Oklahoma Game Wardens Busy This Summer

While the hot weather has kept many Oklahomans inside in the air conditioning, unfortunately it has not kept poachers from taking advantage of the states wildlife resources, nor has it stopped game wardens from enforcing the state’s game laws.

“It’s no fun to be out there in the heat, but the Wildlife Department takes pride in working hard to stop the illegal taking of wildlife. We’ll be out there as long as the poachers are,” said Robert Fleenor, law enforcement chief for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Recently, game wardens in McCurtain County were sitting on a mountaintop while on patrol when they observed someone...