the hunt started?
26:47Did you turn them in before the hunt started or after?
26:49Yeah.
26:50Well, you didn't have to turn it in.
26:51It wasn't illegal.
26:52Okay.
26:52What she did, she went on NDOT and said my hunt was unsuccessful.
26:56Oh, so she'd filled out this questionnaire.
26:59Okay.
26:59I gotcha.
27:00So an individual that's convicted felon and unable to possess firearms would still be able
27:06to apply for and obtain tags, especially for a weapon class such as archery because it's
27:13not classified as a firearm.
27:14So there's someone in that individual's circumstances can still hunt in the state of Nevada.
27:18There can and sometimes there is confusion between what is a firearm and if a muzzleloader falls under
27:25that classification.
27:26In the state of Nevada, it does fall under that classification by the Nevada Revised Statute's
27:31definition of firearms.
27:33Hey, I don't know.
27:34Can you do me a favor?
27:34Could you go get a consent to search for the house?
27:41All right.
27:42Love you.
27:43Bye.
27:44He's saying that he had drawn the tags.
27:47He drew an elk tag and a deer tag.
27:49And he called our office and claims to have spoken with one of our wardens and was told that
27:56he could not use a muzzleloader to hunt since he was a felon and claims that he did not hunt.
28:02So were these the only two tags you've had in the last few years?
28:05No, I had one year before that.
28:06Okay.
28:07And were you able to go on that one?
28:09I did.
28:09You did harvest one on that?
28:10I did.
28:11Okay.
28:11I turned the tag in.
28:12All right.
28:12And since then, you disposed of your firearms to somebody else or you got rid of the firearms,
28:18right?
28:19My daddy-in-law has a firearm.
28:20Okay.
28:21He did.
28:22He did say that if we would like, we could search for any firearms.
28:24And that's what we're going to do right here is have him fill out a consent to search
28:27and verify that.
28:29And if nothing turns up there, we're probably pretty good to go.
28:36You said it would be okay if we go ahead and look around a little bit to see if there's
28:40a firearm in there.
28:41Are you still okay with that?
28:43I have to wait till my wife gets you.
28:44Okay.
28:46I'm going to call my wife again.
28:51Hey, honey.
28:52You took the black powder rifles down to dad's, right?
28:56No.
29:09Today, I am out here with Gabe and Adams.
29:11They're going to help me with some of the fish surgeries to implant radio telemetry tags
29:16and hopefully track them around the lake to see how they use and move through habitat.
29:21All right.
29:22Surgery time?
29:23Surgery time.
29:24Okay.
29:24So we got a big one and then the one that's kind of listing to its side.
29:29We caught several pretty small bass, too.
29:32We're going to assess the condition of the bass that we have and make sure they're not too
29:38stressed out for surgery.
29:40How are they doing?
29:41So the one is listing.
29:44Once it gets down, some water pressure, it'll be all right.
29:47It's just baking soda.
29:49It comes out in the water as carbon dioxide and it's not like a controlled chemical.
29:54It doesn't hurt them.
29:55And the faster they're under anesthesia, the faster it can get back to moving around and
30:02being a normal fish.
30:04We'll time how long that they're in this cooler and then we'll move them into the surgical
30:09cradle and then we'll move them into a recovery bath.
30:12They should recover in just a few minutes and then we will release them.
30:17All right, Adam.
30:18Ready?
30:19All right, there he goes.
30:33They show the initial signs of anesthesia really fast.
30:37And then like the later stages of losing the ability to like swim away takes another couple
30:44minutes.
30:45So these are radio telemetry tags.
30:47I will make an incision and implant this into the fish.
30:51These are admitting an active signal we can track the location of.
30:56Starting to list.
30:57So we'll just look at that.
30:59I'm looking for this fish to be sedated to a point that it can't hold itself upright.
31:05Yeah, it's still got good gill movement.
31:08When we turn it right side up, it loses equilibrium again.
31:13So I think we're there on this fish.
31:16Okay, let's do it.
31:18Pause back, head that way.
31:21Yep.
31:23So first I'm going to remove a few scales just on the surgical area.
31:32It's a lot easier to do this when you don't have scales right here.
31:36Not for so much for the incision, but for the sutures.
31:39Mm-hmm.
