Poachers Were My Prey

Eighteen Years as an Undercover Wildlife Officer

By: R. T. Stewart, W. H. "Chip" Gross

Narrated by: Corey M. Snow

"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 Midwest, and beyond. Poachers Were My Prey chronicles his many exciting undercover adventures, detailing the techniques he used in putting poachers behind bars. It also reveals, for the first time, the secrets employed by undercover wildlife officers in catching the bad guys.

In Poachers Were My Prey, listeners look over R. T. Stewart's shoulder as he deals with the temptations offered an undercover officer, including money, sex, and drugs, and watch as he gets the job done and brings the poachers to justice.

In his honest storytelling style, Stewart also recounts some of the more humorous episodes of undercover work, as when, early in his career, he was so nervous around a group of poachers that he inadvertently put a lit cigar in his mouth backwards.

Poachers Were My Prey will be enjoyed by listeners interested in law enforcement, wildlife, preservation, hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.

The book is published by The Kent State University Press.

©2012 The Kent State University Press (P)2013 Redwood Audiobooks

Very interesting and entertaining

I heard about R.T. on the Bear Grease Podcast. I thought the book was very entertaining and interesting to see behind the scenes how an undercover officer worked. If you enjoy the outdoors and/or hunting-this book would be a good one to get.

Amazing stories from a wildlife officer

If you love hunting, fishing, wildlife, or the outdoors then I think that you will enjoy this audiobook. The stories were captivating and very interesting.

Very good read/listen

I enjoyed this book, the stories were enticing and titillating. You were able to put yourself right into them and picture them.

A Decent Story

The stories were a good recounting from an era where it seemed everyone pushed or broke the legal limits. While I mostly enjoyed the stories, portions seemed embellished or fiction added to make the story more interesting. I got very tired of the continuous telling of the authors physical size-- 6' 4" and 320 pounds... He loved to recount how he scared or physically handled people with his size. He also loved to say he was 'hunting humans'... It got tiring to the point it degraded from the story. Good stories but the added BS made it seem kind phoney. Not bad, but by the end, I was done too..

Great stories and interesting perspective on wildlife crime

First heard about this book from the Bear Grease podcast. The book lived up to the hype!

Awesome stories about how major wildlife poaching operations were busted.

More entiertaining than i thought it would be.

Great read/listen, inspirational to young sportsmen/women and a great message to the general public. Big thanks to the men and women that give up there personal freedoms to fight for the rights of the outdoors. Interesting the whole way through listen to the whole thing in one sitting.

Great book

Please get the actual authors to narrate. I heard RT on the bear grease podcast and it was hard to listen to the guy's voice who they got to narrate it.

very entertaining listen

kept me interested and entertained the entire time. I definitely recommend this to anyone interested in such material.

Great book, lacking narrator

I really enjoy the book, it’s stories, and theme, but the narrator fell short. At times I felt as if a computer was reading the book.

The dangerous job these officers do.

Awesome story! This is a great book! A must read for anyone looking to get into wildlife law enforcement.