I wish the individuals involved well and hope they win. I think "intent" should be taken into account, they had no intention to trespass or hunt on private property (hence why G&F didn't cite)
Incorrect. They had no intention to hunt. They had every intention to trespass, knowing that they would unavoidably pass through clearly marked private property and doing so anyways.
There are two statutes at play here - plain trespassing and trespassing to hunt. The later is enforced by Game and Fish. The former, by normal law enforcement. This was a violation of the former but not the latter, so G&F stayed out of it.
