John Nores - Hunter, Warden, Conservation, Hidden War

California Game Warden Lt. John Nores, now retired, has been at the forefront and on the front lines of an under-reported battle against thousands of drug cartel members who grow toxic marijuana on U.S. soil. Not only does black market marijuana cultivation undermine legitimate growers, but it endangers lives and wildlife populations unimagined. Jay breaks down the book Hidden War with Author John Nores and talks deer hunting in John's home state of Montana.

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Warden's Watch and Thin Green Line Podcasts
Whitetails and Mule Deer
Influences to Become a Game Warden
Loving Wildlife, Hunter Ethos and Conservation
Dumb College Kids and a Warden on Patrol, San Jose State
Side Note - Hunters are Not Poachers, and Vice Versa
Psychology of a Poacher
Hunters are Ethical Stewards of Wildlife, Poachers are Criminals
Serial Killers
Hitting a Nerve
Retirement, Sort Of - Authoring Hidden War
Politics, Marijuana, and Orange Buckets
Premise of Hidden War, Unconventional Connections to Drugs
Deportable Immigration, Black Market Cannabis
Pesticides and Insecticides
Human Health Issues for Cannabis Consumers
Nerve Toxins
Ah Ha Moment, Bigger Problem than Just Poaching
Water Diversions, Check Dams, Waterlines, Erosion, Cartel Growers
Tending Gardens with AK47s, Oh Crap Moment
Sherriff's Department MET Team
An Environmental Element to the Game
The Job is Only Half Way Done
Stopping the Grow, Savings the Blacktail
Predator, The Movie - Drug Cartel Trophy Bucks on the Wall
Marijuana Buds are Catnip to Deer
Ex-Seal Teams and Special Forces becoming Game Wardens, I Want In
Why Cross the Border?
A One Way Panga Boat in the Surf and Drug Drops in the Shadows
Characters, Code Names, Fur Missile Phoebe
Apprehension Dogs and Taking Out Grow Sites
Wild Justice - Female K9 Malinois
Dog Training - Detecting Grow Sites 2 Miles Away
Never Biting and Officer
Knuckle Bone and Pup Apollo
Destroying Ecologic, Developing Special Ops, Snipers
Frog
He We Got Sniper Now, On Vacation
Ballistics Nerd
2nd Edition of Hidden War
Correct Gear for Different Terrains in California
Progress?
44% Reclamation of Raided Grow Sites
We Failed a Bunch
Would Legalization of Marijuana Help Eliminate the Destruction?
Challenges, The Message, Joe Rogan Podcast, Outreach
Col Oliver North
The Plaza Bosses, Were Gonna Out Produce You
Growers are Amazing Farmers
Putting Down the Rifle, Picking Up the Pen
Needle in a Stack of Needles, Grow Reports Outpace Poacher Calls
The Grow Season
Let's Talk about Deer Hunting, An Outdoorsman
Hunting is Life, Strength, Confidence, Grounding
Timber Whitetail of Montana
Sneeking on those that Need to be Snuck
Heavy Stuff Mental from a Bust
An Hour and a Half Hike Each Day, Single Seat Climber
Video Capture Old School
NFL, Let's Review Some Tape
The Benoit Club
A Journal in the Stand
A Monster on the Main Trail
Scope Tattoo
Bucks Reacting to Change
Beat the Predator
10 Rapid Fire Questions
Fill and Flow
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