31:42They will grow their scales back.
31:46So I do it on the lower belly.
31:49Obviously the skin is thinner here.
31:51I do it just off center, just to hopefully avoid some of the internal organs.
31:57Scalpel.
32:03It's a very muscly fish.
32:06Tag eight.
32:16All right.
32:17Tag is in.
32:20The sutures.
32:28Goes in so much easier without scales.
32:31Mm-hmm.
32:36Yeah, good.
32:37And then I put an antibiotic ointment on it.
32:40It's a good looking wound.
32:42All right.
32:43Can you open that, please?
32:44It's good to go in as a recovery bath.
32:48Mm-hmm.
32:50And he's already able to hold himself upright, and he's already kind of fighting and coming out of it.
32:55That went pretty well.
32:56And that's especially, I mean, he's recovered almost so fast.
33:00It'll take him another couple minutes to really be able to, like, fight when you, like, that fight they have
33:07when you go to grab for them.
33:09And then that's fully recovered.
33:10That's what we call fully recovered.
33:13But, and he's already upright.
33:15This is a really good sign.
33:16So, um, if I, if I turn him over, he's able to right himself, and that's really important.
33:23He's got good gill movement.
33:25Yay!
33:26Um, we'll get everything cleaned up, and then we'll just prep for the next fish.
33:29This is going to be a bigger fish.
33:31So, I'll add some water to its bath here.
33:35Yeah.
33:35All right.
33:37Ready?
33:45I make the smallest incision that I can to still fit this tag.
33:49And if I made the incision any bigger, it's just that much more healing that this fish has to do.
33:56The tag is rounded off.
33:58You know, it finds sort of a natural spot just there in the abdominal cavity.
34:11It's just that first one.
34:13Mm-hmm.
34:14Cold hands.
34:15Yeah.
34:15Okay.
34:17Okay.
34:17Oh.
34:18All right.
34:19It's a good-looking wound so far.
34:22It's not successful until this fish recovers.
34:24All right.
34:25Recovery, Beth.
34:32If I turn it upside down, can it right itself?
34:35So, there it goes.
34:37So, it's fully recovered.
34:39We'll go and release them in the back of a cove where there's nice, great cattail and root wad habitat.
34:47And hopefully, that's an area of relaxation for them.
34:51Hopefully, the fish can just go down and relax for a day.
34:54And then that's when it's really fully recovered from this whole experience.
35:01This is where we caught them.
35:03We were releasing them in the exact place that they already were, which is important.
35:06This is where they know.
35:08This is where they chose to be before we caught them.
35:17So, I want to make sure that it has a little fight in it.
35:26I mean, I'm happy.
35:27I know that at least it has the drive and at least it has the ability to want to get
35:33away
35:33and not just, if it weren't doing well, it wouldn't swim away.
35:37It would just kind of float there.
35:44There it goes.
35:46It looks like the fish so far are surviving.
35:49They've been swimming around really close to the area.
35:52It's going to take them probably a couple days to return to normal behavior.
35:55But it's encouraging to see that they're moving around with post-release.
35:59So, we'll put the telemetry scanner in and make sure we can hear them.
36:10And he's beeping in with his code.
36:12So, that's a success.
36:13I mean, of course, we expect to hear them right now because we've just released them.
36:18We'll come back every day for the next few days and do this.
36:21Having the fish come out and recover from anesthesia so fast and being able to hear the tags,
36:27this is as good as this can go out doing this in the field like this.
36:34I'm really excited about tracking these fish in the days and weeks and months to come.
36:40I think it's going to be really fun.
36:41And we're going to get a lot of really good information out of it.
36:55I got a call from Lieutenant Esparza that he had received information
36:59regarding an individual who had obtained a Nevada hunting tag.
37:03I noticed on the hunt record detail information that we had that you did draw a muzzleloader
37:08deer and a muzzleloader elk, right?
37:10Yes, sir.
37:11All right.
37:11And since then, you disposed of your firearm?
37:13My daddy-in-law has a firearm.
37:15Okay.
37:16Did.
37:16At face value, the individual seems to be pretty forthcoming and honest from what we can tell.
37:21So, we're trying to figure out what kind of information we can get out of him further.
37:25You said it would be okay if we go ahead and look around a little bit to see if there's
37:28a firearm in there?
