▁car ' s ▁registration ▁came ▁back ▁to ▁St iet z ▁when ▁they ▁checked ▁it ▁on ▁their ▁vehicle ' s ▁computer . ▁ ▁The ▁w ard ens ▁decided ▁to ▁investigate . ▁They ▁park ed ▁their ▁pick up ▁tr uck , ▁put ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁bla ze ▁orange ▁jack ets , ▁on ▁which ▁their ▁department al ▁ins ign ia ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁consp ic uous ▁as ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁their ▁uniform ▁sh ir ts , ▁and ▁found ▁the ▁open ▁cattle ▁gate ▁leading ▁on ▁to ▁St iet z ' s ▁property . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁they ▁passed ▁it , ▁St iet z ▁himself ▁saw ▁them ▁and ▁approached ▁them , ▁bel ieving ▁from ▁the ▁bla ze ▁orange ▁jack ets ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁possibly ▁tres pass ing ▁hun ters . ▁ ▁At ▁trial , ▁the ▁w ard ens ▁test ified ▁that ▁they ▁identified ▁themselves ▁as ▁such ▁upon ▁seeing ▁St iet z ; ▁he ▁in ▁turn ▁said ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁do ▁so ▁clearly ▁enough ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁hear ▁and ▁believed ▁they ▁were ▁asking ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁w arden ▁or ▁had ▁seen ▁any . ▁The ▁w ard ens ▁asked ▁how ▁many ▁de er ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁that ▁day ; ▁after ▁St iet z ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁seven ▁does ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁hunting , ▁he ▁test ified ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁threw ▁up ▁his ▁arms ▁and ▁seemed ▁ups et , ▁which ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁further ▁believe ▁they ▁might ▁be ▁tres pass ing . ▁ ▁Not icing ▁that ▁the ▁w ard ens ▁seemed ▁to ▁be