Undercover Game Warden Stories with Kennie Prince | MS Outdoors Podcast

In this episode of the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast, we delve into the life and adventures of Kennie Prince, retired conservation officer and author of "The Poacher’s Nightmare: Stories of an Undercover Game Warden." Kennie shares his extensive experience in wildlife conservation, law enforcement, and the art of trapping. He recounts thrilling stories from his career, detailing his encounters with poachers and his role in protecting Mississippi's wildlife.
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[@BryanCrapo]

He was one of my pronghorn antelope guides in Douglas WY. Super nice man. He was helping a family friend for a couple weeks guide along with another one of his friends. Had great stories to tell

[@anitafisch7558]

Trapping will teach you so much about the ways of wildlife that cross over to all game species.

[@frankgonzales2462]

Extremely enjoyed your interview with Mr.Prince excellent job Mr.Wyatt!! Will be purchasing book asap !! God bless!🙏

[@jakewilson7112]

Very interesting man. The fact he holds no animosity is truly commendable.

[@jameswatson4110]

Thank you Matt and Kenny. This was a really good session-fascinating!👍

[@mknmemories1]

Yeah I knew several undercover game wardens that infiltrated big hunting operation killing deer in South Texas it was crazy to hear their stories how they infiltrated and made friends and hooked up with these guys over a year

[@matthenry7378]

You mean this “Christian” made a living lying and collecting intel for an authoritarian government while claiming to serve the God of forgiveness and freedom?

[@Stan_L]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@dennisdial7872]

Love this yall as NWCO in the state of Louisiana it's good to see this type information. Keep up the good work

[@Istandwithjason]

That story about the commercial fisherman had to take place at breakfast at the pelehatchie bay trading post!!!!!

[@oriir6431]

100% only place it could be

[@glennramsey917]

This guy gets it .. its just a job .. i see he is a Christian first and a game warden 2nd .. thats respectful .

[@rabbithomesteading3797]

LOL I get what you said. And understand. But a Christian fist is funny! No disrespect it was a typo that turned funny to me is all. Hey when I typo it is not funny. lol But without typo and real comment...Yes I agree with you!

[@glennramsey917]

@@rabbithomesteading3797 i dont see a typo .. when you put God first everything else seems to fall into place .. he confronted ppl with love and respect thats why they respected him .

[@saddletramp1860]

​@@glennramsey917 You wrote fist not first.

[@glennramsey917]

@@saddletramp1860 lol i looked ofer that id bet a dozen times .. my bad .. im gonna fix it now .. thanks my friend . Lol

[@shawnrieser6299]

The bad guys that find Jesus become the good guys

[@GettingToHeaven]

Pretty entertaining. Thanks for the video!

[@groverblack1332]

Very interesting! Great guy

[@michaelsiengo1]

Great video and wonderful stories

[@alanmeyers3957]

Basically he was a poacher that became a game warden!

[@tigercat73]

I was raised on the pearl river down here in Se Louisiana from the town of pearl river. Great stories

[@DavidBowCrazyBabyak86]

Iv listened to this book and loved it.

[@johnessmyer4665]

If all law enforcement people had this man’s ethics and humanity there would be much less trouble.

[@alanmeyers3957]

What a good man!

[@user-li5vh4ex1v]

I awill have to check out his book!!! You should have an interview with Scott Werbelow, a game warden in Meeteetse WY. He has started a boook series. Som ot a Poacher. Worthh the read!!¡!¡!

[@ejsocci2630]

Great interview and I sure can relate and have a lot of law enforcement buddies,

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

All the old River Rats have passed away around here. Being a game warden is boring now. Folks are to fat and lazy to illegal fish and hunt!

[@user-bh3uv6vx9g]

I'll be a river rat til the day I die

[@alanmeyers3957]

I respect him becoming friends, it doesn’t work that way up here in Washington state, you get caught poaching and you are labeled a pos!

[@pauldombrowski2330]

John Borkovich from Michigan is another CO/Author. Great read

[@SFERDIAN]

Just bought the book

[@johnpugh327]

Sign me up for a copy. Haven't hunted in years but, know that I've broken or, at least bent a few rules in my youth. Have always admired game wardens more than any other law enforcement agencies because they are constantly dealing with armed people. Also, the most professional and courteous officers.

[@dalemitchell2006]

My son-in-law bought me a book written by the local game warden from when I was a much younger man. As I'm reading it, I found out that I made his memoirs. He caught me spearing northern pike. This was over 40 years ago, If memory serves me correctly, I paid a fine of 185 dollars. And lost the fish, and spear. Pretty expensive fish fry.

[@Leprechaun-qv6mo]

@@dalemitchell2006there’s so many rules to keep up with though, up here in Pa it’s ridiculous. Since it’s already documented I ran into a warden like him, bushcraft is illegal in most of Pa but I had gotten kicked out and built myself a cabin and nice little camp. It was taken to court and he testified that it was survival and that I built a better camp than anyone in the 30yrs he was working at the age of 24. 8 years later I have a contract with the state to trap nuisance wildlife because of his blessing.

