Former B.C. fisheries officer hosts new TV series highlighting wilder experiences of game wardens [Video]

Randy Nelson was an officer with Fisheries and Oceans Canada for 35 years, and in his time, he saw some stuff. 

So much, in fact, he’s turned his experiences and those of his colleagues across North America into a pair of books, and now, he’s got himself a television series. 

Wardens: Case Files blends storytelling from Nelson, the show’s host, and some of those wardens, along with reenactments — similar to CBC’s The Detectives. 

Nelson said the show was inspired by his second book, The Wildest Hunt, which details true stories from game wardens across North America. 

“Current game warden shows that are out there, they’re driving around, and it’s the day-to-day activities, and people think, oh, that’s kind of a cool job,” Nelson told CBC’s Daybreak Kamloops host Shelley Joyce.  

“But when they see what this is, it’s going to blow people away. Like scary stuff, funny stuff. It’s all over the map.”