• While working the G-6 deer zone, Warden Benson stopped a vehicle at night and attempted to explain to the occupants how they could legally hunt varmints in the local area. The occupants of this vehicle kept interrupting him, stating that they knew the regulations and reluctantly took a regulations book. Approximately one hour later, Warden Benson watched the occupants of a vehicle spotlight in the area he had just left. He stopped the vehicle only to cite two of the occupants he had spoken with earlier.

• Warden Icanberry investigated an interesting CalTIP hunter trespass case out of Dos Palos. The reporting parties said they had seen a pheasant hunter trespassing on private property. When they contacted the trespasser, he made threats and brandished a shotgun. Warden Icanberry obtained statements from eyewitnesses, who gave a physical description of the suspect and his vehicle, including its California license plate number. A quick check through the Sacramento dispatch located the suspect's residence and determined that he was a felon. Warden Icanberry requested assistance from the local Sheriff's Office. Arriving at the residence, a deputy and Warden Icanberry attempted to contact the violator. The suspect suddenly exited the rear of the house with a shotgun in hand. After several tense moments and commands to put the gun down, the suspect reentered the house. This began a two-hour barricade situation with the subject refusing to give himself up to law enforcement. Seventeen deputies were called to the scene. After two hours of negotiations, the suspect gave himself up and was arrested on charges of a felon in possession of a gun and evading arrest. Warden Icanberry and deputies obtained a search warrant for the residence, finding the shotgun, along with two freshly killed pheasants. In addition to the penal code violations, the suspect will be charged with hunter trespass and brandishing a gun.

• A squirrel hunter cited by Warden Crooker for not having a hunting license in possession came into court with a license he had purchased after the citation. The hunter claimed that he had taken the license home and put it into a dresser drawer and that someone must have altered it while it was in the dresser. The judge had a hard time believing the hunter's excuse and charged him with a felony: presenting an altered document to the court.

• A subject cited by Warden Conely for taking dove out of season turned out to be a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. This was discovered by a Tulare County Deputy District Attorney who then filed additional charges.

• In one of Warden Marsh's cases, three subjects were found guilty of shooting ducks from a vehicle. The judge in this case fined the three subjects a total of $2,715 and, in addition to probation, sentenced each one to complete 40 hours of community service.