The Poacher's Nightmare

Stories of an Undercover Game Warden

De: Kennie Prince, James L. Cummins - editor, Alfred Nichols - foreword

Narrado por: Chris Abernathy

Racoons are not the only bandits wearing masks in the wilderness. Growing up, author Kennie Prince spent most of his time in the woods and creeks near his home in Rankin County, Mississippi. A highly skilled outdoorsman, Prince began his career with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1983 and dedicated his life to protecting Mississippi's fish and wildlife resources in dangerous undercover work. The Poacher's Nightmare: Stories of an Undercover Game Warden contains dozens of hair-raising accounts of covert wildlife operations, often spanning years, requiring ingenious planning, complicated secrecy, and deft coordination.

Prince infiltrated bloody-minded, wary criminal groups, winning their trust. When his traps were fully set, he involved other state and federal law enforcement officials to bring an abrupt halt to abominable thefts of vast fish and wildlife resources from the public trust. Smart, creative, knowledgeable, tenacious, disciplined, passionate, and a natural-born actor, Prince bore a unique skill set that made him an ideal fit for this perilous undertaking. This memoir details how Prince gained the confidence of tightly knit circles of loyal, leery poachers and put an end to their destructive evil.

©2023 University Press of Mississippi (P)2023 Tantor

Amen.

Loved it. It was almost as though I was there with the author making arrests.

Dedicated and devoted man of God

Awesome warden. Didn’t want to put it down. I love the outdoors and I appreciate the men and woman of law enforcement. Not afraid or ashamed or the gospel.

the story

Felt more like a conversation than a book. Great storytelling. not sure if it was the write or the fact he read his own words

Interesting stories mixed with way too much preaching.

I enjoyed most of this book, but the freqent repeating of "God is good!" and constantly talking about how he believes God directly caused everything that happened in his life became very tiresome. The narrator was great and most of the stories were interesting.

Christ and the outdoorsman come together in a must listen book!

Incredible book. Wild stories of covert Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks agents working some incredible cases and actually leading some of the targets of those investigations to find Christ. Phenomenally written and incredibly narrated. A must listen for any Christian outdoorsman. Or perhaps even better for those who don’t know Christ and the outdoors to find their way.

Great stories

Amazing stories great for anyone who enjoys the hunting stories or just the outdoors and wildlife

Of a former outlaw

This was informative and at times humorous but what I liked most, besides my familiarity with the areas discussed, was the testimony of faith this man has and its affect on his job Performance and on those he had interactions with.

Great book

Excellent book!

This is a very entertaining book especially knowing that the stories are true. This author, Kennie Prince, was a guest on a local radio morning talk show where this book was mentioned. I instantly bought it, listened to it, and loved it. I am so grateful I was listening to the radio that morning. Thank you to Mr. Prince for writing this.

Technically good storytelling that will probably leave you with mixed feelings

I have recently been on a kick of Wildlife books and law enforcement stories. The storytelling in this case is good and the narrator is excellent for this genre.

The problem arises with the content. while there are stories of genuine poachers harming wildlife, much of the content is related to "dangerous dope smokers" and people who are doing things like selling turtles to a zoo, or worse, raising wild turkeys saved from eggs recovered from controlled burns.

The author does a questionable job of discerning bad people from good people who are doing things that might be technically illegal but are not ethically wrong.

It just left a very unsatisfied feeling, wishing that this very competent officer would have spent more of his time targeting actual bad guys, which would have in turn made for a more enjoyable listen too.

Dragnet style of delivery and writing

Just the facts, Ma’am. The idea of the book is a good one but after what seems like a bunch of tales it feels as though there is a formula with switchups. I didn't like what felt like tongue-in-cheek sarcasm or what began to feel like tooting your own horn. I did like the vein of religion that appeared sporadically. I. Wonder if this collection of stories would feel a little more authentic if presented by a variety of performers.