[@alan30189]

@@Leprechaun-qv6mo you need to proofread your comments. Some of it doesn’t make any sense.

[@Leprechaun-qv6mo]

@@alan30189 or just learn how to read.

[@DonutVIP]

Been hunting since 19, been going with my old man since 7, always follow the regulations because his wise word to me was, pay the licenses fee, or rather loose 10x that amount and get ban from ever hunting and fishing again. 30 now and I can't wait to go back out every year

[@jaysimmons6268]

Link for book?

[@Istandwithjason]

Kenny’s dad was the salt of the earth man and would give you the shirt off his back and little kenny got it honest. Spent a lot of time at their place past the old adkins taxidermy fork on 471!!!!

[@user-td1fi6vu2t]

Game management is everybody's job. Honest science for game control keeps herds and populations in line with the habitat.

[@shanebolerhunting]

I hunt the Pearl. Have my whole life

[@kalbfleisch61]

How do you contact him about speaking at our annual Eastport Baptist Church Sportsman’s banquet we have grown from 45 persons at our very first to this year to this our 15 th year we had close to 450 in attendance we are always looking for a new speaker

[@frankspataro9714]

Sounds like he was a good poacher turned warden lol

[@tolt1776]

Outlaws make the best Lawmen. Now it's just vaxxed out boot lickers. Criminals commit crimes and get caught. Outlaws don't get caught.

[@Killada3pt]

Pronghorn(American "antelope") only shed the sheath of their horn. It's not an antler. But we know what you meant.

[@jason6325]

Tell mr jeff hicks i said hello. From Arkansas. Hell know who i am. Thanks for what you guys do.

[@Know_Your_Enemy]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ “Hey Jeff, @jason6325 said Hello”.. “Ohhh Yes I sure do Know @jason6325 & his brothers @jason6326 & @jason6327”!!!!

[@salacommander2674]

@@Know_Your_Enemy"Jason from Arkansas said hello". 🤦‍♂️

[@jamesjonson1285]

I stopped fishing because of Game Wardens.

[@jeffvail5149]

A game warden is nothing to worry about if you're legal. Im assuming you weren't so , good decision

[@marcushester8179]

Quitter...

[@justinthomas226]

They also needlessly harass good people and have no respect for private property.

[@russellmoore5711]

So the government owns all the wildlife?

[@jamesjonson1285]

@@jeffvail5149 I am a ordained Minister. You have a good day also.

[@stevedean418]

I live in North Carolinas near the South Carolina line and I respect NC fish and game and the SCDNR and as a outdoorsmen I due my best to follow all rules and regulations and try to keep our oceans and fresh water body’s clean and healthy but for 5 years a NC game warden lived in a house that borders my farm and I’ve caught him on my farm doing illegal shit he would lock other people up for multiple times. Just because you are some sort of public official doesn’t give you the right to enforce rules on other while you don’t follow the same set of rules. There shouldn’t be a double standard. I also have a house in a decent sized private lake with no public access or boat ramp and from time to time I would let the game warden launch from my boat ramp with a simple request of leaving my property in the same shape or better then when you entered it and he failed to do that so I changed the locks and haven’t heard from him or seen him on said private lake anymore.

[@joeywarren2998]

Long branch salon

[@Scott-qy2ts]

$5-$6 a lb for CRAPPIE!? BRB, grabbing my poles

[@Filling_tags]

If you pay for a fishing license… take legal limits. Why the heck can’t I sell it if I choose to……

[@DonutVIP]

I guess FDA crap like that, we know it's healthier than slaughter house meat

[@danorris5235]

You absolutely can. It's just illegal to do so if you're not paying all the premiums and abiding by all the increased restrictions and regulations involved in doing so like a commercial fisherman does in MOST areas. There are some exceptions. Some states and even counties are super weird about it going both directions. Kinda shocking depending on where you live. I'm not trying to be rude or mean, but call your commissioner (or whatever they call the position where you are) and I'm sure you'll be given the information you're looking for, or at least pointed in the right direction on how to find it and read it for yourself. They're super helpful about that kind of stuff in my state. I suspect they get some kind of incentive to have increased positive informational interactions with the public.

[@mrmatthew2443]

Where I live we’d have to get a commercial tag , permit or license., not too expensive..

[@DonutVIP]

Oh haha comment got deleted like always, soft KZbin

[@michaelsiengo1]

If you found an antelope shed, can I have it because we will be multi millionaires

[@bryanwalker1994]

I thought the same thing but looked it up and Pronghorn is the exception on shedding horns. Never knew but don’t see many on the east coast lol.

[@michaelsiengo1]

@@bryanwalker1994 look again

[@newcaloutdoors505]

It's nice to see people still know how to use Google ​@@bryanwalker1994

[@butterfinger1171]

I don't think poachers have nightmares until after there in prison.

