This has been going on for four days now and Plainsman still hasn' t said whether tis is a hypothetical incident or something he in fact witnessed. Based on that I would say it is hypothetical BS.
With the money involved in the world of poaching today, the option of " Backwoods Justice" just doesn' t make any sense. The last I heard, just the Gall Bladder of a Black Bear was going for about $5K on the black market. Heads and horns of big game species such as Elk, Mule Deer, Big Horns etc. are equally as profitable. Shooting up some poachers vehicle is not likely to slow him down much. Beating the snot out of him, if you can do it, is likely to get you killed some dark night as you come out of the house or run off the road someplace possibly with your family in the vehicle with you. It just doesn' t make sense to do it yourself. Every state Game Department and the USFWS has a division set up to take care of this type of activity and you are cheating not only yourself, but every other law abiding hunter in the country by not allowing the law to run the full course where these types of activity are involved. If you have to defend yourself, that' s one thing. Starting some individual action against a Poacher which could lead to somebody being seriously injured or killed is down right irresponsible.