PORTLAND -- As thousands of Oregon hunters head to the woods this month for deer and elk hunting seasons, the state game officers report that some folks don’t play by the rules and regulations.

But officers are getting some helping hands this season.

Volunteers from the Oregon Hunters Association have step forward to crack down on Bullets and Greed in the great outdoors. The volunteers are catching game law violators in the act and -- on camera!

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It is peak of the fall hunting seasons as the game officers place a deer decoy in just the right spot in rural Yamhill County.

It’s an area that the officers have had complaints from legal hunters. Some people are shooting after dark and that’s a clear violation of Oregon hunting rules.

Todd Hoodenpyl, an OSP Fish and Wildlife officer, explained to KGW what they look for when they place a decoy in the woods:

"First and foremost, we place the decoys in an area where we’ve had numerous complaints. Usually, it’s a mainline road where lots of folks are going in or coming out of the woods. That location gives us a wide variety of people; not only campers, hikers, and hunters but often times, shooters. It gives us the most bang for the buck.”

The officers know that their buck decoys may get shot full of holes but that’s okay. That’s because a hundred yards away Jim Kelly catches people who pull the trigger – on video.

Kelly explained, “some people want a deer or elk so bad, they're willing to do anything to get it - even break the law. They just get carried away.”

Kelly has been catching lawbreakers in the act with his video camera for the past fifteen hunting seasons. He’s seen it all through the years; people who shoot from inside their vehicles, hunt without a license or worse.

“I have watched people nearly shoot their partner when they get out of the vehicle because of the way they handle a firearm. Sometimes hunting safety goes out the window – a few times I’ve even seen people shoot through their vehicles,” he said.

Jim Kelly and his partner, Ron Niehus, are both members of the Oregon Hunters Association. They volunteer with OSP and donate equipment to help out during the fall hunting seasons. In fact, Kelly is something of a big believer in volunteerism to the agency – he gives more than 500 hours of his time to help OSP each year.

Why so many hours?

“Oh, that easy,” Kelly noted. “Each deer that's shot illegally out here costs the state of Oregon because of the time and effort that goes into managing the animals. Plus, when someone illegally kills a deer or elk, say at night – they’ve just stolen that animal from the legal hunter. It’s all about protecting the resource and making sure people do the right thing.”

Within minutes of setting up the deer decoys, a lone vehicle cruises down the quiet roadway, it’s headlamps light up the decoys and the driver hits the brakes.

He backs up and exits the vehicle – he kneels and fires off a quick round from his rifle.

After the shooting, the driver attempts to leave the scene, but doesn’t get far – two OSP trucks converge on the rig.

The driver is questioned and we learn a sobering truth from OSP officer Ryan Howell: “He already filled his deer tag yesterday and he was planning on putting his wife's tag on this deer - so that's a problem!”

It is a problem because hunting for someone else is a clear violation of Oregon’s hunting regulations.

The spent casing is picked up, notes from the volunteers are compared and citations are written.

OSP game officer, Doug Shuggart, tells KGW that the volunteers fill an important role by helping to stop bullets and greed.

“When you go to court and you've got that video it's really profound! Hear the gunshots, see the gun barrel come out of the vehicle. It lets the judge and the jury see what actually took place with their own eyes,” he explained.

Kelly told us that for him, he sees a simpler reason to be a volunteer: to keep people honest.

“Ron and I believe in having a level playing field for all of the hunters – to make it fair for everybody. So we’ll keep lending a hand as long as we can," he said.

Kelly will continue to make sure that people play fair long after the sun goes down along a lonely road in Yamhill County.

Additional information can be found on the Oregon Hunters' Association Web site.