[@Istandwithjason]

I hope the dove stories are in that book where he would hide under the trucks till the hunt was over. Kenny would get his man or damn near die trying. If he got paid by trh hour he would be a billionaire

[@REPR100]

This guy was a poacher that just didn’t get caught then screwed the lives of people he caught

[@brandon779]

11:24 I understand the goal for the overall good but that’s borderline entrapment

[@mitchmiles1545]

Made a career out of entrapment. Got it

[@murrismiller2312]

entrapment MEANS you dont know what you are getting into .... CLEARLY - U KNOW 😮

[@mitchmiles1545]

@@murrismiller2312 im pretty sure the guys he was running drugs with didnt know he was a warden- entrapment

[@joeywarren2998]

Entrapment-- Means the law got u to do something u normally don’t do, like if it was not for them u would not be doing it, there is no entrapment law in ms, if there was they would not have caught hardly anyone,

[@danorris5235]

​@@joeywarren2998 I have no idea about MS, but you're right about entrapment. You can't set a guy up and trick him into doing something illegal. But if he freely does something illegal without being influenced to do so that's clean. If he offers to sell you drugs that's pretty much a slam dunk. If you were complaining about your back pain, needing to relax, or that you love weed that's all kosher. If you hand him a bag of pot and then arrest him that's not. 😂

[@joeywarren2998]

BJ Johnson

[@murrismiller2312]

yup

[@murrismiller2312]

workin on being a saint

[@barrywinfree6845]

Can’t stand them uncover is a crime to me in Florida these guys have to much authority the regulations are so bad. You have to have a book with you everywhere you go sick of them.

[@KyleC0430]

So basically entrapment!!, them seeing money exchanged they prob just thought heck I can take a deer and make some also! So they did! Sounds alot like entrapment to me ! 🤦 🤦🏿‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️ now had they not sold the dope it would have been petty of the law ! But when they decided to sale dope or do dope we have a problem! You got lucky sir if had a few choice words

[@cohenbryan8822]

Let’s give felony charges to American citizens first selling fish….. Tyrants

[@macaddict73]

Uhhhhhhh auto weapons? Done

[@Questionsociety4truth]

It’s RAWLINS, not RawlINGS

[@GaryGraffeo]

This will probably not be very popular . But who is the state of government to tell a man what his God given rights are to hunt or to fish ? By what authority ? Hint . A American State National doent even have to talk with a game warden . We are above such insulting notions .

[@user-zx6kz6ts3o]

It's your God-given right to have camp meat if the Law treated illegals like this it wouldn't be popular, I can't go along with him or his methods.

[@danorris5235]

Game regulations are absolutely insane in some places. Kid you not in MN for a period of time if you caught a walleye and filleted it, cut the cheeks out, and accidentally tore the fish you had four walleyes out of that one fish. That's right. You're getting burned for having two fish and being over the limit when the limit for that lake is six. It's not that way anymore, but for a while guys were getting slammed for making more use of the fish. Just nuts.

[@triplehfarmsllc7348]

I turned a guy I had a guy setting in my tree stand I a piece of private land I hunted for 17+ years and it just happened the guy had worked for the land owners son and he gotten permission from the son to hunt the place well. The guy had a rifle no orange in now season. I seen his truck and asked the land owner he said no one was as allowed to hunt but me and said it might be his sons truck and I didn’t think anymore of it well me and my wife go hunting and walk in and here sets the guy in my stand with a gun and I’m really good with my local warden and so is my wife and his wife well she sends a picture to to his wife and I get a first name from the guy and we leave and he packs up and leaves also lol well before I can call him he calls me and I give him all the info and everything I had and plate number well the guy loses his gun atv and all kinda stuff and he has shot idk how many big bucks and stuff and that’s why he got in so much trouble well couple weeks go by and I get a call from the son he is pissed saying why did I turn him in and I had no right to use the law to handle him that I should have came to him blah blah blah guy acts like he wants to fight and stuff well I lost the land to hunt in the end the land owner passed away weeks later and the son got the place but fit rubbed me wrong and I told him if I was a butt I could turn him I. For allowing the guy to poach and hunt illegally and I could but didn’t and the guy was charged and I think still poaching cause last hour he shot a buck that’s now in the records book in bow season and I’d say it was with a rifle from the looks of the hole. But I hate poachers

[@danielstrother2494]

It’s extremely hard to read when you don’t use punctuation.

[@user-bh3uv6vx9g]

​@@danielstrother2494it's really not you're just nit picky looking for something to complain about I read it and understood what he said just fine

[@danielstrother2494]

Stop with the whole “being a conservation officer is dangerous”. It’s not. It’s much safer than being a carpenter or even a carpet layer. Its actually an extremely safe job.

[@mikeoc217]

I was friends with several game wardens up north. I can't stand poachers. Helped catch a number of them. As well I was a rep for "Hunters for the Hungry". I helped catch a butcher shop selling the venison folks donated to the needy he had been selling for $7+ a #. I guess if you're a bandit you wouldn't like them. The laws are there so everyone gets to participate. If ya let the outlaws run lose there'd be no fish or game for others. I'm adding this read to my collection for sure! 🦌🐗🐻🫎🦃👍🏻💯🇺🇸