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Operation Night Cat, Episode 1: Why Did the Deer Cross the Road?

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

“Operation Night Cat” is a special three-part series from NHPR’s Document team and Outside/In. Episode 1: Why Did the Deer Cross the Road?  A New Hampshire Fish and Game warden follows a tip to a man’s backyard. He finds a twisted game of one-upmanship with digital trophy rooms. This episode contains strong language. For a full list of credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org.   SUPPORT Operation Night Cat is made possible with listener support. Click here to support independent, investigative journalism.  Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode contains strong language.

0:05.6

What's the name of the creek?

0:06.9

This is Merrimetton River.

0:07.9

Merrimeton River, okay.

0:08.7

Yep.

0:09.2

So we'll go up here.

0:11.0

Ron Arsenault is on patrol.

0:13.8

He's a conservation officer with New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department.

0:17.4

We were walking along this little river, looking for folks breaking the law.

0:23.6

This is all general fishing, so this is open for anything. And this goes all the way up to merrimating.

0:25.6

It's a cold, windy spring morning.

0:27.6

Not too great for fishing, and there's no one really on the water.

0:31.6

Ron is bundled up in a green fishing game jacket, black boots, same uniform he wears every day.

0:38.5

And then, Ron spots something.

0:41.7

Ooh, look what we have here.

0:43.6

A length of rope just under the water.

0:46.3

He starts pulling it in.

0:48.0

These are always fun.

0:49.6

Never know what you're going to get.

0:52.7

So this is somebody's minnow trap,

0:55.4

and they're supposed to have their name on their trap.

1:00.9

So, it looks like a crayfish in there.

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