RE: undercover wardens: when should they sting?
How long should they wait to make a bust? As long as it takes. I'd rather they wait to make a bust of some substance that will do the public, and the wildlife some good, than bust someone for the first little infraction allowing the criminal to not only be free sooner, but also a little wiser to the workings of the CO's. If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about.
The way this thread has been going it sounds to me like the OP, and a few others feel like the CO played dirty pool here, and want to rally, and turn law abiding hunters against the warden service. Sorry, I'm not buying the OP's story that the CO is some how to blame here. The CO did his job and removed a couple of criminals from society.
So, to all the COs and wardens out there, Thank you.