Come on guys! Some of you are saying that you might get shot using this set up? So its ok to shoot someone that you percieve to be looking at you through a rifle scope, but its not ok to mount your spotting scope to rifle stock? That is ridiculous! If someone shoots at you then they are going to prison. Nobody wants to risk that.

RoundOak, just keep using your set up and things will be fine. Obviously, you cant paint it orange for coyote hunting. The Warden was in the wrong. He should not have been coming up on your set like that in the first place. If your going to be walking through land that people are hunting, your likely to get scoped out. If I am watching a creek bed, and I see motion in the brush, I put the scope on it. Standard hunting practice.

Dont recall if the OP mentioned it, but did the warden have a good amount of orange on so he wouldnt be shot?