I know Adam well and have for years. He is the type of kid you could count on if you ever broke down to come help you out anywhere/anytime. I know this story first hand as well. He was not even the hunter. He knew the guy that had the tag and the guy filled it legally on private land that they had premission to hunt. These joker came in with an AR-15 and handguns waving at them. It was a bunch of crap and there will likely be a legal case made for it. His boy never calmed down for hours after having some guy come in screaming at the top of his lungs waving a AR-15 around scaring the crap out of him. I hope these jacka$$es get just what they have coming to them.
And for those that are giving a bunch of crap about the hunt because where the elk where.....let me ask you, those guys scouted that herd for weeks prior. They got permission up and down the river. They found the elk after beating the brush for hours and hours looking for them in the last place they expected, down by the mouth. The bull they had been after and chasing/scouting for days was there. Now yes they are stuck by the river but what would any of you do. You already asked this land owner for permission just in case this happens. Do you let him walk after days of hunting him because it is not "sporty enough" of a spot. Give me a break. You put in the time, you found him, he is your bull.
No excuses for these officers and I hope Adam gets all he can out of them.