Originally Posted By: redhook
and he would have been taken to jail, and the deer confiscated, for breaking the hunting laws...


Again, not necessarily. The officer likely has a fair amount of discretion as to what is an arrestable offence, whether or not to issue citations, and how evidence (illegally taken game for example) is handled.
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