Thursday, December 28, 2017

New technology challenging wildlife law enforcers

The officer's truck was backed into a

logging road, well hidden from anyone driving by the remote winter wheat field. It was about 2 am when he heard the shot. In the cold crisp air the sound of the high-powered rifle echoed through the darkness.
The officer called for nearby backup and eased out of his hiding place. It was a moonlit night so it was easy for the officer to roll down the dirt road without headlights, slowly approaching the area where the shot rang out. Up ahead in the glare of headlights turned into the edge of a field he could see two men dragging the dead deer. Before they could toss it in the back of their truck he had hit his blue lights, gunned the engine and slid to a stop, blocking the truck in. The officer raced to the driver's door grabbing the rifle resting on the truck's seat. The two poachers knew they'd been had.