Here's my take on this story, for what its worth. If he was accessing Montana from a road in Idaho, then he had to be carrying his bow through the woods of Idaho during hunting season without being in possesion of a legal license. So hes guilty of hunting illegally before he ever shot the elk. Maybe, it happens all the time and no one thinks anything about it but I'm pretty sure that its illegal. He didn't tag the bull immediately so he's guilty of that crime. He went to town to buy a tag for an animal that was already dead. That is not only immorral it is illegal in most states and I'm sure idaho is one. If he shot the elk in Montana there would be evidence of such. He admitted his quilt. He tried to cover it up, and now is crying that he was mistreated. I say that he is an idiot and I'm ashamed that he is called a hunter.He tainted everything good that he has done in the last couple of decades with his actions on that day.