David Foret epitomizes the description that an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission game warden isn’t truly ever off the clock. The Mountain Home-based game warden first class was spending a day away from the job turkey hunting with his brother in 2024 when they saw a poacher scattering bait nearby to attract turkeys.
The next day, Foret was back on duty. He found a hunting blind and cell camera near the dumped milo, and for the next six days he observed the bait site before eventually coming up on the man and another hunter with shotguns and decoys entering their blind. He cited the men for hunting violations.
Another time, when he was able to get in some fishing, Foret saw a crappie angler fishing from a private dock, catching what appeared to be more than his limit of fish, some undersized, and placing them in a submerged basket. He returned to the dock in his work clothes the next day, and the angler was there again, repeating what he’d done the day before. Foret eventually cited the angler for fishing without a license, catching crappie under the size regulation, and catching more than the daily limit…