The part of the story I didn't mention is that my brothers were there tracking the deer with me. They inspected and interrogated them just as much as me. Just trying to make some money for the lost time of a false alarm gun poaching case I guess.
I think they were pretty sure they were going to nail us on some big charges. The guy looked at the hair from the deer where I had shot it to make sure it looked like it was cut by an arrow...