The Wildest Hunt, Randy Nelson
The Wildest Hunt, Randy Nelson
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The Wildest Hunt
True Stories of Game Wardens and Poachers

Author: Randy Nelson

Narrator: Kent Klineman

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/28/2024


Synopsis

A lively collection of wilder-than-fiction poaching stories from across Canada and the US, including insights from investigating officers involved in real poaching situations.

Get ready to hear some of the wildest true crime imaginable. Showcasing fish and wildlife poaching stories from every province and territory in Canada and every state in the United States, decorated fishery officer Randy Nelson offers a thrilling look into a dangerous industry.

With insights gathered through thousands of phone calls and emails to investigating officers, The Wildest Hunt collects over one hundred North American fish and wildlife officers' stories, with tales ranging from absolutely disgusting to hysterically hilarious. Nelson takes listeners across North America, from busting turtle-trafficking rings in Oklahoma to collecting a fourteen-and-a-half foot beluga whale from a bus in Saskatchewan.

Nelson's entertaining stories also shed light on the important work of fish and wildlife officers, and the often messy, sometimes dangerous situations they must face, as well as how important the public can be in solving wildlife crime.

About Randy Nelson

Randy Nelson was born and raised in Saskatchewan and moved to the BC coast for a job as a fishery officer without ever having seen a salmon. He has since become the most decorated fishery officer in the history of the province, having received multiple awards, such as the international Pogue-Elms Award and the Queen's Jubilee Medal, in his thirty-five year career. Randy is an accomplished athlete, having raced in over two hundred competitions including ten marathons. He used that running ability to literally run down and catch hundreds of poachers. He has also curled over four thousand games and played in numerous national championships, including the Brier, Seniors, Masters, and Canadian Police Nationals. Randy is also the author of Poachers, Polluters and Politics. He lives in Kamloops, British Columbia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on July 05, 2023

There are over a hundred stories of how wildlife officers get their man (I do not recall any woman mentioned). The author uses humour to describe the many situations where the poachers are found out. He, of course, has no respect for poachers and characterizes most of them as bumbling fools. Some of......more

Goodreads review by Don on April 29, 2025

Interesting stories that need to be told, but many are too brief and require more filling out to justify Nelson's disdain for poachers. I worked for a fish & wildlife agency and know the hard work officers do to protect natural resources. It's a thankless job Nelson was trying to highlight, but abbr......more

Goodreads review by Heather on April 30, 2023

A fun tromp through the ridiculousness of poachers and their attempts to kill shit. The writing is a bit simple, but the tales are interesting...what were they thinking? Added bonus for educating me about poaching and the laws.......more