I’m trying to look for something that the game officer did wrong, but I can’t find anything.
He patrolled the area (legally), he investigated suspect activity (legally) and, if his story is true, an armed man approached him and aimed a weapon at him.
Again, this all depends upon the officer’s story and there’s certainly no one else alive to corrobarate or refute that story, but the article provides no evidence that would even minimally warrant an indictment.
Check again. There are no plain clothes game wardens.