Poachers Were My Prey: Eighteen Years as an Undercover Wildlife Officer

"You ain't no damn game warden, are ya?" the poacher snarled.

I looked him straight in the eye and lied. "Game warden? I ain't no game warden!"

The poacher paused, mulling over my answer, and added quietly, "Then why you askin' so many questions?"

Thus begins the story of R. T. Stewart's career as an undercover wildlife law enforcement officer with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. For nearly two decades, Stewart infiltrated poaching rings throughout Ohio, the Mid...