Summer brings more than 20 million visitors every to Maine...and more people means more work for the Game Wardens. "Downeast", Sergeant Craven corners a runaway ATV and later must determine which of two double-crossing friends is telling the truth.
It's summer in Vacationland. When the weather heats up the Maine Game Wardens head out on jet skis and speed boats to any of Maine's thousands of rivers or lakes to be sure everyone plays by the rules.
The end of summer is the busiest time of year for the Maine Warden Service, as the Wardens split their time patrolling the water and the woods. They're also on high-alert for criminals misusing the wilderness for illegal drug activity.
Warden Miller and Sgt. Annis, come across a family with a surprising collection of weapons in their car and that same night encounter an odd ATV driver. Corporal Rick Clowery is on patrol in Maine's white water rivers.
It's fall in Maine and waterfowl flock to that state.... and hunters are close behind. In southern Maine, wardens head into a wetland where they find hunters using illegal guns, ammo, and, drugs.
During moose season in Maine, sometimes family tradition... involves breaking the law. Sergeant Simmons investigates a murdered mother deer, while Warden Curtis and canine Cruizer search the backwoods of Downeast by moonlight to find a missing hunter.
Nothing riles up the Maine Game Wardens like poaching, and Sergeant Chris Simmons and a multi agency team search for the suspect of a heinous case of deer poaching.
Leaves fall off the trees, a chill is in the air and gun shots ring out across Maine Â- it's deer season, the most popular big game hunting season in the state.
As snow falls and temperatures drop Wardens are watching the Canadian border for illegal hunting. Warden MacCabe helps catch nuisance wild turkeys with a rocket net.
In the final episode of the season, North Woods Law looks back at the most pulse pounding stakeouts, hairiest animal encounters, and the biggest busts. Plus, a behind the scenes look at just what it takes to make a show about the Maine Game Wardens.
A notorious gang of poachers is up to their old tricks, the wardens stop some suspects from fleeing the state, and the forensic team investigates who shot at a woman in her backyard, nearly killing her.
The rule is clear, one hunter one deer. But some hunters are greedy and the wardens are there to stop them. A deputy joins his first night hunting stakeout, LaFlamme searches for an arrow that can help solve a mystery, and a family covers up a crime.
A Facebook post leads the wardens to a gang of poachers, when the ringleader skips bail they embark on a manhunt. The wardens capture a flock of nuisance wild turkeys and search all night for a rabbit hunter lost in the snowy woods.
A sledder takes a jump that lands him in the hospital and the wardens investigate the crash. The wardens chase down a group of drunk snowmobilers. A strange pile of animal parts in the snow leads the wardens to a family of poachers.
A smart phone with video evidence of a crime leads to a poacher. Two drunk sledders run over a warden and are chased through the woods. Herring hunts down a man that he knows with arrest warrants. LaFlamme helps a herd of deer in distress.
Teams use helicopters to radio-collar moose. The wardens rescue two skiers lost in the back country. A drunk sledder is caught and blames his nephew. A warden extinguishes a barn fire. A man with outstanding poaching warrants is arrested.
The wardens are on full alert as the tourist season begins. A crowded campground is being terrorized by a fox. A rowdy partygoer gets a little irresponsible on an ATV.
When a boy goes missing the entire warden service turns out for a massive multi-day search effort. A second search for a lost hiker stretched the wardens to the limit .A stakeout of salmon poachers catches a pair in the act. A new K-9 is trained.
Spring turkey hunting season and smelt runs have the wardens working night and day. Poached turkeys lead to a search warrant and stakeout for the suspects. Several animals are encountered including orphaned baby foxes, nuisance beavers, and a python. A team goes undercover to catch fish poachers.