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Game Warden’s Journal

ACCOUNTS FROM THE FIELD BY THE PUBLIC
SERVANTS WHO ENFORCE THE FISH AND
WILDLIFE LAWS OF OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma Game Wardens Jay Harvey and Jim Gillham,
both based in Atoka County, and Andrew Potter, based
in Choctaw County, made a “shocking discovery” while
patrolling the Kiamichi and Red Rivers by boat in McCur-
tain County in southeastern Oklahoma during the July
Fourth weekend. They saw a jon boat on the riverbank,
connected to a tractor stuck in the sand. Onboard the boat
in plain view was only a
cooler and four dip nets.
Moments later, a sec-
ond tractor appeared
from the woods with two
jet skis. One of these jet
skis was rigged with ille- Game Warden John Grellner, based in Canadian County,
gal fish electro-shock- recently participated in a Lanterns for Literacy family reading
ing equipment. Wardens event at Gilmour Elementary School in Kingfisher. Students
interviewed suspects, and their families gathered on the school lawn to listen to
issued citations, and Grellner read stories and share information about some of
seized the illegal equip- Oklahoma’s wildlife.
ment.

Game Warden Josey Branch,
based in Tulsa County, is inves-
tigating an event that occurred
the evening of July 4 or early
hours of July 5. Several dead
Canada geese were found laid
out on the 11th Street bridge
over the Arkansas River in
Tulsa.
Branch received an anon-
ymous phone call about the
birds. It is suspected the geese
were purposely hit with a vehi-
cle. This area is not normally a
high activity area for geese.
Anyone with information about this event is asked to contact
Branch at (918) 857-5557. Callers can remain anonymous and
could receive a cash reward.

(Reports from the Oklahoma Game Wardens Facebook page.)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Please help make a difference! When violators
break the law, they steal fish and wildlife from you! Report violations
anonymously by calling Operation Game Thief at (800) 522-8039.
You could earn a cash reward.

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