RE: undercover wardens: when should they sting?
So the mechanical deer thing is clearly not entrapment. The government agents are not trying to pursuade anybody to break the law, they are merely providing an opportunity.You might not consider itto beethical but certainly it's not illegal. Besides its actually not illegal to shoot a mechanical deer. The guys who do shoot it are usually arrested for something else like shooting from a vechicle or too close to a road.
In vt original post he said that "the guys let him(game warden)talk them into doing some illegal things". From the above definition, if that is true and the agent "pursuaded" them to commit a specific crime then most definately there is a case for entrapment. BUt of course it is for the court to hear the evidence and decide.
Also remember in the case of entrapment, it is the governments responsibilty to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it didn't occur. The defendent does not have to prove that it did.