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So, there's this show called, "Dark Woods Justice," which follows real game wardens in the Pacific Northwest. They had a couple episodes about tree poachers. I'd never heard of tree poaching, but apparently it can be very lucrative. They have a particular maple tree that grows wild up there with very beautiful wood that is prized for certain guitars. This is the tree most poachers are after because one tree can net them $10,000 on average. They sneak way into the wilderness on public land, cut the trees down, and haul the wood out in pieces, and sell it on the black market. I thought the show was very interesting and, if I went into poaching, I think tree poaching would be the easiest kind: they're extremely easy to sneak up on and subdue.