Two new rookies from the 59th cadet class of Texas game wardens work their first cases; game wardens rescue soft-shell turtles caught on illegal trotlines on Llano River; searching for a hunter lost in the Big Thicket Preserve in east Texas.

Across the state, Texas game wardens busily enforce fish and game law; an injured bald eagle needs medical attention; game wardens go undercover to catch someone selling illegal alligator parts; a tip leads to an angler with multiple undersized fish.

The start of dove season in Texas; in Beaumont, road hunters get an early start on deer season during a decoy sting; lassoing a rogue gator near Texarkana; on the Gulf Coast, undersized angling means citations.