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Nov. 22, 2017

Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 22, 2017

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Nov. 17, 2017

Texas Game Wardens Bag High Profile Trophy Deer Poachers

AUSTIN – Deer hunters will go to great lengths in pursuit of a trophy white-tailed buck; poachers are willing to go farther, breaking ethical rules and game laws designed to protect and conserve one of Texas’ most prized wildlife resources.

Nov. 10, 2017

Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 10, 2017

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Nov. 7, 2017

Fugitive Involved in Shootout with Texas Game Warden Captured

AUSTIN – Texas game wardens, with assistance from U.S. Marshalls and the Dallas Police Department, have taken into custody a suspect involved in a firefight with law enforcement following a shooting incident at a bar in the West Texas town of Haskell early Sunday morning.

Oct. 27, 2017

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 27, 2017

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Oct. 20, 2017

TPWD Issues Statement Regarding Fatal Sailboat Accident Report

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently completed a report regarding a fatal sailboat accident on Lake O’ the Pines that resulted in the deaths of three Boy Scouts. The report was prepared by Texas Game Wardens who responded to this incident and by the agency’s statewide boating accident reconstruction and mapping team that handled the investigation.

Oct. 13, 2017

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 13, 2017

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Sept. 29, 2017

Lampasas County Man Indicted in Deaths of Bald Eagles, Vultures

AUSTIN – A Lampasas County grand jury has returned an indictment against a Bend, Texas, man on two counts of killing bald eagles, a protected non-game animal. Jackie Brister, 82, also faces additional charges alleging he captured and killed numerous other non-game birds, including black vultures and turkey vultures.

Game Warden Field Notes, Sept. 29, 2017

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Sept. 14, 2017

Game Warden Field Notes, Sept. 14, 2017

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.