The Poacher's Nightmare

Stories of an Undercover Game Warden

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

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

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

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.

Amen.

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

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.