37:30Okay.
37:32I'm going to call my wife again.
37:36Hey, honey.
37:37You took the black powder rifles down to Dodge, right?
37:41No.
37:43They got a consent form for me to sign, and I'm going to wait for you to get here
37:47because I don't want to be in any trouble.
37:51Okay.
37:52So, she wants to wait until she gets here?
37:53Okay.
37:54That's fine.
37:55We can do that.
37:57Yeah.
37:58Like I said, I didn't lie to you.
38:00No.
38:00The guns were supposed to be gone, and they were probably in there, so I'm going to lie
38:05to you either way.
38:06Okay.
38:07I thought she took them to her dad's house, and I guess she didn't.
38:13Is this her?
38:15Okay.
38:15Don't get mad at me, because she gets mouthy.
38:18Oh, she does?
38:22Hi.
38:23How are you?
38:24I'm better.
38:25How are you?
38:26State game warden.
38:27I'm Fred.
38:28This is Buck.
38:29I'm ***.
38:29Hey, we're just here for information right now, okay?
38:33We're talking with ***.
38:34We got some information that you guys had some tags last year for deer and elk.
38:38Nobody's under arrest.
38:40Nobody's in detention right now.
38:42There's so many different rules out there, so listen.
38:44In 2012, there was a case that went to Nevada Supreme Court.
38:49They decided that convicted felons will be banned from having possession of antique or
38:57muzzleloader-type weapons.
38:59That was an actual decision made in Nevada, but that was quite a long time ago.
39:03That was in 2012.
39:05I mean, a lot of people don't stay on top of the case law.
39:08I want to give that to you guys, the case law, so you guys will have that.
39:12And then he did say, I think when you were on the phone, that he kept the tags.
39:17I did.
39:18I mean, it made sense to make sure we fill out that postcard, whether you hunt or not.
39:22So I went online and filled that postcard out that said, did you scout?
39:26No.
39:27Were you successful?
39:28No.
39:28Okay.
39:28Because, see, we filled out for that last year.
39:31Right.
39:31And then this year, when we went to register, that's when she's like, oh, no, no, you can't
39:36hunt.
39:36And it's like, wait.
39:37The other cop said we could hunt.
39:38She's like, oh, no, you can't hunt.
39:40Yeah.
39:41Are you guys in possession of the firearm here?
39:44The black powder?
39:45Yeah, I have it.
39:47Okay.
39:47Is it locked where he can't get it?
39:51He can't be in possession of it.
39:53So you can bring it to your dad's?
39:55Yeah, I can take it to my dad's.
39:56Okay.
39:56Yeah.
39:56And he lives here?
39:57Yeah, he lives right down the street.
39:59Can you do that while we're here?
40:00Yeah.
40:00Can you do that while we're here so that we don't have to take it?
40:02Nobody's going to freak out when I come out and talk?
40:04No.
40:05Actually, you mind if I go in with you just to make sure it's unloaded?
40:07That's fine.
40:08Okay.
40:09Due to the circumstances, there's a question as to whether or not he was within vicinity
40:13or actual possession.
40:15So at this time, we're removing the firearm from the dwelling, but it is not coming with
40:19us.
40:20I thank you guys for your cooperation.
40:23Overall, this interaction went fairly smooth.
40:26It started with the individual being a little bit less than honest or withholding information
40:31from us.
40:31But in the end, that individual decided to come forward with what was going on and the
40:36attacks that they had possessed and the animals they had killed in the past.
40:38So we are going to leave here today.
40:41Thank you for providing the information, and we'll keep in touch with you.
40:45And we are going to have discussions with the district attorney and see how the district
40:48attorney wants to move forward with this case.
40:50Yeah.
40:50So it's kind of an interesting set of circumstances.
40:54But, you know, they still had them, even though after they knew that they couldn't be hunting
40:59with them.
40:59They still had them in the closet in their own bedrooms.
41:01Yeah.
41:02So, you know, I know he knew where they were at.
41:05That's why he called his wife to ask where they were.
41:08I don't know what's going to happen.
41:09It's going to be kind of up to the district attorney on what he wants to do.
41:13Sounds like a plan.
41:14Okay.
41:14All right, man.
41:16Cool.
41:17See ya.
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